financial burns but when it comes to the north why review the resolution truly discussed by the un security council russia is against and stands for the complete. all for violence in libya and is calling for a cease fire that is being backed by china and germany which is currently a temporary member of the youngsters security council while the actual proposal is backed by great britain and france the united states on the other hand they see but they're not sure anymore if this resolution is relevant to the situation there on the spot we've heard and else now since coming out of washington saying that perhaps the u.n. security council needs to start thinking about other steps which go beyond this resolution and we've been discussing this whole issue throughout the entire day on wednesday there are set to discuss it on thursday as well and according to russia's foreign minister studio who spoke to the recent meeting of the g eight foreign ministers in the paris he says when it comes to this no fly resolution there are several stumbling points the first one is that even though it was supported by the arab le

because there does not seem to be a consensus amongst the international community at the un security council china and russia are not on board they have system least resistance to intervention in other nations internal affairs as they see them but there is a lot of consensus the international community there was consensus for a very strong set of sanctions that just passed you know nations security council with a very extensive no fly zone will have to be seen and also with depend to a great extent on the bloodshed that we see occurring here for remains fairly low level civil war but i think you won't see enough movement towards a no fly zone or military intervention but if gadhafi really lives up to his promise and fights the last man and woman then the pressures might become too great and even russia and china might consider we consider now identified i think are the a politically popular move right now at home if you look at the latest rasmussen poll reports sixty seven percent of americans say they think the u.s. should stay out but we'll see of course as the situation unfolds if some of those sentiments

resolution and unable capabilities being discussed what do you think the un security council workgroup is stuck supported by the us russia which is against foreign influence and to read been a classic because of its own and then. at the very beginning the un security council made a mistake libya is partially responsible for that as the libyan representative voted against libya as the first point something went wrong at the meeting from the very beginning and if it was not for this voting and the mistake of our representative then no such decision would probably have been a lot and it's understandable it's somewhat strange when your own group is in to have votes against him on the other hand the international community was misled by the information coming from libya the international community did not know what was really happening because everybody could get through reality we invited them to come to libya and see for themselves promising to give the every opportunity can do so they could visit every place they wanted this when they should have made their decision by the u.n. special representative before jordanian forei

as you mentioned russia did call for this meeting for the un security council they will be meeting behind closed doors what pushed russia to do so is a letter that the security council received from the libyan foreign minister calling for this meeting according to the letter libyan officials say that our barbaric bombing campaign has been launched on their country ever since the security council adopted a resolution last week thursday friday allowing for the international community impose a no fly zone over libya and paving the way for military intervention a libyan officials say that the bombs have not stopped possibly even escalated that this resolution that was adopted could potentially be a violation of international law and this has made the situation much much worse than it was before the no fly zone was imposed the libyan official did write to the security council saying that the u.s. and some european allies are taking extensive advantage of measures that were given to them by dropping bombs and targeting locations that are necessary and as a result civilians in libya are getting

this was why russia had supported an arms in bargo and asset freeze and why russia hadn't used its veto on the un security council to block the no fly zone saying that russia supported some of the elements contained within that resolution. everything that's happening in libya is a result of the shameful behavior of its government on the crimes against their own people we shouldn't forget everything else is just a consequence of the recent ported one of the un security council resolutions and allow the other resolution to go through this was done consciously to prevent the escalation of violence but still the events that followed showed any decisions of this crime should be accompanied by thorough consultation as well as remembering that the use of force should be proportionate to what is happening the fact that as a result of these actions civilian targets were damaged and according to unconfirmed reports innocent people have died shows that states taking part in the military strikes have achieved or president but yet have went further to say that the current armed intervention should remain within the parameters

un thirty eight percent said they have positive feelings and another twenty nine percent feel negative towards their organization with this in mind russia staying from voting on the un security council resolution what will happen in libya remains open to question. ok but i'd like to ask you the first question here goes down to nation building country building hasn't the west had enough of that after iraq and after afghanistan because this looks like again the law of unintended consequences ok if the u.s. and it looks like the u.s. and its allies have chosen to support the rebels ok that's what it looks like ok who exactly these people are is not very clear to me or it seems to anybody else ok but so the u.s. and its allies are making a commitment to somehow rebuild the nation of libya haven't we learn from our past experiences go right ahead. we have to play the hand we're dealt and the hand that we're dealt is this we're seeing a complete meltdown of authoritarian rule in north africa and in the middle east what is the united states paralyzed to sit back and let it occur when people are rising up and asking for help and atrocities are being made against their people by their own go

resolution and they are blocking i believe is being discussed do you think the un security council approved a step supported by the us russia which is against foreign intervention and to benefit as impose a veto on its. very beginning the u.n. security council made a mistake is partially responsible for that as the representative voted against libya as the first point something went wrong at that meeting from the very beginning if it was not for this world thing and the mistake were presented of then no such decision would probably have been made and it's understandable it's somewhat strange when your own representative worlds against you on the other hand the international community was misled by the information coming from libya the international community did not know what was really happening we called everybody to go back through reality we invited them to come to libya and see for themselves promising to give them every opportunity to do so they could visit every place they wanted this family should have made a decision what about the u.n. special representative the former jordanian foreign minister abdullah have had

russia and china, we believe that the un security council would not support it. the u.s.has made clear it only once to go for a no-fly zone if it can get a un resolution. that avenue looks blocked. and the u.s. is saying at the moment it does not want to do it alone. most people believe it could but there is not the political will despite support in some quarters in the u.s. for it to go for that. >> president obama spoke about a number of options on the table as did the british prime minister. what options are the considering given the fact that even today, we heard voices from the arab community and country is calling for this no-fly zone? >> there are not that many other options that are going to turn the screw. -- turn the screw on colonel gaddafi. we heard so much current opposition like the u.s. defense secretary, robert gates, talking about loose talk of the idea of a no-fly zone. not very keen to do it. there is others in the military who are concerned about the possibility of mission creep. if the u.s. gets involved for the no-fly zone, it will broaden out into a

what you want security council addressed would have to get involved but china and russia have already said that they wouldn't support such an action i think given what's happening to your un security council already i think those are probably feeble protests i think the groundswell would be for action particularly if there was a lot of bloodshed on the t.v. if we really have something this no fly zone idea for example great idea but i don't see anything flying very much i don't see anything in foot high performance or helicopter inflicting casualties if that starts then yes it might be good to implement a no fly zone if you have intelligence saying that it's about to start to be good implement the no fly zone before it starts so you can stop it but i got to see a little more in terms of what is going to actually happen in libya before i would say yes it's a good idea to put force on the ground this has got to be the libyan people just as in cairo and elsewhere in the middle east in the mockery of in northern africa in the western asia if we're going to have democracy we're going to have representative government it's got to be the people that want it and the people that b

and russia has called on allied forces to refrain from using indiscriminate force it stressed it's unacceptable to use the un security council mandate for purposes other than protecting civilians. japan is still dealing with the consequences of last week's devastating earthquake in guinea and who's an expert on earthquakes believes there are many more disasters ahead too as the earth goes through a highly active seismic period and lightning interview coming right up next. nobody. gagne thank you very much for joining us to be we talk about the earthquake in japan whether it was possible to avoid such death toll and with the had einstein you've made some controversial traditions in terms of future earthquakes what exactly are they what are they based on so much more international that but i was merely appalled i think that there is no direct connection between the earthquake in japan and earthquakes that happened on our territory but this latest one is one of the major events in the chain of earthquakes that recently happened on the planet you will remember the earthquake and sumatra in two thousand and four was a major quake

framework of nato, who would need the backing of the un and countries like russia and china, who are unlikely to back such a measure in the security council and have veto power, a no-fly zone seems to be rather unlikely. >> thank you for that. from washington. witnesses are reporting confrontations between security forces and protesters in tehran. fierce clashes occurred near tehran university. the police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. the demonstrators are protesting against the alleged imprisonment of two opposition leaders. their current whereabouts are not clear. and i government protests have increased across iran in the past few days. -- anti-government protests have increased across iran in the past few days. now the latest from the biggest technology fair. >> the model is work and life with the clout. storing data and software programs online rather than on this computer hardware. numerous products and services are capturing a visitor interest. some of the products will be in your local shop soon and others will take awhile to get there. >> tablet pc's with touchscreens and computing capacity are the attraction. this is the

framework of nato, who would need the backing of the un and countries like russia and china, who are unlikely to back such a measure in the security council and have veto power, a no-fly zone seems to be rather unlikely. >> thank you for that. from washington. witnesses are reporting confrontations between security forces and protesters in tehran. fierce clashes occurred near tehran university. the police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. the demonstrators are protesting against the alleged imprisonment of two opposition leaders. their current whereabouts are not clear. and i government protests have increased across iran in the past few days. -- anti-government protests have increased across iran in the past few days. now the latest from the biggest technology fair. >> the model is work and life with the clout. storing data and software programs online rather than on this computer hardware. numerous products and services are capturing a visitor interest. some of the products will be in your local shop soon and others will take awhile to get there. >> tablet pc's with touchscreens and computing capacity are the attraction. this is the

ministry stressed it's unacceptable to use the un security council mandate for purposes other than protecting civilians archies peter all over has more. russia has expressed regrets over this international intervention into libya in a statement by the foreign ministry they called on all sides to stop violence as soon as possible while russia has been against international intervention in libya pretty much since he started on rest in the country around a month ago now some circles of studs to voice concern over international intervention led by by britain france and the united states saying that it could be overstepping the the boundaries laid out by the u.n. security council resolution. kelo for the federation council the foreign affairs committee leader has said that in his own opinion he believes that the they all going too far with this action is being taken to resolution the number nine hundred seventy three its main goal was to defend the civilian population but not to punish the gadhafi regime or overthrow it so in that respect with think that nine hundred seventy three resolution is mostly humanitarian resolution before humanitarian r

with the call to end the country's month long war violence russia has been pushing for a cease fire resolution through the un security council which is safe off failed to make any decision on the imposition often flies a. isn't true either. the u.n. security council has a really for two days baiting the question of what to do over libya and the last word we have from diplomats is that we must not expect a decision before today through the british in fact that decision comes through it still remains to be seen the sticking point of course is the whole question of a no fly zone and france are still pushing heavily forward the latest word from the french is that some of the countries that are in the arab league and never gave the nod to the no fly zone of it have indicated that they will be part of the mission and part of the assistance to put them in place but of course on the other side you do have countries such as russia and germany that of the women he opposed to it in other parts of the discussion that the u.n. security council is focusing on is the question of sanctions and here there does seem to be more consensus in th

as the with the call and the country's month long violence russia has been pushing for a cease fire resolution through the un security council which is so far failed to make any decision clude ng the imposition of a no fly zone article is clear is intricately. the u.n. security council has already for two days in debating the question of what to do over libya and the last word we have from diplomats is everyone is not expect a decision before today thursday it is written in fact the decision comes through it still remains to be seen the sticking point of course is the whole question of a no fly zone here bush and france are still pushing heavily forward the latest word from the french is that some of the countries that are in the arab league and that gave the nod to the no fly zone of it have indicated that they will be part of the mission and part of the assistance to put that in place because on the other side you have countries such as russia and germany that of the moment he opposed to it and the other part of the discussion that the u.n. security council is focusing on is the question of sanctions and here there does se

un security council meeting discussed in the city international action for the u.n. resolution one that no noise had been forced to stop bloodshed on the ground i mean russia and china and some purpose disagreed. it's essential by western nations but when the. when people cross our coverage of events in libya through our twitter and facebook feeds the correspondents are covering the world's biggest events right now getting expert analysis on developments. ahead for twitter and search for r t underscore call. from. there with more updates on our breaking news of the military intervention in that in just a couple minutes. my name is daniel schmidt this is julian assange we're here to make a short presentation about the we can fix project. the first. in the fourth grade he threw good information out about the real world. through him war on syria and the matter in the u.k. who's the biggest ever going to be a good marketer. if i ever put any sources in danger he would hunt me down and kill. the big fat. one of the reasons why we left the culture because it has become a war of all this all james bond with. all the actual information. the thank you. the whole vehicle arou

security council meeting to discuss the didn't receive an operation international action followed the un's resolution to allow the force little or no fly zone to stop bloodshed on the ground and russia and then with china and some latin american countries did. sebree with essential by western countries to start with intra ration is in the region. set aside later in the day when the advance will join in on the strikes on. that day across our coverage of events in the area through our twitter and facebook feeds correspondents are covering the world's biggest events right now also getting expert analysis on policy through twitter and search for our take on the school. change of pace in a few moments we'll take a look at how sports plays a bigger game in shaping the harsher aspects of america's politics and society stay with us. first the cream removal cold of a clear cut. second explosives are used to putting a deeper than the fear is. heard the remainder written by machinery. finally. in valley feel. relief and. download the official anti happily cation chobani phone i pod touch from the tops to. munch on chief life on the go. see video on demand oxys minefield comes and says features

meanwhile russia has called on allied forces to refrain from using indiscriminate force it has stressed it's unacceptable to loosen the un security council mandate for purposes other than protecting civilians. next r.t. investigates the game plan between the worlds of sport and politics when it comes to steering american society. jerk and as it turns out this gendering of athletic achievement presents a problem not just for women who play sports but also for the men who don't measure up to the sports cultures masculine ideal play ball my god well. from childhood forward two great fears keep boys and men in line one is the nightmare of being called a girl. who i don't know. if i'm listening take off the skirt and put all some slack stuff in the home and the second great fear is homophobia even though we may think it's not a big deal in our society the reality is that a lot of homophobia that exists in sports is about a macho environment as we have offered american culture like sexism homophobia is everywhere in sports so you have someone like john smoltz future hall of fame pitcher who compared gay marriage to beastie ality by saying what

meanwhile russia has called on allied forces for a friend using indiscriminate force it stressed states unacceptable to use the un security council mandate for purposes other than protective support. change the subject now here on our team next we look at the real julian assange and wiki leaks to assess whether it's the dream of an idealist or a tool to manipulate global politics. the website wiki leaks what's account. class. saying it's chilly in such filth ben i think that that is where the tension and what's hot in the bag which makes this utterance that. he says he has a dream a world without secrets the first step in the fourth of the institute to get information out about the real world today anyone can find out what information the government the military and bankers of kept under lock and key secrecy is the biggest. is wiki leaks the dream of an idealist or a tool to manipulate global politics. warts on and on anger. what motivates julian a song does he want to change the world or is he just seeking fame does he act on his own or is someone else behind wiki leaks and will it whistle blowing revelations change the world fo

and russia has called on allied forces to refrain from using indiscriminate force but stressed is unacceptable to use the un security council mandate for purposes other than protecting civilians one thirty one am here in moscow our programs continue next see investigates the game plan between the worlds of sport of politics when it comes to steer in american society to me. politics has no product to play on the field of strife of competition. throughout history we've been told that sports and politics don't mix and this is. why i lose you think that sports people should take a political view of no. we've been told that in the arena of sports it's all about things like achievements athletic performance competition individual is more playing the game and playing it well that's all that matters. and yet everywhere we look there seems to be a strange contradiction of this no politics rule prominence and powerful displays of nationalism and patriotism and military might that seemed nothing if not political all of it set against politics of an entirely different kind throughout the history of sport performances and actions patrio

russia calls on allied forces direct train from using indiscriminate force in libya it stressed it's unacceptable to use the un security council mandate for purposes other than protecting civilians . japan is still dealing with the consequences of last week's devastating earthquake yet again you are goshen from the institute of earth physics leaves there are there may be more disasters ahead because we're living in a highly active seismic period the interview coming up. nobody gave. any thank you very much for joining us today he would talk about the earthquake in japan whether it was possible to avoid such deaths though and what the had i missed and you've made some controversial predictions in terms of future earthquakes what exactly are they what are they based on almost all of us know that they were. i think that there is no direct connection between the earthquake in japan and earthquakes that has happened on our territory with this latest one is one of the major events in the chain of earthquakes that recently happened on the planet you will remember the earthquake and tsunami in two thousand and four was a major quake m

russia's envoy to nato into regarding. first of all relevant committees which should gather the facts only the facts on the table the un security council can lead to any serious discussion on the matter so far there have been no such facts we have only been journalists reports from the conflict zone on the whole we consider the situation very complex and it very much resembles the civil conflict which is a real danger when militarily intervening in the affairs of a foreign state in which mean duffy thanks to the with everything from what could easily become the most popular figure in the islamic world with an air of martyrdom around him so skepticism against military intervention is libya is growing stronger colonel moammar gadhafi says he will fight back against any foreign military intervention and even rebels have said they would not like to see that as it may turn the tide of public opinion against them so there's considerable hostility to military intervention both outside the country and within it as well. let's take a look at some other news to explosion from the residential area northeast of moscow our own. investigators are al

meanwhile russia has called on allied forces to refer to refrain from using indiscriminate force it has stressed it is unacceptable to use the un security council mandate for purposes other than protecting civilians. coming up next it will cross talk to peter lavelle and his guests to discuss if the sunni shiite conflict is actually behind the ongoing unrest in the arab world. for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. can. stand. alone mean well going to cost our guy peter lavelle the divide within islam the shia and sunni the saudi invasion and suppression of the shia majority in bahrain again highlights how sectarian differences can inflame passions and impact the geopolitical order in the arab world and how will these divisions be played out as the arab awakening continuos. can. discuss the prospects for the arab awakening i'm joined by juan cole in an arbor he's a professor of history at the university of michigan in cairo we go to he somehow he's a fellow at the center for research in ethnic relations at the university of warwick and in san francisco we cross the steven s

here on r t the un security council has backed a no fly zone on libya in an effort to protect civilians from airstrikes by moammar gadhafi forces the vote was passed ten dizzy with russia brazil china germany and india standing from the vote in the capital tripoli gadhafi supporters were defiant and showing their anger over the u.n. this is claiming the outside world is misinterpreting what's going on in the country even so there was jubilation in a rebel controlled areas like tobruk with fireworks and guns fired into the air while crowds swarmed into the streets of rebel held benghazi troops loyal to moammar gadhafi are said to preparing to retake the city within hours the country's leaders calling on the rebels to surrender warning there will be no mercy for those who don't guys whose forces are close in parties and we're going to court in new york where the international community has taken its most decisive action yet libya . vote house and a lot quicker than most of us journalists actually even an anticipated took place and in under an hour ten of the security council members voted to support this resolution and five of the countries abstained it's the poor countr

russia's u.n. envoy says this message doesn't seem to much the reality on the ground. we can't help but be concerned about the created interpretation of the un security council resolution that some countries interpreted as almost allowing ground operations but the resolution states plainly that no occupation forces should appear on libyan soil it only speaks about a naval blockade enforcing the arms embargo and enforcing the no fly zone to prevent the bombing of civilians moscow has many questions about how the un security council resolution is being carried out first of all there are reports that civilians have been killed in the air strikes but this is not if you consider the message of the resolution which says that the foreign forces actions should protect civilians so it's hard to comprehend how you can protect civilians by killing them. by logic or swan and on the ground are keeping you updated all around the clock from libya. seeing firsthand that doing so we have twitter stream page and of course our facebook page and for video reports from where the story is happening just haven't seen what artie's you tube channel. is. it with r.t. and live from moscow power

security council meeting to discuss the g.c.c. of the operation international action follow the un's resolution to allow did all sorts of a no fly zone over libya to stop bloodshed on the ground russia or china or some latin american countries disagree with the social western countries to start ritual relations in the region. and what activists say the un resolution that sanctioned the attack on libya is riddled with contradictions jim brann told r.t. washington's policy that our world is in disarray. what on earth you mean by protecting civilians. presumably it means protecting civilians from both sides because there are clear. suggestions of. of atrocities on both sides it's an over one sided thing. but of course i think the central point is that the whole thrust of the intervention is not just because of the principle thing and that accounts for the. for the contradictions and the holes in the resolution i mean i think the whole thing is a mess so the resolution itself is full of like you have this thing about for example stay very largely out of it and then suddenly when the resolution is passed to make very specific demands which clearly mean nothing in the resolution that dema