and not easy to get inside tripoli. even not easy for us to go in and out, especially the east part of tripoli. >> thank you for joining us and for your time, thank you. well, despite colonel gaddafi's display, it's clear that a part of libya is still in unrest. we have john there to send us this report. >> some of these men are volunteers. some are regular soldiers who ñ abandoned colonel gaddafi for the revolution. a short time before an air force plane came over and dropped bombs on the northern and southern outskirts of aj approximate -- ajdabiya last week another pilot rejected and let his plane crash than bomb ajdabiya. but the town defenders earn a high state of respect and they blast in the sky. they are not doing this for the benefit of our camera, as they prepare for the possibility of action, they are jumpy and nervous. few have any military experience. despite this don't mistake as a single series of actions. coming over and bombing people here in order to scare them. it's the coming of front line area. arou

to get just so just see tripoli. and for more on this now we are joined live from tripoli by our teams paula so we are standing by so paula it seems that there is some kind of internal game going on in libya what else have we heard about the possible negotiations between khadafi and the opposition. it's not some kind of internal game with. all the one hand we hearing from opposition groups that one is in talks with him they say that he's asking for an opportunity to escape and that he's proposed a meeting of parliament transition period to pave the way for him to be also saying that he wants immunity from criminal prosecution and permission to take the country at large amounts of cash now all of these reports have been rejected by gadhafi who has denied these kind of on state television the opposition also saying that it leads now they would not consider seeking prosecution through the international court of justice but as i say we're not hearing any confirmation opposite the exact opposite from the gadhafi regime at

last few days they've managed to recapture some key oil town in the east let's cross live now to tripoli for the latest with. who is standing by for us right now paula we are hearing reports at this very moment of nine powerful explosions in could offer his hometown we know another night of action possibly another morning about tell us how far this. and west of the rebel rebels are pursued. well the latest word we're hearing from the rebels is that they've taken over that time of sirte this comes as a huge surprise to people here in tripoli because said is traditionally gadhafi is hometown it where it is where the members of his tribe dominate it is where he has a bastion of support and it's also where repeatedly he's tried to make it the capital of the country now if indeed those reports are true and we have no independent confirmation it certainly does mean that the march to tripoli will have skyrocketed so far the rebels have advance from their hometown of benghazi two hundred sixty kilometers to the east from there they moved on to the town of ras lanuf that is a port city that is of

and paula slater in the capital tripoli. city is in a state of shock the first reports we got in the early hours of this morning monday actually suggested that the rebels had taken over the city of sirte which is not only a strategic city but it has a great symbolic value for the regime this is of course gadhafi is home town it's about six hundred kilometers to the south of tripoli it's about halfway between the rebel stronghold of benghazi and tripoli now what we're hearing from the regime is in fact very little there have been no place conferences no forthcoming on says all suggesting that the regime is incredibly worried as the rebel forces at vons closer and closer to tripoli they were never supposed to get this far this is the furthest the rebels have taken land in terms of the way swayed and bondsmen so it now seems increasingly that they threats to advance on tripoli are becoming true some of the analysis and some of the assessments coming out of tripoli is that the reports by the rebels earlier that they had taken th

a no fly zone over libya the bombing campaign is helping rebels in their move towards the capital tripoli now in the last few days they've managed to recapture some key oil town in the east in a rapid advance along the coast line reports suggest it could offer his home town sort of hers and now it fall into the hands of anti government fighters with clashes continuing in the western city of misrata coalition air strikes against targets in tripoli also resumed overnight and very soon will be crossing live to the libyan capital to get the latest from our correspondent paula slit we'll be checking with her little bit later this hour right here on r.t. . but with the u.s. being the military and economic backbone of nato experts say it will be hard for washington to play down its activity in libya author and journalist afshin a fancy says the alliance is expanded role in the operation does not mean that the us is no longer in charge. they say it's a nato operation turkey is expressing a lot of reservations and as to whether it's gone too far i think we can bet that there are already s.a.'s and

tripoli turned into a protest. people here claimed qaddafi's gunmen killed five of their neighbors during demonstrations last friday. what you don't see are qaddafi's security forces, as they arrived shooting their guns in the air foreign journalists were forced to leave. a cell phone camera caught this battle 125 miles from the capital in the city of misurata. qaddafi's men have been trying to retake an airfield and ammunitions depot for days and still haven't won. closer to the capital, just 30 miles to the west, anti- government protestors are holding the oil refinery town of zawiyah. overnight, the government sent in 2,000 soldiers to surround them and they're bracing for yet another battle. today a government spokesman told a roomful of reporters both al qaeda and western powers are creating chaos in libya. >> the imperialist powers of the west want the libyan oil. here it is again, the magical word. i'm sure as journalists you've heard it many times before and you've seen it in action before. oil. >> reporter

." >> targeting tripoli a third night of bombing by coalition forces in libya. the u.s. says gaddafi's grip on the country is weakening. celebrations as air strikes check the advance of libyan forces in the east. but for how long? >> the truth is that colonel gaddafi's forces have not gone away and the cease fire that he declared appears meaningless. >> and the debate over the aims of the operation intensifies, president obama says the libyan leader has to go. in other news, protests in yemen gather pace. the president refuses to step down despite a number of high-profile defections. >> welcome to "bbc world news." explosions and anti-aircraft fire have been heard near tripoli as allied forces enforce the no-fly zone over libya for a third night. dozens of targets have been hit, but the coalitions say the libyan leader is not being targeted and insist that the campaign is aimed at protecting civilians. alan is in tripoli, starting our coverage with the latest of the allied support. >> from the ground, you cannot tell what is being hit, but you hear the impact of the miss

it's about halfway between the rebel stronghold of benghazi and tripoli now what we're hearing from the regime is in fact very little there have been no place conferences no forthcoming on says all suggesting that the regime is incredibly worried as the rebel forces at vons closer and closer to tripoli they were never supposed to get this far this is the furthest the rebels have taken land in terms of their advancement so it now seems increasingly that they threats to advance on tripoli are becoming true some of the analysis and some of the assessments coming out of tripoli is that the reports by the rebels earlier that they had taken the city were as much for domestic consumption as they were for the international community the rebels have not made light of the fact that they need these coalition air strikes they create a vacuum and that vacuum and laus the rebels to advance forward so they are calling on the international to community to keep up with its bombardment of towns the rebels saying that they need this impact to advance further and feel that the situation in tripoli is d

they moved for their turrets tripoli -- they moved further toward tripoli. one of the problems is gaddafi is controlling the air space. the last air strike was 50 kilometers away from here. uld you say the rebels would support a no-fly zone? >> they do. they say there is a consensus they don't want to have ground forces on the ground. they are agreeing on a no-fly zone. >> we thank you very much for that update. the scramble to leave libya continues as migrant workers try to make their way back,. 180,000 people have already fled and many are at the border with tunisiaaid and position said they don't have protections against the strong winds. the lack of sanitary facilities is making the situation worse. to egypt where the new prime minister has praised the country's revolution and said he will work to me protesters' demands. many joined theme protests at tahrir square. military leaders named him as a successor on thursday. demonstrators' use the gathering is to repeat calls for the release of an end to the 30 year state of emergency. i will have more on the

our correspondent in tripoli. in benghazi well russia's foreign minister says the international coalition is acting outside the limits of the u.n. resolution on libya so it is also demanding independent verification into reports of civilian casualties in the foreign forces assault. from the very start russia has been a reluctant participant in the what is going on in libya at the moment what worries the foreign minister right now in this statement he says that it appears that coalition forces are taking sides and his worries come amid a nato statement saying that they will stick to the books and do what is stipulated there no more no less well let's look at the u.n. resolution it says there that it authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians will their words all necessary measures could be open to interpretation but protecting civilians is definitely stated there as the goal and so what worries the a russian government is that the offensive is going beyond just protecting civilians that the coalition fo

gadhafi there are more more fears of an impending bloodbath i'm point to hear in the capital city of tripoli joining me in a few moments a formal. here in the rebel stronghold albeit you know i believe the opposition is celebrating its gains saying we won't stop until get our news gone for no good news in just a few moments. as the u.s. will not take a hands off approach to libya even when nato takes command of the missing washington wants to make sure that duffy can't win. prizes as slicing up to leave them troubles a recaptured all thoughts and promise to restore exports join r.c.s. business just about twenty minutes time. moscow forms of forty victims of last year's twitter better a suicide blast which shocked the nation but added result in the going to against terrorism. by well conceived this is our sea life from moscow libya has seen more coalition air strikes overnight after a day of clashes on the ground between rebels and gadhafi supporters on monday and the government finds his advanced why. but was stopped on the outskirts of the birthplace of the libyan leader let's cross the lin

our chief foreign correspondent richard engel went out into tripoli today. tonight we'll show you this odd parallel universe he found himself in. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. rebels have captured nearly all of eastern libya. tripoli itself is ringed by checkpoints, but in the center of the city, you hardly know it. we toured this former italian colonial capital all day. [ gunfire ] just a week ago gadhafi's forces brutally crushed an uprising here, killing protesters. today the city looks more ready for tourists than war. fresh mediterranean produce still comes in. there are plenty of buyers. even the pet market of colorful songbirds is open. in tripoli's main market there is a feeling this conflict is very far away. people are out, shops are open, and at least on the surface, this city appears to be thriving. in the markets overflowing with dates and olives, it was also clear tripoli remains a gadhafi stronghold. >> gadhafi is very good man. we want gadhafi. >> reporter: as we spoke to university student mohammed baffel, gadhafi

." >> tripoli, a third night of bombing by coalition forces.resident obama says the coalition forces are weakening. >> the truth is that colonel gaddafi's forces have not gone away, and the cease-fire declared appears meaningless. >> as the debates over the aims of the operation intensify, president obama says the libyan leader has to go. >> welcome to "bbc news," broadcasting to our viewers in the u.k. and around the world. coming up, protests in yemen gather pace, but the president refuses to step down despite a number of high profile defections. >> as they work to restore power to japan's stricken nuclear power plant continue, radiation detected in sea water and food supplies. >> hello, there. explosions and anti-aircraft fire have been heard near colonel gaddafi's headquarters as they enforce the no-fly zone for a third night. the libyan leader is not being targeted and they insist that the campaign is aimed as protecting libyan civilians. here is our latest on the aleyed assault. >> from the ground you cannot tell what is being hit, but yo

how are things in tripoli? how are things in libya? >> everything is all right. >> reporter: everything is all right? >> everything is all right. no problem. >> reporter: it was a response we heard dozens of times today. >> very good. very good. >> reporter: while other parts of libya may be ready for civil war. that's not what you hear in tripoli. >> you want to make change, you want to make a revolution, i'm with you guys. but the problem, when you start burning your country, you start

to medicine and food supplies are running low in tripoli as fears grow that this could lead to a protracted war joining me from the capital city in just a few moments from all the rubble celebrate our third troops are reporting recapturing the sound of the find out more from the rebels benghazi. as other violent uprising in the arab world draw little foreign interest questions whether coalition countries that are targeting libya brevet control of them to protect its people. also this hour radiation the surges to one hundred thousand times above normal that the focus should be nuclear plant as japan battles to prevent a meltdown while struggling to lay thousands of tsunami victims of. a very warm welcome this is live from moscow now there are conflicting reports about just how far west rebels have advanced towards the libyan capital tripoli the opposition claims it controls gadhafi. by reporters say this is he is still in government hands well earlier i spoke to our correspondents who got to the paulist lee he's in the capital tripoli. city is in a state of shock the first reports we got in

but they still have 400 more miles of desert to cross before reaching tripoli. despite what must be obvious to the rest of the world, the libyan government is continuing to deny, lester, that this rebellion is serious or even really taking place. as we were on the outskirts of zawiya today, we could hear artillery fire, see military vehicles going into the town. yet soldiers told us that everything in zawiya was quiet and peaceful, it clearly wasn't the case. >> richard engel in tripoli for us tonight. richard, thank you. ass as the civil war rages in libya, turns of thousands are fleeing. it's an exodus that brings them to a refugee camp on the border with tunisia. this is what the area looked like in 2009, a barren stretch of desert. today it is teaming with tents and people with no place to go. nbc's anne thompson is there. >> reporter: this is the midway point between despair and hope. a transent camp for refugees from libya. speaking different languages. many of their stories are similar to halaw from bangladesh. he didn't get paid for three months in libya

in the capital tripoli. they said he has a sense of panic here in the capital city there's almost a sense of fear that you can touch the reports are so comforting and that is what is making people here so distrait why now we hear that the rebels are thirty kilometers away from gadhafi hometown of sirte the next hour we hear that they've been pushed back a hundred kilometers the frontline no doubt keeps shifting but in the early hours of this morning monday we actually heard that the rebels were inside the city itself they were never supposed to get this far and that is why talking to people here in the libyan capital there's a sense of almost amazement that the rebels have advanced this far and no doubt the freights and the claims by the rebels that the ultimate goal is to be trippin he is why some in the capital city are starting to respond by saying they will be a bloodbath now we've been hearing from search itself that at one stage we could have the soldiers they were holding up white flags and that rebel

warplanes will resume patrolling the no fly zone as heavy anti-aircraft fire is heard in the capital tripoli despite his regime declaring an immediate cease fire. the arab league holds an emergency summit you can cry about they say they signed up for a no fly zone and that's protect civilians and doesn't kill them to join me point to see if i'm to be completely. mosco calls for an end to what it is an indiscriminate use of force by foreign policy in libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. and in the u.s. iraq obama still insists there's only a limited role for american forces but that isn't stopping song from drawing parallels with two thousand and three invasion of iraq. polls show the majority of americans oppose the us from the intervention for more on joining me. in just a few minutes. guessing live from our studios in central moscow this is our jeanne where it is just after seven o'clock in the morning just after six o'clock in the morning in tripoli where in the last few hours the libyan army has been ordered to observe an immediate c

has more now from tripoli. the one hand we're hearing from opposition that moammar gadhafi is in talks with them they say that he's asking for an opportunity to escape the country let it opposed parliament should we choose a transition period we're going to beat these opposition groups also saying that he'd once immunity from criminal prosecution and permission to take out of the country in large amounts of cash now all of these reports have been rejected by gadhafi who has denied these kind of claims on state television the opposition also saying that you can leads now they would not consider seeking prosecution from the international court of justice as i say we're not hearing any confirmation obviously exact opposite from the. it certainly does seem as if the west need it was quick to bury. our huge amounts of public support for him this is a phenomenon that i explored by talking to people on the streets and ascertaining from them just how right and in this case just how wrong the foreign media were in repor

tripoli has been under sustained attack. an american fighter jet crashed with a mechanical fault in eastern libya. both pilots escaped but libyan officials insist the air strikes have killed dozens of civilians, something that it has been impossible for the bbc to verify. a report now from tripoli. >> last night, we heard the explosion that did this, the sudden metallic thud of the impact and the thunderous rumble of the blast. it is a repair workshop at a naval base on the tripoli shore. 19 hours after the blast, it was still smoking, the acrid stench of it catching in your throat. >> you can see from the signs of this crater how powerful it was. the explosion took out the whole of this very large marine warehouse, but there's no doubting that this was a military target. these are police ill transporters behind us, utterly destroyed, and behind them, missiles themselves. this is a military naval facility. >> astonishing lig amid the wreckage, three missiles appeared to have survived just feet from the blast. one naval comma

the battle lines are being drawn and redrawn in libya will have a live report from on the ground in tripoli. mindful of the risks and costs of military action we are naturally reluctant to use force to solve the world's many. still it seems sometimes we will so what else did president obama tell us about libya and could there be more your future. and the rosenberg trial it's been sixty years since julius and ethel rosenberg were convicted of espionage but the jury's still out on what they've done for humankind we'll debate. hey there it's tuesday march twenty ninth work am in washington d.c. i'm christine freeze out there watching our t.v. . well i want to start with libya now we're after a rapid advance rebels there are now being pushed further back from the outskirts of colonel qadhafi his hometown there are reports of heavy bombardment gunfire being used by pro-government forces just by claims that a cease fire is in place are just paul's there are reports now from tripoli. let's often choose day with we now explosions here in the capital city of tripoli i was actually indoors when it ha

remain the principal participants among these allies are to polish leader is in tripoli and she joins us now from there with the latest paula good evening to you now what are you seeing what have what have you seen as the solution situation unfolded essentially before your eyes. what about half an hour ago it was a massive explosion here in the capital city of tripoli it sounded like it was coming from the south of the city i cannot see any smoke from where i'm standing at the moment but we are hearing reports of smoke in the southern parts we're also hearing reports of explosions around the compound of gadhafi now it's too soon to say exactly what has been hit but for the last thirty forty even fifty minutes there have been rounds of anti aircraft gunfire at the moment the situation is quiet but as you can well imagine it just about spontaneously in the skies are lit up with firing we are hearing and we did hear earlier today monday from coalition forces that they had hit one hundred and twenty four targets they are saying that this operation is a success they say that for the last t

in tripoli. more. than one hundred people anymore. meanwhile. continue to be the growth be looking for safety. from the. london braces itself for what's promised to be the biggest political protest in a decade with thousands of spikes in the streets against austerity cuts. and a critical work has reportedly been suspended in one of the reactors in japan's fukushima nuclear power plant as radiation levels skyrocket. from moscow where it's now just after welcome to the program now the libyan health ministry claims at least one hundred fourteen people were killed in the first four days of the coalition's a weeklong series of strikes the report comes as nato gears up to replace the u.s. and leading the campaign aimed at protecting civilians. and i was in tripoli where explosions were heard overnight you cross to our live now and we've been keeping up with you your updates and progress on our twitter account. for now the the situation there we're hearing it was another night of a military action what are you hearing about fighting in the rest of the

has more now from the capital tripoli. they have been is strikes overnight and into the early hours of this morning tuesday here in the capital city of tripoli beat the targets were both military and civilian now we are just hearing reports that in terms of the fighting on the ground the frontline has been pushed backwards to the city of. away from the city of sirte that is gadhafi hometown we are hearing just received reports though from doctors inside said they say that there have been fifteen hundreds of patients libyan soldiers who have been targeted in these coalition air strikes the doctors saying that many of them have lost limbs they've lost arms they've lost made and they have deep shrapnel wounds to their heads the doctors also say that it's impossible to determine how many people have been killed in these is strikes because many of them have died on the sides of the roads and they've been just been buried there now the rebels all suggesting that if they cannot break through that these defenses in sirte they will

sirte is his hometown and the gateway to tripoli. until now the rebels have mostly relied on western air strikes. the rebels' lightning advance this weekend was more like a drive-through than a conquest. after nato air power obliterated gadhafi's tanks and armored vehicles, government troops retreated. some took off their uniforms. others left behind half-eaten meals. almost without resistance, the rebels advanced from benghazi through ajdabiya, to brega, ross la noof, bin jawad. now that they are having to fight, their supplies are thin. there is little fuel. >> we will come to you, gadhafi. >> reporter: the rebels plan is to capture sirte with western air power clearing the way. link up with the opposition in misrata and then make a final push to tripoli. but as western reporters saw firsthand today, misrata remains a battleground, at least for now, with gadhafi forces fighting rebels to a draw. back in benghazi, the unofficial rebel capital, there were victory parades today with a new sense of optimism. a rebel spokesman told us t

has more from tripoli. latest word we're hearing from the rebels is that they have taken over the town of sirte this comes as a huge surprise to people here in tripoli because said is gadhafi is home town it is where the members of his tribe dominate it is where he has a best of support so far the rebels have advance from the hometown of benghazi to from there they moved on to the town of ras lanuf that is a port city from there to bin jawad and now to said now we did earlier hear reports that the entrances to search had been mined but the latest reports from the rebels is that they made little to no resistance that gadhafi fled there are reports though coming through that they believe gadhafi fighters have actually stopped some of their arms and ammunitions in civilian buildings if indeed this is true and it will make any kind of a strikes extremely risky in terms of there being civilian casualties now we are hearing from the government spokesperson missed it everything was said that overnight they would s

tripoli. what are you noticing more and more is that the main support this operation in libya remains in the balance it's literally hanging in the balance because on the international front we are seeing that coalition forces are now so not to be agreeing in terms of how to move forward one of the towns that the coalition gets according to him was the town of misrata and they insisting that they've managed to stem the government schools advancement there but we are hearing conflicting reports some of those reports suggesting that for days now the town has been unable to have access to water fuel and because the t.v. executives the soldiers are literally going from house to house that they've hit the local hospital you know in tripoli in the early hours of this morning and for several hours off the words there were large explosions it was all said and he inquired gunfire exploding in the sky so tripoli again coming under intense fire overnight now the coalition has insisted that the airstrikes

targets marks and missiles flying but exactly how accurate are these hits r t is on the ground from tripoli with the latest. i also have stated. it is u.s. policy that gadhafi needs to go and to each presidency is only war so could libya be obama's push to liberate the people of libya the president forgot to consult with his own voters right here at home. and the battle for bradley manning protesters block logical marine base demanding the release of the wiki leaks whistleblower will their cries be heard and will the pentagon listen could use starts now. the international minute military intervention in libya continues to unfold western powers you appear to have tighten their grip on libyan airspace following the latest wave of airstrikes now the ongoing bombardment in the libyan capital of tripoli comes as more forces arrive to take part in operation odyssey dawn but the united states france and the u.k. remain the principal participants among these allies are to polish leader is in tripoli and she joins us now from there with the latest paula good evening to you now what are you seeing wh

foreign media to come to tripoli and. to see. who sent the reports because they are trying to as we said. administration or management of the channel and. what they want from these two course and eliminate or delayed what does not serve their purposes which is why people here are angry mom is taking a few days off from his work as an engineer to join the throngs of kentucky supporters in downtown queens where they hide think this badly despite what's going on no. sort of leave their mama. but examine this it's not just what's being hidden it's also what's actually being sick but what we're getting is a us. one sided picture of the situation which kills me here with the idea that there's freedom fighters involved in media and that there is a government regime and atrocious terrorist government. this is nonsense here just. as it would be afghanistan. is clearly not in tripoli and just as clearly we still media has been a little too quick to write of gadhafi r.t. tripoli. international pressure is mounting on gadhafi with the u.s. c

libyan anti-aircraft fire lit up the skies over tripoli tonight. another futile attempt to defend against overwhelming american attacks. a dozen more cruise missiles pounded libyan military targets as u.s. marine harrier jets destroyed a convoy of armored vehicles south of benghazi. in chile today, president obama said the coalition assault was absolutely necessary to prevent the massacre of defenseless libyans by moammar gadhafi. >> a leader who has lost his legitimacy decides to turn his military on his own people. we can't simply stand by with empty words. >> reporter: in two days of intensive bombing, u.s. and coalition forces have wiped out most of libya's air defenses and safely established a no-fly zone. but american warplanes also turned their guns on libyan ground forces, destroying tanks and armored vehicles, leaving the troops demoralized and in retreat. >> we know that regime ground forces that were in the vicinity of benghazi now possess little will or capability to resume offensive operations. >> reporter: overnight, a british cruise

a workshop on the military base in tripoli.vernight bombing had caused some destruction but no one had died. elsewhere in the city, authorities alleged allied air strikes have killed many civilians. the bbc has asked for evidence of this but none has been provided. >> joining me on the line from tripoli is a local resident. we are not revealing his name. thank you for joining us. just tell me what exactly is going on at the moment in to the capitol where you are. >> i can tell you it's very quiet. i am not hearing any shelling or anti-aircraft. >> and how has it been during the day when we have heard reports that there have been plenty of gunfire there? describe to me what you have seen in the past few days. >> there was a bombardment on the base. the ground troops were -- anti- aircraft. they fire ak-47. so it was actually very frightening heard >> so how do you feel? >> so we are trying to sleep. >> and are you hoping for a change for gaddafi to step down, or are you hoping that he stays it? >> [unintelligible] >> have you ha

jim maceda is in tripoli, which is part of a new no-fly zone in effect now. he has the view from there tonight. >> reporter: only days ago, pro-gadhafi forces were pushing relentlessly along this road and about to take the rebel capital of benghazi, but today this is what remained. bodies, among dozens of destroyed tanks and artillery pieces, some still smoldering. now, some 20 miles from benghazi, there were only rebels, all confident that with their newly found firepower they could beat gadhafi. >> we are against him completely. no one -- it's over. it is over, over, over. >> reporter: but gadhafi has other ideas. in a new voice recording, which aired on libyan tv today, he called the air strikes acts of terror and swore he'd defeat the invaders. "we are preparing ourselves for a long war in a vast land that you cannot fight on," he said. and his forces were on the attack again in rebel-held misrata with tank and sniper fire reportedly killing two. meanwhile, images of the dead and wounded, identified as casualties from the air strikes, appeared throughout

people in tripoli up panicking with reports of the rebels are closing in they simply in no way to run join me point from the capital city in a few moments and i'll bring you more and here in the rebel stronghold of the opposition celebrates its. even hometown find out all the details in just a few moments. arrests in connection with. an anti terror operation in russia's volatile republic of english. and radioactive ternium is detected in the soil near the paralyzed nuclear plant elsewhere in japan communities struggle to lay. to rest. from the russian capital where it's now one am and eleven pm in libya where there are conflicting reports about just how far west rebels of violence towards the libyan capital tripoli the opposition claims it controls gadhafi hometown but others on the ground say the city is still in government hands well earlier i spoke to our correspondents in benghazi in the capital tripoli. lisette is a sense of panic here in the capital city there's almost a sense of fear that you can touch the reports are so comforting and that is what is making people here so dist

ignored the battle lines are being drawn and redrawn in libya we'll have a report from the ground on tripoli. on full of the risks and costs of military action we are naturally will look to to use force to solve the world's many. reluctant still it seems sometimes we will so what else did president obama tell us about libya could there be more in the future. and the rosenberg trial it's been sixty years since julius and ethel rosenberg were convicted of espionage and the jury's still out on what they've done for humankind will debate. it's tuesday march twenty ninth seven pm in washington d.c. and christine for sound you're watching our team well let's start with libya this evening where after rapid advance raechel rebels there are being pushed further back from the outskirts of colonel gadhafi his home town there are reports of heavy duty bombardment and gunfire being used by pro-government forces despite claims that there is a feast fire in place are just fall asleep or reports from tripoli. that's often choose day with we now explosions here in the capital city of tripoli i was actually i

targets mark and missiles flying but exactly how accurate are these hits parties on the ground from tripoli with the latest. i also have stated that it is u.s. policy that the gadhafi needs to go and see each u.s. president his own war so could libya be that obama's but in the push to quote liberate the people of libya if the president forget to consult with his own voters right here at home we're going to speak with congressman dennis kucinich. and what's going on behind closed doors the u.n. security council has called an emergency meeting to discuss the developments in libya we'll have a live report on what prompted the impromptu get together. and the battle for bradley manning protesters blocked monaco marine base demanding the release of the wiki leaks whistleblower but will their cries be heard and will the pentagon listen. now the international minute military intervention in libya continues to unfold western powers you appear to have tightened their grip on libyan airspace following the latest wave of airstrikes now the ongoing bombardment in the libyan capital of tripoli comes as m

moammar gadhafi there are mobile fears of an impending bloodbath i'm told is syria the capital city of tripoli join me in a few moments a formal. you in the rebel stronghold all being gradually gotten through it's all very green the walls start until garvey's gone for no good if you're interested you know words. and president obama admits he's also keen to avoid again down the big trees saying the u.s. will continue to target his regime even when nato meetings come on david libya. and moscow mourns the forty victims of last year's twin the metro's suicide blast which shocked the nation but added results to the fight against terrorism. plus oil prices are sliding after libyan rebels recaptured oil pools and promised to restore exports join our series business desk in about twenty minutes time. a very warm welcome scene this is the line from moscow with me on a separate rebels and pro get out the forces are in a lot in a fierce fight for libya's third largest city misrata is likely to be a key battle with your position in control of the gulf in tripoli in government hands meanwhile representativ

we have had reports of fresh explosions in tripoli. airstrikes by international forces continue for a fifth consecutive night. the officer leading the british air operation said colonel gaddafi is airforce no longer exists as a fighting unit and international forces now control the libyans five. a senior commander said forces loyal to khaddafi are violating the resolution 1973. air strikes have been targeting them. besieged by government tanks and artillery. we will report on efforts to find a consensus on the no-fly zone. now from the rebel-held stronghold of benghazi. >> their city was saved in an 11th hour intervention from the international community. the people came out to give collective thanks to britain, france, and america. the east is reveling in the warm glow of liberation. they know that many others are still battling under siege. this is where the -- what the rebels and civilians are facing. they seem to show his forces attacking from the desert. controlling the sky is not enough. they will need coalitions to bomb the site

has more from tripoli. rebel fighters have now been pushed back to the city of ras lanuf we are hearing that this is strategically important oil port city is firmly in the hands of gadhafi is made now there are numerous reasons being bandied about as to why the rebels are being forced to retreat and retreat so quickly part of that is because gadhafi forces are simply base organized they better trained or they have base of leadership and this is person some real die remains to the international community in terms of what it should do next when it's becoming increasingly clear that these airstrikes are not that successful while the government here in tripoli is insisting as it has done since these coalition a strikes began that the number of civilians continues to climb and that it hovers somewhere more than one hundred now we do know that they were taken three explosions caused in the town of music which is about two hundred kilometers to the south of tripoli because at and munitions dump that was hit in tho

and intending bloodbath when rebels launched a mixed attack on point to syrian the capital city of tripoli join me in a few moments and i'll bring you more. here in the rebel stronghold of beaugard you offer the term girl groups in the green we won't stop until get our news gone for the whole reveals in just a few moments. president obama or mitt's new also wants to see you down the goals saying the u.s. will continue to target his regime even when they say states to mando bolivia. and all the prizes that's lining up to the libyan rebels recapture the old pools and promise to resume our exports join all season business desk in about twenty minutes time. and moscow mourns the forty victims of last year's twin suicide attacks on the capital's metro system that shocked the nation but only strengthened their result in the fight against terrorism. a very warm welcome to you this is all seen live from moscow i know. they're around they did violence libyan rebels are now being up pushed further back from the annals guards of colonel gadhafi there are reports of a heaven and. five being used by pr

harry smith is in tripoli tonight. harry, i know this was the crackdown everyone was dreading. >> reporter: i'll tell you what, katie, last friday was a bloody and deadly day for pro-democracy demonstrators here in tripoli. and today everyone was wondering what would happen after midday prayers? at a mosque near green square, men prayed today, perhaps for their friends and loved ones who were beaten and shot just a week ago by moammar qaddafi's security forces. as prayers were about to end, about 150 pro-qaddafi supporters marched to the mosque shouting "allah, qaddafi, libya." as some worshipers tried to slide quietly away, a man whispered to me, "please tell the truth." one man who came out of the mosque said "we expected this. we know they've all been paid." i said "can you talk to us?", and he said "no, everyone here is afraid." as more worshipers came outside, they shouted "freedom, freedom." they didn't get far. they were shoved and kicked back into the mosque and locked inside. it wasn't until the local cops fir

in tripoli with the latest for us. all the russian foreign minister says the international coalition is acting like the limits on the u.n. resolution in libya speaking at a news conference in moscow let's get the latest details now from. test what exactly are russia's objections to what's happening in libya. well as we can see that after the coalition deployed be aircraft the the strikes on libya there have been countries that have come forward saying that they did not agree to a certain action so done by the coalition now let's look at the u.n. resolution it says there that they are going to protect the civilians from a use of force by the gadhafi regime however as we are seeing with unconfirmed reports now countries are saying that there is a limit to that in the sense that the coalition forces are there to impose a no fly zone and not to take sides and this is very clear in the resolution there's nothing there that says that the coalition forces are to take sides take the side of the anti-government protesters or ha

that was zooming patrolling the no fly zone as the heavy anti-aircraft fire is heard in the capital tripoli this describe these a regime declaring an immediate cease fire. the arab league holds an emergency summit in crime road they say they signed up for the no fly zone and that protect civilians and doesn't kill them joy needless hear from tripoli people also calls for an end to what it terms an indiscriminate use of force by foreign policy libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. and in the u.s. were obama still insists there's only a limited role for american forces but that isn't stopping the summit from drawing parallels with the two thousand and three invasion of iraq. polls show the majority of americans oppose the u. i think intervention for more on this joining me to check out in just a few minutes. broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. we're glad to have you with us let's take a look at the latest in the libyan conflict in the last few hours the libyan army has been ordered to observe an immediate ceas

tripoli itself is not under attack. those guns were responding to missiles or fighter planes, bomber planes heading for targets outside the periphery of the city. what those targets are, we simply don't know. the mood here has hardened. people died last night. state television showed bodies in the morgue, they showed wounded in hospital beds. but think how last night's air strikes have tipped the military balance. if the rebels in the east in what amounts to now a safe haven can get themselves a military capability that they can use with discipline and if colonel gadhafi's ability to operate militarily is constrained by air strikes, he could become very vulnerable very soon, even in the areas that we think of as his heartland. david? >> alan little again with us from tripoli. alan, thank you. >>> and you heard colonel gadhafi there calling into libyan tv. tonight, his son, and closest adviser, saif gadhafi, has talked with abc's christiane amanpo amanpour. it's an abc worldwide exclusive. saif is also in tripoli, and we