moscow metro. hello this is r.t. from moscow it's now eleven pm moscow time my name is kevin zero in with a news update for you and a recap of the top stories that shape the week and first program there are few forces in libya are attempting to recapture the country's third largest city of misrata it's the last rebel stronghold left in the west and has been under attack for weeks now our correspondent paula slater is in the capital tripoli with more. the word of bloodshed is increasingly being used to describe the situation in the last rebel held city in the west of this country the city of misrata now according to doctors on the scene they say that one person was killed and several people were wounded in the early hours of sunday morning when the government forces renewed shelling on a building in the city and we understand from the doctors and that until a few days ago there were number of civilians being housed inside that building they had been injured in recent clashes between pro and anti gadhafi forces but fort

those in need of fuel have been promised thousands of tons of cash on the way and then of course r.t. moscow. now online of course you can get all the latest on your stories at r.t. dot com if you fancy having a load there including these the reality of the situation in syria is far from the picture painted by the western media according to an eyewitness in the country who got an interview online about that tonight also talking about a new partnership promising to be a winner at this year's cannes film festival pressure in china taking on the international movie see the good of that story interest you see dot com is the place to be unkillable and thanks without eating like the news continues just a minute from. wealthy british style. margetts weiner scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause a report on our team issues that so much in it is a huge music issue on the market as the arab spring interested six months it appears to have run into some serious head do some. bringing you the latest in science and technology from. the future covered. for the full story we'v

r.t. live from moscow where it's now or just after three pm. priest in finland is being accused of inciting religious hatred after describe one of the world's most wanted men as a terrorist police have questioned the pastor after he gave an interview to our t.v. in which he discussed the doc. the man behind the moscow metro and. was the one who carried out that interview. ah so you hummel are is being prosecuted for inciting readers hatred and for publicly criticizing what the finnish authorities describe as illegally operating organization that is because central russian political cause the sun to topple those above yours may not know what the organization is all about this is a media outlet and internet websites which made it sell the name by being a mouthpiece for terrorist local mosque this website is banned in russia as well as a number of other countries across the world but in the learned enjoys quite possible locational on the internet and in downtown houses. quarters all these organizations are in the very center of the city now you ha

to know to writing they say they'll donate the prize money to political prisoners why didn't it r.t. moscow. dimitris shortly with an update of the world of business news here on r.t. in the meantime let's have a quick look at some some of the world stories in brief and world update the staff you think will reportedly been killed and dozens injured during another wave anti-government protests in yemen mass demonstrations are still ongoing with calls for the country's president to lead his position immediately ali abdullah saleh has been in charge of yemen for more than thirty years earlier agreed to step down in a month's time but his announcement failed to extinguish protests. for the world update this out of a five hundred taliban members including some field commanders of escaping the prison southern afghanistan places breakout was made through a tunnel to the militants began digging five months ago some of the pages it's already been recaptured by security forces three years ago about a thousand prisoners escape from the same jail to the accomplices used truck bomb to destroy the prison

over r.t. moscow. more on everything we're covering here at r.t. dot com let's see what else is there right now. we hear from a russian siren who lifts the lid on her close contacts with a quart of italian prime minister silvio berlusconi. why the german tech giant siemens is in the frame over a cyber attack on iran's nuclear industry the details are dirty dot com. and it's time now for the business update with. thanks very much this is business all say hello and welcome to the program the schools has been significant to russian stocks but it's mostly been driven by oil and of course we thought from you will see believes called the crude prices will give a boost to other sports section. i think if we were to see energy prices by destabilizing or going a little bit lower that would be good for the global backdrop the fact that oil prices would likely stay above one hundred dollars at which level the russian budget balances that they've got would be sort of a good enough backdrop for the russia story and then we could start to see investors in branch

r.t. moscow. right now twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital of you without saying let's check out some other stories making headlines around the world now barack obama's call for tax increases on the rich and cuts in government spending he said that it would help to slash the u.s. budget deficit by four trillion dollars over twelve years republican parties sharply criticized obama's plans and instead proposed taking money out of health care and giving tax breaks to the wealthy now cuts have been announced for the country's defense budget this year alone around seven hundred billion it probably seems to be spent on them in a tree. opposed to gyptian president hosni mubarak and his two sons are being detained for fifteen days before the right leader is under detention in a hospital and shot them all shaken after reportedly suffering a heart attack his sons are in jail that a car broke prison for a number of the regime's former leaders are being held mubarak's will appear before a

international news live from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. where it's just past eight pm here in the russian capital and six pm in libya where the country is in deadlock daffy's forces are continuing their siege of the rebel held city of misrata while fresh nato air strikes rained down on the capital well more than a month into the intervention there's been a lot of discussion about the real aim of the action there but there's little said about what the rebels actually want t.v. going to spin off try to discover for himself their hopes and whether they'll come true. for years saleem has been struggling to keep his order parts shop ronnie he claims even opening pains thousands in bribes to various officials all linked to either get out of the or his family. i won't even begin to describe how hard it was to start his business cannot he has his hands on everything for decades he's been taking money from ordinary people but now it's time for him to be returned. sure small private business does exist in libya but with the colonel and his close all

we're covering today's top stories on the headlines of the week here on r.t. moscow says it's ready to assist peace talks in libya to end months of violence meanwhile nato is sending combat advisers to the country in a move that seen by analysts as the first step to a ground invasion. and other top news of the week terror takes a blow russian police eliminate two high ranking militants in the north caucuses both had suspected links to deadly attacks here in moscow. and the massive gulf of mexico oil spill is sparking allegations and court cases a year on but while those in charge play the blame game cleanup workers on a coastal residents are starting to feel the health impact of the disaster. next to a nazi it's a report on one american farmer who's fighting against a massive multinational corporation producers genetically modified foods you with arts. ball control gauges no one should control light no one can have that great input patterns and nature at night as long as my wife and i have light within us we will always go down and fight for the rights of cars always

r.t. live from moscow italy has approved the use of its fighter jets and nato's s. trucks despite its earlier refusal to join in on the bombings and after a strike on monday badly damaged cut off about his compound in the capital tripoli

top stories of today and all this week here on r.t. moscow says it's ready to assist with peace talks in libya to end months of violence meanwhile nato is sending combat advisors to the country in a move seen by analysts as the first step to a ground invasion. and other top news of the week terror takes a blow russian police eliminated two high ranking militants in the north caucuses both had suspected links to deadly attacks here in moscow. and the massive gulf of mexico oil spill is sparking allegations and court cases a year on but while those in charge play the blame game cleanup workers and coastal residents are starting to feel the health impacts of the disaster. time now for sporting use with current. hello welcome to the sports news this is a sunday and yet other headlines leading battles a new task is chance to regain top spot in the russian premier league acetates guy held struggling to hold. while best approach goal to luke donald rides his luck to stay on course for the world's number one ranking. and another milestone rafael nada

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in need of fuel have been promised thousands of tons of petrol are on the way ok i'm going to go r.t. moscow. remember you can find all the stories we're covering and a whole lot more a click away on our team dot com as what else is online right now california's change of fortune what was once the land of the gold rush is now a desperate to die as job hungry residents pack up and move on. and getting europe's leaders to face the naked truth over why they're bombing libya these scantily clad sleep experts suggest it's because broady governments aren't getting good enough that i can find out all the more about this at r t dot com along with your i pad video reports on are you trying to travel. from. is he. the official. called touch from the top story. on the. video. old girls. are in a sense feed now in the palm of your. comb a new york jury has found a russian pilot guilty of conspiring to smuggle drugs into the u.s. constantine yara shango was arrested in a sting operation in west africa last year and brought to the u.s. he denies all the charges are he's anastasio churkin a reports from ne

over r.t. moscow. get more on everything we're covering here at r.t. dot com let's see what else is there right now only hear from a russian siren who lifts the lid on her close contact with a quarter of its high in prime minister silvio berlusconi. and why the german tech giant simmons is in the fray over a cyber attack on iran's nuclear industry the details are actually dot com. and who is here with the latest business news for us in just a few moments stay with us. hello and welcome to business l.z. thanks for joining us the. significant value added to russian stocks but it's mostly been driven by oil and christine we've heard from you're also believes call it crude prices will give a boost to the sector. but i think if we were to see energy prices either stabilizing or going a little bit lower that would be good for the global backdrop the fact that oil prices would like to stay above one hundred dollars of which level the russian budget balances i think that would be sort of a good enough backdrop for the russia story and then we could start to se

millions both in moscow and across the globe remains it's something people have blown to live with my r.t. moscow. when israeli business when relief groups receive an invitation from the georgian prime minister to an informal dinner the last thing he was expecting was a prison sentence and he was to finalize a settlement one hundred million dollars to the government. has been chasing for almost fifteen years. ever reports doing deals in georgia can be a risky business. take one israeli businessman one former soviet republic and a lot of potential profit from oil and gas transit sounds like a winning combination which is exactly why ronnie folks came to new independent georgian one thousand anyone and scored a monopoly on the energy transfer market but the subsequent changes of government saw things done for bigger fish and his investments turned into a loss so he did what any businessman would tip the case to court and won but the difficult part was getting the georgian side to cough up one hundred million u.s. dollars. they started negotiations with. their finest. negotiation. to. the payment of

r.t. live from moscow putting france at the leading edge of western military action is turning into a political bomb that threatens to explode in the face of president nicolas sarkozy critics are lining up to label him as a modern imperialist and his arteries daniel pearl reports sarkozy's the prospects for a second term look shaky at best. if nicolas sarkozy hoped intervening in libya's new york free coast would boost his popularity it's backfired he's now by far the most unpopular president in the history of france's fifth republic according to the latest opinion polls at the weekend the main beneficiary has been marie le pen head of the national front party she's expected to knock him out of next year's presidential elections sarkozy wants pledge france will never again kill people in africa the pen told me he's broken that promise. this oh this in as a past colonial reaction by france by behaving like a well it's policeman deciding who's bad and who's good the president's policies a myriad i'd former colleagues wind inflexible personal style checks finance ministers. lift the ruling party t

top stories from r.t. moscow better wish an authority say destabilizing the country was the main objective of the terrorist attack on the capital subway that killed twelve and injured more than two hundred the blast happened at your evening rush hour it is the first deadly attack in the country's modern history the. warnings of cancer and physical mutations in libya as war veterans accuse allied forces of using poisonous depleted uranium and then military campaign un human rights commissions called for pan of the substance what countries like the u.s. and the u.k. are still in favor of using it. plus he traveled to space and landed in the pages of history russia celebrates fifty years since the soviet cosmonaut became the first man to journey to the stars incomplete it is all part of the earth on april twelfth one thousand and sixty one. that starts these financial analysts most cause a look at the what squeezing the middle class is and how huge wealth and grinding poverty could be a relatively. because a world w

r.t. from moscow talk about snow on it tonight here in the russian capital these are all top stories coalition air strikes on libya play more lives isn't least thirteen rebels are reported killed in last night's raid comes as the country's government projects the opposition cease fire conditions saying it will never withdraw its troops from rebel held city. meanwhile the russian car to this causes a stir on the internet with his take on the events in libya and across the middle east midlands a modern day version of the three little pigs through the pa for the computer game presented good and even great you know rest. and preparations for a soyuz spacecraft will marking the fiftieth anniversary of man's first space flights are in final phase and walk in space installed by three days before taking . more news at r.t. dot com. south of the united states of america oklahoma. this road leads to macalister penitentiary which houses prisoners condemned to death. this is where just twelve years ago i met schoen sellers a young man condemned to death his story created a media star all over the world he

killed poland's president kaczynski and ninety five others in small moscow hands over new violence towards all. twenty four so this is r.t. live from moscow. not maybe behind arming libyan rebels but lawmakers in london are furious that their colleagues allowed weapons to be sold to the coffee regime as recently as last year among several arab nations firepower from the u.k. which later saw uprisings the ministers accuse them of misjudging whether those guns would be turned on civilians and it expects. security forces put down and rest in the middle east with rubber bullets take ass and irritant ammunition and they've got plenty the u.k. was still selling arms to libya just months before colonel gadhafi turned them on his own people with government ministers approving a deal for sniper rifles bullets. there are very strict guidelines that say where where it is likely that human rights violations might take place are not supposed to solve the weapons and i would say looking back through a number of credible sources including amnesty international but it was always likely always very very likely the equipment supplied to c

r.t. live from moscow where it's now just after two pm on monday. nearly a month into the operation in libya and for those countries involved it's causing trouble at home especially in france where the president is feeling the pinch and starting to die a brutal reports it's not being helped by the country's intervention in its former colony of ivory coast nicolas sarkozy's korea under threat from accusations. if nicolas sarkozy hoped intervening in libya and the oil every coast. is going forward he's no boy for the most unpopular president in the history of france's fifth republic according to the latest opinion polls at the weekend the main beneficiary has been marie le pen head of the national front party she's expected to knock him out of next year's presidential elections because he wants. pledged france will never again kill people in africa le pen told me he's broken that promise so it will be seen as a past colonial reaction by fans behaving like a welsh policeman deciding who is bad and who's good the president's policies a myriad of former

r.t. live from moscow now the e.u. commissioner has announced that portugal would need about one hundred and ten billion dollars to stay afloat after greece and ireland it's now the third nation to seek a financial lifeline from its european neighbors with fears that spain could be next and according to john court of the e.u. referendum campaign eurozone governments are oblivious to the strength of the opposition and their drive to preserve the trouble here. we don't have a duty to portugal we did not a jew should plan our island we made seven billion pounds worth of welfare cuts and then we gave seven billion to ireland go figure that is neither and now spain is going to go the same way and our lousy coalition government will give the british people the right to have a vote and we don't know the reason they won't give us their vote because they know that seventy five percent of people in a recent e.u. referendum campaign and congress poll said they want to get out of this expensive undemocratic club and the euro is go

r.t. live from moscow but it's not just after two pm on monday well libya is in that lock colonel gadhafi forces are continuing the siege of the rebel held city of misrata fresh nato air strikes rained down on the capital well more than a month into the allied intervention there's been a lot of discussion about the real aim of the action because little said about what the rebels actually want you go to sort of try to discover for himself their hopes and whether they'll ever come true. for years saleem has been struggling to keep his order parts shop running he claims even opening up men's pain thousands in bribes to various officials all linked to either gaddafi or his family. i won't even begin to describe how hard it was to start his business cannot be as hands on everything for decades he's been taking money from ordinary people but now it's time for him to be returned. sure small private business does exist in libya with the colonel and his close allies controlling all sectors of the economy it's a huge struggle for a businessman to me the same profits the idea that the revolution wil

r.t. from moscow as a bit of a couple of weeks since moscow's winter melted away but signs of summer already trickling across the capital quite literally this weekend sees the launch of the season of found. what's the city soak it all in. spring has been india a moscow for more than a week old ready the temperatures are warm the sun is shining as you can see now that's the time usually visit as many fountains it's an amazing and impressive and spectacular display imagine five hundred sixty wants across plates are being switched on similar time as me throughout the capital many of them with law and some music with streams of different colors and trades listening to the african toxic side i'm not god's law they fall into the very macho every year the phones in season opening ceremony trolls and many people specially families with children some of the most fascinating fallen since out here they've put in ha exhibition center in the sun to most right where we are now it's home to this time for our colleagues and for instance on the colossus that's the biggest of them all is they want it you can

r.t. london. from moscow and japanese officials say sixty thousand tons of radioactive water accumulated in the basement of the stricken fukushima power plant workers keep feeding water into the reactors to stop them from overheating which of course is leading to a buildup of radioactive fluid. as i asked russia to send zero waste disposal facility to the crippled nuclear station almost twelve thousand tons of low tainted water are being released into the ocean to free storage space for more highly contaminated waste authorities say this poses no threat to human health or the environment let's get some more details on this now as we're joined by nuclear industry expert on all the gunderson. so as we just heard almost twelve thousand tons of radioactive water dumped into the pacific and continue to be done to the government saying this won't pose a threat to people all the environment is that accurate. i disagree i mean they had no choice but the radiation a releasing into the water will get absorbed by the fi

r.t. from moscow the top stories poland and russia hold remember in sevenpence in order of the late president lech kaczynski and ninety five others killed in a plane crash in western russia the tragedy which happened exactly a year ago claimed the lives of many high ranking closure officials. nato faces questions of the effectiveness of it see u.n. back no fly zone in libya after reports that two rebel helicopters were shot down by gadhafi forces meanwhile this week rebel support for the alliances interventionists suffered following deadly friendly fire incidents. also a finnish priest is charged with inciting racial hatred after interview he gave to our teeth in it he spoke out against russia's most wanted terrorist who's behind the deadly metro airport bombings in moscow slammed his internet propaganda mouthpiece. up next door nazi james brown and he travels to the republic of moldova and discovers that it's home to some of russia's most accomplished artists as were about a find. the russian. prospect. plunges well below zero the snow seems to come up to your waist and you should follow you

hello and a very warm welcome to am in moscow your with r.t. coming to you live from moscow and thousands are welcoming easter sunday russia's main cathedral last christians worldwide celebrate their most holy festival this year falls on the same day for both orthodox and western worshippers our correspondents are outside the christ the savior cathedral in moscow so sorry the easter mass is being held right behind you it's an elaborate service can you tell us what it involves. absolutely well a huge number of people turning out tonight to celebrate this traditionally is that it's. quite the savior behind me that i doubt. just off the eleven pm and it's going to close up of course the celebrations marking easter will continue into the day you know earlier on we saw the procession led by patriarch kirill he's leading the service. and they walk around the outside carrying the crucifix and thousands of people ever yet and the ceremony at this year in a different president that faded employment is defeated inside with a five thousand other western fa

r.t. from moscow but it's business next with dmitri. i know what your business i think it's good to have your company the russian co-owners of t. and k. v.p. are considering suing b.p. over violations of the company's shareholder agreement the consortium of russian shareholders says the lawsuit may take place in two weeks time however the amount of that claim is yet to be revealed earlier was reported it may want to ten billion dollars from b.p. in january the british oil signed an arctic exploration share swap agreement with another russian oil major snapped are considered to move against the joint ventures agreement and temporarily block the deal here's most interesting from their capital . the standing you should offer was made to the region of the new fifty cent. because. it's sort of midway. could be really good thinking this. is the one of the key partners. essentially state this is the new interest through history so i think you know this. political game could continue with. the. the agreement and this treaty as you do of b.p.t.

r.t. from moscow. to libya now to an african union delegation is attempting to convince the rebels to embrace a cease fire and start negotiating with colonel gadhafi the state representatives are now in the opposition held city of benghazi of holding talks with the libyan leader in tripoli gadhafi is agreed to the union's proposal of a truce and says he's prepared to negotiate a peace treaty solution with the rebels but the insurgents maintain they want accept any deal that will see the colonel who are just family hold on to power meanwhile nato stepped up its assault against gadhafi on sunday destroying over a dozen tanks and the largest air strike in weeks libya's been ravaged by civil war since february with hundreds of reported casualties our correspondent has cut off for more from the rebel headquarters of benghazi. pilot's hasn't spoken with his wife meaningly two months she is in misrata examining the worst surrounded by gadhafi forces and he is in the east i can't even call my wife i don't know

moscow. bulk of this is r.t. from moscow it's kevin owen here this hour with our top stories eight pm and at least fifty people have reportedly been killed in clashes in the syrian city of deraa but among the thousands who poured out onto the streets across the country for a friday of rage eyewitnesses say around five been injured in the coastal city of latakia at the base of the ruling elite after agents in plainclothes fired on demonstrators and in the capital damascus police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of protesters the opposition promised president assad the biggest rally yet following a series of killings of demonstrators a bloody crackdown on them schools international condemnation by the u.s. even point be a radio interference of the side the government is really going to have looks of what those accusations could maybe now fall to the. some like it hot but this spring things have heated up perhaps too much in the arab world is hips knees or libya now syria northern african region and the middle easte

r.t. live from moscow a recap now about top stories a finnish priest faces charges of inciting a racial hatred after an interview with r.t. he's being a persecuted for calling the man behind him a joke bombings in russia a terrorist i'm criticizing the man's internet and peace. and a nato air strike has reportedly killed thirteen rebels in libya this comes as the u.k. is accused of destroying a major could actually control the oil fields sconce to crush doubts over the coalition's troop motives in libya. and portugal turns to the e.u. to drag it out of a financial black hole it's threatening to arouse waves of anger among european taxpayers who will have to foot yet another bailout bill. and also russia provides poland with the newly declassified data on the one hundred forty months ago polish offices near cuts in all of this in a fresh effort to dispel tension. pop culture celebrity jesse ventura is our guest for the next r.t. if you are the former minnesota governor challenges the official spin on some of the american government's darkest and most incriminating secrets that is coming your wa

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r.t. from moscow still ahead in the program a new way to balance the books new york city authorities have come up with a simple solution to their budget problems by creating a new set of rules and fines for minor offenses of a story of. military service the first isn't an easy task but in russia young recruits often face horrific bullying upon entrance into the army and rights organizations have been lobbying and. the problem was artie's jacob graves reports in some cases it's simply too late most morning this report contains footage of graphic. it's a disturbing sight one that's on the rise in the russian army. it's called hazing and valentino is all too familiar with its consequences you can hear that in the reports about thought is that frank physically and mentally are coming in every day . she runs the committee of soldiers mothers an organization partly funded by the government on a day to day basis her job is to protect soldiers from the harsh realities of service. there the flood protection rackets when it would have to pay and now the soldiers say seventy dollars a month to be ab

r.t. from moscow kevin thanks for being with us top stories to share their grief holes and russians alike gathered to mourn the late like chin skeered ninety five members of the polish political elite killed in a plane crash in western russia a year ago. the british military reports hitting seven pro-government tanks in libya but support from nato is still shaky after previous blunders in the operation group of african leaders are on a mission to try and ease the conflict between the government and rebels. and top financial minds gather in an iconic american town to discuss what went wrong with the world's economy and where it needs to go to avoid a repeat of placing the dollar as a reserve currency on the increased role of emerging markets are among the main topics. so we can measure god just a few days ahead of the fiftieth anniversary of man's first flight into space not enough his own out of this world experience. if i welcome to the start i'm something of a karate class and most famous monuments here in the russian capital but why but because of this respect i will be exploring the s

r.t. from moscow is kevin owen here tonight with the top stories for the nato led coalition upgrades its assault on colonel gadhafi to try and change the course of the libyan civil war which washington says it moving toward stalemate interventions and little success flows so far while the human cost them financial price tag skyrockets american unmanned predator drones in the latest addition to nato the libyan arsenal but they bring with them a reputation for killing civilians in afghanistan and pakistan. credibly and the u.n. secretary general meantime took a firm stance on libya saying the coalition is that the only according to its mandate ban ki moon is currently in moscow talks. busts russia's war on terror in the caucasus claims a high profile target to security forces kill a top al qaeda militant it's believed he was involved in most of the recent atrocities in the country. this weekend so everybody likes ational in time too for martin andrews to show us next some of the latin flavors of the russian capital in his late edition of asco up. but. i love the present on this christmas last i wo

it's just after five pm here in moscow you're with r.t. now as the fight for control over the oil rich libyan coast line continues the u.s. is stepping back from its leading role in the operation welshman will still oversee the logistics of the mission but has encouraged other nato countries to increase their military contribution. can now look at how libya could just be the start of why the u.s. goals and they reach him. as waves of public rage sweep through north africa and the middle east world powers jump on them as many analysts say in an attempt to direct the waves of unrest in a way that's more favorable for them in libya forging relationship with the opposition so that if gadhafi goes their people there to do business with as syria popular wrath gather steam some experts say western powers might see the advantages of getting involved there to these three countries iran and syria are the main countries that will not align themselves automatically to the global car elites or the western powers interested objectives in north africa an

and live from our headquarters in central moscow this is r.t. we're glad to have you with us now to our top story the stories of this week a metro bomb blast in the belorussian capital minsk killed thirteen people more than two hundred others were injured in the monday evening rush hour attack authorities have detained five people in connection with the explosion including a man accused of placing the bomb on the platform no one has claimed responsibility for the attack as of yet and there are no clear motives but he's a fact that in a clutch of a filed this report from it. was five forty nine pm means condor grant a man steps on the platform of a crowded metro station who sees how to back on the floor and walks away for several minutes you can see him cold blooded waiting for the right moment trains going in both directions make a stop doors open. i started to scream asking for help. was bleeding heavily a man and a woman can't be outside into the fresh air i taught my mag and didn't leave me until the ambulance arrived that a man and woman mig

worldwide news live from moscow this is r.t. getting from the leading edge of western military action is turning into a political bomb the threatens to explode in the face of president nicolas sarkozy critics lining up to label him a modern imperialist. reports sarkozy's a prospects for a second term look shaky at best if nicolas sarkozy hoped intervening in libya and the oil for. he coast would boost his popularity is backfired he's now why for the most unpopular president in the history of france's fifth republic according to the latest opinion polls at the weekend the main beneficiary has been marie le pen head of the national front party she's expected to knock him out of next year's presidential elections because he wants pledge france will never again kill people in africa and told me he's broken that promise so that this blog is seen as a pos colonial reaction by france by behaving like it well spell least men deciding who is bad and who's good the president's policies a mirror it had former colleagues by an inflexible pe

r.t. live from moscow where it's now or just after three pm welcome to the program what i knew a coalition strike has destroyed colonel gadhafi is a military vehicles in eastern libya they are tied because allow it rebels to move forward after five days of clashes for control over the town of brega where a key oil town which has changed hands six times in as many weeks meanwhile as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict remain stalled three weeks now into the intervention in a cafe and four years on a three country trip in southern europe to negotiate a solution to the crisis will be crossing live to tripoli to hear more from our correspondent paula that's coming your way here on r.t. in just a few minutes. now as the fight for control over the oil rich libyan coastline continues the u.s. steps back from its leading role in the operation washington will still oversee the logistics of the mission but has encouraged other nato countries to increase their military contribution he's got a challenge looks at how libya could be just the start of wider us. in the region. as waves of public rage s

r.t. from moscow these are the top stories tonight the battle for the control of key cities resumes in libya with gadhafi forces stepping up the fight to recapture the rebels' last stronghold of the west the opposition suffered a setback from coalition forces as thirteen rebels were killed in a friendly fire spot. japanese officials say radiation is likely to leak from the quake hit fukushima plant for least several more months three weeks after the tragedy people try to rebuild their lives for the government isn't doing. and one of the main news stories from a single week in the largest anti terror operation in years russian security forces have killed seventeen militants and destroyed their counter the north caucuses it comes on the eve of the first anniversary of the moscow metro bombings that killed thirty. it's ten thirty one pm now moscow time next economic rift between the rich and the poor in america is deepening but a new awareness is also taking root among the people that is the opinion anyway of renowned civil rights activist cornel west to share his views with our report i. dr co

r.t. from moscow it's nine pm here. on our top story the war in libya is on the brink of a stalemate says the top u.s. military commander but despite the announcement to send armed american predator drones to target gadhafi forces as are his supreme finding out the escalating cost of the campaign deadlock is raising questions. for libyans it's been a long hard month and strike after airstrike by nato forces in the middle of an increasingly violent civil war but in the midst of all that bloodshed what's been achieved according to many not a lot of us in the situation is deepening probably got rather worse the african union attempted to cease fire was scuttled i believe by western interests and now britain is putting troops on the ground his advisors i think it's very dangerous we're involved in a civil war course there is no problem interest or should and at what cost priceless human lives certainly but the ministry of defense refuses to release information on how much the intervention in libya is costing the british tax

r.t. from moscow thanks for being with us one story coverage tonight a blast in the. capital tonight in the metro and the president alexander lukashenko has confirmed that eleven people have died in that explosion earlier on it happened on the escalator during rush hour at least one hundred twenty six people have been injured it is unclear whether people were from the blast or from the collapse of the. dozens of already been taken to local hospitals for treatment president dmitri medvedev has offered help to the government to help with the investigation we are getting a line through now more developments on this story we've heard now the. prosecutor is confirming that tonight's blast was a terrorist attack just to reconfirm. the head prosecutor confirming this news just coming through that the cause of tonight's explosion was a terrorist attack we'll be following that of course for you throughout the coming hours here. and also more. hungry for the. we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. welcome across. opening the door to t

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r.t. but moscow says it's ready to assist peace and dialogue efforts in libya in order to prevent further civilian casualties in a telephone conversation with the libyan a prime minister russia's foreign minister said that a peaceful solution is possible but only if all sides of the conflict in accordance with the u.n. mandate things are bennett reports. in terms of what concrete support russia can actually provide in reaching a peaceful resolution to this conflict so again lever of russia's foreign minister has offered to send observers to help monitor a cease fire deal between the rebel forces and get that these troops in telephone conversation he had with libya's prime minister al baghdadi our math moody at the behest of the libyan government following his announcement now was ready to reach a ceasefire agreement with the rebels this is a position that russia has advocated continuously during this conflict which the peaceful resolution to is taking it into the political realm this is something this again lavrov champion of the russian nato summit earlier this month in berlin for this t

r.t. from moscow a scandal flaring up after israel confirmed an abducted palestinian engineer is now awaiting trial in an israeli prison did our bosses see who in the country queues of links with hamas disappeared in ukraine in february. it's got the story. this story has definitely more questions than answers and more mysteries than we can imagine the palestinian engineer did out of lucy she went missing in ukraine in the middle of february he was on board a train from hike of to kiev when allegedly two men walked into his good argument and removed a man from the train there had been no information whatsoever on his whereabouts until thursday when the israeli prime minister openly admitted that the man was kept in a prison on israel's territory now his connection to the hamas is being named as one of the reasons for such actions and he is waiting for charges to be put against him but his wife and himself are saying that these allegations are not true in fact his ukrainian wife iranica turned to the u.n. high commissioner for refugees to sort this issue out and she believes that this alleged

r.t. from moscow our headline russia's leading men don't rule out taking part of the next presidential elections promise of a team of putin says he could run for the top job together separately twenty twelve he said everything depends on the economic social and political issues facing the country. to close the suspects linked to the terrorist attack on the capital's metro system have confessed twelve people were killed in the blast and then two hundred bridges today's been declared an official day of mourning. the global power structure could be shifting with political experts warning that europe and the u.s. should watch their backs as the world's fastest growing economies kate ground heads of russia brazil india china and south africa are gathering to discuss new international financial model on the libyan crisis i did more on the top story now people are values gas discussed whether brics countries will become the main force in the world economy in the near future next. can't. stand. alone and welcome to cross talk i'm people of all the building breaks of the future some of the world's fastes

r.t. from moscow ahead in the program with me kevin owen we report on the despair of the last hope in the caucasus. and now no job no money and no social support all i can do is to ask the church makes and i can feed my sick child impoverished georgians venting their fury at the government which they claim isn't helping them get by despite promises of a better welfare system. first though global finance minister is demanding urgent action to avert another devastating economic crisis the world bank coming i.m.f. driven primarily by the us are usually the first port of call for ailing nations looking for financial support but asked as r.t. is really important i reports next that washington is in no position to advise others or it struggles to cut its own huge deficit. and you will spring gathering about the world economy produced a dreadful financial forecast we are one shot away from a food crisis critics say through the establishment of the international monetary fund and world bank america has positioned itself as an economic dr to the world using the institutions to retain global domina

r.t. live from moscow our top stories this sunday poland and russia are members of day one year ago when the polish president and members of the country's political elite were killed in a plane crash morial services are being held in warsaw as well as the crash site in western russia. nato is accused of letting libyan rebels of northern no fly zone after two opposition helicopters are reportedly downed by gadhafi forces meanwhile this week rebel support for the alliance intervention has suffered following deadly from the fire incidents. also a fitness priests the stars of inciting racial hatred after an interview with r.t. and if you don the man behind the deadly match an airport bomb is moscow a terrorist and slams his engine that propaganda mouthpiece. coming up next we discuss the underlying faults of modern economic systems and why the very rich strives so hard to keep them as they are. today harty is talking to peter joseph activists and filmmaker he's the founder of the movie and has recently released his newest film guys moving forward. peter thank you for joining us today for our vie