land israel trains and reportedly arms west bank sadler's ahead of the un vote on palestinian statehood experts warn it is the anticipation of violence that could actually spark a conflict. ross now have to strike some multibillion dollar deal with the world's biggest oil company exxon mobil just months after the collapse of the type of b.p. join us for more on that in our business bulletin and twenty minutes time. it's thirty pm in moscow this is coming to you live i'm nice now with our top story this hour and nato says it has no immediate plans to end its operation in libya despite the rebels now control in most of the country the alliance is continuing to bomb the town of syria the main progress afy i should say a stronghold which rebels have given until saturday to surrender meanwhile tripoli remains under rebel control but as are the notional reports but almost every youngster in the country now carrying a gun it's far from safe. hammer is a libyan rebel he got a bullet in and fighting against gadhafi soldiers in secrecy matric me with a shot coming from the same style and. i didn'

military is training and also reportedly arming the west bank settlers as they expect violence on the un votes on recognizing the palestinian statehood next month but as artie's portfolio reports it's the action of the jewish state not the ballot that could lead to. the united nations might be meeting next month to declare a palestinian state but for more than half a million israeli settlers they couldn't care less there has been so many the sessions they cleared in the un that have absolutely no meaning and are baseless un don't want that nobody's go home the palestinians say they'll be the ones now going home and like it or not nigeria and israeli settlers will soon find themselves citizens of palestine once the un recognizes palestine within these borders now there's no argument this is occupation international law apply for months now the israeli army has been fine tuning its response to the un vote. about a lot of equipment in order to have an. answer and also training a lot of members of the one hundred million dollars and the separation the army is also training sick lives in self

middle east concerned the entire world and russia is no exception russia is a permanent member of the un security council as well as an active member of the international court in the middle east russia's deputy foreign minister mikhail bogdanov joins us to discuss recent developments in the situation in the middle east and answered a question whether the region is going through the arab spring some experts say or a period of decline just about done of before he became deputy foreign minister you were russia's ambassador to egypt for a number of years and witnessed the tragic events to check the country the life of the vast majority of egyptians are mean bitterly hard and it's constantly deteriorating do you think there is a possibility that egypt will experience another way of mass protests this time inspired by economic demands and what are the prospects for egyptian state or considering the influence of the region. it is true i was russian ambassador to egypt for over six years and i saw the social economic and political situation unfold in the world's largest out of country we are de

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is turning into a global policeman nowadays of using any resolutions taken by the un security council to serve its own interests to go without looking at the interests of other . groups even given the interests of the people they claim to be liberating in libya and actually knowing the need to. be seriously that needle was actually interested by the security and interests of ordinary libyans when they were interfering in the conflict but it's looking nowadays like the rebels are likely to keep control over libya so that they're capable of forming a stable government. you know. i don't think that is possible well first of all because so far the rebels there were only united by a single objective of it and that is to bring down good of his regime which they hated for different reasons but. those rebels you are composed by very different ethnic tribes and political groups. and western interests that support the rebels not only referring to the western coalition but also to some countries within the middle east including such a nation as iran. that their enemies down the rebels will inevi

the statement and the actions of the syrian government the us tightening sanctions against syria the un resolution is being used to probe the situation for the possibility of military intervention how high are the chances that western countries will indeed unleash a military campaign against syria. we realize that city is going through a very difficult stage of development similar to a few other countries in the region and internal civil conflict between the government and part of society political social and economic problems that are greeted both in terms of numbers and complexity we think the best way to deal with these problems is a nationwide dialogue with crucial political social and economic reforms we support all efforts aimed at launching and promoting a substandard of dialogue between the government and the opposition we adhere to the notion that both parties should abstain from violence and engage in constructive dialogue in an up to speed of cooperation we wish them progress he said as he said the syrian government and president assad have delivered a number of statements on

and like it or not niger and israeli settlers will soon find themselves citizens of palestine once the un recognizes palestine within these borders now there's no argument this is occupation international law apply for months now the israeli army has been fine tuning its response to give you an vote. about a lot of equipment in order to have. stronger meds etc also training a lot of. around twenty million dollars in the separation the army is also training citizens in self defense the working assumption of his ready defense establishment is there come september they will be confrontations between israelis and palestinians they fear that they will be marchers protests and in some cases even violence but it's an assumption and many would say overreaction that threatens to inflame the situation on the ground israel has been doing everything it can to to devise this whole idea of accord and it's not only the palestinians it's shortchanging this year. through spreading also on their own population with is not justified because at the end of the what the policy of are doing is a political flip

it was very clear in the original un resolution it was very clear when our prime minister spoke in parliament here that there would be no occupation force one of the things that troubled me all this was this i mean given as to whether there should be troops on the ground as the rebels were going into tripoli we had to go left go left go left these instructions being yelled out with by obviously british soldiers british personnel who were leading that advance group now that i think is where we've overstepped the line. this is r.t. in live from moscow the syrian army has once again been deployed to the city of hama in search of opposition activists last month the city was overrun by tank forces leaving dozens dead meanwhile amnesty international has accused syria of killing eighty eight people in prisons during a five month ongoing uprising activists claim the victims were imprisoned tortured to death for taking part in antigovernment demos this comes after at least seven were killed during a crackdown on the muslim holiday you'd. put out of a transformed analysis center and things serious reli

. >> add draft security council resolution is put forward as the un -- at the un. seismic shock. there is no major damage. it is 11:00 a.m. here in singapore. >> 4:00 a.m. in london. broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world. welcome to "newsday". >> libyas rebels are celebrating, overrunning colonel gaddafi's headquarters. destroying the symbols of a 42- year dictatorship. no one knows where he or his sons are. members of the national transitional council are on their way to tripoli to began forming an interim government. despite the victorious claims government forces have come -- taken back control. >> of course, i cannot disclose to you what sort of military plans we have prepared to defend tripoli. the remaining -- and the remaining cities. i promise you and the arabs we have transformed tripoli in to a cannon of fire against imperialism. if the apache strikes continue, and if the bombardment by the military shifts -- ships continue, we will transform ieee into a death trap -- tripoli in to a death trap. against the crusaders. no one can enter tripoli. t

several nato states are threatening action against syria with the un security council said to hold an emergency meeting on the situation he comes as residents of the city of hama a report of the army has resumed shelling residential areas after more than one hundred people were killed on sunday according to local reports russia has condemned the violence in syria calling a both the government and opposition to cease conflict and abide by the law meantime the e.u.'s expanding sanctions on damascus professor joshua landis from the university of oklahoma told me earlier that sanctions may not work as they end up targeting the people rather than the government. as ramadan comes and the opposition said that every day would be friday we the government is clearly trying to take control of how much and doesn't want to become a site or perhaps a new military expert grow up the free syrian military or a new political order the west feels it needs to do something it doesn't want to stop trade you know we've tried sanctions in iraq in iran libya they haven't worked very much and when they have wo

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ory the un is calling for a halt to violence in libya as the rebels are advancing on colonel gadhafi as hometown of syria with aerial support from nato british tornado jets have fired cruise missiles at his command and control bunker in the town regarded as gadhafi his last stronghold the nato bombing has come despite previous statements from the alliance that it wasn't assisting rebels in their hunt for gadhafi there's also been intense fighting near tripoli's international airport the notion of who's in the capital says many there are now living in fear of anarchy. was there but when i am here i am if i was. headed by a little i don't think i can sit in the middle of nobody's seen these people nobody cared about this before you. make a distinction fairly easy for me. i think you may not know. who she. was that if. he was really that was everything that might seem like he had all the hey jake take a shot is being a friend was this is only for jerk that things started out only for dirty things specific fees fighting has continued since rebel forces and chiefly during the week and muc

no one gave nato the un mandate we took it upon themselves to the un security council resolution one thousand seven three quite broad possibilities to international organizations and countries up to code to execute the resolution but it wasn't given to any one organization nato for all intents and purposes you search this right so if there is a mandate that will execute it as they see fit if there isn't one they'll grant it to themselves on the request of libya's democratic government will ensure their military presence in this country to quite shoot and experienced people and they'll always find a way to ensure at least a fig leaf of legitimacy for their presence in libya. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says his. crucial stage of the libyan conflict could have been reached much much earlier. we have always wanted a quicker outcome and it could have been faster but a number of factors prevented this from happening including could if you. told allies they could actually assist the negotiations were only possible to him later his actions were also an obstacle they far exceeded

un the un wants to have a role in libya i mean there are various un agencies like even the un office of drugs and crime is in the report as wanting to send people and so is you n.d.p. so he sort of he sort of harness the energy of kind of bureaucrats that just want to be in the center of action and see it see livy as this sort of great opportunity only. even as careerist a sort of fourth for themselves but it ends up being an agenda that really takes sides and i think that that you know ever since it came out they tried to deny they tried to say to me it's not a u.n. document now they said it's a working document but my own you know reporting among among the people to prepare it is not only is this document a sort of a a take it or leave it this is a u.n. plan even when the u.n. was purporting to try to mediate between the rebels and gadhafi government of the time the u.n. just showed up and said here's our idea and sort of like listening to all sides or who knows where the mediation could have been successful but they sent this guy called and it's sort of i think this is not a fine

well when the un votes on the creation of a palestinian statehood israeli diplomacy will undergo the ultimate test that's what the former director general of the israeli ministry of foreign affairs expects and his interview was coming up in less than fifteen minutes. the last few months have proven disheartening for america in afghanistan with july and august being the two deadliest for u.s. troops since the war began a decade ago that comes as a senate committee into wartime contracting has found thirty billion dollars of taxpayers' money missing or stolen by contractors the final report claims the money was squandered due to poor planning a lack of oversight and outright fraud by u.s. contractors and federal employees and also more as another thirty billion could be wasted unless top measures are taken the findings are now to be presented to congress as a cash strapped washington prepares to trim defense spending to tackle its enormous debt that american economists and radio host richard wallace says the measures the government are undertaking are insufficient. to get by for two to

around the world and islamist militant group has admitted responsibility for the data lee attack on the un's headquarters in the nigerian capital of abuja it happened on friday when a car rammed through two security gates despite guards opened fire at least eighteen people were killed in a suicide bombing while dozens were injured some of them critically the powerful blast destroyed the lower floors of the building. mexico's government is offering a two point four million dollars reward for information about a deadly raid on a casino the attack in the city of monterrey left over fifty people dead and many more injured dozens were trapped inside and showed when a gunman burst into the venue sprayed it with fuel and set it on fire authorities suspect the attack was connected to organized crime. at least twelve people have died after an overcrowded ferry sank off eastern indonesia others are feared missing but it's not yet known how many over ninety were safely rescued from the passenger ship that went down in the waters off so what was the island reports say those on board were heading home to

syrian president to step down and this all coming just one day after president assad did speak with the un secretary-general ban ki moon are shoring him that all military and police operations in his country have halted but clearly this is not stopped or the u.s. and its western allies from. putting more pressure on the syrian government and the new wave of action using the syrian regime as you've been saying the merino walsall the call of the security council meeting. it's coming from all ends al as the security council the un security council is meeting today to respond discuss findings of a report that was released by the un human rights panel this twenty two page report accuses the syrian government of carrying out of human rights violations since mid march when the anti government protesters began taking to the street according to this u.n. report a fresh one of the syrian government has taken part in numerous summary executions carried them out there's been kidnapping and torture according to the findings of this u.n. report to un investigators say that the syrian government may have

after the un rosser calls for dialogue to broker peace and cereal bowl criticizing the u.s. and european states showing bias in siding with anti-government protests. and a british court is accused of gagging a world war two veteran by jailing him for speaking out against corruption in the judiciary. fly from moscow words to pm you're watching r t with me and he's now a our top story this hour the u.n. is calling for a halt to violence in libya as the rebels are advancing on colonel gadhafi as hometown of sirte with aerial support from nato british tornado jets have fired cruise missiles at his command and control bunker in the town regarded as gadhafi its last stronghold the nato bombings come just like previous statements from the alliance that it wasn't assisting rebels in their hunt for gadhafi there's also been intense fighting near tripoli's international airport notion of who's in the capital so many there are now living in fear of anarchy. they are looking. to. be in these people look at the good about this really you. really easy. i think and then i think she. was. t

the un's most powerful body condemns the serious and deepening bombings heating russia's call to rule out foreign intervention and urging internal dialogue it comes as protesters in syria claim they're being massacred by government forces. there would be suicide bomber turned up peace activist party meets a palestinian woman whose failed mission against israel change took reception on life just as. the business cold continues its march into record territory as the death of worry about the health of the global economy writer that makes a big seventy dollars per hour for business bullets and twenty minutes. just after three pm here in moscow you without saying i'm a recent shanghai now the head of the e.u. wants to change the rules on the bailouts including increasing the pot of money available to help struggling member countries it's to ensure there's enough money to stop the debt epidemic from spreading throughout the region as attention turns towards the teacher and major economies of italy and spain italy avoided the worst of the boring bubble production there remain sluggish and on

the uk obama may in return the palestinians would be expected to drop their bid for statehood at the un and formally recognize israel as a church state. police in britain have released incredible c.c.t.v.

. >> the un security council is meeting to discuss the violent crackdown in syria. witnesses say that they're facing the heaviest attacks yet in the city. more than 100 people were gunned down during the weekend. >> the tanks are firing at the protesters and people are dying. this footage shows the city where six civilians were killed on monday according to opposition forces. this damage to a mosque supposedly happened on august 1 during the holy month of ramadan. the residents of the city say that the worst of the bloodshed was on sunday. there are reports that support -- supplies of food and medicine are running low. >> this is more than just repression. we have to say that there is a massacre happening. >> asaad is still telling people that conspirators from abroad are doing this. >> i spoke to a correspondent in the capital of lebanon and asked her about the un security council and whether or not there is continued the adobe continued international concern over this. >> it is not clear how much outrage they will have over this. the regime is more closely isolate

the un condemns the use of force against civilians in syria and calls on all sides to end facilities amid continued violence across the country. and the palestinian woman on a mission a peace officer failing in a suicide bombing mission against israel r.t. is a still. international news and comment this is r.t. live in moscow just turned eight pm in the russian capital going to have you with us this hour the head of the e.u. has joined the struggles to lift the region out of its financial page calling on yet more money to be made available to struggling economies it was a manual but also also wants the bailout fund to be able to buy government bonds as the major eurozone economies of spain and italy face being crushed under their debt boring cost for both countries surged as investors rushed to rid themselves of risky bones italy avoided the worst of the boring bottle but production there remained sluggish and uncompetitive causing bond interest to surge to the euro high prime minister silvio berlusconi attempted to reassure markets saying the country's economy had solid foundations

continue to supply military equipment to the rebels as long as they need it though he didn't mention the un resolution authorizing intervention in libya which many think actually expressly rules out military supplies to libya rebel leader. said that he sees france as a driving force in the nato campaign against gadhafi troops now the french and british have invited libya's government to a meeting on september the first with e.u. leaders adding that they will meet quote not as military allies but friends the british prime minister's office has also released a statement saying that the meeting will help to build a free and democratic libya during wednesday's meeting sarkozy also cut france's economic growth forecast and announced eleven billion dollars in. measures the french president being accused of trying to bury this very bad news in the euphoria of war victory but they're all signs that the war isn't producing the results because they wanted more in this report. france feels like a winner as the first power to recognize libya's rebels the first to bomb the country and now the first in t

the un says it doesn't have enough money to feed all the hungry. the lands of people across the horn of africa do not have enough teeth. >> and these are the lucky ones. they're finally receiving the life of giving necessities they need. food, water, medical attention. the death toll climbs steadily. and when >> every day, they embark upon the perilous journey to kenya. thus are taken in at the refugee camp. other camps have been established throughout the region. a hungry are streaming into ethiopia as well. they receive the basics for survival. >> these small children that you see, they are malnourished and this population is very hungry and very tired. they will get it in the next few days. >> no one knows how high the death toll is. it could be the most severe crisis in a generation. >> having a little bit of difficulty right now? >> it is looking quite weak at the moment, defending his government was a move to tackle public debt. he vows to introduce taxes and other reforms. he made the speech before parliament. >> they told the italian parlia

calls on the syrian authorities to fully respect human rights and to comply with international law the un security council force is issuing this presidential statement following more than four and a half months of violence in syria that is when anti-government protesters first took to the streets back in mid march to call for the resignation of the syrian president now as a result of this presidential statement russia's position is being used to be that there should not be any overextension pressure put on the syrian government such as sanctions and the council also believe that it was better to put a statement out rather than a resolution russia has said and continues to believe that this issue should be resolved in the form of dialogue trying to get both parties to come together and speak rather than taking sides one way or another version russian ambassador to the united nations to tell the churkin said that the security council is still working under the shadow of events surrounding libya as our viewers may remember that the security council adopted a resolution allowing for a no fly

because there were various important circumstances in the field of human rights including the visit of the un high commissioner for human rights. as. citizens. by the way an hour earlier the government finally made up its mind to take decisions it should have taken years ago about. the ministry of national defense. it has decided to withdraw from active service. and summoned to court with the use of discretionary power. the following members of the army. officers and servicemen were deprived of office as well as noncommissioned officers . including generals. that. it was that they were located in those very areas and belong to those brigades which we had reported as having the highest number of crimes against human beings. my daughter handed out major general numbers what alberto the commander of the seventh division. brigadier general cortez franco who was a. commander of the second division of the. media during that media show on october twenty ninth. of two b. she was the big target of us as i am treated as air responsible man. who just tolerated those deaths on these one. bases an adminis