u.n. resolution. it does seem a far cry way from the u.n. resolution but it seems that this is a u.n. resolution that has been really stretched beyond recognition and that's not according to me that's according to various members of parliament that i've spoken to various groups they say that this is not what the u.n. resolution was intended to do although of course in the defense of this kind of action the people who are proposing us are saying that gadhafi himself is a direct threats team is a people so the aim of this escalation which will target infrastructure and we're not clear also infrastructure actually means but certainly it could include things like bridges power stations water supplies things that would put the libyan people significantly on the back foot for the next ten years while those kinds of things are rebuilt the aim of this escalation is to target colonel gadhafi which does smack of regime change of course we've also seen the international criminal courts request for its judges to issue arrest warrants to three people one of them is of course colonel gadhafi himself

u.n. resolution to maintain a no fly zone he hints the second resolution to move in ground troops may not come as easy now several nations feel tricked if anybody wants to ask for this mandate welcome to the u.n. security council we will discuss try to understand what was planned because the degradations from the monday and we're seeing now are enough to learn lessons with international opposition on the rois states face and tossed to make the case for more war britain's prime minister will dealt sending ground troops to libya his defense secretary admitted to parliament they planned exactly that but you have members good at the number of civilian deaths from late so bombing a drone likely to welcome escalation of the conflict that your boss your party london. pressure is mounting on the russian parliament to introduce chemical castration for paedophiles activists say the current laws allow criminals to reaffirm something which has forced desperate parents to have their own form of mob justice however some believe that string falls apart what alone will not solve such a complex issue. alin

u.n. resolution was intended to do although of course in the defense of this kind of action the people who are proposing this are saying. himself is a direct threats to his age people so the aim of this escalation which will target infrastructure and we're not clear what infrastructure actually means but certainly it could include things like bridges power stations water supplies things that would put the libyan people significantly on the track for the next ten years while those kinds of things are rebuilt the aim of this escalation is to target colonel gadhafi which does nice marcos regime change of course we've also seen the international criminal court's request for its judges to issue of arrest warrants to three people one of them is of course colonel gadhafi himself the other another one is safe i'll islam his second eldest son who of course was educated in london and have widely been seen as the best chance for a negotiated peace with colonel gadhafi regime and the other man is to see who is these brother in law and the head of the intelligence services now the chief prosecutor is a

u.n. resolution on libya which was designed to protect civilians regardless of the. nato led coalition's been bombing gadhafi supporters for nearly two months now and there are growing reports of dead civilians russian china both abstain from supporting the u.n. resolution in march both countries foreign ministers met in moscow on friday. over was there for. the russian foreign minister at a press conference today what you thought about the idea of including russia in this international contact group on media so was there good luck there in russia's view. which isn't trusted with their resolutions and one is hearing the implementation of such is the u.n. security council and that any country member to the u.n. which signed under its charter is supposed to follow the law the resolutions and the foundational point it will probably be aware of any other group is simply not needed is a bill of rights. so it's going to make group a contact group has established itself and now is trying to take responsibility for the international community's policy towards libya should be

international which is intrusted with the adopting resolutions and one is hearing the implementation of such is the u.s. security council and that any country member to the u.n. which signed under its charter is supposed to follow all of the resolutions and the foundational place haunted would only be aware any other world is simply not needed is available so. the contact group has established itself and now is trying to take responsibility for what the international community's policy tools libya should be and not only libya we're hearing voices calling for this group to decide with doing other states in the region we believe that all sides should be focusing on the peaceful resolution of the situation and not supporting one side in an internal conflict which is essentially a civil war those comments were made at a joint press conference by the russian foreign minister and the chinese foreign minister very often we see that russia and china are coordinating their voices in major international advance and the most recent example of that was in march when they both abstained in the no fly zone both on leave and what the two countries feared might happen as a

u.n. resolution on libya this is one of the most the. reason transgressions of the rights of nation national sovereignty and international law the we've seen in the post world war two period the responsibility to protect is an insidious doctor and that's been developed by various think tanks connected with circles in the united states to justify a nato definition of an intervention in a sovereign country unfortunately this time russia and china are playing a reasonable role in blocking any when security council sanction for. strong measures against a syria so i think they learned from their deadly mistake on the libyan case when they abstain that this thing has no wind if it's allowed to pass. in libya a nato air strike has hit colonel gadhafi his compound in tripoli reportedly killing one of his sons and three of his grandchildren this isn't the first time the alliance has made an apparent attempt on the libyan leader's life earlier this week russia's prime minister urged the coalition to stop reaching u.n. resolution burthen him to ens

u.n. resolution that has not allowed the involvement of foreign troops on the ground and some say maybe those international criminal court warrants will provide a better look. hart now for more on the possible motives behind the coalition actions here is my colleague laura amyt in london who looks into one motive that's rarely brought up much this. is just. according to some it's about protecting civilians that are resolved it's clear the people of libya must be protected. of those say it's about oil the only reason there is a sort of with libya is about the oil but i think we'd be in iraq if the major acts were there was broccoli but some are convinced intervention in libya is all about courage thief specifically gadhafi planned to introduce the goldstein are a single african currency made from goals a true sharing of the wealth is one of these things that you have to plan almost in secret because as soon as you say you're going to change over from the dollar to something else we're all going to be targeted go to conferences on this one in ninety six and another one in the year two thousand

u.n. resolution in march both countries foreign ministers met in moscow on friday. over was there for us. i asked the russian foreign ministry press conference today what the poles about the idea of including russia in this international concert group on media towards their gay lover of so that in russia's view the only. thing which is intrusted with the i don't sing resolutions and want to ring the implementation of such as the years security council and that any country member to the un which signed under its charter is supposed to follow the law the resolutions and the foundational haunted group of levy or any other group is simply not needed is available speak. their group the contact group has established itself and now is trying to take responsibility for the international community's policy tools libya should be not only libya we're hearing voices calling for this group to decide what to do and other states in the region we believe should be focusing on a peaceful resolution of the situation and not supporting one side in an internal conflict which is essenti

u.n. resolution? well, we are quite clear that all necessary measures are subject to the test of being reasonable and proportionate to protect the civilian population. i think what we've done has always fallen within that. there are, of course, limitations to what can be achieved by air alone. it was accepted that by the u.n. resolution when the no fly zone was created. but our aim was not to impose upon the people of libya a particular form of government. our aim was to protect the civilian population. i go back to the whole aim of what it is we're trying to achieve in libya, which is to ensure men, women and children can sleep safely in their beds, knowing that they will not be attacked by gadhafi's forces. so everything we've done is with that in mind. and we're being extremely capable on two fronts. one is to accept in achieving the aims, we must at all times minimize the chance of civilian casualties. there are those who have said and have said to me as i visited other countries, could we not hav

u.n. resolution and if this as i aleisha of international law. it's clearly not authorized by the u.n. resolution which authorized all necessary means to protect civilians. and so protecting civilians would be stopping forces that are in the process of attacking civilians trying to assassinate a leader is not within the realm of protecting civilians so you know international lawyers can say whatever they want but i think a normal person reading that resolution would say that it did not authorize assassination so that's the first thing the second thing is when you start attacking the leaders of countries for their behavior in a civil war against rebels where they're clearly not targeting civilians on mass you set a very dangerous precedent and i said this before that how about of somebody around the world didn't like the way barack obama is prosecuting wars in iraq iraq or afghanistan or libya and they said well then we're up obama is a legitimate target let's assassinate barack obama would brock obama feel that was ok and how that if they'd bombed the white house and killed his wife mic

u.n. resolution on syria because of the ongoing libya campaign. the end of egypt's pick take a ship but the start of a sectarian division christians muslims blame opposed to a revolution of leaders for failing to stem the worrying rise in religious violence . and sweden's africa to keep people's private takes. you comes down ordering the country to store personal information. just after eight pm here in moscow you would not see welcome to the program now to retrieve says he'll announce whether he's going to run again for president but not just yet it was one of his answers to hundreds of journalists at a number of media question and answer session the last at over two hours he also discussed his working relations with prime minister putin and how russia is disappointed with nato as actions in libya and he has been following the event. possession went on for almost two and a half hours hundreds of journalists were there eight hundred in fact three hundred of them international all packed into a halt in the scope of what that i mean you was not chos

u.n. resolution that allowed the military interviewer in order to protect civilians does not allow foreign troops on the ground and the nato spokesperson has recently made it clear that they do want to commend they to send troops they say there is still little sign of progress for either side in the conflict the aerial bombardment of libya has reached a dead end and in order to break this stalemate they need to do that but getting a mandate like that from the u.n. security council will be very difficult considering all the criticism that they need to operations in libya face now for example russia a permanent member of the security council has heavily criticized nato for going far beyond the u.n. resolution and many are deeply alarmed by the growing number of civilian casualties in leap year many analysts believe that any ground operation any ground involvement will lead to an escalation of the conflict to more violence on the ground but with these recent developments coalition forces could be looking for ways to go around the u.n. resolution that has not allowed the involvement of war in

u.n. resolution but can nato really direct what the money is spent on. well if they give it to the transitional national council in libya who are fighting a war against gadhafi surely they're going to go to international arms merchants and it will be on the black market in buy weapons just as good off it was will do to replenish ism stocks or maybe a great goldmine for the arms dealers but probably not very good for that and the other coalition is claiming that up he was never a target in the region of its efforts but the recent attacks on his compound and calls to pressure more on really a leader sound a little they sound contradictory to the thinking is a target wouldn't a thanksgiving be aimed it will lose a very different is what i think should be the aim there is is is ending this conflict in and trying to find a way to get gadhafi out of power and allowing the libyan people to choose their own leaders so i don't but that doesn't seem to be what the polls see is they're calling for regime change and turning it over turning the country over to this r

u.n. resolution is not about regime change. the u.n. ilians from attack and taking all necessary measures to do so. with that said, both political leaders included the to hear, has said it's hard to see how you can put you in resolution 1973 wind -- with the gaddafi still in control of his country which is why we have been so clear he needs to leave libya. in terms of the u.s. role, i would make this point which i'm not sure is widely understood in britain or in your. it's already a huge number of those sorties and the support and air assets that are actually bringing the pressure to bear our u.s. assets. the enormous effort at the beginning as the president said but also sustained amount of assets that have been used. and as the president said, there are also the unique assets and capabilities that the u.s. has, that others don't have that are so vital. and as he said we all have to ask what is it that we can all do to make sure the pressure is really brought to bear. that is what the british are doing, the french are doing, the america

u.n. resolution to maintain a no fly zone he hits a second resolution to move in ground troops may not come as easy now several nations feel tricked. if anybody wants to ask for this one and it will come to the u.n. security council we will discuss try to understand what is planned because the digressions from the mandate that we are seeing now are enough to learn lessons with international opposition on the rois states face an uphill task to make the case for more war britain's prime minister will dealt sending ground troops to libya his defense secretary admitted to parliament they planned exactly that but you have members good at the number of civilian deaths from nato bombing a drone likely to welcome escalation of the conflict. london. in about twenty minutes you can catch an interview with a british member of parliament one of the few voting against taking action in libya he sees the air offensive quickly heading to the ground here's a preview. this is the if you like the vagueness of the resolution because it does talk about forcing a new flyers and protecting civilians and using mea

u.n. resolution a resolution that china and russia didn't veto but have claimed has been manipulated to suit western interests perhaps there will be an appearance of agreement but if there is an appearance of agreement in my mind it won't be an appearance appearance at the g. eight is hard not to notice the venue is usually some exclusive resort town where you can't hear protest over the euro and it's easy to forget bombs are falling in libya this year france is beautiful normandy was chosen to house leaders as they sit down to debate some of the world's ugliest problems and once again are faced with the question of whether the g eight can regroup on splitting its years and he's now a r t the movie fronts. and of course we'll bring you extensive coverage of the today g eight summit as well as the expert analysis of the event and the issues discuss all of that right here on our team. now turning our attention to georgia where thousands of opposition supporters are into the fifth straight day of protests against the government there demanding an end to state sanctioned corruption and the resig

u.n. resolution a resolution that china and russia didn't veto but it claims has been manipulated to suit western interests there will be an appearance. but if there is an appearance of agreement in my mind it will only be an appearance appearance at the g eight is hard not to notice the venue is usually some exclusive resort town where you can't hear protests over the euro and it's easy to forget bombs are falling in libya this year france is beautiful normandy was chosen as house leaders as they sit down to debate some of the world's ugliest problems and once again are faced with the question of whether the g. eight can regroup and split in its years and he's now a r t v france. and of course we'll bring you extensive coverage of the two to the g eight summit as well as expert analysis of the event and issues discussed there right here on r.t. . afghanistan. weapons of mass destruction. terrorism. as protests. drug trafficking. global financial system. the world is turning good will be eight speak with one voice. so we'll g. eight summit on r.t. . that's now return to our top story here

u.n. resolution call for a humanitarian mission and a simple no fly zone. well it's not clear how it's going to be justified but from what we've seen so far by this sort of extension and mangling of this u.n. security council resolution they certainly if everybody agrees with general david richards they will they will find a way of making this fit in what we're seeing in libya at the moment is that essentially a stalemate we've had around about two thousand five hundred as strikes in the last two months by nato forces and really from from a from our perspective nothing has really been gained and from the perspective of the british people and many m.p.'s in the bush column inches well and so your general stated richard is saying is that is that they should start as you say expanding the range of targets that they're looking for which which extends into infrastructure and we're talking about infrastructure what we're talking about is things like bridges power stations electricity supplies water supplies all those kinds of things which would essentially blue l

u.n. resolution a resolution that china and russia didn't veto but it claims has been manipulated just to western interests perhaps there will be an appearance of agreement but if there is an appearance of agreement in my mind it will only be an appearance but here and at the g eight is hard not to notice the venue is usually exclusive resort town where you can't hear protests over the euro and it's easy to forget bombs are falling in libya this year france's beautiful normandy was chosen as house leaders as they sit down to debate some of the world's ugliest problems and once again are faced with the question of whether the g eight can regroup on splitting issues and he's now a r t v fronts. well of course we'll bring you extensive coverage of the two day g eight summit as well as expert analysis of the events and issues discussed here for you on. traffic in germany is resumed hours after volcanic ash from iceland forced the closure of major airports hundreds of flights were also canceled in the u.k. spoiling holiday plans and business trips for thousands of passengers well for more insi

u.n. resolution. does begin to insure the coalition said just drawing good their feet was not my goal and why bomb his palaces now some officials have claimed that eliminating him was in fact their goal who gave them that right to the have a fair trial returning to the no fly zone the bombings are destroying a country's entire infrastructure when the so-called civilized world uses all its military power against a small country destroying what's being created by generations i don't know if that's good. well website where asking for your opinions why has intervention happened libya but not syria so far overwhelming majority of the reason lies with syria's a small are all reserves thirty five percent think it's a question of time until they get to about six percent think the reason is in a different leadership style. anything. more than the rest of the east and north africa has been fueled not just by western powers but from within the region itself according to the president of yemen he spoke exclusivel

u.n. resolution which would blaze ground troops in libya. reporting right. u.s. vindicates its torturing techniques for saying it helped to hunt down osama bin laden the former target he says questioning methods of american detention centers only serve to fill. the details in just a few minutes. court has sentenced a nationalist to rights lawyer and a journalist to life in prison as accomplice was given eighteen years in jail. reports. well it is a very unusual case because really it's one of the first times that the perpetrators of hate crimes are not only tried but also convicted and given quite lengthy prison terms no crimes extremely difficult to investigate and prosecute and this was one of the reasons why people implicated in hate crimes were usually tried on other charges ranging from homicide sometimes hooliganism as a result they got away with lighter sentences but these cases different because one of the defendants nikitin who was convicted of two murders that hold fast in his life more calories per prominent human. drive slower and honest i see above a

u.n. resolution a resolution that china and russia didn't veto but it claims has been manipulated to suit western interests there will be an appearance. but if there is an appearance of agreement in my mind it will only be an appearance appearance at the g eight is hard not to notice the venue is usually some exclusive resort town where you can't hear protests over the euro and it's easy to forget bombs are falling in this year france's beautiful normandy was chosen to house leaders as they sit down to debate some of the world's ugliest problems and once again are faced with the question of whether the g eight can regroup on splitting issues and he's now a r t v france. or to talk more on the upcoming summit i'm now joined by john curtin he's director of the research group at the university of toronto know this summit comes just as the operation in libya remains locked in a stalemate and the likes of russia and china one of those now having already claimed that the resolution but they let pass through is now being violated will nato countries face a backlash on this issue of these two. so

u.n. resolution. does begin to ensure that the coalition said destroying good daffy was not their goal then why bomb his palaces now some officials have claimed that eliminating him was in fact their goal who gave them that right did he have a fair trial returning to the no fly zone the bombings are destroying the country's entire infrastructure when the so-called civilized world uses all its military power against a small country destroying what's been created by generations i don't know if that's good but on our website we're asking for your opinion why hasn't eventually . syria the difference live in a different leadership style of present sad pathetic duffy was it just a serious small up oil reserves perhaps and the question of time for does begin bombing syria well what have you think you could have your say as art industrial. for unrest in the middle east and north africa has been fueled not just by western powers from within the region itself according to the president of yemen he spoke exclusi

u.n. resolution and some say maybe those international criminal court warrants will provide that little part now for more on the possible motives behind the coalition actions here is my colleague laura amyt in london who looks into one motive that's rarely brought up. according to some it's about protecting civilians we must not tolerate this regime using military force against its own people of the say it's about oil the only reason urges to. your oil you'd think we'd be in a rock if the big board there was broccoli but some are convinced intervention in libya is all about currency specifically could se plans to introduce the goldstein are a single. african currency made from goals a true sharing of the wealth it's one of these things that you have to plan almost in secret because as soon as you say you're going to change over from the dollar to something else are you going to be targeted go to conferences of this. ninety six and another one in the. world the world much of a conference organized and everybody was interested but i think most countries in africa are working gadhafi didn't giv

u.n. resolution on syria after what's happened in libya but when asked about jailed all tied could be called quote a cult speak the president said his release would not be a threat to society. egypt's revolution for an end to a dictatorship that is now ushered in sectarian divisions with religious clashes already dozens of lives christians and muslims plain post revolution leaders for failing to stem a worrying rise in interfaith. and big brother's battering sweden is the e.u. and uses its legal club before the country to store people some from information online suite remains one of the few nations trying to protect internet users privacy. next not everyone's convinced mankinds boiling the planet into oblivion as i see he is in this interview coming your way. today i'm talking to johnny ball he's most famous for being a children's television presenter in the seventy's and eighty's and is also a climate change skeptic right off thank you so much for talking to artsy now you are famous the boiling things down to their absence so i wonder if we could just start with you explaining the current

u.n. resolution giving it any kind of resolution after all that's happened in kosovo trobe years ago so it was not who was worried about getting u.n. authorization is good if you can get it but also we've seen and willing to ask about and i'm a professor mark on them thanks very much indeed for competing against that thunderstorm in the background there in. the got a problem we heard pretty much everything thanks very much indeed for sharing a necklace with us live in r.t. thanks professor not harmed by a bubble. to serbia now and the former bosnian serb army general or that community is waiting for his fate to be announced on monday in serbia a few have been left in difference by his arrest with reaction raging from jubilance to outrage when ati's a cutter in his era has visited the serbian village where a lot it was finally called. well we did manage to talk to some of the people of course it was saturday and quite early in the morning when we made our trip and the village itself was credibly small very sleepy lots of people gardening and basically the only thing that was odd it was the

u.n. resolution over syria arguing it could ignite another full fledged civil war in the region questions are raised over who will be next to sink into violence and who will suffer the most. it's easier to persuade people that there could be a to z. this is the truth stage and it's easy then for people in france to believe well that they have a right to listen to my phone calls which they do for have stepped up security at home fearing revenge for the nato bombings in libya the government is accused of invading people's privacy. the world marks the anniversary of the worst ever nuclear accident with a radioactive threat still present twenty five years after the disaster. and to punish or award controversial piece of graffiti gets a state prize but critics say it's an act of vandalism rather than our. thirty pm in moscow i mad treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t this week the arab world remained inflamed with nato bombs still falling on libya while syria saw a violent crackdown against protesters syrian troops continue their siege of the so

u.n. resolution at the same time as they call for regime change it's a kind of guarantee. frankly they're involved in the civil war in. helicopters apache helicopters there the intensive bombing of tripoli going on this is a war about regime training helicopters markedly the latest escalation of this conflict following the no fly zone in advisors to train the rebels introduce train patrols and by the first week of may have a nearly six thousand strike sorties with tripoli subjected to the heaviest bombing . a recent you go pull for the sun tabloid newspaper showed less than half of britons now support the intervention in libya but that number is likely to plummets once u.k. troops are in significantly more danger just like we've rarely crops or god forbid we lose ten people happened we. don't even think about it so the issue is we haven't dropped any blood yeah we've dropped tens of millions of pounds which we haven't got but not one single one of the people who was going up and the game of the p.r. . people have marched against the libya war here in the u.k. but in small

u.n. resolution similar to that imposed on. syria is a much more complicated case because there are some other more important political actors in the region involved so i think a u.n. resolution is much further down the line if at all obviously i mean we have first israel we have lebanon we have your own involved and it's also a question of who the people that might take over there is the internal dynamics of having a religious minority in a sense being in control of the state in this case the other whites under president bush. and what will happen to them if there is a sudden swing in any other direction basically the you can see that there is a certain inherent logic to sanctioning countries and that is that actually starts to include in a way to reward. remove sanctions or you basically continue trying to up the ante by by a ratcheting up of pressure and in the case that you're wrong we are just continuing to play no part regardless of what's happening in syria the latest sanctions but if you're the ones that deal with iran'

u.n. resolution over syria arguing it could ignite another civil war in the region. the world marks twenty five years since the worst ever nuclear accident the deadly sure noble center a radioactive cloud across europe spreading contamination tens of kilometers away from the reactor. russian security forces continue a successful counterterrorist sweep in the north caucasus the last few days alone they killed sixteen militants suspected of having once without carrying out deadly attacks against civilians. pay part of it is up next with the sports news stay with us here on our king. hello martin to the sport on sunday and here are the headlines leading from the front reigning champions you need to go three points clear at the top of the russian premier league with a win at new voice. while in this plan thought chase after chelsea controversially be taught him to go within three points of manchester united to premier league leaders now face a showdown at arsenal. simply the best lee westwood wins the valentines championship by one chance to retain his status as world nu

u.n. resolution over syria arguing it could have an eye to another fully fledged civil war in the region. of the world twenty five years since the worst ever nuclear accident deadly chernobyl blast center radioactive cloud across europe sprinkle total kilometers away from the reactor. sixteen terrorists are killed in a string of successful and see terror operations in russia's north caucasus among them those involved in an attack on tourists in the region kill three people. and the next we'll get an exclusive insight into the unrest in the middle east and north africa in a specialty. mostly for the oem for our guest today is the president of the republic of yemen ali up to last so mr president please tell us your opinion as to what caused the current crisis in yemen a more could have happened behind the scenes. the crisis in yemen did not occur today back in two thousand and six after the presidential election differences emerged between the general people's congress party and parties of the united opposition is the fact that the election had been transparent and fair and had been monitor

u.n. resolution. at all in place for victory day celebrations in russia thousands of troops marched across what's called red square their final rehearsal before monday's military parade. and our programs continue up next r.t. talks exclusively to julian assange founder of the wiki leaks web site one of the world's most talked about man right now he discusses his attempts to fight extradition and hits out of what he sees as the sinister side to social networking . julian thanks for talking to r.t. now through the course of your work it's reasonable to assume that you have insights into how political decisions are being made what do you make of the recent events in the middle east and north africa do you think that we're seeing genuine social unrest or are we seeing some kind of orchestrated revolt and if so who do you think is behind or whether it's genuine change in some parts of little things i mean egypt is a critical things and i was concerned in the beginning of the egyptian revolution that just w