its goal is to create closer ties between the eu an north africa.he union was a pet project of french president nicolas sarkozy. now he says it is time to revisit the alliance. >> looking at current events as they enfold, we must seize the moment and a revitalize the union. >> proposals for european aid from on arising -- modernizing the region's infrastructure, including sewage treatment was to protect the mediterranean. that would serve vital european interests, especially planan for solar power energy production projects. so it is broad consensus with billions of euros over an extended time span. >> there is no question to where eu aid should be directed. for the people who need our support and for the creation of a democratic and open society. we must also support the development of a judicial system and help stop corruption. >> we must also open our markets, although that may affect the eu's southern regions, spain, italy, and greece. we must institute in africa at the same quality certification process that is already in place within the eu. t

its goal is to create closer ties between the eu and north africa. union was a pet project of french president nicolas sarkozy. now he says it is time to revisit the alliance. >> looking at current events as they enfold, we must seize the moment and a revitalize the union. >> proposals for european aid from on arising -- modernizing the region's infrastructure, including sewage treatment was to protect the mediterranean. that would serve vital european interests, especially plans for solar power energy production projects. so it is broad consensus with billions of euros over an extended time span. >> there is no question to where eu aid should be directed. for the people who need our support and for the creation of a democratic and open society. we must also support the development of a judicial system and help stop corruption. >> we must also open our markets, although that may affect the eu's southern regions, spain, italy, and greece. we must institute in africa at the same quality certification process that is already in place within the eu. that

the changes sweep through the middle east and north africa u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has called for changes in u.s. foreign policy desperate to influence the emerging political map the future of american involvement a broad now at the top of the government's agenda christine takes a look at the changing face of washington's priorities. first third. afghanistan iraq egypt. libya. when it comes to u.s. foreign policy this country's hands are not just full they're often tied secretary of state hillary clinton charged with the task of laying out the plan for the future generations of americans including my own have grown up successful and safe because we chose to lead the world and tackling the greatest challenges but now clear signs that the challenges and the times are changing a lot of people in this country have come to the conclusion that our policy overhaul has been inconsistent that sometimes we support bad guys and the bad guys become our enemy. twenty eleven has been a major year with major shifts in prominence and power in nort

results wrong of course in the middle east and north africa p.r. companies are being recruited to wash away the blood it seems britain's spin doctors of choice or leave him a saudi's image. and the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton campaigns for moral funks road washington's message after they see america's losing the media war the us is already spending over seven hundred million dollars a year on international broadcasting. our next big liberal and his guests all of you whether there's a democratic future for the middle east and north africa or the region will remain a hotbed of terror. came. along and welcome to crossfire gun control of l a world clamoring for change around the globe people are protesting against governments and tyrants can a self defined democratic west learn from the people of the arab middle east and how to create more just the side. kick. start. to discuss of more revolutions are likely elsewhere in the world i'm joined by brendan o'neil in london he is editor of spiked in paris we cross to john locke and he is directo

flank isouthern vulnerable if north africa -- >> hello and welcome. top stories from around the no. ite is vulnerable if north african descent into chaos. >> if people keep on coming, we will definitely need help from other countries. >> and this is what. another boat full of migrants heading for this tiny italian scientist. this is another reason why the tumultuous events in north africa are a big challenge for everyone. chris morris, bbc news. >> the u.n. security council says it fears a new outbreak of civil war and in ivory coast. it has so peacekeepers to use all necessary means to protect civilians. six women were shot dead as part of a protest, demanding laurent dad of handover of the presidency. -- laurent gbagbo hand over the presidency. >> now, they are paying the price for voting for the opposition candidate. it was broken up when the police fired live rounds into the crowd, killing several women. of the past few days, there is been increasingly heavy gunfire as the president's forces failed to regain the area from armed men loyal to the opposition candidate. >> i could se

revolts run their course in the middle east and north africa well p.r. companies are being recruited to walk away the blood it seems britain the spin doctors are the first choice for revamping the sullied image. and the next guy it says crew is all set for an out of those world journey as they're undergoing final examinations last awful habit on the fiftieth anniversary of man's earth flight into space. up next peter labelling his b.s. argue whether there's a democratic future in store for the middle east and north africa or if the region will remain a hotbed of terror cross talk coming up next. hungry for the full story we've got to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on the. case. alone and welcome to crossfire gun control of l a world clamoring for change around the globe people are protesting against governments and tyrants can a self defined democratic west learn from the people of the arab middle east and how to create more just the side. kick. to discuss have more revolutions are likely elsewhere in the world i'

s are fleeing from trouble in north africa daniel bushell has more from brussels. islam does not belong in germany according to the country's new interior minister has peter friedrich i did that immigrants must learn to speak german first and foremost and node germany's quote western christian origins countries four million muslims are up in arms decrying a slap in the face for all muslims and it comes off the charts langley merkel and britain's leader believe it cameron said the efforts to create a multicultural society in europe have failed the arrival of thousands of immigrants from the middle east and north africa fleeing that violence has inflamed a population already suffering from record unemployment and general economic hardship in neighboring france the extreme right national front party will take first place in the first round of presidential elections there next year according to a new poll penn is expected to get twenty three percent of the vote that's ahead of president nicolas sarkozy the incumbent and the socialist opposition as well the party the na

next government will be in charge of north africa will be close to egypt calls to tunisia algeria will be controlling the region made to dismiss the west called drawls north africa so that's the real game. mainstream media for. nato is saying and surveillance flights over libya was round the clock monitoring comes as president obama says the u.s. is considering possible military intervention america is also reportedly asking saudi arabia to airlift weapons to the groups are these going to count has details from washington d.c. president obama said military involvement in levy is possible he did not specify whether he was talking about direct or indirect involvement the u.s. has reportedly asked saudi arabia if it can supply weapons to the rebels in benghazi the saudis have been told that opponents of the khadafi need anti-tank rockets mortars and ground to air missiles to shoot down could out this five on the first situation in libya is critical as it is with hundreds of people dead and with qaddafi saying he will fight until the last man standing and this report on supply that could c

going bought into the north africa trip. his campaign. as well as foreign governments and said they're all against news which involves the use of internet only the truth hurts. us foreign policy how some americans or countries have a changing political position which they say regularly sees them supporting the. major shift in power. at least some americans fear it will shake the terms global influence. on the last major of the soviet union celebrates a speech he gave me. the man behind the counter place the state censorship and the progression of free speech some accuse him of paper weight charts. when i. spoke to the former soviet leader about his legacy his interview op next. well mr gorbachev it's so great to have you with us today good to see you again well mr gorbachev you're turning eighty did you ever think the world will look like this on your eightieth birthday. it's not easy to surprise people like me those who lived to see there.

shifting priorities as the on the rest of the middle east and north africa is taking the world america's foreign policy is changing course on long with it. as the soviet union's first and last president celebrates his eightieth birthday look at his legacy as the prime the put rush on the path towards democracy. coming to you live from moscow you're watching r.t. thanks for joining us and the u.s. is flexing its military muscle moving its naval forces quote certain libya triggering speculation of possible strikes while the u.k. is also not ruling out the use of force meanwhile colonel gadhafi backed by an army that's made weakened by the factions continues to hold on several towns near the capital tripoli are now in the hands of the opposition the international storms gathering over the libyan leader with the u.n. suspended the country from its human rights council and also calls for a mass humanitarian evacuation for people caught up in the crisis as world pressure mounts are laura ever reports on whether nato is ready for a new war. and we do not in any way the use of military assets we

shifting from north east as the on the rest of the middle east and north africa is shaking the world america's foreign policy is changing course along with it. as a soviet union is first and last president celebrates his eightieth birthday look at his legacy as the promise with russia on that path and towards democracy. well from our studios in moscow you're watching r t thanks for joining us now a series of blasts of reportedly lot rock the libyan capital as colonel gadhafi continues to hold on well several tiles near the trip near tripoli are now in the hands of the opposition witnesses say that one of them has come under air attack and forces loyal to gadhafi have retaken a nearby oil facility meanwhile the u.s. is waxing its military muscle moving its naval forces closer to libya triggering speculation of possible strikes or the u.k. also is not ruling out the use of force the international storm is gathering over the libyan leader the u.n. suspending the country from its human rights council it also calls for a mass humanitarian evacuation for people caught up in the crisis plus

well more on the fallout from the unrest in the middle east and north africa in just a moment but first let's take a look at what else is ahead for you this hour more of the hillary clinton calls for reinforcements saying america's battle for hearts and minds is being lost on the globe's t.v. news screens. and step back a whole millennia and follow or. as we tore the rich cultural legacy of get us level. of the ripples caused by the rest of northern africa and across the middle east are now be felt for and why. maps out the situation. let's look at the implications of the ongoing unrest in the northern african region and what it means for the rest of the world geographically libya tunisia egypt in algeria and these are just some of the countries affected by the civil unrest there just across the sea from europe and this to me that hundred forty thousand people have already fled unrest in libya into neighboring tunisia and egypt but the likelihood will actually stay there is rather slim it's all he has already received as many as thirty thousand refugees who continue to pour into the cou

labelling his guests argue whether there's a democratic future in store for the middle east and north africa or if the region will remain a hotbed of unrest and terror cross talk coming your way next. came . along and welcome to crossfire crime control of l a world clamoring for change around the globe people are protesting against governments and tyrants can a self defined democratic west learn from the people of the arab middle east and how to create a more just society. can. start. to discuss of more revolutions are likely elsewhere in the world i'm joined by brendan o'neil in london he is editor of spiked in paris we cross to john laughlin he is director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation and in phoenix we go to rachel alexander she is coeditor of the intellectual conservative and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all right folks this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want brandon if i could go to you in london first. we what we've been seeing in the arab middle east and say let's be very generous of the last two months do y

if we go there we brought up the next government will be in charge of the north and africa will be close to leave closer to europe will be controlling the region and nato will be in place this means the west called trolls north africa. that's the real game that you won't see this ball out in mainstream media for its. nato is boosting its surveillance flights over libya was round the clock monitoring it comes as president obama says the u.s. is considering possible military intervention americans also reportedly asking saudi arabia to airlift weapons and groups i just got as you can has the details from washington d.c. . president obama said military involvement in levy is possible he did not specify whether he was talking about direct or indirect involvement the us as we reported the ask saudi arabia if it can supply weapons to the rebels in being galaxy the saudis have been told that opponents of khadafi need anti-tank rockets mortars and ground to air missiles to shoot down his fighter bombers situation in levy is critical as it is with hundreds of people dead and with gadhafi saying h

be in charge of your thin africa will be close to egypt in calls to tunisia algeria will be controlling the region nato will be in place this means the west called trolls north and africa so that's that's the real game there too you won't see is fallout in mainstream media for. nato is boosting its surveillance flights over libya with around the clock monitoring this comes as president obama says the u.s. is considering possible military intervention america's also reportedly asking saudi arabia to airlift ripens to anti-car groups or he's got a cheeky on has the details from washington. president obama said military involvement in levy is possible he did not specify whether he was talking about direct but were in direct involvement the u.s. has reportedly asked saudi arabia if it can supply weapons to the rebels in being galaxy the saudis have been told that opponents of the need anti-tank rockets mortars and ground to air missiles to shoot down could out this five bombers situation in libya is critical as it is with hundreds of people dead and with gadhafi saying he will fight until the last man standing and this reporting arm supplies that could come from

considers military intervention in libya something of the on going violence in north africa. dissolve the campaign russia as well as other foreign governments has said they are dense means which involve the use of international military for. the us foreign policy has some americans questioning the country's ever changing political positions they say regularly things that he supports and the bad guys a major shift in power of paul's and with the hundred of the middle east some americans fear the rest will shake their countries played in it's. the last loser of the soviet union celebrates is a seattle they made by chaunce was the man behind the consolation of state censorship on the promotion of free speech of that song accuse him of paving the way for destruction i pay off sick of it's. coming out the history of the car bomb and how it shaped the face of terrorism in the twentieth century. my mommy with. homemade explosives slipped across the atlantic into the hands of the ira. the world's first full scale car bomb or was now ready to begin. and the material to make the bombs

that's right the united states is not interested in democracy in the middle east or north africa unless it suits their purposes as admiral mullen said a few days ago the big difference between libya and bahrain is that libya is an enemy and bahrain is an ally we don't have any consistent principles when it comes to intervention or the united states doesn't islam what do you think about that no principles. i disagree with this is statement i think this is not really about of the united states this is about libya. so what we have here is i agree with you even to only agree. the issue here is that you have the libyan opposition is asking for intervention. when replying to the situation is very different well i mean there's lots of people asking for intervention i mean just because some group asks the u.s. to intervene doesn't mean that we should do it and in fact the united states has such a bad record of military intervention over the last fifty years i think we should just stay out of all of these countries but this is crazy with no you know we have and let me say i'm determine their own

thousands of muslim refugees escaping violence in north africa and north africa have found their way to europe but what will they find our nations already struggling to live with their own immigrant populations in the british town of loot on huge muslim community is now being confronted by a strong far right sentiment. more. mosques hit jobs and how shops a scene straight from the bazaars of the orient but this is luton north of london home to some twenty five thousand muslims of british and other origins one of them was time or abdel wahab al abdel better known now as the stockholm bomber abdul qadeer pax knew him and described the volatile character rejected by the community at large when he was here he was challenged his ideology is think is we're challenged we challenged him and when we realized he wasn't we exposing to everybody every member of this muslim community he got upset he quickly walked out and we never saw him again the next day heard al abdel had blown himself up in sweden and that's just the latest claim to infamy falutin which is fast becoming known as a hotbed of

supported by the west for the past forty years these revolutions must be made by the people of north africa if we're going to have a democratization process social justice and the billions of dollars used to provide employment for the people of north africa the united states cannot afford a military adventure in north africa as the did in iraq in fact opportunism of the pentagon is such that initially there were opposed to a no fly zone but now they're using this exercise as a public relations exercise for the united states africa comma that africa rejects so is it that the west is attempting to establish a military base in libya to stop the revolution in tunisia and in egypt in the back let's be very clear that the west is not in support of democracy in africa they're not in support of democracy in yemen in bahrain in saudi arabia it is the west that is supporting well the most arcade governments in the world in saudi arabia so for the west we all live in the united states of america when we are cutting back money for teachers for education for schools for health for housing for environmen

a change in course in the uprisings in the middle east and north africa shake the walls of america's foreign policy is now long. since the soviet union's first announced president celebrates his eightieth birthday we look at his legacy is the man that rush on the paul will still see. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow now a series of blasts of rocks the libyan capital as colonel gadhafi continues to hold all he's reportedly regained control of two major cities in the northwest and a key will facility in the east meanwhile the u.s. is flexing its military muscle moving its naval forces closer to libya and triggering speculation on an invasion in case also not ruling out the use of false the telegraph newspaper is claiming versus special forces already in the country daily reports that is to call upon them to secure several zones of mustard gas and other potential chemical weapons for which to be stockpiled in libya the international films that gathering over the country's leader the u.n. suspended the country from its human rights council but also call. a mass humanit

europe takes in an influx of immigrants from north africa but one british pound already struggling to deal with the tensions between a large muslim community and angry nationalists. plus a unifying issue or a new stumbling block finding common ground over libya expected to be part of discussions during u.s. vice president joe biden's visit to moscow. and oil prices are rising yet again as tense in the middle east north africa because cysts we are looking at the opportunities this is providing for russian companies and of course the windfall profits that the government is receiving in twenty minutes time on business. news around the clock from around the world i'm at treasure you're watching our t.v. it's five pm in moscow in libya more than a thousand people are now thought to have died in weeks of fighting between rebels and government forces even so all sides have told foreign forces to stay out of the conflict though that hasn't stopped the u.s. from putting its military on alert to intervene or the u.k. and france from pushing the u.n. to back a no fly zone or if you correspondent

considers military intervention in libya some fear the ongoing violence in north africa trigger a number of himself his campaign. as well as other foreign. you know who has said they are against news which involves the use of international manager for. the us foreign policy has some americans questioning the country's ever changing political position as they say regular these things than three percent of the bad guys the major shifts in power in the halls of the half occur in the middle east some americans fear the rest will shake their country's global influence. the last these are the soviet union celebrates his eightieth birthday me with the man behind the council a show of state censorship and the promotion of free speech itself making him paving the way for destructive and payoffs. coming out the history of the car bomb and how it changed the face of terrorism and the twentieth century. homemade explosives slipped across the atlantic into the hands of the ira. the world's first full scale car bomb war was now ready to begin. and the material to make the bombs was lying around in eve

that's one of the reasons why people are rioting in north africa by the same token in wisconsin we're seeing public sector workers being asked for actively take pay cuts or the removal of various privileges because the culture of debt on which the united states and like most western states has lived for so long now is coming to an end the chickens are coming home to roost the bills are having to be paid so we're seeing an unraveling of the really the entire post-war financial international system here and that's why i think these events are actually linked in a way which people probably haven't even thought about running you want to feel down one that's an interesting way of looking at it here because it is it is trying global finance and your poll politics together it. well i don't go as far as john i think where i disagree and i mean i think the economic problems that would have to be a trigger for some people but they triggered more profound underlying unresolved political question was the which was a democratic one who controls these countries and in whose interests so people migh

well pakistan that is the eastern extension of the arab islamic region of north africa the middle east and it has been always open to influence from the arab islamic region so it is very likely that whatever you're seeing happening right now in the middle east is actually right now having an impact on the box the new political discourse you can see the box that immediately you can see blocks that evolution is certainly talking very openly and on a daily basis about what's going on in the middle east so it's very likely and of course considering also the fact that many of the economic moves that we are at the at the root of the reason for many of the rules that we've seen in the middle east do exist also in box done especially in the past five years or so has done is a ripe for this kind of chaos in this well one of the concerns of a lot of observers is the fact that islamic extremists could gain power in some of the arab countries well if the situation such a situation unfolds in pakistan and they fall under revolt as well how likely is it that al-qaeda could come to power and what wou

a change in course is the uprisings in the middle east and north africa shakes the world america's foreign policy is talking a lot. and the price of gold has retreated from its high but investors are still considering their precious metal to be a safe haven on the market or in business in twenty minutes. or so as the soviet union under president celebrates his eightieth birthday we look at his legacy as the man who could rush on the pompous pole in the system or see. this is our seed live from moscow the libyan leader colonel gadhafi has once again appeared on state t.v. vowing to fight home it comes after a series of blasts rocked the capital as the battle for the country continues is reportedly regain control of two major cities in the northwest clashes are presumed over the bridge east meanwhile the u.s. is flexing its military muscle moving its naval forces close is in libya and triggering speculation over the invasion the u.k. is also not ruling out the use of for the telegraph these papers claiming russian special forces are all already in the country again. the pentagon is to call u

a change in course as the fly zones in the middle east and north africa shake the world america's foreign policy is tied to the long. poles and still interested in middle eastern proposals define instability in the region the point man for not really going to iraq in the first half of this year and more interest in trends and it. also was the soviet union's first and last president celebrates his eightieth birthday look at his legacy as the bad report of russia on the part towards democracy. from our studios in moscow you're watching r t thanks for joining us now a series of blasts have reportedly rocked the libyan capital as colonel gadhafi continues to hold on while several towns near tripoli are now in the hands of the opposition but wait this is say that one of them has come under air attack and the forces loyal to gadhafi have retaken a nearby oil facility meanwhile the u.s. is flexing its military muscle moving its naval forces closer to libya and triggering speculation of possible strikes but the u.k. is also involved ruling out the use of force by international storm is gathering