but it was something about nato. obviously. meant you can't argue against that can you. how to argue about. philip i think there's a lot of things that i mean obviously got a problem to warsaw they have a phone survey on the program for what you need out of your questions and do appreciate it thank you for the call from the your father always a woman ok. the best laid plans say right now former bosnian serb army chief rocco bloodied she is set for his first appearance before the hague war crimes tribunal on friday the sixty nine year old will be asked to enter a plea on charges of genocide he's accused of ordering the killing of some eight thousand that was live men and boys that separates or in one thousand nine hundred five but his country has found out many are questioning the legitimacy of the evidence sixteen years on the run six days in serbian court and the rest of his life in the hague official belgrade was more than ready to extradite former bosnian serb army chief. in a matter of hours but the ice and why is not is ready to prosecute what this is accused of ord

>> nato does not seem district very often. that rocket launch has been pounding us since early this morning. i am sure that nato can sit. what i do not understand is why they do not take it out for us. [gunfire] >> in the past few days, the fighting has been furious. [gunfire] >> and for the rebels, costly. they're still besieged in this corner of western libya and they just left 40 men to a dance, perhaps 1 mile. -- to advance perhaps 1 mile. a rare glimpse of nato jets bombing colonel gaddafi physicians here, but failing so far to silence all of his guns. for the poorly trained rebels and plenty of civilians, here is the result. >> we see a lot of patients do to rockets from the gadhafi army. i think nato should do something. >> in the meantime, the daily skirmishes grind on. nato is making a difference here, but not yet a decisive one. >> of the republican leadership and the u.s. congress has called on president obama to explain the legal ground for america's involvement in libya. as of sunday, the administration risks bein

well nato is fueling anger from the libyan civilians of they're supposed to be protecting so just what is it that what is it like to live in wartime limbo artie's on the ground that will bring you before the report. welcome back it's tuesday june fourteenth i'm lucy kept up in washington d.c. and you're watching our t.v. . now yesterday was the second time that this country got a chance to glimpse some of the men and one woman who say they can do a much better job than obama as president of the united states so how do the g.o.p. hopefuls spare and c.n.n. do a good job of keeping them on track now keep in mind that it was a recent c.n.n. poll that showed that forty eight percent of americans believe that another great depression may hit in the next year or so it was probably safe to assume that c.n.n. asked the most hard hitting syria's most important questions right let's take a look. well those are johnny cash oh it's really tough coke or pepsi coke leno conan. probably one of blackberry or i phone blackberry blackberry it is deep dish for thin crust. spicy mild oh spicy guess what th

is nato doing enough to help you advance? >> nato do not seem to strike very often here. that rocket motor has been pounding us since early this morning. we are sure nato can see it, but what we cannot understand is why did it take us out. in the past few days, the fighting here has been tense and for the rebels, costly. they are still be seized in this corner of western libya and just lost 40 men to advance perhaps 1 mile. above us, a rare glimpse of nato jets, bombing colonel gaddafi was a positions but failing to find and silence all his plans. for the poorly trained rebels and plenty of civilians, here is the result. >> we see a lot of devastation. i think nato should do something. >> in the meantime, the daily skirmishes ride on. nato is making a difference here, but not yet a decisive one. >> as the fighting continues unabated, nato resources are starting to be stretched. today, the british defense secretary insisted that the effort will continue for as long as required. after the head of the royal navy warned that his fleet would be unable to maintain the current p

the week's top stories on our team nato walters' its heaviest and most punishing air strikes in the libyan capital killing dozens as the rebels complain the alliance is ignoring the real frontline meanwhile the chorus of international condemnation over syria gets ever greater. an american warship docked in the southern ukraine to take part in the the war games something the russian foreign ministry is completely not happy about join me for all the details in just a few minutes. also this hour anger comes to a boil in greece as the government moves to make deeper concent public spending in exchange for another new balance out in germany those footing the bill say they're getting tired of paying others debts. and it's the day that marks the birth of modern russia celebrating the country's declaration of sovereignty and its first free elections which led to the historic fall of the soviet union. you're watching live from moscow we have the latest news and a wrap up of the week's top stories for you this sunday we begin in libya where rebel fighters on the mediterranean frontline are trying to

with the civil war and nato bombardments navia showing no sign of subsiding civilians across the country see no signs a return to normal life. president obama unveils plans to begin the american troop withdrawal from afghanistan ignoring some of his own military advisers who believe the pullout is premature. and travel far and question more parties new documentary chalo brings the best of russia to the global audience. in the russian capital you're watching are to. come to the program civilian casualties of raise serious misgivings about nato intervention in libya even among the supporters of a young going aerial campaign and while the international community is taking sides in the conflict it's a levy on people who suffer the most are these maria financial reports. this family hasn't had a war quiet and peaceful like this one for months they've escaped from the libyan rebel stronghold of benghazi to hide in this refugee camp in the west of the country after a life in their native town became a nightmare. it's not safe there anymore it's become dangerous and it's not only because of expl

this war is being fought by britain france and america they use nato is a fig leaf but nato itself is of course much bigger and there is not unanimity in nato only a few days ago the italian foreign minister said that there should be a ceasefire in order to allow humanitarian aid through so i think that this latest news from france will possibly increase tensions within the coalition although i repeat that the war is being waged by three countries using nato as a disguise but now the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant on colonel gadhafi for crimes committed against his own people while no one seems to be worried about civilian casualties in airstrikes from nato but what's going on there then is that fair. well the you know the international criminal court has once again and like the existing ad hoc tribunals showed itself to be a blatantly political. organization the prosecutor only yesterday received a delegation from the libyan rebels and just as he has shown no interest whatever in the wars in iraq or afghanistan so as you suggest in your question he is showi

umbrella nuclear shields this this american analysis of nato nato progress program of installing the anti a missile defense. russia wants proof show us why we shouldn't be afraid nature says we'll just take it for granted but do you think that nato the west has to to to show said to give some proof to russia. that russia will not be not be worried in losing russia moscow i think political class players are for first of all i think it's very important to remind all bad was the relationship between russia in nato in the summer of two thousand and eight with the war in georgia and i think that's really the turning point and says since about time we had some positive evolution as was certainly a change of stance in russian leadership probably due to the crisis and the impact of the crisis and also the research approach promoted by president obama and since that time definitely we can observe an improvement between nato and nato and russia having said that it's i share your views about you know. defense problem which is at the same time very complicated in military terms but it is a real

will nato hold on as long as it takes? nato has said he will continue operations through september. it is anybody's guess beyond that. >> i do not think gaddafi can hold out long. there was a story this morning about how his looking for someplace other than tripoli to hang out because the pressure is building. top people in his government have been fleeing. he is an international pariah, even more so than in the 1980's. then he had the soviet union and other folks willing to back him. now he has no support from any quarter. half of his country is already under the control of rebel forces. i do not think he can hold out long. whether or not nato can hold out long enough to make sure that happens is a tougher question. i think the additional 90 days they authorized will be sufficient. i think the mission will hold together. >> you mentioned was offered about limiting ground troops. if our allies cannot keep this going, are you concerned the u.s. might need to take a more prominent role? >> i think there is sufficient support of nato. nato is not as capable of a military organization a

that nato is targeting. if suspected the fuel might be used by gadhafi as military forces with roads closed factories at a stop and foreign workers long since gone from the war stricken country is facing its worst energy crisis ever the new reality is ordinarily been drivers now spend vast amounts of time queuing for fuel a month ago this became a common. name which can. three people have been lining up to fill up their cars for hours even days but this line is a little different compared to the gas station at the end of life here is the limit only and barker is a university student and has volunteered here to help organize the process she stands few russian books which allow individuals thirty five liters a week she believes it's a great idea to have women only stations. women have too many things to do they don't fight each other world cueing and never shoot into the year is men often do so we're able to serve up to nine hundred cars good day for all of the eleven. this line is long but others are ruben lo

reports on whether nato has trapped itself in a conflict can no longer escape. civilian deaths in libya are at last making news on western news networks they say has acknowledged that a number of civilians may have been killed in an air strike last night says it regrets the loss of innocent lives and admits the weapons malfunction may have caused civilian deaths in tripoli acknowledged one of its of course last night in tripoli and may be to blame for civilian casualties the operation has been going on for three months and according to libyan officials hundreds of civilians have been killed by nato bombs so why has it taken so long for the major t.v. networks and newspapers to report on the carnage because the big problem with media mass media nowadays is not that they're left wing right wing it's just that they go along with whomever is in power and the whole idea of critical reporting is gone and it's not just media noticing that something is going wrong with the involvement in libya it's only a nato member has already lost faith in the operation in facts wron

a verdict is handed down in the case of seven nato soldiers charged with war crimes it is once again a case where those behind what some are calling a massacre are but also home so why is this the norm all so many others have to pay . it's thursday june second i'm christine for in washington d.c. and you are watching our t.v. well it looks like we've reached that time of year again summertime where the news is simply slow it's not like the u.s. is suffering from an economic downturn seen since the great depression or even embroiled in the last three wars i can't be the case because if you turn on the mainstream media networks all you see is that an unimpressive crotch shot of a congressman is apparently the most important news in the world right now. it is so stressful thank god i found this stress wiener because this is simply making me crazy no matter what button i push on my remote control the up channel or the down channel new york congressman anthony weiner has invaded my life. but no matter where you turn he and his. joke are the top story democratic congressman anthony weiner

had penned several builders meeting every nato secretary general. at each meeting they were given a. piece of paper documents eventually for basic policies and ideas that they are expected to implement in their respective countries in their respective institutions. but it's optional and. it leads from north america and western europe it's about establishing consensus and coordination so it's not that there's somebody at building for example a president this is the way it is and this is what you can do and you can they discuss they even disagree with the aims to sensually a consensus and you coordinate with the nato countries and then they are expected to go home and implement the coordination. and there are certain decisions that are made. in regards to or for example in two thousand and two those are good meetings and. there will not be in iraq we're in two thousand two it'll be in march of two thousand sure and that's with the. we also select the head of the i.m.f. and world bank and world trade organization so that's one key decision that we'll s

well i think you're right that if cut off the leaves nato will declare this a successful humanitarian intervention a successful democratization campaign but it doesn't mean that either of those things is true it's my contention and i think it's clear from the facts that this war in libya would have ended months ago if not for the nato intervention and because of the nato intervention people have continued to die by the hundreds in libya and so what that means is that the intervention actually caused more harm than good secondly will it lead to democratization it doesn't appear so libya at this point seems to be divided regionally and along tribal lines and so you've got a pie for kade of libya how are you going to knit those two pieces of the country back together again i don't really know but i would suggest that the best way would be negotiation not through military victories so no i don't think it will in fact be a success for humanitarian intervention or for democratization and certainly not a model for other countries and just you know more generally on this whole arab spring ara

nato is attacking more now. >> yes. yes. >> if they continue like this day for three or four days more, the forces of gaddafi will be decreased and people from misrata can enter the city. >> so time may yet be on the rebels' side. but while the city waits with shrines to the fallen open late into the night, new faces are being added every day. andrew harding, bbc news, misrata. >> joining me to discuss the diplomatic and military pressure being applied against colonel gaddafi is retired u.s. army general jack king. thanks for joining us. >> nice to be here. >> the rebels are saying without more nato air support they can't do the job, dislodge colonel gaddafi. >> i certainly share their frustration. 100 days into this and because we've been doing half measures right from the beginning this is taking so much longer than what it should have. the right amount of military force from the beginning to destroy gaddafi's ground forces which are really his center of gravity, maximum air power with teams to control the air power w

to nato and nato does not constitute a threat to russia that was r.t. correspondent anything now is speaking to us oh excuse me nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen now if you'd like to hear the interview in its entirety you can see it it's all there go to our t. dot com but that's going to do it for now unfortunately we are all out of time but i promise i will bring you the entire war on our t.v. segment we want to get to the bottom of what is behind these claims that r.t. is anti-american and kind of you know see what's see what that's all about and see if we can convince you otherwise or what the merits are of that for more on this or three covered. usa also check out our duty.

he never wanted a conflict in the first place we hear it here aspiring to do it washington in nato or here. because of course even once it is seen once the ceasefire years of war anything here is to go or and. the west appears to me. he wants it in this business he wants him into conflict washington and nato castle we do not want to get into it we are independent observers on the ground including former u.s. congresswoman green curry presidential candidate he says irrigated. conferring. a rebel force and nato bombing casualties killings mass casualties mess destruction the us media oh this misleads are again they lie they are ordering propaganda mention who they are hiding the truth. well on a website called we want to know how you think libya's deadlock can be resolved and looking at the screen now we can see that nearly two thirds of you think that nato should withdraw everything that he has won sixteen percent say things should continue as they are until the conflict eventually ends ten percent think only ground forces will resolve the situation but always the same a lot of feel th

please top stories on our team nato launches its heaviest the most punishing those strikes on the libyan capital killing dozens as the rebels complain reliance is ignoring the real frontline meanwhile the chorus of international condemnation over syria gets louder also. an american warship docked in a harbor in southern ukraine to take part in the two war games something the russian foreign ministry is completely not happy about. the reach including. we have even just a stance the matches are placed in exchange for continued bailout money. and it was the day that marked the birth of modern russia celebrating the country's declaration of sovereignty in its first free elections which led to the historic fall of the if you. will welcome this is r.t. it's just after midnight now here in moscow my name's kevin owen with our news review of the week for you and first this hour libyan rebels on the mediterranean front line of fought with gadhafi forces and attempt to retake the major old port of so we are not far from the capital tripoli and opposition spokesman at the time said thirteen rebel f

he wants it need a conflict washington and nato absolutely do not want to hear independent observers on the ground including four u.s. congresswoman green party presidential candidates and irrigating. conferring. a rebel force and nato bombing casualties killings mass casualties mess destruction is you recently this mysterious i was here in. your reporting began the message loose the hiding the truth. and i website r t dot com we want to know what you think think libya's deadlock can be resolved so far two thirds of respondents think nato should withdraw and admit that gadhafi has won fifteen percent think things should continue as they're on top the conflict resolves eleven per cent faith only ground forces will resolve the situation the same around feel the un should send in peacekeepers and split libya in two. still ahead i would tease the resident streets of the big apple for opinion on the recent cyber attacks on sony and master card. it was became day already arose because they console. everything they are they our approach to all of his security systems. but as well as a few l

sunday's fatal error occurs in the rising concerns within nato about his operation in northern africa only eight out of its twenty eight members have joined the mission to protect civilians in libya which raises the question how many would support one to kill them ration option or r.t. tripoli. well as civilian deaths in libya grow anger mounts among the taxpayers footing the bill for the military intervention the conflict is expected to cost one of its k. players the u.k. hundreds of millions of pounds as artie's lore and what reports the blow to britain's budget couldn't have come at a worse time. they're already calling it the billion pound war it's calculated that if the war in libya goes on for six months it will cost the british taxpayer one point six billion dollars but that initial humanitarian mission is now get rid of gadhafi operation and that could take a lot longer assuming that their goal is to simply oust him from power this is not going to end until he or until he leaves office so this could potentially drag on for more and as we've seen they've already extended the op

week's top stories from our team nato launches its heaviest and most punishing is strikes on the libyan capital killing dozens as the rebels complain the alliance is ignoring the real front line meanwhile the chorus of international condemnation over syria gets and i'm. also. an american warship docked in an address in southern ukraine to take part in the to war games something the russian foreign ministry is completely not happy about. even this all star team matches are placed in exchange to continue the bailout money. and it was the day that marked the birth of modern russia celebrating the country take to ration sovereignty and its first free elections which led to your storage for the soviet union. welcome you're watching r t it's just after one am here in moscow my name's kevin bringing you our news review of the week and first this hour libyan rebels on the mediterranean frontline fought with gadhafi forces in the tent to retake the major oil port of zawiya not far from the capital tripoli an opposition spokesman in the town said thirteen rebel fighters and civilians have been ki

which is very unlikely to happen any time soon the new dog ground in the symmetry still fresh while nato has already claimed that the operation to protect civilians must go on with clashes containing and benghazi and nato intensify in its bombardment of tripoli both eastern and western parts of the country are perilous to say and people are dying on both sides of the frontline many on the ground fear that when the democracy the west talks about will finally come here they almost be enough people left to experience it all written option r r t reporting from western libya. by the way if you want your say on the situation in libya go online take part in the poll and on the screen you can see that we're asking why you think the libyan campaign is failing to succeed so far the most popular view is that libyan support will not betray him share your opinion on the subject on our website or. also. passenger jet prevent a major accident with another plane in new york. you can check out the radio recordings of the crew on you tube channel. four news today. these are the images. to rule the day. th

this week in the most intensive air idea that there have been sixteen nato airstrikes in just ten hours attacks against civilians must stop gadhafi must go and the libyan people deserve to determine their own future nato has frequently claimed success and the military operation is supposed to protect civilians but the libyan government has repeatedly protested that innocent civilians have been among the dead the claims have not been independently verified but one thing is clear since march nineteenth the lives of ordinary libyans has changed forever son was mother will never forget the day when her daughter preferred death to this new life my girl told me before that she saw death as a good thing when i entered her room that day she was lying on the floor there was smoke everywhere could hardly see what happened but i realized immediately he was something terrible this is not fair they told us they want a no fly zone he never said they were going to bomb us he promised to protect his but instead they scariest talking about who they are sort of his father is more precise in the world no

has prompted the closure of a key supply route from tunis here rebel leaders have complained that nato airstrikes they were supporting their military efforts are focused too heavily though on tripoli rather than on the front lines in misrata rim's aware of that's leading to even more civilian casualties is that is rare for national found out. saddam has been within has breath of death but doctors have performed any a miracle and the young girl is back home with her family she took her mother's pills to kill herself. if someone wants to kill me and bill to do it myself. but who wants to kill the teenager. some as native city tripoli has been under constant bombardment by nato forces for three months day and night forms have been falling on the city with a population of around a million no one can ever say when or where the next one would land. this week in the most intensive air idea that there have been sixteen nato airstrikes in just ten hours attacks against civilians must stop gadhafi must go and the libyan people deserve to determine their own future nato has frequently claimed suc

the week's top stories on our team dozens killed in the libyan capital as nato steps up its most intense bombing raids so far there's been heavy fighting as rebels are new attacks on the oil port city of zawiya and syria meanwhile tension is rising as the government continues a severe crackdown on the opposition. a u.s. navy ship in the black sea sparks outrage from moscow in claims it's a prelude to the planned nato missile defense shield for europe. and forgiving others their debts proves too much for one german lawyer who said to sue his government for handing out cash to failing eurozone economies well in states that have received a cash bail out the prospect of further austerity measures has drawn protesters to the streets blank of each including. that's just a start it's the most it's place in exchange they can take money. and russia's been celebrating the country's declaration of sovereignty and its first free elections that marked the definitive the end of the soviet union. in moscow i mattress to bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t fierce

and so arguably once it was handed over to nato and the u.s. has taken on a more limited role although some people are contesting how limited that role really is then it becomes something very different altogether. so if there is legality in terms of the security council resolution nato as you know voted on wednesday to extend the operation for ninety days so there are there's a lot of different law at stake in this particular intervention it's not just the war powers act robert i find it very interesting is that the united states historically tries to stay away from international law gleason having encumbered on its foreign policy and obama's going to be completely reversed saying oh we're just doing it in the united nations security council it is agreed to in just you know american law and the constitution hasn't played into this at all i mean that's a rather odd situation isn't it considering american foreign policy and the united nations it's not such a good quarter from the the united states uses international law invokes international law

he responded to it when washington and nato will see you again does he respond. once it is or if you want to cease fire he doesn't want any of this to go war on the west. he wants it is that he once admitted consciously washington and nato absolutely do not want to to lose your independent observers on the ground including for u.s. congresswoman green party presidential candidate he says even. for us and nato but i mean to tease chileans mass casualties mass destruction you reduce me dismiss these out of c.n.n. they lie. propaganda mention loose the hiding the truth. on our website r.t. dot com we want to know how you think libya's deadlock can be resolved so far nearly two thirds of respondents think nato should withdraw sixteen percent say things should continue as they are until the conflict eventually ends eleven percent think only ground forces will resolve the situation and the same about feel the u.n. should send in peacekeepers and split libya into stay with us here on r t still ahead r t's the resident hits the streets of new york for opinion on the rece

the libyan capital has been rocked by nato's heaviest air strikes since the beginning of the military operation with dozens killed in the attacks and anger at foreign intervention growing on the ground. moscow agrees to lift a ban on european festivals if there are guarantees they are free from the cold wind back in syria cern's came from president trade center and russia and more it's . also the e.u. prepares a new rescue package for bankrupt greece that sparked months of protests against further cuts in the country and outraged people in germany who say it's time the tatars leave your ownself. as people here in moscow and nationwide celebrate brussel day we'll look back twenty years when the country states in the first free presidential. it's three pm in moscow a warm welcome to the weekly here in our team this sunday on the nice now way we begin in libya where the conflict shows notes. sign of letting up rebels and government forces clashed in the western oil port city of zawiya some fifty kilometers from tripoli the libyan capital saw him right nato airstrikes this week with the h

leaders now at first the nato leaders could sneak there at any pressure from the little country that would be a pressure this rachel and that as this bombing campaign. should be far more more involved use up more more money in the school since public opinion in countries like britain france by no means are supportive of this campaign and i think the leaders expected that also of course to leave the store who would all be over if you don't. have kids that is daughter has filed war crimes charges against nato and france for killing her family members of president do you think we'll ever see nicolas sarkozy per se held accountable for something like that. it's highly improbable put it mildly a big problem has been the western leaders who talk about an end to impunity supporting international justice all governments all the literally just subject but we have seen from the kosovo campaign in ninety nine onwards a complete willingness of the western leaders check them souls all their officials to investigation let alone prosecution or conviction so i think anybody who thinks the french cou

believe in capitals been dropped by nato is heaviest air strikes since the beginning of a military operation with dozens killed in the attacks and anger of foreign intervention for a wing on the ground. moscow agrees to lift a ban on european vegetables if there are guarantees the are free from deadly e. coli bacteria the assurance came from president medvedev during the russia e.u. talks. also the e.u. prepares a new rescue package for bankrupt breeze which sparks massive protests against further cuts in the country and outrageous people in germany saying it's time to debtors leave the eurozone. and its people here in moscow and nationwide celebrate russia day will go back twenty years to when the country stays its first free presidential election. you're watching r.t. coming to live from moscow and josh welcome to the program the conflict in libya shows no signs of letting up rebels and government forces clash in the western oil port city of zawiya some fifty kilometers from tripoli the libyan capital saw intensified nato airstrikes this week with the heaviest bombing since the foreign. be

the claims of more civilian victims in libya after a fresh nato bombing with at least fifteen reportedly dead including children one in an airstrike west of tripoli. parents fighting red tape for their children's lives dozens of kids diagnosed with cancer syndrome disease in russia known survival state funds expensive treatment. though you're watching r t all the latest world developments twenty four hours a day program the top story about a plane crash in northwestern russia has killed forty four passengers eight survivors were rescued after a plane plowed into a highway just one kilometer short of its destination. joins us live now with the details peter how did the tragedy happened was we know so far. well the trickle of to you one three four plane was forced to make an emergency landing around a kilometer away from its intended destination. airport in the northwest of russia though it had to make this emergency landing on a highway. not meant that it be the first emergency services if you will the first rescuers on the scene were passers by people who were in the area out the time in

the identified top nato official told c.n.n. that the alliance now considers gadhafi in the death of a target when the teaser exclusively to the weight of secretary general anders fogh rasmussen he said organization does not target individuals actually the u.n. security council resolution goes beyond a no fly zone according to the u.n. security council resolution we are mandated to protect the civilian population in libya taking all necessary measures and that's exactly what we're doing right now i just want to clarify for some of our viewers who have seen homes bombs are they've seen civilian buildings blown to pieces does that in a car on a phone or in a hospital on a phone constitute a command center for your purposes when you say any. i would like to stress that we are not targeting individuals we live illegitimate military. targets. and of course command and control centers can be used to plan and organize attacks against civilians show come under control she enters our legitimate military targets. well there you can watch

bugg area could well says they would welcome being part of nato as missile check that nato is a european missile defense system something that russia sees as a threat to its national security in the next hour algor nobs peace with bug areas foreign minister. about how the move could affect bilateral relations is appropriate. when you have such a center which allows for the nato missile defense system and the russian missile defense system to exchange information and to do both in coordination and you back that up with the political will which was very clear from the lisbon summit. to work together then slowly but surely we will develop that cooperation in the trust that is vital so i don't think that anyone in russia should feel threatened by the system on the contrary it provides was a wonderful and to the practical opportunity to join work together against a common sort of. finally in our news block it's time to follow our close up team to the mysterious and beautiful russian republic of north a set to discover some of its best kept secrets. christian churches agricultural cultural pro

the week's top stories on our nato launches its heaviest and most punishing air strikes on the libyan capital killing dozens as the rebels complained the alliance is ignoring the real frontline meanwhile the chorus of international condemnation over syria gets ever louder. anger comes to a boil in greece as the government moves to make deeper cuts in public spending in exchange for another. germany those footing the bill say they're getting tired of paying others debt. and it's the day that marks the birth of modern celebrating the country's declaration of sovereignty and its first free elections which led to the historic fall of the soviet union. or welcome to the weekly here in our sunday i'm a nice and now way we begin in libya where rebel fighters on the mediterranean frontline are reportedly trying to retake the major oil port of the with just fifty kilometers west of the capital tripoli the offensive marks a breakthrough for the opposition which was swept out on the port by artillery fire an intensive shelling the pro-government troops about three months ago the advances prompte

rebel force and nato bombing casualties killings mass casualties mass destruction e.u.'s media this mysterious out of hand saying these are the initial report is a beast in tripoli and really there are you saying there's no way it is except for maybe a handful of deaths and injuries that this is going on they live below the reporting propaganda mention loose they're hiding the truth the truth is all of course you know he said this it was written for him he went over it i'm sure it's language that you prove but he wants an end to this business he wants him into conflict washington. nato absolutely do not want to let me quickly ask you about gadhafi daughter she's fallen war crimes against nato and france for killing her family members we know that gadhafi may face charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes do you think they'll get that his daughter will get anywhere do you think she'll see anybody held accountable for this absolutely. is victor's justice is going to be a accusation or more of a loss record michael ware for waste that interest is no possibility anyb

though just a day after admitting killing nine civilians in a bungled airstrike nato has been accused by the libyan authorities of causing at least another fifteen deaths the alliance confirmed and care that another bombing but it's not responded to the allegations of civilian casualties financial reports now from tripoli and now the day has brought more death and destruction to leave a large private compound west of the capital tripoli has been leveled reduced to rubble in apparent as strike. rescuers have discovered the remains of fifteen people according to libyan officials. most of the money. they have destroyed belonged to general moody one of the people closest to colonel gadhafi he was among those who took part in the military coup to bring the libyan leader to power forty years ago the general escaped injury but most of his family died in the attack. because. this man is talking about. one of the grandchildren of the general and one of three kids killed in the incident the day of the bombing the family had gathered with friends to celebrate his fourth birthday. libyan civilian

they should take responsibility for their wrongdoing and nato has responded with an apology. intended target during last night's airstrike in tripoli was a military missile site. however from our initial assessment of the facts it appears that one weapon did not strike the intended target due to a weapons systems failure although officials in tripoli claim more than eight hundred civilians have died in nato raids then nine people they say were killed in sunday's bombardment of the city have become the first civilian casualties officially acknowledged by the alliance only on saturday nato has also admitted another mistake in a strike this time on rebel forces neither live in oil port of brag or with the number of casualties not been disclosed we hold me to the do you hold mr cameron mr sarkozy is this going to scorn him mr obama may already. hear good response about for the deaths of these innocent children innocent was unfair as an innocent fathers and mothers you cannot justify this attack would you name it wasn't. sunday's fatal error occurs in the rising concerns within na

there should have been a proper nato procedure to mount a nato investigation. which i don't believe ever was done what how can i how can this investigation not have been done i mean this is a case that's been going on for nearly four years now how could a nato investigation not have happened that's not the only worth keeping and vault there there is supposedly audio recordings made by americans american troops who claim she was overheard taliban soldiers. in the midst of this battle when the soldiers claim to and actually shooting at how a band supposedly the americans have a report with recordings where the taliban are receiving this incoming fire but this apparently was never produced during a court case so it's a mystery as to whether or not this report actually exists or whether it was made up and even if i was going to say some of the some of the incident reports i know have been released on wiki leaks i mean what you keep you keep you said time and time again in this interview the facts are murky the facts are marquee which facts were allowed as evidence

dozens killed in libya's capital as nato embarks on its most intense bombing raids yet while there is heavy fighting as rebels renew attacks in the oil port city of zawiya in syria tension is rising as the government continues its severe crackdown on the opposition. a u.s. navy vessel in the black sea sparks outrage from moscow and claims as a prelude to the planned nato missile defense shield for europe and. forgiving others their debts proves too much for one german attorney who said to sue his government for handing out cash to failing euro zone economies while in states that are getting a cash balance the prospect of further austerity measures draws protesters to the streets. and to be seen. as an event to see. plays in exchange to continue paying out money with. russia celebrates the country's declaration of sovereignty and its first free elections that marked the definitive end of the soviet union. four am in moscow i'm at treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t fierce fighting is continuing in libya's port city of misrata where rebe

rebels are saying that the nato bombed sort of the wrong place nato is concentrating on aaa they should be the front lines in another place they aren't getting the help they need why is that they're getting. the united states is spending two million dollars a day in a billion and a half dollars just been handed to these so-called rebels usually the leadership of these rebels how do you file his stars the twenty here are part of the central intelligence agency and cia and the and say yes hijack this uprising initially against gadhafi and it is a complete some board that. opposition is a group now that is being funded and armed by the nato powers and the united states their objective is to carve up live into several countries and seizes forty four point two billion barrels of oil reserves that's what the objective is to sixty imperial war that obama is raging in the region and it is a genocidal war in all its features the target is the population at large not nearly enough the region will probably show when u.s. radios and peace activists are pretty clear about what he thinks is going on

he wants it there's losers he wants him into a conflict washington and nato castle we do not want to live here in the banner of service i would ground including former u.s. congresswoman green car a presidential candidate he said. during. a rebel force and maybe what i mean these killings mass casualties mass destruction you were asleep just some mysterious i was here. you were ordering propaganda mention loose they're hiding the truth. well on our website r.t. dot com we want to know how you think libya's deadlock can be resolved and looking on the screen now also far nearly two thirds think that nato should withdraw admitting that gadhafi has won fifteen percent say things should continue as they are until the conflict eventually and eleven percent think only ground forces will resolve the situation and i can see even the same amount feel the un should send in peacekeepers and split libya in to your point of view and r.t. dot com. it's a gathering of political and financial elite in switzerland and it's a veil of secrecy isn't forced by an army of security guards it's all bankrolle

if european nato allies war expecting farwell hugging and kissing from the departing u.s. secretary of defense robert gates they should have known better instead he delivered point blank parting shot at all year opinion nato allies it was probably one of the most blazing critique coming from the pentagon chief in fact i believe that it had a hidden agenda to use the former cia chief and his experience to deliver a black cop on its european partners far as afghanistan and libya is concerned indeed robert gates had a point first time raise the issue about their reliability of the nato alliance as soon as he assumed his post four years ago when he surprised the kratz in brussels when he called them on capable to be on a par with the united states forces regarding that counterinsurgency skill and experience if anything and that time robert gates was probably too polite so robert gates to close that final chapter to the loan of or do you fear a role for nato association that could be one of the most significant input on the new security architecture. for the united states. and

and with nato intervention in libya stalemate and civilian casualties mounting the u.s. is coming under fire on a different front washington's unmanned drone strikes are being blasted for fighting global terror people grow tired of the ever increasing number of victims. and also still to come this hour to investigate the real radiation situation in japan's fukushima nuclear plant the international community talking atomic security that. story still to come first the european union has agreed to greece one more time but only if athens introduces savage new austerity measures the greek parliament's vote on the constantly more than one hundred billion euros is expected on cheese day the proposals of course an angry response from the greek public for the promise of massive protests for the may be decisive not only for the fate of greece but also the. skeptics in brussels even states a symbolic funeral for the currency to turn a spanish justice electric the university of the police that greece can only move forward by banning what he calls the absurdity of the euro. the probl

and nato have done it in libya by intervening militarily and you don't there get there as some folks have tried by trying to get revolutions overnight an ethnically divided society in bahrain and the sunni power holders are not going to give power up overnight to the shiites and similarly in syria the alawite so now you're saying all right nobody suggested this isn't overnight so any anybody who out of there is i mean do you believe about how change happens there but that i wouldn't. president obama gets up and says that and says that more market off he has to step down and least power and now you get these calls people are saying the same thing in syria that assad has to step down and leave power it's just not going to happen if you insist on that they will they will fight to the very last man ok david i want you to jumping over here and i wouldn't. i wouldn't call i wouldn't call egypt a good example of transformation the way the. proposed it's been another military coup. colleagues the still in power. sixty percent or so the economy that heavily invested in egypt and business and