what is the strategy for building a new libyan political system? a new libyan economy? a new libya? we have seen with our experience in iraq and afghanistan, reconstructionist hardest part of any fight. you don't get started with a strategy and a plan for doing that from the get go liberal ones you have won the victory it is often too late. >> you are right. for probably three weeks probably three multidisciplinary teams, one team is concerned with reconstruction of libya after the fall of the regime such as what is happening in kuwait. the second team concerned with the process, the south african model and the capacity ofbuilding because it will initiate and establish a government structure on all hole of the regime, having the right institution and the right to qualify human-resources, delivering the necessary services and out comes the needed by the libyan people. therefore we came up with a road map. it is a transitional road map after the fall of the regime. immediately the tnc should call for the convening of the national congress. national congress, all cities and towns taken

three blasts coming from the direction of the libyan leader's compound. these are the latest pictures we can bring you from tripoli. i am not sure we have any sound. we can listen in to those explosions parent a libyan government spokesman says that three people were killed and dozens more wounded. our correspondent andrew north is in tripoli. >> a second set of heavy strikes we've heard. what you are hearing now is a lot of tracer fire into the sky. we can hear more planes right now. those of the heaviest strikes we've heard since we have been there. there's now a large plume of black smoke coming up from the direction of colonel gaddafi's compound. >> andrew north with the latest. daniel is with me now. these latest air strikes have been called the deadliest so far. >> what we know so far is that there had been a series of explosions in and around the capital of tripoli. many of those seem to be around the compound of the libyan leader colonel gaddafi. so far we are hearing reports that there seems to be around 20 air strikes. that would make this the l

the libyan government says eleven muslim clerics have been killed and dozens wounded by a recent nato air strike in the east of the country meanwhile a top libyan opposition official is in washington for talks with the u.s. administration on more support and possible recognition let's get more on this now for the case from spiked online magazine and it has many houses being with us now the u.s. defense secretary robert gates has said that washington isn't clear on the exact makeup of the rebels in libya not despite millions of dollars already sent in aid to the on this issue what do you make of that as well robert gates said that he's cautious about understanding who makes up the opposition and third extents you know that caution is commendable compared to for example david cameron who has rushed in very jealously overzealously again and is decided to give the transitional national council of libya an office and sort of fully recognize them in britain i think is being cautious for the wrong reasons and i think no good reason to be cautious because this humanitarian intervention by the

resolution to protect libyans following the uprising against the libyan leader's rule. >> explosions light of the night sky over tripoli. around 20 nato air strikes hit the libyan capital in the space of half an hour. these appear to be the largest air strikes since nato began bombing in march. casualties were rushed to local hospitals. doctors worked through the night to treat those hurt in the attack. >> the injured have been taken to two different hospitals. this is one of them. some of them were treated and have gone home already. they experienced light injuries. some have more serious injuries. that is what you have seen. >> these strikes, as britain and france are expected to deploy attack helicopters. president obama visits europe on a trip likely to be dominated by libya. after weeks of stalemate, nato appears to be stepping up the pressure in an effort to break the deadlock. >> correspondent andrew north is in the capital. he gives us more details about what happened. >> these are certainly the heaviest strikes that i have experienced well i have been here in the libyan capi

failed expectations for us that she was a libyan rebels hopes for diplomatic recognition and it stops short of funneling a new money to the opposition. nato purges to continue its military campaign in libya until colonel gadhafi stops fighting but the leader says he is beyond of the reach of the alliance. and the countdown begins with a thousand days left to go before the next winter olympics kick off in russia hundreds of volunteers are setting the mood for the cross the country. worldwide news live from at moscow's city center this is a party now the u.s. has denied it libyan rebels official recognition it comes after a visit to the white house by a senior member of the opposition council which is pushing for international support for the libyan envoy says the rebels are having trouble getting washington to release colonel gadhafi has frozen assets the u.s. had only a promise to hand over some of the multi billion dollar funds to aid the opposition meantime a journalist patrick holmes says the rebel allegiance with the west is only alienating the libyan people. robert gates said but

they have few qualms about shooting at ordinary libyans.addafi also has supporters outside the country. they include governments that seek similar upheaval at home, i places like algeria and syria. gaddafi also has support from governments that do business with him. russia, for instance, has made millions and lucrative energy deals. russia is also libya's biggest arms supplier. but gaddafi's trump card is his fortune. he has raked in billions, selling libya's oil and gas, and hit in that money in accounts and investments across the globe. separating what he controls and what belongs to the libyan state is almost impossible. in austria, for instance, some 1.2 billion euros were frozen, a fraction of the estimated 22 billion euros his family is believed to control. more than enough money to wager long and bloody war against his own people. the rebels in libya, for their part, are poorly funded. so the provisional government in benghazi has been lobbying for emergency financing from western governments, especially the u.s., britain, and france

the libyan opposition desperately seeks international support the u.s. says it's not even clear on the exact makeup of the rebels. from the spike online magazine says only the libyan people themselves can decide their future again said that he's cautious about understanding who makes up the opposition and the extent that caution is commendable because this humanitarian intervention by the west in libya wasn't a planned strategy it was a war without any real aim it was something of the west young cynthy but any real clear sense of who they're doing it on the behalf of who the rebels are and what they want to achieve from it transitional national council of libya now completely orientated towards the west toward nato for the america they want to try and get acceptance from obama from western leaders they're not looking towards the libyan people it means that self-determination doesn't come from the libyan people they come from this kind of political elite in libya who are basically just trying to tell the west what it wants to hear recognition has to come

territory and all libyan regimes. the second thing, we started expanding the executive body of the tnc and now we are 14 ministries and the executive body of that tnc trying to deliver every service and every commodity that our people might need during this critical times of our history. unfortunately, we are facing a very acute, acute financial problem because of the frozen assets that we have in different european countries and in the united states. so i would like to seize this opportunity and to call on the united states administration to help us as they helped us, president obama particularly, in particular, you know, has called for the end of the legitimacy of the regime, that this regime lost its legitimacy and should leave. this was very inspiring to many libyan people that they are not alone in their fight against dictatorship, you know. so i want to thank him for that call and i want to thank all the free world that stood by us in this fight. now as we move a little further to the military situation, i woull

failed expectations for us that she is a libyan rebels hopes for a diplomatic recognition and stop short of funneling money to the opposition. to continue its military campaign until colonel gadhafi stops fighting but the leader says he's beyond the alliance is rich. and the countdown begins with a thousand days to go before the next winter olympics kick off in russia hundreds of volunteers are setting the mood. just after four pm here in the russian capital you with r.t. welcome to the program now the u.s. has denied libyan rebels official recognition it comes after a visit to the white house by a senior member of the opposition council which is pushing for international support and the libyan envoy says the rebels are having trouble getting washington to release these frozen assets the u.s. had earlier comments to hand over some of the multi-billion dollar funds to the opposition well journalist patrick hayes says the rebel allegiance with the west is only alienating the libyan people. robert gates said that he's cautious about understanding who makes up the opposition and so extent th

the world leaders attempt to map out a settlement of the libyan conflict r.t. asks the rebels what they want to see happen chairman of the national transition council talks with r.t. about what he believes the formula for peace and prosperity in libya. i say that the mr we'll thank you so much for your time then. i have a pleasure i welcome your questions and there's been significant changes in the international atmosphere at the beginning of the g eight in france hold russia agreed to demands from the libyan people congress record of his resignation a novelist of his regime russia's new position was outlined by president a bit of what it was said the doctor should step down immediately what's your opinion on the recent changes in the world and of russia's position in particular. first of all i am not surprised by russia's position we've always valued russia's point of view for example during the vote in the security council russia abstained and did not use its veto which was indicative of its attitude to the issue and if russia had used its veto cities in the

peacemakers russia agrees to mediate a libyan ceasefire as the g eight leaders jointly call for gadhafi to step down to hold bloodshed moscow's dispatcher going to od boycott the country to broker an end to the ongoing civil war. and protesters attacked dissidents missing georgian independence day rallies demanding the resignation of president saakashvili and in violent clashes in the u.k. russia and us have called on tbilisi to investigate the violent repression of the anti-government protests by world leaders attempt to map out the settlement in the libyan conflict r.t. asks the rebels what they want to see happen the chairman of the national transitional council talks to r.t. about what he believes is the formula for peace and prosperity in libya. i say that mr bozo we'll thank you so much for your time then. i have the pleasure i welcome your questions and there's been significant changes in the international atmosphere at the beginning of the g eight in france russia agreed to demands from the libyan people congress for qaddafi resignation and abolition of his regime russia's new p

new blow for the libyan rebels as the finance minister returns empty handed from washington after days of trying to convince the international community to release cannot get out these frozen assets. a meeting between the nato chief and the american president prompts questions as to what their real motives are behind their so-called humanitarian intervention in a complicated country. and one thousand days to go the countdown is on to the twenty fourteen winter olympic games in sochi and russians are marking the occasion with a bed so cross the country. asakusa closeups he heads to the hometown of europe's largest hydroelectric station and find out how locals are trying to repair decades of damage to the rhythms and fishing industry of volgograd a. very warm welcome to you this is nazi live from moscow where it's now a just after three p m. well the libyan rebels have failed to gain official recognition from the us government but top rebel official was even denied a meeting with barack obama in washington on friday mahmoud jibril the first senior member of libya's national transitional

british apache helicopters prepared to cruise the libyan skies but is fear the attempt to put pressure on colonel gadhafi could actually put nato personnel in the line of fire. the u.s. government plans to send terrorism and whether disaster alerts directly to cellphones opponents though say it's just spreading panic not protection. and in business news russia is ready to resume exports of great enough to maintaining an export ban for almost a year one that the business. flow from moscow this is our. joint is it's nine pm here in moscow my name's kevin know it and first europe's most wanted war crimes fugitive has launched an appeal in the serbian court against attempts to have been extradited to the hague to stand trial for cosby and serve general rocko blooded she's charged with ordering the murder of around eight thousand muslim men and boys in one thousand nine hundred five. other is outside the court of belgrade for us. not many people here in serbia believe that a lot of his appeal will actually be successful despite his deteriorating health condition and of the. all the efforts

russian foreign minister sergei lavrov described talks with libyan authorities as productive he said that they have agreed to create safety zones in the country to cooperate with the un security council on distribution of humanitarian aid throughout the country to follow the road map presented by the african union and to let international observers inside the country that would be monitoring how those resolutions are fulfilled however in their tour of libyan authorities has conditions under which they are willing to do so. people to go to or slow things tripoli is willing to consider approaches based on the african union road map for peace they are ready to fully meet the requirements of the un resolution only but said it was necessary for the opposition to make similar moves and for nato to stop storming foreign minister lavrov once again stressed that nato has actions in libya go beyond our solutions of the un security council and that there is no military solution to this called it and even though russia is not a unilateral mediator in this particular conflict it doesn't agree wit

there is a new blow for the libyan rebels as the or finance minister returns empty handed from washington after days of trying to convince the international community to release girl cut off is frozen assets. a meeting between the nato chief the merican president francois shin's asked to draw their real motives are behind their so-called humanitarian intervention and conflict if countries. plus one thousand days left until the twenty fourteen winter olympics officials in russia's resort city of sochi are working round the clock and pulling out all the stops to allow competitors against the taters allied. energies close of team heads to the hometown of europe's largest hydroelectric station and finds out how locals are trying to repair decades of damage to the river is the fishing industry of all grab . in the russian capital you're watching r t with me rima joshie welcome to the program the libyan rebels have failed to gain official recognition from the u.s. government's top rebel official was even denied a meeting with iraq obama in washington on friday mahmoud jibril is the first senior

there is a new blow for the libyan rebels as the finance minister returns i am thing out of problem washington after days of trying to convince the international community to release karl cut off his frozen assets. a meeting between the nato chief and the american president francois shrinks as to what we're we'll motives are behind their so-called many tarion intervention in conflict have countries. plus one thousand days left until the twenty fourteen winter olympics officials in russia's resort seeds are working round the clock and pulling out all the stops to wow competitors and spectators ally. and archie's close of team heads to the hometown of europe's largest hydroelectric station and finds out how locals are trying to repair decades of damage to reverse and fishing industry. to me out of the russian capital you're watching artsy a marina joshie welcome to the program the libyan radicals have failed to gain official recognition from the united states government a top rebel officials even denied a meeting with barack obama in washington on friday what would you brill is the first senior

live from moscow with me honest it was a libyan leadership representative has been in moscow was part of the efforts to seek a truce and stop the bloodshed in the country russia's foreign minister met the envoy who said the exact the regime's ready to adhere to the u.n. resolution that only when the rebels drop their weapons and they say stop the bombing. in the following the meeting russian foreign minister sergei lavrov described talks with libyan authorities as productive he said that they have agreed to create safe zones in the country to quarter rate with the u.n. security council on distribution of humanitarian aid throughout the country to follow the road map presented by the african union and to let international observers inside the country that would be monitoring how those resolutions are fulfilled however in a very sure and libyan authorities had conditions under which they are willing to do so. got a little slow things tripoli is willing to consider approaches based on the african union roadmap for peace they are ready to fully meet the requirements of the un resolution o

shattered hopes washington dashes libyan rebels expectations of official recognition and seems in no hurry to give the opposition more money. nato claims part of the donkeys time is up and pledges to make him stop fighting but the libyan leader says foreign forces will never leave him. counting down to the next winter olympics in russia with if hours and days to go the country's already warming up ahead of the grand picked off. eight pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story the u.s. has denied libyan rebels official recognition this after a visit to the white house by a senior member of the opposition council which is pushing for international support libyan envoy says the rebels are having trouble getting washington to release colonel gadhafi has frozen assets the u.s. had earlier promised to hand over some of the multi-billion dollar funds to aid the opposition for more on this we're joined live from london by anti-war activist john greece thank you for joining us so the u.s. national security advisor has said washington sees the rebels as a legi

it's looking to arrest the libyan leader. journalist head got fling said he lives and should be held accountable to. nato as shown in other campaigns around the world but it starts off with this sort of pretense but they want to have a sure shot war and what if it happens it turns into a long protracted. war where actually who does run out of this the military industrial complex these massive military companies who are supplying all this weaponry to night oh the people who do best out of it and in fact both sides. military can we should both sides do well so i think that i don't think that the nato side really want to make this a sure thing at all they actually would like a long protracted conflict and they would like ultimately to take control of libya's oil and libya's finances which is what this is all about we don't see colonel gadhafi going into foreign countries invading them bombing them attacking them we don't see these long protracted wars carried out by colonel gadhafi i think he's the least of our problems and we s

opposition journalist patrick hayes as the rebel allegiance was the west is only alienating libyans. said. understand. ending who makes up the opposition and certain extent caution is commendable because this humanitarian intervention by the west in libya wasn't a planned strategy is a war without any real aims it was something that the west jumps into you develop any real clear sense of who they're doing it on behalf of who the rebels are and what they want to achieve from its transitional national council of libya now completely orientated towards the west towards nato towards america they want to try and get exceptions from obama from western leaders they're not looking towards the libyan people it means that self-determination doesn't come from the libyan people it comes from this kind of political elite in libya who basically just trying to tell the west what it wants to hear recognition has to come from the libyan people it can't come from the west it's not just about getting rid of gadhafi it's about bringing about a democratic libya which is very much a process that has to be

clear and colonel gadhafi is rule illegitimate and demanding he goes russia's sending his envoy to libyans his media to cease fire in the country's civil war. also a longing for us washington police post the proof of dances to washington memorials of thomas jefferson holding the legal flash mob the demonstrators say they are doing exactly what the u.s. freedom would have wanted to do. thousands of the streets of belgrade to protest against the arrest of general radko not agents a live event happening now you're seeing it on your screen these latest pictures coming through he's accused of ordering the killing of thousands of muslims in the polls mean war is the tension called anger among some serbs who say the government is using its people is probably getting chips or if you're a. georgia's independence day small brutal crackdown on thousands of anti-government protesters thursday's rallies not the climax of street demonstrations calling for president saakashvili to step down. the world leaders are terms of the settlement of the libyan conflict the rebels what they think will happen next t

dashed hopes for libyan rebels for official recognition the white house gave this message to a libyan opposition leader during a visit to washington u.s. is also dragging its feet on releasing critical are these frozen assets promised to aid the rebels but it's not only the opposition that's feeling the cost of the war as r.t.s. i for better or ports. for those who join the fight in libya the cost of conflict is quickly taking off denmark's one of just six nato members conducting in strikes to enforce the no fly zone it's six f. sixteen fighter planes racking up a hefty bill of thirteen and a half million dollars a month we were anticipating a number that was considering that we aren't that many nation that is using fighter planes. to take us for example their usual grown ups they have had tomahawk missiles but i don't have any fighter planes involved. denmark dropped one hundred twenty six percent bombs in the first fortnight of the campaign each one costs on average fifty thousand dollars on top of that there's one point six million a month the station the jets in sicily along with

has denied libyan officials are libyan rebels official recognition this comes after a visit to the white house by a senior member of the opposition council which is pushing for international support the libyan armed voice says the rebels are having trouble getting washington to release colonel gadhafi has frozen assets the u.s. had earlier promised to hand over some of the multi-billion dollar funds to aid the opposition anti-war activists john kerry's believes any revolution is on shaky ground when the government turns to western countries for help. the us are interested in stopping the revolution but not helping the revolution i think the intervention was meant to corrupt and control the revolution for us friends and not through here with any real life nor any capacity to actually alter the situation in libya in the way that the news you know the egyptian revolution has been the object for the u.s. is to keep the libyan rebels on a very short lead not to allow them any real independence autonomy. use them for u.s. foreign policy ends the rebels were naive if they ever believed that the

shattered hopes washington dashes libyan rebels expectations of official recognition and seems in no hurry to the opposition more cash. nato planes colonel gadhafi is time is up and pledges to make him stop fighting but the libyan leader says foreign forces will never reach him. the clock ticks down to america's winter olympics into russia with a thousand days to go the country is already warming up ahead of a friend picked off. of you with us here on r t i matt trezise our top story to us has denied libyan official rebels official recognition this comes after a visit to the white house by a senior member of the opposition council which is pushing for international support the libyan envoy says rebels are having trouble getting washington to release colonel gadhafi has frozen assets the u.s. had earlier promised to hand over some of the multi-billion dollar funds to aid the opposition anti-war activist john a reset as any revolution is doomed to failure when the government turns to western countries for help. us are interested in stopping the revolution but not helping the revolution

the libyan government tonight is condemning the u.s. and nato for missile strike yesterday that killed one of moammar qadz avi's sons and three grandchildren. here's the latest. libyan officials say that attack at a qaddafi compound in tripoli. today's qaddafi's forces shelled misurata and violence against at least two western embassies in tripoli has been reported. mabdee clark has the latest now from benghazi, libya. >> reporter: the libyan government has now given journalists two tours of the scene of the bombing. and today showed what it said for the bodies of the victims. this they said was qaddafi's son, saif al arab. the corpses wrapped in green shrouds were said to include a friend and one of the three grandchildren reportedly killed. looking at this destruction, it's hard to believe that anyone could have escaped. but libyan officials say qaddafi and his wife made it out unharmed. the regime is playing this for maximum effect. >> the western nato crusader aggression against the libyan nation continues and proves again that it h

russia hosts of the envoys of the libyan leader colonel gadhafi who say they are ready for a ceasefire if nato stops forming the rebel forces sit down for talks. doomsday dominoes for the e.u. spain looks like the next possible victim of the euro crisis after portugal's massive bailout package is unanimously agreed. moscow's one hundred dollar. police capture accountable redhanded by following the trail of human body parts and the balkans leading to his home. china is ready to spice up the space race making public an ambitious plan to launch its own orbital station to rival the i.r.s. . worldwide news live from moscow this is a hearty welcome to the program from moscow has called on the regime of colonel gadhafi to stop killing civilians and observe the u.n. mandate in libya but envoys sent by coffee to moscow say they will meet at these times when a nato stops its bombing campaign russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has been meeting the libyan leader's representatives right here in moscow an artist has been a father now joins us live and hi to you so much has been quite outspoken

fresh explosions have been heard early on tuesday near the libyan capital tripoli came just hours after colonel gadhafi was ready to accept a cease fire to talk to the south african president then so there was not holding back in its own sort of minister of defense says it's to deploy a hatchet attack helicopters of bunker buster bombs the warheads have already arrived at an italian place where pilots will fly missions of the libyan targets but journalist patrick haynes from lights online magazine told r.t. the idea of the red is its bug. might still be a hard nut to crack. if you are actually getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could pull it through pin two months ago and basically bomb the country into the thing for democracy they thought this was going to be quite a quick process where they could basically keep their. distance oh boy move into libya get rid of gadhafi and then everything will be all right now obviously that isn't the case and the introduction of these new bunker busting bombs from the apache helicopters are inevitably going to mak

america's self-proclaimed humanitarian involvement has led to kc sides in the libyan civil war the us has pledged extensive support for the rebels newly released weiqi leaks cables show the u.s. had been funneling money to syria's opposition for several years now but some say the help comes with strings attached and nobody gives away money for nothing or arms and the u.s. sees the opportunity of putting in a friendly early american. government response of to american interests the coalition efforts in libya have reached a dead end with the country now in military stalemate in the meantime civilian casualties there continue to grow. analysts say foreign involvement in syria could trigger a much worse conflict syria's in the heart of the arab world and if it explodes or implodes it will affect all its neighboring countries iraq saudi arabia jordan israel lebanon. and they're all likely to get involved in a collapsing or awards or in serious serious partnership with iran has long been irritating washington yet another recent say some to go after our side relying on iran as your best frie

coming to live from moscow one pm in the russian capital on marina josh welcome to the program the libyan rebels have failed to gain official recognition from the u.s. government a top rebel official was even denied a meeting with barack obama in washington on friday ramu djibril is the first senior member of the levy as national transitional council to visit the u.s. after meeting american officials djibril said the rebels are having trouble getting washington to release colonel gadhafi is frozen assets the administration of earlier promise to hand over some of the multi-billion dollar funds to leave you in opposition journalist patrick who says the revolutions were the west is only alienating levy and. so. robert gates said he's cautious about understanding who makes up the opposition and certain extent caution is commendable because this humanitarian intervention by the west in libya wasn't a planned strategy it was a war without any real i mean it was something to do with cynthy develop any real clear sense of who they're doing it on behalf of who the rebels are and what they want to

our fresh explosions have been heard early on tuesday near the libyan capital tripoli it came just hours after colonel get back and signaled he was ready to accept a cease fire plan during talks with the south african president who they say though is not holding back in its onslaught britain's ministry of defense says it's to the point she attack helicopters and bunker buster bombs warheads have already arrived at an italian air base from where pilots will fly missions over libyans harkat speech analyst patrick hayes from the spiked online magazine told r.t. that while the alliance readies its a bunker busters libya might still be a hard not to crack. this is us is getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could pull a swoop in two months ago and basically bomb the country into the into democracy they thought this was going to be quite a quick process where they could basically keep their hound you know keep a bit of a distance hold bombs into libya get rid of gadhafi and then everything will be all right now obviously that isn't the case and the introducti

there is a new blow for the libyan rebels as the our finance minister returned sam to have from washington after days of trying to convince the international community to release colonel gadhafi is frozen assets. a meeting between the nato chief and the american president francois sions as to why their real motives are behind their so-called humanitarian intervention in conflict his country. plus worries thousand days left until the twenty fourteen winter olympics officials in russia's thems lord city of sochi are working around the clock informing out all the stops to wow competitors and spectators alike. and argues closer team has to the home town of europe's largest either away from station and finds out how locals are trying to work here or decades of damage to the reverse at fishing industry of all good record. this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow our marina joshie welcome to the program the libyan rebels have failed to gain official recognition from the us government at software avel official was even denied a meeting with iraq obama in washington on friday but imo djibril is

legitimate target for nato airstrikes as international prosecutors pro-tax in charge members of the libyan regime with crimes against humanity more from me in london in just a moment. with the e.u. struggling to keep the euro afloat with a bailout for portugal and greece unemployment hit spain it looks to be next in line for a costly rescue package. bloodstain a birthday on the anniversary of israel's creation it's ready troops. on the hour protesters killing sixteen and wounding dozens. with r.t. live from moscow where it's now or just a second past welcome to the program. now the international criminal court is expected to issue arrest warrants for three libyan leaders including colonel gadhafi but we charged with crimes against humanity now it comes as britain's military chief calls on the nato led coalition to start bombing a broader range of targets in libya general david which once even suggested killing khadafi in an air strike would be quote within the rules are his law and i was waiting for us live and let the let's get more details on this right now and laura hi so the coalition

scarring the libyan people on the west side of the country that those people, the libyans coming from east, are going to occupy you and do this and do that, you know? therefore, to clarify one of the misunderstandings circulating in different sets of the media, the t.n.c. is not a political organ. it's an administrative organ managing this situation for the libyan people until the fall of the regime because the political cushion of who should rule libya and how he or she should rule it, this is for the libyan people to decide through a political, democratic process based on constitutional ground, based on active civil society, based on equal rights and natural human rights for everybody. some questions started to circulate, are we safe with the t.n.c., are we safe with this group? some disagreements with this body. i'd like to assure everybody that t.n.c. represents the whole libyan territory. just a few days ago a large meeting, which was cob veend with 27 representatives -- convened with 27 representatives just traveled this morning to join the t.n.c. to prove that this is [unintell

cnn is live from the libyan capital with us. several libyan generals have defected.th them soldiers. what does this mean? what is left? what portion is this of the forces gadhafi has? >> reporter: well, the libyan generals as you said have been speaking up and they bring with them news that gadhafi's military capacity is weakening. a general told the news conference that the moment of glory is near. why this is such a big blow is because this news is coming within the same week that we're hearing reports of a deployment of uk and french attack helicopters. now, these helicopters because nato says they can limit collateral damage, they can be used to get up close in terms of aerial bombardment. their concern on the libyan government side is they could be used at the time of reduced military capacity within the military armed forces to clear the way for a rapid advancement of opposition forces. we have to stress, though, that on the ground, there is still a territorial stalemate. we haven't yet seen the impacts of this defection. the rebels are very close, two hours aw

shattered hopes washington dashes libyan rebels expectations of official recognition and seems in no hurry to give the opposition more. nato planes colonel gadhafi is time is up and pledges to make him stop fighting but the libyan leader says foreign forces will never reach him. and the countdown begins for the world's biggest multi-sport event to be brought to russian soil. russets are celebrating a very important milestone just one thousand eight hundred and sell the olympic torch to console russia and it looks like it's going to limit games they gain insights that seek to find out more. eleven pm in moscow i met treasurer good to have you with us here on r t our top story the u.s. has denied libyan rebels official recognition this comes after a visit to the white house by a senior member of the opposition council which is pushing for international support the libyan on boys says rebels are having trouble getting washington to release colonel gadhafi has frozen assets the u.s. had earlier promised to hand over some of the multi-billion dollar funds to aid the opposition anti-war ac

we confirmed that with the libyan government spokesman, that the british embassy was attacked. in exchange for that, the libyan ambassador to london, and also alleged attacks to the italian embassy. they all have been vacant for obvious reasons, but supposedly they've been attacked and even ransacked. in exchange the government has expelled the libyan ambassador our he said i'm looking for a flight out of the great britain. that seems to confirm some of these reports. alex, back to you. >> again, still just reportedly, though. mike tai xwismt bi, thank you so much. >>> well, we are also getting word this morning that the british government is expelling the libyan ambassador after the british embassy was attacked there. in a statement today, britain said the libyan ambassador has 24 hours to leave that country. >>> theoverall death toll from the tornado outbreak across the south stands at 342. in alabama alone at least 250 people were killed. officials are racing against time trying to find the hundreds still unaccounted for. john yang is joining me with the latest. what's the s

president medvedev said it's time for the libyan leader to go. fifa's president sepp blatter is to face his organization's own ethics committee after allegations of wrongdoing. welcome to "bbc world news" broadcast on pbs around america and also around the globe. coming up later, the polish end to president obama's european tour. there are dumplings and missiles on the menu. manchester united preparing to take on barcelona in the final this wednesday at wemiblely. some 300 million are expected to watch. welcome once again. serbia's president has told the bbc he believes ratko mladic will be extradited to the hague to face charges of war crimes. a court in belgrade has ruled mr. mladic is fit to be tried in the netherlands. however, mr. mladic's son said his father's first needs hospital treatment. from belgrade, here's our europe editor, gavin hewitt. >> this is the first image of 69-year-old ratko mladic in custody. for 16 years he was the most wanted man in europe, accused of masterminding genocide in the balkans. he was visited in a belgrade c