first attacked by nato planes on the second day of the major operation here in libya in march the r.t.c. reports that thousands of its fighters from misrata have apparently advanced into the center of the city of sirte put facing a heavy resistance from duffy's. troops gadhafi elite troops apparently armed with a jewelry and a long range drug trials a rocket and also it's not has been to see also reported at least four of its fighters eleven and other reports have been killed during this offensive and seven others wounded and we also receive an information of forty get off the loyalists have been captured in syria and the reports that is information. that happen one of them to get this information is very hard to verify said anyway whatever happens right now in the city of say a battle if confirmed would mean a breakthrough in terms of ending six month long civil war here leave here this battle is very false and symbolically and also practically because it opens major ace tries west a road here in libya meanwhile fighting over in not essential could be supported by some two hundred kilo

the big cities to make their living but the rural towns they leave behind a dying out as a result an r.t.c. going to set off has more on the generation draining to hear how the few who stay behind a cope with no hot water or stable electricity supplies the nearest pharmacy post office and grocery store or miles a week for thirteen or some solo or even bat is not the most difficult thing to cope with it's having no leaders they know that they used to be so many families living here but then some people die some little everybody's gone now even the roads. it used to be a successful tiny agricultural community were everyone knew each other's names and celebrated birthdays together that young has been here all her life but now nearly all that's left of the village are her memories. this used to be a collective farm back in saw good times and now it looks more like ancient ruins rather than something which actually functioned not so long ago it's astonishing especially knowing that we are just around two hundred miles away from moscow there's a hearty sygate travels around the country and explo

history that r.t.c. energy can report the killing haven't stopped that. it started as a war on terror spawned by the deadliest terrorist attack in history in the world is she with the enemy that's that's clear but the circle of america's enemies grew quickly and included nations that had nothing to do with nine eleven they were defined by george bush as the axis of evil some of these regimes have been pretty quiet since september the eleventh but we know their true nature north korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction while starving its citizens. juran aggressively pursues its weapons in exports terror while an unelected few repress the iranian people hope for freedom. iraqis to foreigners hostility toward america and to support terror two years after nine eleven the us invaded iraq on the grounds that he had weapons of mass destruction and was doing business with al qaida grounds which proved to be fought hundreds of thousands of iraqi civilians have died since the invasion they used the moment in in the wake of nine eleven

alliance has made little effort to rout out the deadly business during its tanny or a long campaign r.t.c. war is going off reports from kabul. the penalty for drinking beer in kabul is sixty whips on the back publicly it is a very traditional muslim society or is it there are dozens of people if not more for doing what's right there under this bridge in the center of the seat with all the screaming and staring at them and all these insane conditions we still rubbish being formed right here where we're standing right now this is just incredible seek and heroin. it's all cooked mixed injected or smoked right i'm on these piles of rubbish the rotten meat and an indescribable room and not one policeman anywhere near but that's not all we were told these people don't just come here to do drugs many of them called pakistan and you're on your game here and we don't have any job we don't have any kind of thing to do if you can pay for the war or you have a bunch of you help us a study commissioned by the u.s. state department shows each family has at least one drug user will be found in breast m

afghanistan one of the main sources of income is in full bloom but nato isn't doing anything about that as r.t.c. go piskun off and. the penalty for drinking beer in kabul is sixty whips on the back publicly it is a very traditional muslim society or is it there are dozens of people if not more for doing drugs right there under this bridge in the center of the city with all of these coming and staring at them in all these insane conditions we still rubbish being strong rates here where we're standing right now this is just incredible to see. carol when. it's all cooked mixed injected or smoke to write more on these piles of rubbish and not one policeman anywhere near. but that's not all we were told these people don't just come here to do drugs and many of them called us home. and we don't have any jobs we don't have any kind of thing to do if you can. help a study commissioned by the u.s. state department shows each family has at least one drug user or found in breast milk and all kids even newborns have morphine in their blood there's no doubt that the area of plantation song with narcotic cro

came at a meeting between the french and russian foreign ministers and for more we're joined now by r.t.c. from moscow are you sure it looks like are the two sides found some common ground although there are a number of differences as well could you break it down for us. well surely there is a number of differences in the approaches an understanding of some international issues between russia and france but to the two countries do call each other a long term strategic partners and they are on common ground when it comes to a great amount of international and local problems now i'm talking about syria moscow and in full understanding that this issue ational not to repeat what happened with libya and it's absolutely vital that the opposition in syria has a dialogue with. listen to what russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov had to say . it is imperative to get we start talks and this is actually worked the syrian leadership for this thinks it is extremely dangerous to grant cert its forces in syria to these talks and neither russia nor france wants to see this and this is. let's just be ex

as a possible prime minister for now though r.t.c. brings us the background to what's called the mediator after. it's not a surprise that they are being referred to as a tandem because the two have been working together very closely as political associates for over ten years now well just a short recap reminder of how both made it to russia still jobs in two thousand. how did he is. there was an election in russia and vladimir putin won in that election in two thousand and four he was reelected as the president and dimitri medvedev joins he's the so-called cypress team. in two thousand and five he became russia's for a steady prime minister after a very successful academic career and mission in benteke was largely tasked with overseeing the major modernization and reforms program in russia in two thousand and december two thousand and seven of a similar united russia convention putin made first tense about that he followed of what the candidates for the war russia's next presidential term and it was an informal backing informal backin

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and serve their matches for that r.t.c. got this kind of reporting. well let's discuss president as we have comments we need you babiche a political analyst for the real news agency here in moscow mr babbage so admission of that of says he and buddy rich woods n.c.i. to wire a lot of things they have common goals but what about those rumors that there's a bit of a rift within that tandem well i think these rumors were mostly wishful thinking on the part of the borns or. of united for russia russia and outside russia these people probably remember the times of the patrol when there was a rift inside the port of buehrle which ultimately was one of the reasons for the collapse of the u.s.s.r. is it not possible at all. you could it's possible but not with this generation because putin and madrid saw i would happen when we beat us and i remember before coming to power or maybe that gave an interview to the russian magazine called expelled where he basically said russia will not survive another conflict inside the leads so from the very beginning i didn't

and so very much for that r.t.c. this kind of reporting. well that's a scots president is getting his comments with me gee bob it should political analyst for the real news agency here in moscow mr babich so it's richard that of says he and let him or putin see eye to eye on a lot of things they have common goals but what about those rumors that there's a bit of a rift within that tandem well i think these rumors were mostly wishful thinking on the bottom of the born's of. view later to russia and outside russia these people probably remember the times of nico gorbachev when there was a rift inside the board of buehrle which ultimately was one of the reasons for the collapse of the u.s.s.r. is not possible at all. theoretically it's possible but not with this generation because putin and medvedev saw how it happened in the late eighty's and i remember before coming to power mediated gave an interview to a russian magazine called expert where he basically said that russia will not survive another conflict inside the elites so from the very b