the. riviera the. central hotel. members of parliament approved hiking university tuition fees thousands demonstrated on the streets of london. even with unemployment and homelessness in the us of a fifty year high. wall street elite avoid. if you're pushing for democracy push all the way. to jail. there's a saying about the pot calling the kettle black. shows the west has no right to dictate its version of democracy to all the russian prime

minister vladimir putin. live from our studios here in central moscow this is r t with you twenty four hours a day so the british parliament has just approved a bill to raise university tuition fees in england the vote came amid mass demonstrations by thousands of students and trade unionists it turned out the largest in a string of rallies against sweeping austerity measures and budget cuts across europe. is in london for us with the latest developments from the streets there so it finally happened the vote went through in favor of that increase give us the details. that's right and it went through by a fairly narrow majority really three hundred twenty three m.p.'s full of the cuts and three hundred. things that's been a bit of

a turn around just in the last couple of days it was reported that the head of the limited liberal democrat party nick clegg had managed to make old his ministers base in favor of the cuts but that turned out not to be the cases as some of them turned around in either abstain dole or indeed face against them what we've seen on the streets of london today has been extraordinary and is still going on the street that i'm standing on now is usually a hugely busy thoroughfare i'm on the embankment just very close to the river at westminster about three hundred meters behind me but this the whole of central london around westminster in the house of parliament has been closed off to traffic for practically the entire day there would usually be thrones of traffic on this right here in the middle of rush hour at the moment but as you see nothing some of these people that you can see passing by behind me oh normal commuters on their return home from work but some of them demonstrate is leaving that demonstration obviously disappointed to their voices essentially haven't been heard by the government but three hundred metres of well away from me outside the houses of

parliament is still a big angry demonstration going on firecrackers being thrown flares being sent off into the air the ethyl of acrid smoke because something was set on fire earlier we're not quite sure what it was which sent hundreds smoke hundreds of feet into the air and your own i spoke to some of the student demonstrators and this was before the vote took place but they said that this is not the last time that they're going to be turning out onto the streets of london that's what they have to say. that the boy believes that hasan is just the first day i think the face you got to pay four thousand pounds you would have discredited. that much of it. but this today is the end because. i think it speaks. to the listen to. me to think to the. now this

vote has been passed these this hike into ition fees will result in tuition fees for some students wanting to go to university being trebles to around fourteen thousand dollars and these students are out on the streets saying that they can't afford that they can't afford to be crippled with debt into their middle age and this is the this is an extension really of what's been going on in the rest of europe over the last few months we've seen a wide range of demonstrations including one most recently in ireland in dublin this week where austerity measures were passed the toughest budget that ireland has ever seen and we also heard today that banks will be paying their employees bonuses of forty million euros despite having had to be bailed out by the e.u. and the i.m.f. and really what these process is a saying is that they do want to carry on paying for the excesses of bankers and properties property speculators and and the privileged few and as i say this demonstration is certainly not over outside the house the parliament is an

extremely angry crowd a lot of policemen and and we're going to see this going on into the night when laura yes no doctor will be hearing more from you throughout the night there in london thanks very much in the meantime live from london. where the former british prime minister gordon brown has said the problems in the eurozone of amounted to much more than just the debts he fears the euro will face tough times in the first months of twenty eleven so i'm bowman the head of research at smith institute says there is some truth in this. actually been right about something i mean it wouldn't take a genius to see that there is a crisis approaching the. crisis i think it is probably because of the government it wouldn't be surprising that. excuse ramping up government. response. but i think the bailout in ireland has failed to markets. still extremely high that

we see in portugal and spain creeping up words as well so i think we're probably going to see quite a difficult year for the it's not the end of the sooner the better really i think we need to see start looking to the future and looking at how countries can return to their old turn to a way that they're able to get their way out of these kind of. high or low interest kind of bubbles the euro is creating a position where they have a currency that suitable for their own economies france and germany which is really what the euro zone project is all about. from the taxpayer that the u.k. has such a large budget deficit wasteful spending there is no avoiding the cuts it's not simply the banking sector i mean obviously the issues the problems with. the reckless loans lending by the banks has had a major part of this. to do with the eurozone crisis and on top of that built into that the fact that. the u.k.

have now got to get to grips with public spending we have such a huge deficit amount we're spending on paying off loans interest on loans this is in the. defense budget it's just the untenable and therefore there is why this have to take in place because the cuts have to happen. and in the latest edition of his program max keiser asks how to stop financial terrorists plaguing the world's economies that's coming up a little later here on our team. at the fed and j.p. morgan of j.p. morgan as the fed that's part of the u.s. banking cartel jamie diamond give ben bernanke he is dirty underwear and ben bernanke to give jamie dimon a few billion fresh and if they don't then jamie dimon says we're going to crash the u.s. economy the global economy by not rolling over the diaper debt collateralized by baby poop and your old tired global economy goes into the into the swamp now why is jamie diamond in guantanamo bay right now i don't get it he says the.

u.s. is not just banks may pay all of bonuses this month rather than early next year so wall street's elite could avoid higher tax rates and with homelessness at a level not seen since the depression critics have slammed the sums that will be given to bankers off the back of a hefty government bailout auntie's marina portnoy looks at this flow of money which many average american say is going straight into the pockets of fat cats. sculptural thirty thousand dollars now in the first or thirty thousand to thirty two thousand if an artist were to illustrate something of today's new york city office at fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen thousand votes nineteen thousand it may just be money bags twenty four thousand dollars to twenty six from you amid the lackluster american economic climate kristi's is seen sunny days and it's painting

sold for a little over six million dollars with over six hundred million dollars worth of impressionist and modern art sold it this year thank you so since two thousand and eight we've seen an increasing return of confidence to the art market new york has once again become one. one of christie's selling sites sixty five. you would like to think you're just as wall street's wealthy and powerful. that afternoon think you. are back to indulge in pampering at the law at the ritz carlton involves wearing decadent hors d'oeuvres i recommend this skin caviar body cream cream costing more than seven hundred dollars for less than four ounces while the caviar phish show costs more than three hundred we do have a very very very large corporate following so corporations will come in and get their employees coming at a time when corporate america is banking record breaking profits with fifty.

choice to. business jewelers has spiked but only those making top dollar can afford pieces with price tags that exceed the average annual income of three u.s. households combined. with. a business boosted perhaps by bonuses coming from one street this street the symbol of the finance industry the financial collapse and record breaking compensation one hundred forty four million apparently up four percent from last year's record haul if anyone would know about business it would be we always want to make everyone happy here here at rick's cabaret happiness comes bearing lots of skin and beauty but doesn't come free for an evening six seven eight thousand dollars three thousand dollars it's hard not to have a good time when you're surrounded by nearly naked. women who've seen

a boom in business as wall street has rebounded and these guys are getting much deserved bonuses and they want to celebrate bonuses and hearty and have a great time particularly pretty for financier's working for america's biggest investment banks where employees. pay is expected to average how often million dollars or more no such promise is here on main street where fifteen million americans are officially unemployed and u.s. poverty levels have reached a fifty year high forty four million people ironically that figure marks new york city's most expensive residential sale this year a seven floor fifth avenue mansion purchased for forty four million this as more than two million homes have been swallowed up by foreclosure in two thousand and ten still in the army. in this so-called rebounding u.s. economy. purveyors of all things luxury are in fact

surging while the majority of americans are left wondering when life will finally begin looking as pretty as the painting marina poor nine hearty new york. well street c.e.o.'s and other top executives are skipping the cream off the banking sector increasing the gap between rich and poor and that's a view of gerald celente the founder of the trends research institute the gap between the rich and the poor in the us is the widest of any of the industrialized nations wages are stagnant median household income is is below two thousand levels it's only all segment of the top that has all the creed when you talk about those bonuses hundred forty four billion dollars those handful of wall streeters are the equivalent to a country that would rank forty nine out of

a hundred thirty four countries in the world we've had it since two thousand and eight when the top programs began it happened in front of everyone's eyes wall street has hijacked washington. well still coming up for you this hour here on r.t. extra exercise for american pilots celebrating the end of a joint military drill in russia u.s. aviators joy spills into a boozy brawl in the siberian hotel. is that if you're. going as you said. learning foreign languages is just one of the many practical ways to spend time in moscow's tough traffic stay with us to see more. of. the port should not call the kettle black that's what russia's premier vladimir putin has said rebuffing western criticism of russian democracy he says the rest of the founder of

wiki leaks website in the search shows the west doesn't follow the democratic rules it preaches well for more let's cross live to r.t. correspondent ivan bennett who joins us from central moscow now russia's premier is known for his frank statements tell us more about what he said is indeed he's known for not mincing his words he's known for his punchy verbal reports and and this is one of those is the exactly that's a dig in response to another dig it follows that the leaked u.s. diplomatic cables last week on the site wiki leaks that criticize russia's record on democracy it referred to putin is russia's our first top dog. and this is a response to what is he saying that how can a country in the west criticize russia for its record on democracy when they've got a champion of freedom of speech the bedrock of democracy behind bars now we can hear what he said. two months ago but about the information on that renowned site

wiki leaks did you really think the u.s. diplomatic corps is a transparent source of information as for mr sanchez if you're pushing for democracy push all the way why then did they put mr sands in jail is that democracy at work there's a saying about the pot calling the kettle black. that would be my response to our u.s. counterparts. in this regard so this is a verbal reports to the. one that russia received from the u.s. in those leaked diplomatic cables on wiki leaks thanks very much indeed. in the heart of moscow and staying with wiki leaks here on r.t. the swedish government's website is reportedly facing a cyber attack from supporters of the arrested whistleblowers founder julian assange he remains in a british prison and faces extradition to sweden over sexual assault allegations around five thousand hackers are now reportedly taking part in these cyber attacks it comes as the wiki leaks founder is leading an online poll for time magazine to

be named its person of the year amid reports he would then be extradited to the u.s. some american politicians have even suggested a surge should face execution he just wouldn't pirate party says the cyber battle we are witnessing is unprecedented. there's an all out war going on on the net right now with the both factions trying to silence the other which ironically is quite the opposite of the freedom of expression is fighting for it has been called the first information war the first serious information war and it is being fried word for word new weapons and a new arena but it's still weapons and it's still a battle but it's still a battlefield so. the prosecution thought. has been attacked visa has been attacked master card has been attacked. twitter every basically everybody who has somehow been seen as politically opposing wiki leaks have been attacked in the past few days and so have. been supporting wiki leaks by supposedly other people

it's very very intense on the net right now. and you can access more information on all of our stories with a click. on our new and improved web site it's r t dot com here's a quick look at some of the things we've got for you there online of the moment our friend electric company with leukemia sees through the eyes of a robot to keep up with schoolwork while he copes with his long term it's. also online to keep going that's what tourists say after a spate of unusual and terrifying shark attacks in the popular sharm el sheikh resort in egypt it was there four people injured and one person dead those stories and online.

traffic jams are as prominent a feature of the russian capital as red square and moscow's roads are not just choked by cars at russia the congestion continues throughout the rest of the day this is a summer tourist coming up with some rather creative ways to pass the time in the. terrified of traffic. moskos miles of jam snaking back as far as the eye can see and in the midst of a lot of angry drivers fighting off road rage if you want to get anywhere better plan and early start. to the half hours that's an hour is tired most cool water is found stuck in traffic jams every day that's a world record that's what literally drives people wrong the bad what's the wise consistently wrangle over the air and various drivers on the planet. yet while some a left red faced moaning about wasted time others are trying to make the best of

a bad situation sergei has spend anything after five and a half hours in traffic but that didn't knock him for six as an avid chapel or he uses the daily commute to study foreign languages. which used to be very first to you about the term traffic jams but then i came across the audio books and changed ago not only do i enjoy being on the road sometimes they deliberately take a long road just to finish listening to the past two years sergei has refresh his english and learn some german all sat behind the will conversational spanish is his next goal. is that it's your. gas here. and the other way out for stress motorist is bringing some of the comforts of home with them and go to the evidence suggests sales of car garge it's on the rise. we see a lot of demand from have a geisha devices were been built to be two years with so much traffic we have in

moscow against people spend more time in their cars wishing to be following directions and some resort to even more eccentric tools diary is a well known most psychics a few years ago she would a hummer and hard to drive a. or also she could travel crash debris and stylishly through the clogged highways and byways. i keep the sand watch in my car and look at it when i need to make a decision and i have plenty of time for that while moving around the city for me it's a symbol of life a symbol of maternity and paternity can seem like a very real concept while stationary in your car staring at the brake lights in france that's why drivers are finding new ways to see back relax and go with the flow however small. artsy moscow. five american pilots who thought olga hole is the best way to keep yourself warm in the freezing cold of siberia and now in the media spotlight c.c.t.v.

footage showing a boozy brawl involving the servicemen who are in russia for military drills has been leaked online before it broke out in one of the most luxurious hotels in the siberian city of new day last month the pilots got drunk or celebrating their last day of service and began bothering the hotel staff failing to gain their attention the borders switched to each other security forces had to get involved to stop the punch up between the drunk service men all five left russia straight after the rebel with the protection of diplomatic immunity. well let's take a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world in a world update and in washington d.c. the house of representatives has approved legislation stopping the transfer of guantanamo bay prisoners to the u.s. to stand trial the bill which the senate has yet to approve may cut government spending on get no detainees but will endanger president but closed the cuban detention center the move comes before the transfer of the i'll try the mastermind of the nine eleven attacks khalid shaikh mohammed two american song. witnesses in

gaza. civilian houses have been damaged in israeli military attack the jewish state said the three airstrikes were targeting weapons manufacturing sites it also said the attack was in response to mortar fire from militants that injured one. and john this is military threats cannot resolve tensions on the korean peninsula the statement comes after the u.s. military chiefs assertion that beijing has failed to use its influence over north korea to defuse the crisis united states reiterated its commitment to south korea's defenses both nations continue joint drills tensions are high after the two koreas have exchanged fire late last month. well that brings up to date for the moment i'll be back with a recap of our main news stories in about eight minutes from now in the meantime business is next with kareen.

but i welcome to the business program here in r t anchoring the malakand prime minister party wants a homegrown pharmaceutical industry to supply ninety percent of essential drugs which and says he wants fifty percent of medical equipment to be produced the mystically by two thousand and twenty analysts say the move seems to conflict with calls to build a more open economy there is always a constant conflict for a government between trying to protect domestic producers and opening the economy but i will have to help with the opening i mean and in case of the pharmaceutical industry there is a difference between desired and possible most of the world is supplied by the international can go armored and spend a lot of money on or indeed to be able to produce new drugs and it's very difficult

to supply those all replicated domestically the presidents of russia belarus and kazakhstan are holding talks in moscow on thursday to cement the legislative base of the trilateral customs union and a single economic space artie's correspondent has the latest. today washout how sad it will cancel the world taxes for belarus after creating a single economic zone between russia belarus and kazakhstan and if president lukashenko had any doubts left about this this seems to have been the final argument to convince him on tuesday night in his turn he promised that belarus will ratify the package of the documents needed for creating a single economic zone by as soon as first of january next year which is in less than a month and all three countries together with the overall population of one hundred and seventy million people will make up for eighty percent of the economic power of the uses are used to happen and the three leaders today have said that other

countries are in some welcome to join in this is the next step towards deeper corporation between these three countries of course they face a number of difficulties while working on this package of documents as it was done in such a short period of time right after reaching the customs union the similar difficulties that european leaders were facing more at creech in the e.u. boats are the three leaders today have said that's we shall see a single economic zone between russia kazakhstan and belarus by as early as the first of january two thousand and twelve. the russian markets closed higher on thursday most of the blue chips climbed with editing majors the best performers have bucked the trend losing over a quarter of a percent backing stocks were the worst performers all the wise x. with me to be shedding more than half of the set. of all the telecoms group sistema says net profit rose twenty seven percent on the quarter to one hundred eighty three million dollars revenues grew more than

a third to seven point three billion dollars on the year driven by the performance of passion you have to oil company the company notes its consumer businesses are recovering coding banking and tourism are over and nearly terms of profits were down almost ten percent from the third quarter of two thousand and nine for that many of them in. outlined the company's investment strategy. very clear thirty june . investing into. three main groups of industries one group of infrastructure projects and the company who's up to dealing with the basic consumer needs so good info communications and the direction is inclusive have sooner juice to invest into the project. and the related would be the state of virginia. over the next three years gazprom plans to spend almost ten billion dollars on arctic gas fields part of project on

the amal peninsula according to where the misty newspaper but again and couple gas pumps third largest deposit will produce forty five billion cubic meters in two thousand and thirteen roughly eight percent of the company's out but the russian gas export monopoly spend five point eight billion dollars for governing cobol and the neighboring how to study fields between two thousand and seven and two thousand and ten. now u.s. regulators have frozen assets of unnamed investors who bought shares in russian juice group done just before pepsi co announced its takeover bid someone used a swiss bank account to buy four hundred thousand american depository receipts which are a proxy for women down the shares on the new york stock exchange it's illegal in most developed markets to use inside information to profit from moves in share prices last july russia adopted a law against insider trading their regulators are still working out how to enforce

it when bill down eighty hours jumped twenty eight percent in new york last week that would have earned unnamed investors a profit of about two point seven million dollars. now opec appears unlikely to raise all quotas when it meets on saturday despite a rally in the oil price. ministers insist world economic growth can survive with crude at ninety dollars a barrel a cold winter is boosting prices and opec members are already producing what about that quote us at any increase would send a clear message to markets that opec is consigned about runaway prices down the economic recovery. and that's the business news i have for you but you can always buy most stories just log on to our website r t v dot com slash mists. in the middle of it in.

india old geezer made the move go a joint be the killings the violence the going to the grand imperial.