we just need to take libya as a playbook we've had the bombing of libya now over six months and the situation there and conditions are deplorable for the civilian population is divided the people of libya and we do not want to see the same situation develop in syria because it's going to be the united states and these western industrialized countries and the populations within these western industrialized countries that are going to be victimized by this war that they're planning to carry out against the syrian government came up you know i usually say mark and see what settlement i see mark in washington and the solution you disagrees very much mark already had actually described as our. i hardly know where to begin the syrian people would be lucky to join the libyan people in tunisia people in egypt and people in freedom they would be lucky to get rid of it dictator with murdering his already murdered three thousand six hundred innocent civilians his father killed tens of thousands in and if the syrian government is on the up and up and frankly i don't know anyone who believes it'

glad to have you with us let's get right to your top stories in a show of support for libya's national transitional council the u.n. security council has approved a new resolution among the promised support is the easing of sanctions and the un freezing of assets for more on this story let's cross live to our correspondent going to church of cameras in washington for us live so what do the world powers want to achieve with this resolution well one of the things that the new resolution envisions is a special u.n. support mission in libya that will be set up for an initial three months to help in what diplomats insist is essentially a political operation it would give advice on good storing security but it would concentrate on efforts to undertake inclusive political dialogue promote a national reconciliation and generally help the government in libya organize elections and write a new constitution and that kind of u.n. participation is welcomed by all members this is something that washes amboy through the united nations was talking about saying it's a u.n. responsibility to help create

we just need to take libya as a playbook we've had the bombing of libya now for six months and the situation there the conditions are deplorable for the civilian population is divided the people of libya and we do not want to see the same situation develop in syria because it's going to be the united states and these western industrialized countries and the populations within these western industrialized countries that are going to be victimized by this war that they're planning to carry out against the syrian government came in values they say mark and see what sort of nice a mark in washington and the solution you disagrees very much marco right and that's what this program started. i hardly know where to begin the syrian people would be lucky to join the libyan people and each nation people in the egyptian people in freedom they would be lucky to get rid of the dictator whose word has already murdered three thousand six hundred innocent civilians his father killed tens of thousands in hamas and. if the syrian government is on the up and up and frankly i don't know anyone who believes the

and a new partnership between libya and russia. the first step russia took as libya's partner was to deliver humanitarian aid into the country during the military phase of the political conflict we had talks with the leaders of the national transitional council in benghazi and agreed that the interests of russia would be respected in libya after gadhafi was toppled and all contracts with russia would be preserved and the interests of russian companies respected if you were going to continue our active work in abia back in there will come heavy that. according to earlier statements by the national transitional council the new government will respect contracts concluded with the russian federation but we also hear other statements like the one made by one of the new heads of the libyan oil company he touted russia's position during the voting on security council resolution one thousand seven three saying that russia was more demanding than it should have been and that it was more reluctant to show its support for the opposition there

the general assembly on friday gave libya's u.n. seat to the national transitional council which toppled moammar gadhafi although not yet controlling the whole of libya the rebels nevertheless represent their. one tree at the u.n. general assembly next week as with the arms embargo imposed on libya there are uncertainties whether everyone at the u.n. security council is on the same page here russia called for removing a ban on small arms supplies to leave go to protect u.n. person personnel diplomats and humanitarian staff but the essence of the french british proposal with regards to lifting the arms embargo is yet quite vague so there might be some tension over the issue there anyway when it comes to concerns over the proliferation of arms in libya and its potential impact on regional peace everyone seems to be on the same page and the security council has clearly expressed those concerns the amount of weapons in libya that are up for grabs is extremely worrying more production is left behind are brimming with weapons and the rebe

we just need to take libya as a playbook we've had the bombing of libya now for six months and the situation there the conditions are deplorable for the civilian population is divided the people of libya and we do not want to see the same situation develop in syria because it's going to be the united states and these western industrialized countries and the populations within these western industrialized countries that are going to be victimized by this war that they're planning to carry out against the syrian government came out and now you say shame are they see what settlement i see mark in washington and the solution you disagrees very much marco right and actually this program however. i hardly know where to begin the syrian people would be lucky to join the libyan people and internation people in the egyptian people in freedom they would be lucky to get rid of a dictator whose word has already murdered three thousand six hundred innocent civilians his father killed tens of thousands in hama and. if the syrian government is on the up and up and frankly i don't know anyone who believes t

are not from libya. >> mr. mark pritchard? >> mr. speaker, is it not the case that the new constitution of libya to be legitimate and sustainable that freedom of speech and freedom of religion are very much included in the new constitution? in particular, protection given to the orthodox church, roman catholic church, serbian orthodox, russian orthodox, and the greek orthodox church? >> i think my honorable friend makes a good point and we've seen this particularly in egypt, the importance of protecting koptic christians and others and i am very heartened by what the chairman has said about respect for human rights and tolerance and i'm sure he'll want to follow those things through. >> roy? >> an estimation given to british oil workers regarding jobs in libya? >> i don't have an estimation for that. but i think it's in libya's interest that the production of oil gets back to normal as fast as possible. some people say this could still take up to three years to get back to its full capacity. i think the encoura

a partnership between libya and russia. for the first step russia took as libya's partner was to deliver humanitarian aid to the country during the military phase of a political conflict we had talks with the leaders of the national transitional council in benghazi and agreed with the interests of russia would be respected in libya after getting from was toppled at all contracts with russia would be preserved and the interests of russian companies are respected we're going to continue our active work in libya. heavy. according to early statements by the national transitional council a new government will respect contracts concluded with the russian federation but we also hear other statements like the one made by one of the new heads of the libyan oil company he doubted russia's position during the voting on security council resolution one nine seventy three saying that russia was more demanding than it should have been and that it was more reluctant to show its support for the opposition there is a possibility he added tha

we just need to take libya as a playbook we've had the bombing of libya now for over six months and the situation there the conditions are deplorable for the civilian population is divided the people of libya and we do not want to see the same situation develop in syria because it's going to be the united states and these western industrialized countries and the populations within these western industrialized countries that are going to be victimized by this war that they are planning to carry out against the syrian government came up you know i usually say mark you see most of them i see mark in washington and the solution you disagrees very much marco rather than actually this program however. i hardly know where to begin the syrian people would be lucky to join the libyan people in tunisia people in egypt and people in freedom they would be lucky to get rid of it take taylor who was murdering his already murdered three thousand six hundred innocent civilians his father killed tens of thousands and and if the syrian government is on the up and up and frankly i don't know anyone wh

the general assembly on friday gave libya's u.n. seat to the national transitional council which toppled moammar gadhafi although not yet controlling the whole of libya the rebels still nevertheless represent their. at the u.n. general assembly next week as with the arms embargo imposed on libya there or uncertainties whether everyone at the u.n. security council is on the same page here russia called for removing a ban on small arms supplies to leave you to protect us personnel diplomats and humanitarian staff but the essence of the french british proposal with regards to lifting the arms embargo is yet quite vague so there might be some tension over the issue there anyway when it comes to concerns over the proliferation of arms in libya and its potential impact on regional peace everyone seems to be on the same page and the security council has clearly expressed those concerns the amount of weapons in libya that are up for grabs is extremely worrying more production is army left behind are brimming with weapons and the rebels have

we just need to take libya as a playbook we've had the bombing of libya now for over six months and the situation there the conditions are deplorable for the civilian population is divided the people of libya and we do not want to see the same situation develop in syria because it's going to be the united states and these western industrialized countries and the populations within these western industrialized countries that are going to be victimized by this war that they're planning to carry out against the syrian government came in i use the same are they see what settlement i see mark in washington and he solution who disagrees very much marco right and actually this program. i hardly know where to begin the syrian people would be lucky to join the libyan people and to nation people in the egyptian people in freedom they would be lucky to get rid of the dictator whose word has already murdered three thousand six hundred innocent civilians his father killed tens of thousands in hama and. if the syrian government is on the up and up and frankly i don't know anyone who believes the

we just need to take libya as a playbook we've had the bombing of libya now for over six months and the situation there the conditions are deplorable for the civilian population is divided the people of libya and are we do not want to see the same situation develop in syria because it's going to be the united states and these western industrialized countries and the populations within these western industrialized countries that are going to be victimized by this war that they're planning to carry out against the syrian government came out and no use they say marjorie seamless of nicea mark in washington and he's delusional who disagrees very much mark all right ahead actually this program however. i hardly know where to begin the syrian people would be lucky to join the libyan people internation people of the egyptian people in freedom they would be lucky to get rid of a dictator who has already murdered three thousand six hundred innocent civilians his father killed tens of thousands in hama and if the syrian government is on the up and up and frankly i don't know anyone who believ

we just need to take libya as a playbook we've had the bombing of libya now over six months and the situation there the conditions are deplorable for the civilian population is divided the people of libya and we do not want to see the same situation develop in syria because it's going to be the united states and these western industrialized countries and the populations within these western industrialized countries that are going to be victimized by this war that they're planning to carry out against the syrian government came in oh yes there's a larger scheme a subtle nicely mark in washington and he solution who disagrees very much marco right ahead after this program. i hardly know where to begin the syrian people would be lucky to join the libyan people internation people of the egyptian people in freedom they would be lucky to get rid of the dictator who's murdering his already murdered three thousand six hundred eighty cents a day and his father killed tens of thousands in and if the syrian government is on the up and up and frankly i don't know anyone who believes that. in go

we just need to take libya as a playbook we've had the bombing of libya now over six months and the situation there the conditions are deplorable for the civilian population is divided the people of libya and we do not want to see the same situation develop in syria because it's going to be the united states and these western industrialized countries and the populations within these western industrialized countries that are going to be victimized by this war that they're planning to carry out against the syrian government came in values they say margaret she looks out on the icy mark in washington and he solution who disagrees very much marco right ahead after this program. i hardly know where to begin the syrian people would be lucky to join the libyan people and internation people in egypt and people in freedom they would be lucky to get rid of the dictator whose word has already murdered three thousand six hundred innocent civilians his father killed tens of thousands in hama and. if the syrian government is on the up and up and frankly i don't know anyone who believes the syrian

we just need to take libya as a playbook we have the bombing of libya now for over six months and the situation there the conditions are deplorable for the civilian population is divided the people of libya and we do not want to see the same situation develop in syria because it's going to be the united states and these western industrialized countries and the populations within these western industrialized countries that are going to be victimized by this war that they're planning to carry out against the syrian government came out and i usually say margaret she looks a little nice a mark in washington and he's delusional you disagrees very much mark all right ahead actually this program started. i hardly know where to begin with the syrian people would be lucky to join the libyan people and asian people in egypt and people in freedom they would be lucky to get rid of a dictator who's word has already murdered three thousand six hundred innocent civilians his father killed tens of thousands and if the syrian government is on the up and up and frankly i don't know anyone who believes

in libya in order to topple the gadhafi government in libya also we have the situation in to meijer where the armed forces there assisted the n t c and nato forces in destabilizing libya and it does not serve the interests of the syrian people or any other people in the region to have a direct u.s. and western involvement in their countries the arab league has been attempting to mediate the situation inside of syria the secretary general of the arab league mr not bill l.r.b. i was in damascus about five days ago and this is what needs to be encouraged it needs to be encouragement of dialogue but i talked to him and i'm going to jump in right here we need we short break and after that short break both will continue our discussion on syrian state parties. if you. like millions of americans have lost. thousands of dollars in retirement funds and i haven't had as bad as many it's not just about the fed it's about the need to. me ma'am brown got to say. sam. sam. and accede. to thing. needed. now. since this is my film i get the last word this financial crisis will not be turned off like a lig

r t tripoli libya. for the discuss this further i'm now joined by john last line from the remark we see in cooperation in a paris not many thanks for joining us now as we just heard in that report from maria from both sides of the conflict are accused of human rights abuses now when gadhafi and ghazi for example the west is seeking civilians now get out these hometown of sort of under attack what about the civilians there. well you know to paraphrase george or world an animal farm some civilians are more equal than others i don't think anybody seriously bought the line that this intervention was about protecting civilians that was merely the fig leaf the legal food leaf that france britain and america used to overthrow gadhafi and i've been on your show several times on your channel several times about this issue and i've always said that their principal goal was regime change that has now been achieved in spite of the very interesting report that you've just carried on the pockets of resistance i'm afr

we just need to take libya as a playbook we've had the bombing of libya now over six months and the situation there the conditions are deplorable for the civilian population is divided the people of libya and we do not want to see the same situation develop in syria because it's going to be the united states and these western industrialized countries and the populations within these western industrialized countries that are going to be victimized by this war that they're planning to carry out against the syrian government came every hour is the same argument she looks out on the icy mark in washington and the solution you disagrees very much marco right ahead after this program however. i hardly know where to begin the syrian people would be lucky to join the libyan people and internation people in the egyptian people in freedom they would be lucky to get rid of the dictator who's word has already murdered three thousand six hundred innocent civilians his father killed tens of thousands in hama and. if the syrian government is on the up and up and frankly i don't know anyone who bel

we just need to take libya as a playbook we've had the bombing of libya now for six months and the situation there the conditions are deplorable for the civilian population is divided the people of libya and we do not want to see the same situation develop in syria because it's going to be the united states and these western industrialized countries and the populations within these western industrialized countries that are going to be victimized by this war that they're planning to carry out against the syrian government came in i used the same article seemed like settle nice remark in washington and he solution who disagrees very much mark all right ahead actually this program however. i hardly know where to begin the syrian people would be lucky to join the libyan people and each nation people in the egyptian people in freedom they would be lucky to get rid of a dictator who's word has already murdered three thousand six hundred innocent civilians his father killed tens of thousands in hama and. if the syrian government is on the up and up and frankly i don't know anyone who believes the s

cross talk libya after gadhafi i'm joined by lindsey german and london she is a national conveyor of stop the war coalition in denver we cross to daniel wagner he is c.e.o. of country wrists aleutians and in toronto we go to eric margolis he is an award winning journalist and author of war at the top of the world the struggle for afghanistan and asia all right folks this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first let's look at some of the challenges facing the new libya. following six months of a rocky battle the grip the world's attention the arab spring has produced another significant outcome the toppling of libya's comes out in may have come as a surprise to almost everyone now the least of which were the rebels who fought the forty two year regime. but as the victory fanfare settles libyans are facing a far more trying challenge that of proving they can create an alternative to conduct his rule when the stonewall poor working locals to. the local civil society is. so starting from zero point. four. in this situation the countr

regional relationship that libya had to the african union into africa. and certainly say that this would be a desirable kind of initiative particularly in africa which has been so much the target of intervention over the years so much exploited and abused by the european colonial powers that it would be. very important to allow africans to have a major role in planning libya's future what the realities of geopolitics are. as engaged in this massive intervention it's likely to prefer the u.n. where it has been able of leverage over the african union which is viewed as having had this close relationship with the gadhafi regime and not fully trusted in this situation and it is a very limited at the present time ok richard we'll have to leave it there thanks very much indeed for your time thanks for your thoughts joining us live there from the u.s. united nations special rather richard fuld frank thank you for having me. or call it off the remains of a man on the run two weeks off the rebel forces overran tripoli his whereabouts are unknown and some reports

to cross-talk libya after gadhafi i'm joined by lindsey german in london she is a national conveyor of stop the war coalition and denver we cross to daniel wagner he is c.e.o. of country wrists aleutians and in toronto we go to eric margolis he is an award winning journalist and author of war at the top of the world the struggle for afghanistan and asia all right folks this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first let's look at some of the challenges facing the new libya. following six months of iraq about all the grip the world's attention the arab spring has produced another significant outcome the toppling of libya's qaddafi may have come as a surprise to almost everyone now the least of which were the rebels who fought the forty two year regime. but as the victory fanfare settles libyans are facing a far more trying challenge that of proving they can create an alternative to israel when they stand there you're looking at look at me he can shin the weapon a local here this is all it is so we're starting from own with you know bu

moscow appeals to the global community not to repeat history's mistakes by leaving libya and syria in shout balls. just after four pm here in the russian capital this is r.t. our top story a top court in berlin has thrown out a series of lawsuits which said germany is back rolling of bailouts to ailing european economies were illegal but not just ruled out giving chancellor merkel a blank check saying any a future aid must now be pre-approved by parliament well that could have or germany's ability to react swiftly to any new crises but sets a precedent for other nations to tighten their belts as well opposition parties welcomed the ruling but said merkel had made the crisis worse through delays and a lack of vision for the national visor believes there's little to celebrate just yet. ultimately this is actually i think what we would call a character victory it's an empty victory for mrs merkel and yet be a large can go ahead but like all the court judgments we need a small print and what is happening today is that in the german court which has clearly been very very much split only is

to cross-talk libya after gadhafi i'm joined by lindsey german and london she is a national conveyor of stop the war coalition and then for we cross to daniel wagner he is c.e.o. of country wrists aleutians and in toronto we go to eric margolis he is an award winning journalist and author of war at the top of the world the struggle for afghanistan and asia all right folks this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first let's look at some of the challenges facing the new libya. following six months of iraq about all the grip the world's attention the arab spring has produced another significant outcome the toppling of libya's kurds our theme may have come as a surprise to almost everyone now the least of which were the rebels who fought the forty two year regime. but it's the victory fanfare settles the libyans are facing a far more trying challenge that of proving they can create an alternative to could south israel we understand that we're looking to look at the situation look in the local civil affairs office so we are starting

but will focus on libya for the next few minutes as r.t. talks to a middle east affairs academic to get more insight into what's happening there that's up next. i'm joined by professor rowland from the university of. western germany and he's here to talk with us about the fate of the euro mr for.

there's a deal has been reported for friends to get a third of libya's in toil reserves now libya has africa's biggest reserves of oil and that will come as a big embarrassment for french president sarkozy who had always insisted that the country's aim going in and bombing libya was to protect citizens that could explain why for a drug companies the company very first french delegations to rebel held in goes the back in march. and i and russia's envoys african-american and i'll get off you will all say that conference in paris is coming your way in full later this hour right here on r.t. let's get some more on this story now across lives. has the for me about an expert on africa and invest in well he joins me live from brussels many being with us here on our scene of the n.c.c. or national transitional council has reportedly promised more than a third of libya's crude oil to france these are i think it's unconfirmed reports but if they do prove to be true how do you think president sarkozy will explain the deal. first of all this is the. international against the people of libya. ille

to cross-talk libya after gadhafi i'm joined by lindsey german in london she is a national conveyor of stop the war coalition and denver we cross to daniel wagner he is c.e.o. of country wrists aleutians and in toronto we go to eric margolis he is an award winning journalist and author of war at the top of the world the struggle for afghanistan and asia all right folks this is cross talk means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first let's look at some of the challenges facing the new libya. following six months of iraq about all the grip the world's attention the arab spring has produced another significant outcome the toppling of libya's gadhafi may have come as a surprise to almost everyone now the least of which were the rebels who fought the forty two year regime. but as the victory fanfare settles libyans are facing a far more trying challenge that of proving they can create an alternative to qaddafi's rule when their standard we're working a lot of me here in the look and a lot of civil society is so we are starting from. only your point. here. in

the general assembly on friday gave libya's u.n. seat to the national transitional council which toppled moammar gadhafi although not yet controlling the whole of libya the rebels nevertheless represent their. country at the u.n. general assembly next week as with the arms embargo imposed on libya there are uncertainties whether everyone at the u.n. security council is on the same page here russia called for removing a ban on small arms supplies to leave you to protect us personnel diplomats and humanitarian staff but the essence of the french british proposal with regards to lifting the arms embargo is yet quite vague so there might be some tension over the issue there anyway when it comes to concerns over the proliferation of arms in libya and its potential impact on regional peace everyone seems to be on the same page and the security council has clearly expressed those concerns the amount of weapons in libya that are up for grabs is extremely worrying more production is army left behind armor brimming with weapons and the rebels

roof notion r t tripoli libya. and. from the institute for democracy and cooperation in paris says that the cameron sarkozy visit to libya on the lies is the real goal of the nato strategy. i don't think anybody seriously bought the line that this intervention was about protecting civilians that was merely the fig leaf the legal feed leaf that france britain and america used to overthrow gadhafi the west by overthrowing gadhafi wanted to maintain the fiction that the entire world is moving towards a western dominated model of pro western model it wanted to show that the arab spring movement was a movement for liberal western style democracy and of course as soon as a country. as a regime stood in the way of that apparent wave which was the case of libya it's regime was brushed aside that has now been achieved and that's why david cameron and nicolas sarkozy have gone there today it's to demonstrate that fact and it's to publicize to show to the world their victory at least in their own terms. and as you can read the edi

libya can you. again a stone in iraq if can draw conclusions from the hard times egypt has survived and the less hard but still bloody past of china's here i think the best way to accomplish this is to act responsibly right from the served to bear in mind that a final decision on what libya is going to become is one for the libyan people to make not the world's politicians have been playing leading parts recently a national democratic vote will determine us and it should be well prepared and julie carried out this is where the international community and russia in particular is eager to render active support to the libyans those who think that the notion of russian arab friendship is outdated and just passing away with the totalitarian regimes of dictatorships brutally mistaken nothing of the kind i believe that the term of russian arab friendship and partnership is up to date as it was fifty years ago but they. talk about the role russia could play in libya's politics economy and perhaps some other

russia recognizes libya's transitional council as the functioning of farsi if it says nato is approved to bring down gets out he violated international rules being one of the so-called friends of libya conference to tell the carriage to stop the country's future. u.k. police of pressurise the media it's a handover all faces of who gets riots promising court action airport calls to say goodbye. alarm bells ringing across the year as that is the bailed out sampled greek government declares this economy's out of control even as portugal analysis draconian year old's turkey measures to deal with it in depth and. ukraine has played a new card in its energy passo with russia the details of business in about twenty minutes. a very warm welcome see this is our last seen live from moscow russia has never approved of moammar gadhafi his actions the key message from foreign minister sergei lavrov who also oppose nato math and to remove the former libyan leader it got this going off has more in russia's response to the libyan conflict. moscow has recognized the national transitional council as the

a partnership between libya and russia. the first step russia took as libya's partner was to deliver humanitarian aid into the country during the military phase of the political conflict we had talks with the leaders of the national transitional council in benghazi and agreed that the interests of russia would be respected in libya after gadhafi was toppled but all contracts with russia would be preserved and the interests of russian companies are respected if we're going to continue our active work in libya back in their little home heavy. according to earlier statements by the national transitional council and you covered and will respect contracts concluded with the russian federation but we also hear other statements like the one made by one of the new heads of the libyan oil company he doubted russia's position during the voting on security council resolution one ninety seven three saying that russia was more demanding than it should have been and that it was more reluctant to show its support for the opposition there'

a partnership between libya and russia. for the first step russia took as libya's partner was to deliver humanitarian aid to the country during the military phase of the political conflict we had talks with the leaders of the national transitional council in benghazi and agreed that the interests of russia would be respected in libya after gadhafi was toppled and all contracts with russia would be preserved and the interests of russian companies respected if we're going to continue our active work it may be reckoned that it will come heavy. according to early statements by the national transitional council the new government will respect contracts concluded with the russian federation but we also hear other statements like the one made by one of the new heads of the libyan oil company he doubted russia's position during the voting on security council resolution one thousand seven three saying that russia was more demanding than it should have been and that it was more reluctance to show its support for the opposition there'

can libyas people achieve reconciliation? they believe a new libya can succeed. >> the enormous difficulties lie ahead, of course. but the libyan people are showing the world at their courage and resilience. they're coming together to tackle issues of water shortage and power. officials have been cautioning against disorder and reprisals. >> mr. jalil, as transitional leader, said he was speaking directly to libya's people. >> we also have to make sure we fulfill our side of the deal. we need to make sure that we have stability and security in the bid -- in libya. tolerance and forgiveness must continue. >> this has been a day of enormous political symbolism, pointed the way for the future. >> to ensure the villa's future, nato -- to ensure libya's future, nato air strikes will continue. there was pressure for a new -- a u.n. mission to help pressure for the state. and there was a request that all libya's assets be unfrozen. libya needs a new start, and millions in libyan bank notes that had been frozen under u.n. sanctions,

in libya in order to topple the gadhafi government in libya also we have the situation in to meijer where the armed forces there assisted the n t c and nato forces in destabilizing libya and it does not serve the interests of the syrian people or any other people in the region to have a direct u.s. and western involvement in their countries the arab league has been attempting to mediate the situation inside of syria the secretary general of the arab league mr not bill l.r.b. i was in damascus about five days ago and this is what needs to be incurred there needs to be encouragement of dialogue but i had talked to him and i'm going to jump in right here read it was short break and after that short break both will continue our discussion on syrian state parties. and. the. wealthy british science. that's not on. the. market why not scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on our. decades back in time one thousand miles from the north pole. the iraqi t.v. mistaking on a

we just need to take libya as a playbook we've had the bombing of libya now for six months and the situation there the conditions are deplorable for the civilian population is divided the people of libya and we do not want to see the same situation develop in syria because it's going to be the united states and these western industrialized countries and the populations within these western industrialized countries that are going to be victimized by this war that they're planning to carry out against the syrian government came out and i use the same argument see what subtle now i see mark in washington and the solution you disagrees very much marco right ahead after this program however. i hardly know where to begin the syrian people would be lucky to join the libyan people and each nation people in the egyptian people in freedom they would be lucky to get rid of a dictator who's word has already murdered three thousand six hundred innocent civilians his father killed tens of thousands in hama and. if the syrian government is on the up and up and frankly i don't know anyone who believes the s

the general assembly on friday gave libya's u.n. seat to the national transitional council which toppled moammar gadhafi although not yet controlling the whole of libya the rebels will nevertheless represent their . country at the u.n. general assembly next week as with the arms embargo imposed on libya there are uncertainties whether everyone at the u.n. security council is on the same page here russia called for removing a ban on small arms supplies to leave you to protect u.s. personnel diplomats and humanitarian staff but the essence of the french british proposal with regards to lifting the arms embargo is yet quite vague so there might be some tension over the issue there anyway when it comes to concerns over the proliferation of arms in libya and its potential impact on regional peace everyone seems to be on the same page and the security council has clearly expressed those concerns the amount of weapons in libya that are up for grabs is extremely worrying more production is far on the left behind brimming with weapons and th

the general assembly on friday gave libya's u.n. seat to the national transitional council which toppled moammar gadhafi although not yet controlling the whole of libya the rebels will nevertheless represent their . country at the u.n. general assembly next week as for the arms embargo imposed on libya there are uncertainties whether everyone at the u.n. security council is on the same page here russia called for removing a ban on small arms supplies to leave you to protect the u.n. personnel diplomats and humanitarian staff but the essence of the french british proposal with regards to lifting the arms embargo is yet quite vague so there might be some tension over the issue there anyway when it comes to concerns over the proliferation of arms in the v.a. and its potential impact on regional peace everyone seems to be on the same page and the security council has clearly expressed those concerns the amount of weapons in libya that are up for grabs is extremely worrying more khadafi its army left behind armories brimming with weapons

now libya consulate for comprised of sixty countries calling themselves friends of libya are gathering in paris to discuss the future post iraqi or russian representative is attending the meeting. and find out more now and talk. down a bushel he's in brussels for us because that's exactly what's going to be happening in paris later today. first chance really for many around the world to see libya's new leadership russia is attending this meeting as are many countries around the world not just those who participated in nato bombing of libya a key issue on the table will be unfreezing of gadhafi money held which is belonging to libya held by various states that will be over and freezing that money and giving it over to the rebel leadership the rebel leadership to distribute now russia is very concerned it's very worried that that money is spent correctly i think it wants to make sure that. people are not for other pain and there's also concern here about the language being used by various western leaders to work to justify this meeting talk of creating a roadmap for libya of oil being he

with libya's national transitional council. the united nations. report on the first steps to rebuilding the country. one of the things that the new resolution envisions is a special u.n. support mission in libya that will be set up for an initial three months to help in what they claim it insists is essentially a political operation it would give advice on restoring security but would concentrate on efforts to undertake inclusive political dialogue promote national recalls alienation and generally help the government to levy organize the lectures and write a new constitution and that kind of u.n. participation is welcomed by all members this is something that washes and going to the united nations was talking about saying it's a u.n. responsibility to help create some kind of a law and order system that would put an end to the chaos there as a result of the failure to properly implement but really it's my resolution aiming at protecting civilians the country found itself in a full scale civil war with civilians suffering also the resolution expres

cross talk libya after gadhafi i'm joined by lindsey german in london she is a national conveyor of stop the war coalition in denver we crossed again you're wagner he is c.e.o. of country wrists aleutians and in toronto we go to eric margolis he is an award winning journalist and author of war at the top of the world the struggle for afghanistan and asia all right folks this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first let's look at some of the challenges facing the new libya. following six months of a rocky battle that gripped the world's attention the arab spring has produced another significant outcome the toppling of libya's comes out they may have come as a surprise to almost everyone not the least of which were the rebels who fought the forty two year regime. but as the victory fanfare settles libyans are facing a far more trying challenge that is proving they can create an alternative to could south israel when the standoff we walking the institution for civil society is so well starting from. or. in this situation the country's

in libya. well i mean the meeting happens at the same time as it is being announced but there's been a deal by between. the transitional national council and the french about how much of libya's oil the french are going to get that is a direct payment in kind for the massive aerial bombardments that were carried out by the french so clearly this is about this is a kind of car this is this is a real payback that the that the french government of this agreement has really struggled with france that is still at this moment unconfirmed their b n c has reportedly promised to give us a thirty five percent of crude oil producing livia's of the french in exchange for support that's quite full and parliament. well i mean you know this is supposed to be a sovereign country we shouldn't be in a situation where deals are being made in terms of the natural resources of that country if this was indeed. a movement for democracy a movement for popular power if this had anything to do with the arab spring that

reef notion r t tripoli libya. and john laughland from the institute for democracy and cooperation in paris says that the cameron sarkozy visit to libya underlines the real goal of the nato strategy. i don't think anybody seriously bought the line that this intervention was about protecting civilians that was merely the fig leaf the legal figley for that france britain and america used to overthrow gadhafi the west by overthrowing gadhafi wanted to maintain the fiction that the entire world is moving towards a western dominated model of pro western model it wanted to show that the arab spring movement was a movement for liberal western style democracy and of course as soon as a country a state the regime stood in the way of that apparent wave which was the case of libya it's regime was brushed aside that has now been achieved and that's why david cameron and nicolas sarkozy have gone there today it's to demonstrate that fact and it's to publicize to show to the world their victory at least in their own terms. the s

resistance and claiming nato has killed hundreds of civilians in recent bombing raids this comes as the libya's former rebels are granted a seat at the u.n. where talks move to post-war reconstruction. saying with the u.n. palestine is preparing its bid to become a full member of despite washington promising to if you go through the security council will say that some israeli settlers on the west bank say they are ready to go claim they're forced to stay against their will. and in kosovo the standoff continues between police and a local after excerpts angry that pristina has taken control of the two border posts blocking serbian imports. in five o'clock in the morning here in moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us on to our top story in libya and i could off the forces have resumed their attack on the besieged town of bani walid just a day after they were repelled by loyalists troops fighting has also flared in the ousted leader's home city of syria meanwhile a spokesman accused nato of backing the rebels and providing them with ammunition but i said at least three hundred fifty civilians

strong resistance and claim nato has killed hundreds of civilians in recent bombing raids this comes as libya's former rebels are granted a seat at the u.n. where talks move towards a post-war reconstruction. staying within the u.n. palestine is preparing its bid to become a full member despite washington promising it to veto through the security council this as there are some israeli settlers on the west bank say that they are ready to go but claim that they are forced to stay against their will. and in kosovo a standoff continues between police and local ethnic serbs angry that pristina has taken control of two border posts blocking serbian imports. and a seven a one in moscow this is r.t. i'm john thomas and let's get right to our top story in libya antigun off the forces have resumed their attack on the besieged town of bani walid just a day after they were repelled by loyalists troops fighting has also flared in the ousted leader's home city of sears meanwhile it could off the spokesman accused nato of backing the rebels and providing them with ammunition even though he said at least three

general assembly on friday gave libya's u.n. seat to the national transitional council which toppled moment alfy although not yet controlling the whole of levy or the rebels and over the last represent their country at the un general assembly next week as for the arms embargo imposed on libya there or uncertainties whether everyone at the u.n. security council is on the same page here russia called for removing a ban on small arms supplies to leave you to protect us personnel deployed mance and humanitarian staff but the essence of the french british proposal with regards to lifting the arms embargo is yet quite big so there might be some tension over the issue there anyway when it comes to concerns over the proliferation of arms in libya and its potential impact on regional peace everyone seems to be on the same page and the security council has clearly expressed those concerns the amount of weapons in the area that are out for grabs is extremely worrying more could obvious army left behind armories brimming with weapons and th

with libya's national transitional council. the united nations. now on the first steps to rebuilding the country. one of the things that the new resolution envisions is a special u.n. support mission in libya that will be set up for an initial three months to help in what they claim it insists is essentially a political operation it would give advice on restoring security but would concentrate on efforts to undertake inclusive political dialogue promote national recalls alleviation and generally help the government in libya organize the lectures and write a new constitution and that kind of u.n. participation is welcomed by all members this is something that washes and going to the united nations was talking about saying it's a u.n. responsibility to help create some kind of a law and order system that would put an end to the chaos there as a result of the failure to properly implemented previous u.n. resolution aiming at protecting civilians the country found itself in a full scale civil war with civilians suffering most also the resolution expre

libya extended the deadline for progaddafi forces. >> it is 11:00 a.m. here in singapore. >> it is 4:00 a.m. here in london. broadcasting to pbs around america. welcome. >> president obama has appealed to the opposition republican party to back its plans to boost the u.s. economy ahead of a major speech to congress on thursday. speaking at a labor day rally in detroit, mr. obama said he would announce measures to get america back to work and challenged republicans to put their country before their party and support him. adam brooks has more. >> detroit, a city ravaged by economic downturn. mr. obama is on friendly grounds here. he offered infrastructure projects to get workers back into jobs, tax and mortgage relief. >> a lot of folks have been looking for work a long time here in detroit and all across michigan and the midwest and the country. we have a lot more work to do to recover fully from this recession. but i'm not satisfied just to get back to where we were before the recession. we've got to fully restore the middle class in america. [applause]

with libya's national transitional council. the united nations. reports the first steps to rebuilding the country. one of the things that the new resolution envisions is a special u.n. support mission in libya that will be set up for an initial three months to help in what they claim it insists is essentially a political operation it would give advice on restoring security but would concentrate on efforts to undertake inclusive political dialogue promote national recalls alienation and generally help the government to levy organize a lecturer's and write a new constitution and that kind of u.n. participation is welcomed by all members this is something that washes and going to the united nations was talking about saying it's a u.n. responsibility to help create some kind of a law and order system that would put an end to the chaos there as a result of the failure to properly implemented which really is my resolution aiming at protecting civilians the country found itself in a full scale civil war with civilians suffering also the resolution expres

you know here in moscow tonight it's just after one of the top story in a show of support for libya's national transitional council the u.n. security council's approved a new resolution among the promise support says the easing of sanctions of the freezing of assets is a developing story let's get across it now go live to our calls for a gun which she's in washington d.c. for us here on a very good morning to you so what are the world powers want to achieve with this resolution for some of the details if you will. hi kevin one of the things that the new resolution envisions is a special u.n. support mission in libya that will be set up for an initial three months to help in what deployment is this is essentially a political operation it would give. it would give advice on restoring security but it would concentrate on efforts to undertake inclusive political dialogue national reconciliation and generally help the government in libya organize elections and write a new constitution and that kind of participation is welcomed by all members this is something that washes envoy to the unite