and when the side lies of the brussels forum we're sitting down with mahmoud jibril now he was heading the economic and development planning body in libya at the time of the rule of colonel moammar gadhafi and he later read lead in the uprising against the regime the interim prime minister of the national transitional council for about seven and a half months i thank you very much a mystery for joining us today and the first question i would like to ask at this point today is the civil war really over in libya and who is in control at the moment a little first correct so there was no civil war in libya there was resistance being said that the teacher should but we can say the lucian did not start it we consider the group lucian with the start when you start start talking about development in the streets when we start tackling those issues an equal footing for all people as constitutional rights and then i consider that over substance we have to have our national out of me but established as you know gadhafi has destroyed the libyan army and he has stopped and instead of it could you br

now on the sidelines of the brussels forum we're sitting down with mahmoud jibril now he was heading the economic and development planning body in libya at the time of the rule of colonel moammar gadhafi and he made her red led the uprising against the regime the interim prime minister of the national transitional council for about seven and a half months i thank you very much unsuitable for joining us today and the first question i would like to ask at this point today is the civil war really over in libya and who is in control at the moment a little first correct so there was no civil war in libya there was resistance again said the painter ship but we can see the little pollution did not start here we consider the group. and start. talking about development and we should only start tackling those issues an equal footing for old people as constitutional rights then quite considerable substance we have to have our national but he stopped as you know gadhafi has destroyed the libyan army and the destruction inside of it what you could if you brigades you know to protect the regime wo

but on the sidelines of the brussels forum we're sitting down with mahmoud jibril now he was heading the economic and development plotting body in libya at the time of the rule of colonel moammar gadhafi and who may or lead in the uprising against the regime the interim prime minister of the national transitional council for about seven and a half months i thank you very much mr shapiro for joining us today and the first question that we'd like to ask at this point today is the civil war really over in libya and who is in control at the moment well let us first correct so there was not somebody order in libya there was resistance against a dictatorship but we can say that good through pollution did not start to get. we considered the group from the start when we start talking about development of issues when we start tackling those issues an equal footing for all people because . it's then said that that evolution is such that we have to have our national. interest as you know get their feet has destroyed the libyan army and no one he destruction in sydney it could brigades you know

and on the sidelines of the brussels forum were sitting down with mahmoud jibril and that he was heading the economic and development planning body in libya at the time of the rule of colonel moammar gadhafi and he may lead the uprising against the regime the interim prime minister of the national transitional council for about seven and a half months i thank you very much in this interview for joining us today and the first question that we'd like to ask at this point today is the civil war really over in libya and who is in control at the moment a little script so there was no some good will to libya it was resistance against a dictatorship but we can said the did not stuck to it. we considered the river. only start stop talking about the law and conditions when we start tackling those issues on equal footing for old people as opposed to crucial rights then i consider a bit of pollution such that we have to have our national at least as you know get their feet has destroyed and the libyan army and he is stopped in city with what are called security brigades you know to protect the regi

and on the sidelines of the brussels four and we're sitting down with mahmoud jibril now he was heading the economic and development planning body and libya at the time of the rule of colonel moammar gadhafi as you may or read lead in the uprising against the regime the interim prime minister of the national transitional council for about seven and a half months i thank you very much an essential for joining us today and the first question that we'd like to ask at this point today is the civil war really over in libya and who is in control at the moment a little first krypton's so there was not some who are libya there was resistance against security to show what we consider the pollution did not start here we can say that the revolution would. only start. talking about development conditions when you start tackling those issues on equal footing for old people as opposed to the crucial rights then critical so that the revolution such that we have to have our national and established as you know gadhafi has destroyed the libyan army you know and he stopped and then sit with what we calle

states like greece losing their sovereignty in effect handing over national decisionmaking to brussels in return for aid so it's good he said that russia doesn't need help slide help now for the countries however is not too small novelty for price changes as some may think this listening to what he had to say seeing. all the social initiatives connected with oil and gas revenues we shape but it according to a conservative scenario for protocol prices and even if the oil price falls to seventy dollars a barrel will still be able to meet. you in the most to the surprise of truth does stay high russia will be one of the world's fourth biggest economies by p.p.p. those purchasing power parity he said but he admitted the country still lags world warbles in cheap areas for two teaser you call first time that means it takes twice as long for russia working to achieve the same amount he also said that there will be laws to ease doing business of bringing guarantees for investors he's discussing with president medvedev creating a public prosecutor who will control a level playing field for busi

greece the idea of a losing big national sovereignty in other words control over decision making to brussels in return for financial aid so he said it's good that russia still controlled its own destiny as you put it with the current economic growth which is the third force that is in the g eight off to china and india within three years while she will be one of the world for biggest economies boy p.p.p. that's purchasing power parity but he admits of the countries still like small global's in cheek areas productivity is only twelve as high that means it takes a russian worker twice as long to make the same result as a western one for example if for missiles to ease doing business for investors also guarantees he talked about discussing with president method of creating a new public prosecutor who will control a living playing field for business but as you say overall the term of the speech was optimistic it was well received boy n.p.c. with a standing ovation at the end all right thank you for that. i we've got time to take a look at the russian markets how they're faring and they're lookin

thursday as a report says its quarterly results and the weekly jobless claims is also something and brussels will be watching closely to make sure of the u.s. economy is on track for recovery and oil is the higher the sour though trade has been quite a choppy sends a us stock piles on the one hand drop faster than expected last week but on the other hand crude inventories are on the rise which is one of the reasons why crude was trading a little worthier in the day and now staying with the energy sector. well major draws net and gas producer i'd terror have received the green light from russia's anti-monopoly watchdog to join forces they'll create a gas venture which as it is says will be set up as watered rosneft will get a controlling stake in return for axes to rosneft gas deposits analysts say within a few years the joint ventures production could match bout of the country's second largest gas company nova tax and that's all the latest from the world of business money and i'll be back in about fifteen minutes i'll see about actually we're looking forward for bad and next here on r.g.p. l

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the political prisoners must be set free as well definitely the ties between brussels and minsk have been very much strains after the events and in december twentieth and the presidential election and the crackdown on the opposition in fact all kinds of old diplomatic missions to do the european union left immediately all twenty seven passengers then the european union imposed sanctions umbrella was namely more than two hundred state officials and businessman are still prohibited from traveling to the european union countries as well as several companies are blacklisted from trade with the european union they have been talks of more tougher sanctions to come within the next several weeks so the possibility that the two. possible sanctions and the release of the prisoners are connected cannot be ruled out by many experts. well go deeper into our stories that are t. dot com here's what's on line for you at the moment flagging up right here the states claim to the more and more parts of the resource rich are sixty bat that lie in its territory. and north korea keeps mom about its allege

to ease the tension between brussels and the means but no direct connection has been made so far only the party of the. released prisoners is connecting the fact of the release of the sanctions directly but certainly this is a very interesting move and we have to wait and see where there. could be. easing of this tension and lowering his crackdown on the opposition to continue a crackdown which has been taking place for the past two years ever since the presidential vote in three to ten. counties. there thank you. count down to one of the most anticipated shows a year has begun chief. program. where he comes face to face in the headlines and makes it stayed. inside. and phone interviews coming up later this hour. what were your criteria. so the single biggest criterion something i would come up with. that's quite that's quite interesting because there are a number of guests that we couldn't get so let's talk about that sort of thing ship so we're trying to we he's currently in prison on behalf of some sort of even music and political situation makes it extremely difficult for him to s

who said that releasing these two prisoners is definitely a right move to improve relations between brussels and minsk and she demanded that the whole of the political prisoners must be set free as well definitely the chinese between brussels and means have been very much strains after the events and in december twentieth and the presidential election and the crackdown on the opposition in fact has a whole diplomatic missions to do the european union left immediately all twenty seven passengers then the european union imposed sanctions umbrella was namely more than two hundred state officials and businessmen are still brought here with it from traveling to the european union countries as well as several companies are blacklisted from trade with the european union there have been talks of tougher sanctions to come within the next several weeks so the possibility that the two. possible sanctions and the release of the prisoners are connected cannot be ruled out by many experts. let's hear jet ski reporting for us thousands of american filipino troops have begun annual military exercises need t

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who said that releasing these two prisoners is definitely a right move to improve relations between brussels and minsk and she demanded that the old political prisoners must be set free as well definitely the ties between brussels and. i have been very much strange after the events in december and the presidential election and the crackdown on the opposition in fact all heads of all diplomatic missions to. the european union left immediately all twenty seven passengers then the european union imposed sanctions umbrella was namely more than two hundred state officials and businessmen are still brought here from traveling to the european union countries as well as several companies are blacklisted from trade with the european union several companies certainly now there have been talks of more tougher sanctions to come within the next several weeks and political analysts are trying to determine whether this unprecedented move by a look at trying to releasing the two high profile prisoners is somehow connected to the possible for the prospect of tougher sanctions but while they are speculating d

she demanded that the old political prisoners must be set free as well definitely the ties between brussels and minsk have been very much strain after the events in december two h. and the presidential election and the crackdown on the opposition in fact all heads of all diplomatic missions to do the european union left immediately all twenty seven investors then the european union imposed sanctions umbrella was namely more than two hundred state officials and businessman are still brought here but it from traveling to the european union countries as well as several companies are blacklisted from trade with the european union to have been talks of war itself or sanctions to come within the next several weeks so the possibility. that the to be the saying of the possible sanctions and the release of the prisoners are connected cannot be ruled out by many experts. where the story online on our website r t got caught also stories there's no it might be interested in just taking a look at self outrage from israeli top brass tonight including the prime minister . when they saw this video take a l

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all times of being on the program much pre-shared for belgium and pillage joining us now live from brussels and here. are the headlines today several torture techniques used by the united states against terror suspects have been labeled war crimes in a leak secret state department officials burma which also reveals a warning to the bush administration about their use and as marina porter explains next for r t some believe president obama is turning a blind eye to america's past. america's so-called war on terror produced images and accounts that ignited a world of questions about torture and the u.s. treatment of suspects american people need to know or using techniques within the law to protect them two years after george w. bush left the white house let's talk about waterboarding the former commander in chief admitted his stamp of approval for the use of interrogation techniques like waterboarding dubbed into humane and illegal under u.s. law and the geneva conventions why is water political in your opinion as a lawyer said it was legal. or within the. latter torture. and. let's go first

countries in the bloc signed up to the agreement with a vote on it for education due this summer in brussels may not get that far now let's talk about that luke samuels a physical commentator for the news magazines like wind the blue kite thanks for being with us it's not the first blow to this treaty is it what i've just talked about the initial m.e.p. responsible for the reporter not to resign describing the negotiations as a masquerade so what's wrong with this agreement. well i think it's worth having to think about what's wrong with the impetus behind a lot of lawmaking both in europe and in the united states around intellectual property and really questioning why it's at the forefront of a lot of people's minds i think the key issue here is that society is really failing to innovate and in a society which struggles to come up with genuine new technological innovations we do inevitably become more concerned with protecting intellectual property we see that over the last sort of fifteen years investment in research and development both in europe and the united states has remained complet

and all of this is happening all of this news is coming as nato ministers are meeting right now in brussels to discuss discuss the future. afghanistan after the international coalition pulls out so clearly a very delicate and sensitive situation being even more compromised with these new grim photos being published of the u.s. paratroopers in two thousand and ten posing with the corpses of afghans and even as you say america meeting with its allies in brussels today trying to ask for a billion dollars in funds per year to finance the afghan security operation once they leave that country he's going to put in a new york thank you. well meantime a former afghan m.p. sultanzoy thinks that the size posing a threat to relations between his country and the u.s. or the scandal will contribute to nato leaving behind one grim legacy. biggest legacy that it would leave if it doesn't address the problems that will be left behind would be that we will think of the west the europeans and the americans. for a generation who are looking for instant gratification even in wars like this. instant coffee and

united states and afghanistan and all of this news is coming as nato ministers are meeting right now in brussels to discuss discuss the future of afghanistan after the international coalition pulls out so clearly a very delicate and sensitive situation being even more compromised with these new grim photos being published. reporting meantime former afghan. things that size posing a threat to relations between his country and the u.s. by the scandal will just contribute to nato leaving a grim legacy behind in afghanistan the problems that will be left behind would be that we will think of the west the europeans and the americans as a softer generation who are looking for instant gratification even in wars like this. big strict instant coffee in hamburger results of fast food restaurants in this kind of a war and their lack of stamina and lack of perseverance will create more room in poverty stricken and corruption stricken countries there will be more room for extreme islam fundamentalism and there is also. chaos and. problems that will stem from that. he is coming tonight from moscow worse now a

assist security forces in afghanistan at a crunch nato ministers some a duplicate off later today in brussels the meeting comes at a crucial time for the alliance with some members having recently announced an early pullout of troops from the violence ravaged country of the south and interest of american parties are still determining washington's policy and he's there as media management. anti-war activist group code pink. unfortunately we've seen during the primary campaign of the republicans hard line with saying that we should be staying beyond twenty four teams and that tends to bring the obama administration into a more hard line position as well we don't have any challengers coming from the more progressive positions saying our plan our and the ways of the american public seems to be muffled i mean there is always the fear that should things fall apart in afghanistan and even more than they are right now that that would be blamed ministration and the republicans would use that as a hammer to hit the obama administration on. during the coming months. i'll take a look at some other storie

for more or less from hollow a phony he's founder of the c p p i should say foundation and that is a brussels based think tank and he has written extensively on the middle east that russia has said today the un has evidence that syrian rebels are committing human rights violations and yet the u.s. and its allies are continuing it seems to ignore the role of militants in the violence and pledge more to help them why are they so persistent in their support of this armed opposition. well the the situation in syria is quite confused actually because you have a government which is the assad government which is under attack internationally accusations sanctions and so on on the other hand you have an internal political opposition which is mostly i'm able to express way out from the white nigerian which the country is full full since of several months and would like to open negotiations to sincerely probably with governments with the international community then you have armed groups of different sorts. some some of the foreign countries namely france for instance once them to be all represented wit

united states and afghanistan and all of this news is coming as nato ministers are meeting right now in brussels to just discuss the future of afghanistan after the international coalition pulls out so clearly a very delicate and sensitive situation being even more compromised with these new grim photos being published. and jim brant from the stop the war coalition told me a little earlier in london that after ten years of war america's goals in afghanistan are still vague and the troops don't know what they're fighting for it's not just because it's a war if they found that there was any truth in this line that they're given they are there to defend the people from the enemy which is usually called the taliban if they found that to be true if that was true in their experience then they could differentiate but they can't differentiate they have no idea who. the enemy is it's a classic guerrilla war and it produces exactly that and fundamentally the reason is they shouldn't i think is that they shouldn't be they have no justified basis for the united states army colonel who traveled all over afgh

assist security forces in afghanistan this crunch nato ministers summit that's kicked off today in brussels the meeting comes at a crucial time for the alliance with some members having recently announced an early pullout of troops from the violence ravaged country but the selfish interests of american parties are still determined in washington's policy of what is according to medea benjamin a co-founder of the antiwar activist group known as. unfortunately we've seen during the primary campaign of the republicans are hard line saying that we should be staying beyond twenty four teams and that tends to bring the obama administration into our live position as well we don't have any challengers to obama coming from a work aggressive position saying out now and the race of the american public seems to be muffled issue i have been a very severe is always the theory that should things fall apart in afghanistan even more than they are right now that that would be blamed on the administration and the republicans would use that as a hammer to hear your. administration on the head with during the co

security forces in afghanistan it's all going down at a crunch nato ministers summit kicked off today in brussels the alliance is officials are meeting to finalize troop withdrawal plans from the violence ravaged country it comes at a crucial time for nato sun members having recently announced an earlier pullout of forces for the selfish interests of american parties are still determining washington's policy in afghanistan that according to media benjamin a co-founder of the antiwar activist group code pink. unfortunately we've seen during the primary campaign of the republicans are aligned with saying that we should be staying we are i was twenty four a team and that is to bring the obama administration. into our concession as well we don't have any challenger is not coming from the war progressive mission saying out now and the race the american conflict seems to be muffled i think severe is always the theory that should things fall apart in afghanistan and even more a very are a delicate that would be blamed on the administration many republicans would use that as a hammer to hear the obama ad

year to fund the security forces in afghanistan this all going down at a crunch nato summit today in brussels foreign and defense ministers are deciding how best to assist the afghan military after international troops leave and the meeting comes at a crucial time for the alliance with some members recently deciding to pull out early from the violence ravaged country but the selfish interests of american parties are still determining washington's policy there this courting to medea benjamin co-founder of the antiwar activist group code. unfortunately we've seen during the primary campaign of the republicans hard line saying that we should be staying we are twenty four eighteen and that is to bring the ministration into. this in as well. we don't have any challengers coming from everywhere progressive and saying out we're now out in the race the american public seems to last all that i have been here is always your theory that shit things fall apart in afghanistan and even more a very irate railed at that would be blamed on the administration many republicans would use that as a hammer to hear

to keep an eye on when it comes to the future of afghanistan you know washington is is right now in brussels trying to talk to its allies about raising one billion dollars a year to a. security forces in the country just how willing to things will european nations be who are already suffering major economic problems do you think they can scrounge together a billion dollars to take over a war that appears to be going on in the so-called graveyard of empires. there are two sides to this story on one hand one billion dollars much less than what they're spending on their own troops in afghanistan it would be a cheap investment on the other hand even one dollar coming from taxpayers from there is the world falling into the pockets of. officials off corrupt government is too much so we have to deal with two things one we have to explain to the europeans and the american constituency that their investment that they're going to make in the afghan military and security forces is much cheaper than what they're spending on their own security forces on the other hand we should hold our government and ot

a week until the government listens to what he has to say with details artie's tester australia and brussels. well the museum director has started burning artwork he's calling this the article are basically it's a symbolic protest against the way that the economic crisis the european debt crisis is being handled until this point and he also says that over a thousand artworks are already doing to be destroyed anyway because of the government's indifference to their situation subsidies how big cuts to the cultural institutions and again this just brings about the message that no light and nothing is spared from these harsh cuts being imposed by governments in europe because of the debt crisis and it's the same story you have here art and cultural heritage of italy being prized assets and it's going down the drain the same goes with its workforce its assets their human assets bearing the brunt of all these cots and this is a symbolic protest follows what we've seen recently already suicides and suicide attempts in greece and italy as well over pension cuts or loss of benefits or loss of jobs an