in libya are welcomed and treated humanely. libya's political partners and allies are uniquely positioned to exercise their individual and collective influence for the protection of human rights in libya. in this context, i welcome the initial steps taken by some governments and regional organizations, but more needs to be done. i am encouraging all international actors to take all necessary measures to stop the bloodshed. i've also called for an independent and impartial investigation to investigate the pilot protection -- repression of protest in the country. is but let us be clear. today's shocking and brutal demonstration of the outcome of a careless disregard for the rights and freedoms of libyans that has marked the decades-long grip on power by the current ruler. there can be no doubt about the need for actions by this council now. the human rights council and its mechanism should step and vigorously to help and violence in libya and all those perpetrating the atrocities accountable. the council should use all means avai

libya is free of him. it will not go with his son. >> tell us about the importance of tripoli to gaddafi. >> tripoli is the heart of libya. it is the biggest city in libya, 2 million people, the industrial center, and that is where much of their money has gone. which is ok, but if he loses tripoli, he loses libya. as long as he has control of tripoli, he could still cause problems, but each day at tripoli is slipping out of his grasp. several towns are free of him, but just tripoli is free of him, and he is caught in an area outside of tripoli. it is over. it just has not sunk in yet. it is over. he has to leave. >> is the army strong enough to tilt the balance either way? >> i think against him, but i don't think it will be in his favor. so much of the army has deserted. gaddafi pause power now rests with the mercenaries and the committees that are still loyal to him. he has made clear to them, if i fall, you will fall with me. because they have committed so many atrocities this time, they have no choice

in libya, there's a complete exorcising of this regime. but what ali was talking about and all of the others, this exorcising is liable to create a vacuum. my suggestion to the libyan leadership and those who have complete away from gaddafi, to really start talking seriously about what is the form of the provisional government that will take place. we want a council that is civilian and military. immediately set up the option and not wait for the moment when gaddafi is not there and we have no idea what is going to happen. i think that the libyan military, as weak as it is, will still to have play a role. but i think this is only a matter of days and no longer before his apparatus flees or somehow disappes from the scene. >> rose: it could happen in two or three days? >> i would think not. >> things are fluid now. the region, i would think, would continue longer. i think in a real sense the legitimacy is over for the regime. but there are a number of things that are messing, like, for example, we know that a lot of people are defecting. i

although libya is much richer than egypt, theoretically, libya is the richest country in northern africa, but colonel gaddafi has wasted billions of dollars over the last 40 years for financing terrorist groups around the world. he has not invested very much in building infrastructure and the educational system of the country, and many, especially young libyans, are afraid that he is simply doing away with the natural richness of libya without laying a better foundation for them, and this explains to a large extent this immense banker that we see in libya these days. >> we have to wrap it up there. thank you very much for talking with us. in berlin, germany's foreign minister has sharply criticized the libyan government's handling of anti-government protests. he demanded an end to the violence and spoke out in support of the demonstrators, who he says are making use of their human right of free speech. -- here is part of what he had to say earlier on monday. >> in view of recent events, if we are advising it -- we are advising against all travel to india -- to libya. many germans still i

we will live and die for libya. we will live and die. >> welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. coming up later for you -- more footage of the terrifying massive earthquake that hit christ church in new zealand. 200 remain unaccounted for. and back where they met, britain's royal couple returned to university where their relationship began. the anti-government demonstrations in libya are getting closer to the capital. protesters took the streets of tripoli but were fired on by a government militia. one eyewitness described the scene as a massacre with the sky raining bullets. earlier, colonel gaddafi's son went on tv to say he and his father would never leave libya alive. we have this from the border. >> this is the man at the center of the storm blowing through libya, colonel gaddafi, live on state tv this afternoon. as defiant as ever. >> he called on the grounds to sing, dance, and be ready and to fight those who were against them. but the battle for libya

you are the people of libya. if you do not love me anymore, then i do not want to live. >> the embattled strong ma failed to acknowledge that even tripoli was seeing heavy fighting. those lucky enough to escape the violence and cross the border to geneva have been telling of the atrocities they witnessed. -- cross the border to tripol -- >> the tanks passed by and fired over our heads. people blocked the road. they do not let you pass. there were foreign mercenaries. the people beating us are not libyan. >> in the east, the rebels are in control. thousands gathered for friday prayers in in gauzbengazi. the opposition has been calling for a million man march to oppose gaddafi. heavily damaged buildings show how intense the fighting was. the city hospitals are struggling to cope with the many injured in recent violence. even though many of the old symbols of power have been destroyed, many fear that gaddafi may make a final, desperate counterstrike. >> amateur videos of civilian protesters are managing to find thei

, tunisia, and libya and egypt. a lot of it is margaret workers from geneva indeed returning to their countries. as a said in my statement, the secretary of state for international development will be visiting the region soon and we're sending technical experts to advisor but what is necessary. it is a real job for the european union to work together and make sure that this does not turn into a refugee crisis. >> i would like to think the prime minister and colleagues who made no fewer than 53 ventures on the statement. we're grateful to the colleagues. point of order. i will concede that. >> as this event comes to a close, the undersecretary for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator is expected to hold a briefing on the humanitarian situation in libya. we plan to have that live on c- span at noon eastern. we will bring in remarks earlier today from secretary of state hillary clinton. she calls for the world to pressure muammar gaddafi to step down during a speech to the u.s. council meeting in genev

>> it's about libya. libya should stay and remain united. second, the 6 million people got to get against my father. in egypt we sought millions of people on the streets. everybody was against the president. now you saw today what happened in tripoli. what happened in the main cities in libya. >> the bbc received these pictures showing anti-government protesters in the center of tripoli, marching after the noon prayer, chanting that they avenged the blood of the martyrs. and the bbc's also received these pictures which appear to show protesters being fired upon as they leave a mosque in tripoli. a tpwhiss tripoli who wants to stay anonymous spoke to the bbc about an attack on worshippers. >> as we were just praying, the shooting started and as people came out, they were shooting out people. so a lot of my neighbors today died and the situation is horrible here. it's like insane. the sky is raining with bullets. >> this was west of tripoli yesterday. a marcher appears to be attacked by government forces. it's hard to be precise about what's h

libya's oil money. they bought out basically tribal loyalties. we are seeing people from the armed forces refusing to open fire on libya. çthey themselves are suffering. but more importantly, we are hearing of tribes cannot -- drives turning against gaddafi. >> for -- four americansç on board a yacht had been killed by the somali captors. the crew was negotiating with pirates when a shooting broke out. >> scott and jean adam had been on and around the world voyage. their two passengers were also killed. the 58 -=q yacht was hijacked by somali pirates last friday. it was then trailed by the u.s. navy. it says negotiations were under way for the hostages' release but the pirates shot first, >> immediately after the gunfire often -- also erupted. several pirates moved up to the bow with their hands in the air. u.s. forces closed in and did the job. as they responded to the gunfire, u.s. sailors discoveredç hostages had been shot. >> u.s. officials said the lives were callously lost aboard the yacht.

libya. the >> mr. president, distinguished members of the human rights council, ladies and gentlemen, i commend the initiative ofthis council to hold a special session on human rights in secre united nations noted, the scale of the attacks on civilians are egregious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law. he condemned them without qualification and stated that those responsible for brutally shedding the blood of innocents must be punished. let me remind this council that at the 2005 summit, world leaders unanimously agreed that each individual state has the responsibility to protect its population from crimes against humanity and other international crimes. this responsibility entails the prevention of such crimes, including the incitement through appropriate and necessary means. when the state is manifestly failing to protect its population from serious international crime, the international community has the responsibility to step then by taking protective action in a collectiv

chaos on libya's borders with thousands of fleeing the feared bloodbath. president obama described the violence as outrageous. he said his administration was looking at a full range of options for dealing with the crisis. >> we strongly condemn the use of violence in libya. the american people send our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of all who have been killed and injured. the suffering and bloodshed is outrageous and unacceptable. so are threats and orders to shoot peaceful protesters and further punish the people of libya. these actions violate international norms and every standard of common decency. the violence must stop. >> we will get some analysis from our correspondent in washington, but first a report from eastern libya, the scene of fierce fighting between likely armed protesters and colonel khadafy's forces. >> government buildings ablaze in eastern libya. this area is not completely under opposition control. militiamen direct traffic. shops and businesses are closed. but local people are still delighted to be rid of colonel

in the battle for libya, what is next? the fighting could end quickly of colonel gaddafi admits defeat or chooses to flee. if not, there's a danger of a prolonged and bloody fighting, a civil war with all its terrible consequences. >> thousands of foreign nationals are fleeing libya as the situation deteriorates. many countries are sending ships and military planes to rescue stranded oil workers. the british government sent a warship, one of an increasing number in the east of the country. from there, our correspondent now reports. >> a passage to safety thanks to the royal navy. they have come from across libya after word spread that hms cumberland was are arriving here in benghazi. some of them traveled from remote desert compound. even though the porters are in opposition hands, there is an official here to stamped passports. some of these people have traveled hundreds of miles across on certain libyan territory. some have come from benghazi. they're all the light of the royal navy has come to rescue them. as they gathe

libya. plan b is to live and die in libya. plan c is to live and die in libya. >> reporter: the gadhafis appear determined not to back down. colonel gadhafi has been defiant and isolated before, but never like this. never cornered in his own country. bill neely, nbc news, tripoli. >>> and now to those evacuated americans. their escape by ferry boat was delayed by high seas, but they arrived a few hours ago in malta on board the boat chartered by the u.s. nbc's martin fletcher is at the harbor where the ship came in. martin, good evening. >> reporter: brian, this was the end of the nightmare. tripped in libya and then trapped on a boat. tonight tired and happy, 167 americans and 118 other nationals reached safety here in malta. as the 200-foot catamaran chartered by the u.s. government docked in malta, you could feel the sigh of relief. first off, the sick and the elderly and the children. they had been stuck on the boat for 60 hours. the seas were too rough to sail. no beds, nowhere to go, b

and look at libya. libya is the other side of this. on the onehand you have these beautiful movement and on the other hand you have slaughter. that's the fear. couldn't forget the 43 years of of the lunacy of qaddafi where you had people that didn't pay the streets, didn't have a system and kept -- there's enormous fear of the country sending in chaos. >> bus it is more trouble than egypt and some of the places. there's also this: the palestinians and the wikileaks and all of that and the notion of somehow fay yod, the prime minister of the palestinian authority saying they're going to come to the security council to try to create a movement for the establishment of a palestinian state. what do you israelis think of that? >> they think it's a terrible idea. but i think again, there's -- >> >> rose: but they're encouraging fayoud in ra mall ato encourage in nation building. >> they are. >> they encourage it by beginning to be less restrict ifs. so on the one hand they want nation wilding and on the other hand they want to develop a sens

i have my gun, my rifle to fight for libya >> lehrer: then 27 years old, overthrew libya's king idriss in a bloodless coup. since then the eccentric son of a bedoin herdsman has periodically and flamboyantly appeared on the world stage, as he did monday night to prove he had not fled to south america. qaddafi has no official government function, but rules with an iron fist. and he has often been characterized as unstable. >> we read that you are mad. >> ( laughs ) >> you know those things have been printed. does it make you angry? >> ( translated ): of course, it irritates me. never the less, i consider or do believe a majority of ordinary people in the four corners of the globe do love me because they different vision of that of the official governments. >> lehrer: for many years, he was best known in the west as a principal backer of international terror, using libya's vast oil wealth to provide funds and training camps. qaddafi defended his actions and scolded washington in an interview on the "newshour" in 1981, after president reagan expelled libyan diplomats from the u.s. what ki

i think the sierra one thing dangerously far the events occurred in egypt and now in libya bahrain and elsewhere they want danger signs and my mind then i think dangerous sign of the rising price of fuel the price of food now as as high as was even higher than it was and back out and they went your head riots around the world than dozens of countries and that's the situation you have today and i believe the situation can only get worse because indications of drought in many parts of the world in china and elsewhere and that makes people very angry in the case of libya it's too late because the government has used force to kill their own citizens once you do that you crossed that threshold and there's no going back in the case of egypt when the military announced they weren't going to fire on the protesters that opened the way to a peaceful transition which we have so far seen in the gym i think that's the crucial factor in so boyden conflict also transparency opening up the government to scrutiny where the money is is is is very crucial to the fact is that the problems in tunisia and e

reaches boiling point in libya with clashes and protest as reported. the country refuses to step down. decades of turmoil if the protests continue. to pick up hundreds of russian. and the red planet see that it's last guess for now with a six man crew making the final walk on a mock martian surface as part of a simulated mission to mars volunteers and a half way through the five hundred twenty day experiment in moscow. next artie's adventure man james brown head south to the pens a region to get to grips with the shooting skills there and indulge them nineteenth century poetry. in russian terms the pens region is just a short hop from moscow around six hundred fifty kilometers southeast and only an hour's plane journey away it's an area that any traveler should explore. the capital plans are is home to more than half a million people and although it's a modern city with a driving business and cultural scene there are plenty of nods to its past that around the streets. so this is where the history of penza began.

citizens in libya hostage. for two days, 183 americans were stuck on a ferry in tripoli waiting for the weather to clear so they could escape the violence. today, they finally made it to malta, the tiny island nation in the mediterranean sea. harry smith is there. >> reporter: with tripoli's airport crowded beyond capacity, the embassy ferry was a godsend. ernie diller teaches history at the american school in libya. >> i had two flights booked, and neither one left, so they were all canceled before we even got there. so this ferry was a great deal for us. we were really happy the state department came through like that. >> reporter: the old, the young, the weary-- each with a story and a sentiment. >> it's difficult because, you know, you feel for the people. all they're doing is asking for a better way of life, and it's-- people are getting killed for it. >> reporter: is it emotional for you to finally be away from there? >> yeah, but, you know, i'm ready to go back. i'm sure my family doesn't want to hear th

much of libya outside of tripoli. can you confirm that? >> when you lk topeople, they have different stories. those who come from the east are telling the story that the city has been taken over by the anti it-muammar gaddafi forces. they are setting up road blocks. they are regulating the traffic. i think we have similar scenes that we had in cairo after mubara we had ppleoing out and clean their city. the west is a completely different story. khaddafi is in charge. people are -- gaddafi is in charge. people are telling stories about how they were chased in the streets. very different story if you come from the west or the east. >> that was our correspondent speaking to us on the border between egypt and libya. on al i have read abraham, he is with the hóman rights watch in new york. i understand that you have been in contact with hospitals in the libya. as is this crack down as brutal as the images suggest? >> i am afraid it is. we have been speaking with witnesses and doctors and hospitals. we have up to 300 dead,

he's with us tonight from tobruk in libya. richard, how would you describe control of libya as of now? >> reporter: i would call gadhafi's control over libya right now tenuous, brian. frankly, we didn't know what we were going to expect when we crossed in from egypt. we had been told that eastern libya, where we are right now, was in the hands of the rebels, but what exactly did that mean? did that mean there would be all rebel control? would there be some libyan army units still wandering the territory? as we came in here, it was quickly obvious that moammar gadhafi has lost control of large portions of his country. and that was immediately obvious, as soon as we got to the border. at the border crossing itself, there is no one on the libyan side, no one to check us in. we just drove into libyan once we got through the egyptian customs procedures. once we were inside libya, we were quickly surrounded by demonstrators. the demonstrators have set up checkpoints on almost every intersection. they are armed. they are denouncing g

only for seven because aberrational libya their. trio their you know. the international community all the shady deals all the shading financial deals with italy specially which has at least fifty billion dollars oil interests and their daughter relationships so they're actually every european government not to mention the u.s. an arms dealer. would be a fantastic short. well any investigation into what's happened in libya is some way off what is happening right now though is a humanitarian crisis on the border between tunisia and libya as people flee from violence in the west of the country now many people have crossed over the border into tunisia some estimates put it at around one thousand people per hour crossing on monday at least of well over one hundred thousand now it's believed to have crossed the border into tunisia and they're being dealt with at the moment on that side of the border now not just those people fleeing into tunisia many foreign nationals have been evacuated from from the from libya by their countries among those countries doing

the secretary-general of the national front for the salvation of libya. we will have more on the situation. let's turn our attention to other news. a national state of emergency has been declared in new zealand in the wake of the devastating earthquake. rescuers tried to find survivors. the new zealand prime minister said the quake brought death and destruction on a dreadful scale. 75 are known to have been killed but many more are still missing. >> rescued alive, nearly a day after the quake struck. a survivor pulled from the rubble by rescue teams worked tirelessly through the night. >> a server has been extracted alive and well. -- survivor has been extracted alive and well. >> the quick has left many parts of christchurch in ruins. toppled buildings are strewn in the streets. it is an anxious wait. >> i have two wonderful kids and i think we want them here. we pray [unintelligible] pe for the best but prepare for the worse. >> the earthquake struck when christchurch was at its busiest trade is the second quick to hit here in six months. it is the wors

has imposed sanctions on libya as the violence continues in that country in a week that see more protests across the arab world. also in the news this week because turmoil in the region drives thousands of north africans from their homes italy is calling on the e.u. to help it cope with waves of immigrants. that we can expand there is to be extradited to sweden on sex crimes allegations appealing the ruling genocide says the case is simply a pretext to get into the u.s. for a quick trial. and america has its we clipped for the last flight of the discovery the shuttles are to be decommissioned soon and under obama's new space program astronauts will have to rely on russian spacecraft to take them into. with a look back at the week's top stories and the latest developments this is r.t. here in moscow the un security council has slapped sanctions on libya's leader moammar gadhafi and ordered an investigation into crimes against humanity following the bloodshed in the country of a one thousand people have been killed in almost two weeks of the uprising against the regime correspondent peter a

observations on the extraordinary events in libya, when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: to further those connections. last year we took dozens of trips using membership rewards points to meet with the farmers that grow our sweet potatoes and merchants that sell our product. we've gone from being in 5 stores to 7,500. booming is using points to make connections that grow your business. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: the situation in libya tonight looks increasingly unstable. large parts of the country appear to be held by opposition forces, the capital city of stipulately and southern libya remain under colonel gaddafi's control. tripoli's street has been described as a war zone. the interior minister resigned today. it's the latest in a string of detections. he announced he would join the opposition and urge the libyan army to support the protesters. colonel gaddafi said he would die a martyr in an angry and at times incoherent speech whi

to take action to protect the rights of civilians in libya what can the u.n. do to resolve the crisis. well in my opinion there's not much anyone outside libya can do but i'm glad it's gone to the u.n. i think that's the right forum i became irritated i must say by people in britain who call for some kind of british action or european action or american action i think that's the wrong approach i think what is needed is the security council to address that it's not there's not all that much they can do they william hague our foreign secretary said this afternoon that one of the things they should do is to make make it very clear that people who commit crimes against humanity in the course of the surplus of the affair will also follow crimes off towards well that's a good as far as it goes but i don't think it's going to have any real effect on the on the situation around your place to answer this what impact do you think all this is going to have on britain's relations with libya. well of course it depends on the outcome i think that it isn't just britain it is

plan a is to live and die in libya. plan b is to live and die in libya. plan c is to live and die in libya. thank you very much. >> the gaddafi family is an amazing to be getting closer to home, closer to their power base here in the capital. the bbc received these pictures showing anti-government protesters in the center of tripoli, marching after the noon prayer. chanting that they would avenge the blood of the murders. -- the martyrs. and the bbc has also received these pictures, which show protesters been fired upon as they leave a mosque in tripoli. [gunfire] a witness in tripoli who wanted to say -- stay anonymous spoke to the bbc about an attack on worshipers. >> as we are just praying, the shooting is starting and as people came out, they were shooting at people. a lot of my neighbors today died and the situation is horrible here. the sky is raining with bullets. [chanting] >> this was west of tripoli yesterday, in march appears to be a track -- attacked by government forces. to be precise about what is happening town by town in this country, but

libya's economy. foreign workers ran libya's oil industry. now, oil fields are still. exports largely halted. people are leaving because of scenes like this. an internet video appears to show gadhafi's forces executing rebels in the streets of tripoli. the violence may have been too much, even for gadhafi's ukrainian nurse, once described in a leaked u.s. cable as a voluptuous blonde, always at his side. now, she has returned to kiev. but gadhafi's son denies the opposition is killing the rebels in interviews with media with itn's channel four. your father lost control of benghazi, he must be disappointed. he must feel this is a big blow. >> in benghazi, there's 1.5 million people and they are talking to us and calling us, people that are afraid of the militia on the ground, because the militia, armed militia. >> do you think he will ever get back the parts of libya that he has lost? >> libya -- benghazi is part of libya. >> and what spirits is your father in? >> very good. morales are very high. >> r

president obama contends the bloodshed in libya. he says his administration is preparing a full range of options in response. in christchurch, new zealand, rescue workers say no more survivors have been found overnight. 17 -- 71 people are known to have died. there have been violent clashes between the police and protesters and the greek capital of athens. police fired tear gas and stun grenades. protesters hurled petrol bombs from athens, we have this. >> it did not take long for violence erupts -- to erupt, marking the first nationwide strike of the year. yet the protesters prepared an arsenal of petrol bombs and hurled volley after volley at riot police. skirmishes broke out in several regular battlegrounds, especially outside the university where police were taunted and an constitution square, outside parliament. several people were not fast enough to escape the pentagon's. they suffered minor burns. -- several people were not fast enough to escape the petrol bombs. police applauded the air with teargas and stun grenades. that t

i'm suggesting that if they want good relations with whatever regime emerges in libya they need to be seen to have been on the side of that regime sooner than now. if they look like all they're going to do is sit back and wait for the libyans to decide then they are not ahead of the game now in terms of oil contracts we've seen european countries the italians the french definitely the british as well as the americans working quite hard to get along with the gadhafi regime in order to have energy contract in libya and libya is one of the key suppliers of fuel to western europe and in the current circumstances yes there's going to be a rapid rise in prices because of the crisis long term a more equitable a more responsive a more democratic regime were it to emerge in that could be very good news for stability long term and any libyan will want to sell their oil but in the near term there's going to be a crisis and therefore a price spike or so you talk about the short term effects are going to be hitting people in the pocket obviously you're covering the issue that there are a lot of we

although libya is much richer than egypt, theoretically, libya is the richest country in northern africa, but colonel gaddafi has wasted billions of dollars over the last 40 years for financing terrorist groups around the world. he has not invested very much in building infrastructure and the educational system of the country, and many, especially young libyans, are afraid that he is simply doing away with the natural richness of libya withoutaying a better foundation for them, and this explains to a large extent this immense banker that we see in libya these days. >> we have to wrap it up there. thank you very much for talking with us. in berlin, germany's foreign minister has sharply criticized the libyan government's handling of anti-government protests. he demanded an end to the violence and spoke out in support of the demonstrators, who he says are making use of their human right of free speech. -- here is part of what he had to say earlier on monday. >> in view of recent events, if we are advising it -- we are advising against all travel to india -- to libya. many germans still in

anti-government protesters in libya build up their forces for a final assault on the capital one of the last parts of the country still held by a struggling leader and often. other nations scramble to evacuate their citizens from troubled libya but while most ex-pats are eager to get out of subtle reluctance to leave behind the lives they were living. will is the most valuable resource on the planet today who controls that is extremely important under arrest in the oil rich arab nations pushed fuel prices higher with predictions the u.s. might intervene to stop its own economy getting into trouble. it's six pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story opposition forces in libya are in circling the capital preparing for a final assault on tripoli which is still held by the country's embattled leader protesters had already arrested control of most of the country to try and force colonel moammar gadhafi to step down meanwhile pro-government forces have reportedly opened fire on demonstrators in the city of misurata two hundred kilometers east of tripoli the

fighting intensified in libya today. militias loyal to moammar qadaffi opened fire on rebels in tripoli and he called on his supporters to prepare to defend libya. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we get reports from libya's capital where thousands demanded qaddafi's ouster and from benghazi where the revolt began. >> lehrer: and hari sreenivasan talks to activists in libya and here in the u.s. who are in touch with the protesters. >> woodruff: then, we examine the state of the states with two governors-- indiana republican mitch daniels and montana democrat brian schweitzer. >> lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. somebody has got to get serious. >> i think... >> we need renewable energy. >> ...renewable energy is vital to our planet. >> you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae. >> i think it's going to work an a big scale. only,

. >> you are from libya, what is the latest situation? >> libya is completely liberated. the media should focus on tripoli. we are thinking now that the media is playing into the hands of colonel gadhafi. the west might try to make up their own state. one thing i have seen inside and outside of the country is unity. people are chanting on the streets. tripoli is our capital. we will save her. libya is being chanted at the moment in the streets. >> you say that there is a rift but the rift we are get getting is that gadhafi is firmly in control of tripoli. is that not the case? >> that is not the case. people are coming out onto the street. he has brought in his loyalists, revolutionary guards and packed the city of tripoli. there are snipers and all streets. it is impossible for the people to have the support and that is what they will get. >> are you telling us that tripoli is going to be the last stand for moammar gadhafi? >> of course. without tripoli, he really does not have libya. he currently has his home right in the center of tripoli as well. without tripoli, he d

libya is our people. and for myself, i believe it,. >> reporter: colonel qaddafi talk spoke with serbian people and told them the libyan people support me. small groups of rebels are surrounded and will be dealt with, russ. >> mitchell: kelly cobiella in tripoli. thank you. >> in eastern libya, rebels continue to gain ground and now they are organizing to form a new government. mandy clark is in benghazi, libya, tonight with the latest on those big changes and what could be next. >> reporter: this is what people power in eastern libya looks like up close. volunteers from the town of al baydah are stepping up to take jobs that the qaddafi government used to do. these men have gone from street fighters to traffic cops in just a few days. but the next step is to form a local government. >> we organize. >> reporter: protestor organizer wajdi al gueir took us to a tent where the planning gets done. young men sign up for jobs and there's a bag for cash donations. arab satellite channels provide the latest news.

on libya. this is i think not to do anything to do with the blood that is grounds for controlling. from libya after saddam has been sanctions at the present moment is absolutely meaningless this is imposed on libya. and the world community wanted to deal with that they would have at least mention it by name they would have taken steps to. his family to be put on trial to. action against him so you're saying you're saying the sanctions that are being discussed right now would be absolutely pointless and ineffective but you're saying the international community should be calling out you know stocks right now but do you think if their global community had been involved in the you know you would have. could have been avoided do you think i think probably to a certain degree yes if he had been threatened right from the outset he personally as opposed to libya because i think what's being a moment is to control the future of libya so libya has a government we like we will lift the sanctions if we don

the united states does not buy oil from libya. it is too far to bring to the united states. >> what do you think president obama means when he says the situation in libya is a direct threat to u.s. national security? >> the united states dismantle all the chemical weapons against libya. once you get the stuff out, you have some companies try to dismantle this stuff. i blame the u.s. government for not done -- not doing this quick enough. the regime is unable to do anything with that stuff. the united states is trying to make a direct warning to gaddafi himself, not to attempt to do anything along those lines. >> thank you. still ahead, back to their all monma mater. kate and we'll return to the school where the romance began. >> tens of thousands of people gathered in the ball iranian capital today. that is the 12 days for protestors in bahrain. the government says it is ready for talks. our reporter was there. >> there are people going back 4 kilometers. there must be tens of thousands of people here. they are demanding the end o

of extreme volatility in the arab world as the government pulls hundreds of russian workers out of libya. and a moscow a mock moscow version of the red planet has seen its lots of visitors for an hour after researchers take their final space walk as part of a simulated mission to mars. two am in moscow good to have you with us here on r t our top story thousands of refugees are fleeing their homelands in search of a safe haven in europe as political unrest escalates across the arab world faced with a deluge of immigrants italy is raising concerns about security on its borders or he visits an island struggling to cope with the influx. no home no job and no guarantees the life of a refugee. i had to leave i can do my should i have no money. a familiar story here. a tiny italian island in the mediterranean around eighteen miles away from the coast of north africa it's always been the main route for refugees but since the recent revolution in tunisia it's become swamped by thousands desperate for a better life in europe who are willing to risk all. that we got into a storm and. i survived si

it's not just libya, it's the military rule in egypt right now and if libya does lose qaddafi, we don't know how or who is going to be operating that country. so if it goes on past that, that's another thing we're going toave to worry about. this is not a premium that's just going to go away on fear. this is something we'll have to live with going forward. >> woodruff: can you break it down, raad alkaadiri, country by country? how much of the anxiety is over saudi arabia or bahrain or iran or some of the other countries in the region in north africa and the middle east. >> i think whatever you have instability in the middle east, even when it doesn't directly impact oil production, what you see is the markets get spooked. they're always worried about some sort of contagion effect. obviously what's going on in the middle east right now is very new, it's very unsettling and it seems to be sweeping across the region. what people worry about ultimately the saudi arabia. libyan disruptions are important and the fact that you have physical disruptions as opposed to just the fear of physical d

not just out of libya but of libya they is really newspapers reported that colonel gadhafi private jet is being in in minsk in belarus that's now arrived back in tripoli now this is the same jet that was believed to have been refused entry into levanon last wednesday. now this week in the jet was also apparently containing the daughter of colonel gadhafi all of the family members so it's unknown whether his daughter or some of the members of the gadhafi family and now headed to our now in belarus in minsk. colonel gadhafi has appointed the head of the foreign intelligence service in libya to try and make some kind of contacts to get these opposition forces now they have their base in karzai in the east of the country that's where operations appear to be in control from what they have a de facto capital that's been set up inside one of duffy's former palaces now completely under the control of the opposition as i say the majority of libya now not under the control of colonel gadhafi well there was downing condemnation from across the world at a meeting of the human rights council you an

. >> you are from libya, what is the latest situation? >> libya is completely liberated. the media should focus on tripoli. we are thinking now that the media is playing into the hands of colonel gadhafi. the west might try to make up their own state. one thing i have seen inside and outside of the country is unity. people are chanting on the streets. tripoli is our capital. we will save her. libya is being chanted at the moment in the streets. >> you say that there is a rift but the rift we are get getting is that gadhafi is firmly in control of tripoli. is that not the case? >> that is not the case. people are coming out onto the street. he has brought in his loyalists, revolutionary guards and packed the city of tripoli. there are snipers and all streets. it is impossible for the people to have the support an that is what they will get. >> are you telling us that tripoli is going to be the last stand for moammar gadhafi? >> of course. without tripoli, he really does not have libya. he currently has his home right in the center of tripoli as well. without tripoli, he do

in libya opposition forces closing in on colonel gadhafi as some experts suggest that revelations about his relationship with the west could be revealed if he's trying to the international court of human rights. brings in an exclusive report from the heart of libya on the poor face wired for a nurse trapped in the violence and chaos some of whom are unable to leave thoughts . boil is the most valuable resource on the planet today at the controls is extremely important the escalating on the rest of the arab world has sent the price of black gold skyrocketing setting the stage for a renewed oil rush by global powers. and a public outcry in the u.k. over the involvement of controversial us security contractor along to lead margin in britain's national census leave night in a debate on confidentiality and ethics. and russia's proposal it can barely is set to sign agreements with foreign companies by the end of this year and we're in business in twenty minutes. but from our studios in moscow you're washing our teeth thanks for joining us now opposition forces in libya say that they're planni

anti-government protesters in libya build up their forces for a final assault on the capital one of the last parts of that country still held by the struggling leader of colonel gadhafi. the other nations scramble to evacuate their citizens from troubled libya but while most ex-pats are eager to get out some all reluctant to leave behind a live use of. oil is the most valuable resource on the planet today and who controls that is extremely important unrest in the oil rich area and pushes fuel prices up with convictions the u.s. might intervene to stop its own economy from skidding into trouble. as britain's prepare to tell all in a national sense is there is deep concern that the u.s. term for liking the information please show their dads who were american intelligence by. four pm in moscow why match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story opposition forces in libya are in circling the capital preparing for a final assault on tripoli which is still held by the country's embattled leader protesters have already wrested control of most of the country to try and force colon