athens on fire and protesters march on the greek parliament in a violent display against deep a sturdy cots would have to be approved to secure and improve bailout also. really concerned about the problem of real need for. prosecutors in the hague call of libyans to turn over colonel gadhafi for allegedly killing civilians were born from the coastal city of brega recently razed to the ground by nato bombs. this say claims that a flotilla headed for gaza is carried chemical weapons to use against soldiers are just israel's attempt to undermine the mission. ten pm in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for joining us now to our

top story violent clashes survive in greece during a massive a nationwide strikes hundreds of thousands of workers are protesting ahead of a parliamentary vote on a harsh set of tax hikes and spending cuts well right police have detained eighteen people so far and four policemen have been hospitalized with injuries twenty eight billion euros worth of cuts are needed before the e.u. agrees to hand greece another cash bailout well it's considered the country's last resort to avoid becoming the first euro zone nation to default but both the costs and the high interest bailout are the unpopular illustrated by the fact that police . again clashed with protesters and fired tear gas during the mass market on parliament i spoke to the national journalist for the coffee of us who says an incompetent government has left people out. it's gotten pretty bad and i wouldn't say that all these protesters represent anywhere near the greek population they're

much worse than they were on the fifteenth of june and as far as i've seen they're much worse than anything we've seen before the police got truly violent they tear gas all the people in the in the blood this dog one of those in the square even people that are in that are in the private sector who don't stand to lose specifically the authority measures there are not a fan of these these measures because it's not just about cutting the public sector it's also about privatizing liquidating the nation liquidating the national assets selling off. public companies that liquidation prices and stand collateralize ing national assets national resources so of course i'm not going to stand for it there's it doesn't offer anyone in the kind of future here ok well if they're not going to accept it then the government seems to be keen on still pushing for getting a bailout what's the deciding factor here where is it tipping towards at this point . unfortunately the government isn't giving anyone any real options and that's the problem the a certain measure unpopular widely unpopular amongst everyone in this in this

country but at the same time they're not giving us any real solution they're just giving us rights you have our v.p. who came out yesterday he was this morning bill and he said. we have a call to return the drug could be chaos we have tanks in the street and he may be he may be right but that's only because this government isn't providing a real solution so the way i see it as it stands right now default is inevitable option and i think i think that people are fed up with you here in general that's the major the major feeling and they want a return to something some sort of national economy where they can implement a policy that benefits them because right now they understand they're under financial occupation which is what this is and they're not going to be able to get out of it as long as the e.u. the you see the and the troika are working together to bankrupt this country. tina a columnist for nathanson newspaper believes the bailout package is a catastrophic solution backed only by a desperate leadership george spot on the who has lost legitimacy and agrees and as

a prime minister he is a dead man walking at the moment and the present from the european union is tremendous we would talk about blackmail i guess that we could go over men because they say that on the list see you vote for this outrageous below the moral enough and there will be no more. greece who will be left before. the this is a bluff from the european union because if we agree to goes before then we'll have a domino effect or i guess the euro that will be a disaster for european union. but unfortunately our government has not been there all of them and this is the difficult part of the story because you see that the memorandum sent there was very the package is the result is the. gold that eggs of development and this is unsustainable all the struggle in athens to keep

the euro alive has some nations who have long wanted to join the e.u. asking a new question is it even worth it archy's tom harkin reports. let your kid turkey is in asia minor not in europe turkey's voice is not inside the european union turkey started seeking integration with europe in the one nine hundred fifty s. and was made me you can do that in one nine hundred ninety nine but since then from some germany have remained opposed continually stalling negotiations turkey. and the european union have actually stalled the. relationship for such a long time now that the turkish public is tired of it the main reason turks think the europeans don't want them immigration. first well they come and steal our jobs like the polish plumber did. and second well

they threaten us culturally but others see the real fair in paris and berlin as a loss of political power and this sort of. german condominium is already on the challenge but with the inclusion of turkey in the european union it would be totally impossible to sustain now embroiled in economic crisis the e.u. isn't as strong as it once seemed turks are starting to view the delays in joining us with frustration and more with relief frankly given. the state of the european union right now is the inability of taking decisions the euro's fragile situation the rising racism and islamophobia in many countries. it's it's becoming less and less attractive turkey is no longer waiting for europe

to change its mind instead many speak of the axis of turkish interest shifting from west to east it's pursued a no problems policy with its neighbors in recent years that's yielded impressive results boosting trade and making turkey a leader in regional diplomacy and if we want to. combine our. power with others i think we should look at eurasia the bosphorus behind me has long been seen as a bridge between east and west but with turkey increasingly pushed away by europe over here and pull towards the middle east and asia over here turks no longer see all their hopes by looking west tamasin r.t. istanbul turkey. libya says the international criminal court is just a cover for nato attempts to kill colonel gadhafi and refuses to recognize its legitimacy all this came in response to the issuing of arrest warrants for gadhafi

and two of his confidants including his eldest son by the hague tribunal the chief i.c.c. prosecutor has admitted that nato forces have no mandate or rescued off and called off his inner circle to assist however many libyans believe that nato leaders should also be held to look out for their actions. the roads from the capital tripoli to brag his lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled the bombardment this is what's left of the civilian airport in the city of. home to one of the country's key oil refineries the last plane took off from this runway just hours before it was hate. to say so it's hardly hating the targets of military value well call say these telecommunications tower so. stop it . has been destroyed in a time now this is a safe thing to add strikes and they've also accidentally burned two cars and

killed two civilians since there is no t.v. in this area and as we can see phone light has also been disrupted. there is no water and no electricity what used to be heaven this man says has become hell what was home now susan familiar. i have nine children and i send them all to my relatives abroad i don't want them to see their mother in such a condition. from the small poor not far from brad gas used to flow to europe. we used to produce fuel to send it to them and now see they destroy it all this is terrible and ridiculous at the same time the closer you get to the front line the more you feel it you can hear the war and you can even read it on nature's leaf says jobs just before the bombs arrive. this runs has as you can see there is

a sign here in arabic but nato is here to leave it here in force and i'll fly zone over the country to protect civilians on the other side there is another sign also in arabic saying that nato can attack any place at any time. this any time happened three times over several hours while we were filming. regulators major parties where the frontline guys divided the country into two parts into to swear one side is going to put one flashpoint within the rebels and gadhafi forces it's a very important point to take location gets in a firm hand on this town would mean taking control over the country's economy. all facilities seem to be a red target that nato bombs never land on while it looks like the civilian population can hardly skate. they were like my family not just going to the shop to buy some foods and this happened six of them died i couldn't believe it

and this used to be a restaurant or old company staff where friends gathered after work we were eating with my colleagues then there was a boom we knew what that was we run we tried to help those who were strapped then the helicopters came too and started to shoot us as if they didn't want us to save our friends from one street to another the stories are repeated. really can serve our problem our real name in the first lady was imagine every day every day when being a big killed our civilians. from this country this is from libya well those voices become more and more frequent is the sound of exploding bombs and warplanes the drowns them. out t. tripoli. as in syria should be

resolved through a dialogue and once the violence to stop well it comes as a russian presidential envoy met with syrian opposition leaders in moscow and artie's peter all over has the details. it's important to stress that this isn't an official visit from the syrian opposition although members of the group they do call themselves syrian opposition in attendance here in moscow's also people from n.g.o.s and human rights groups now they've come to the russian capital to call on russia to put more pressure on president bashar al assad the syrian leader to stop violence in the country now they've spoken with me. by senior russian diplomats when it comes to this part of the world and he put forward russia's opinion on this because it's in our interests that there are forums announced by the syrian government are put into action political dialogue is important for us we should put an end to all forms of violence and clashes as soon as possible the political

crisis in syria should the results when a political dialogue. say that russia would be vehemently opposed any form of foreign intervention into the situation ongoing in syria they definitely do not want to see a repeat of. the violence that we have in libya at the moment and we're very disappointed with the way that foreign intervention has progressed they said that russia and no circumstances will be backing any form of foreign intervention in syria they want to see peace coming through discussion and diplomacy. by israel says an international aid flotilla headed to gaza is carrying chemical weapons which could be used on soldiers israeli defense force has been ordered to prevent the ten ships from making it to the palestinian territories and the jewish state warned it will want any attempts to reach its blockade of gaza but has withdrawn threats to ban any journalists traveling. for more on this we're joined from

washington d.c. by palestinian peace activist. thank you very much mr starr for joining us how likely is the israeli claim. chemicals onboard the flotilla. i think what's happening now is also a propaganda war more than the actual flotilla reaching to gas or now reaching to gaza and so last of little as we remember last may there was a fatal results of the israelis coming on board of these of these ships and it was a was a very bad thing image wise and media wise for israel now claiming that there is chemical weapons on those ships in case of invading those ships which is what the israeli army is planning to do and having any any people killed it will help the image of israel in saying we thought that there is some chemical weapons but it is really unlikely specially considering that the greeks have the authority which is

where the ships leaving from to go and check those ships and nothing have been found ok well it is easy or else foreign minister says those on the flotilla are seeking confrontation and blood as you were mentioning earlier but what happened last year we about to witness a repeat of what happened when nine activists were killed by israeli troops. yes and it's very unfortunate i think i think it's much better for israel and for israel image to allow this flotilla to arrive safely together so it's known that there is no weapons on it and again israel has a good relationship with degrees a very good relationship with the grease and can search every one of those ships can make sure there are no weapons on those ships instead of having another confrontation that at the end will hurt israel image and not help israel image internationally ok but at the end of the day looking at the reaction from both sides do you think this is really about provoking israel rather than helping palestinians. i think this the people who are going to have little are more

about creating awareness of what's happening in gaza and they and israel actually stopping the flotilla helps the mission of this a group. it's is a humanitarian thing and there are different people and there are different groups part of it so some of them are there for humanitarian reasons some of them are probably there for provocation and some of them are there to raise awareness of the reality of life in gaza and of the one and a half million people who've been for a few years now and able to receive what they need to be able to live ok well whatever the reason of the people are the flotilla is it worth the risk of possible death. nothing is worth the risk of death and i think that's where the two sides have to come to agreement i think israel and the people in the flip there was should engage in some kind of discussion of how to get this going and that's where i believe as all should allow and certainly of agreement maybe boarding the ships and searching to make sure there are no weapons to allow

those ships to arrive to gaza in a way that does not does not hurt israel's security nothing is worth that this could have and i think any confrontation is going to hurt everybody calls for israel to open gaza's borders this is a new now the european union's foreign policy chief was one of the people to push for that at this point do you think israel will recenter the international community. i think there will ease at the moment the research and. and things going together they have in the recent times also the egyptians opening the border recently have made the pressure and israel a little less the main question is can receive things a through water through the sea and until now israel has been completely open to the reality that i can use that support with more pressure from the europeans maybe more pressure from the u.s. which it hasn't been using it could be possible but not any time in the near future not as long as hamas is going through

a wing. of i thank you very much for your thoughts of peace activists. thank you. the u.s. a state of michigan is giving up a prized asset to find a way out of its economic woes and it appears to have decided democracy is too expensive and the act of financial managers have taken the place of elected officials and given a free hand to make decisions on checked our. takes a look at. the american state known for its greatly has seen the middle class feed and automotive industry crumble in michigan's poorest city benton harbor more than a quarter citizens are unemployed and elected officials have lost all of florida to government as an unprecedented democratic collapse plays out we believe that it's illegal immoral and unconstitutional no one person in this country have all that authority to prove the united states and that here that authority in the face of

massive public opposition michigan lawmakers recently received democracy by giving unilateral authority to officials known as emergency financial managers e.m.f.'s have independent authority to fire elected officials close schools void union contracts sell public property and privatized assets residents like scott elliott say his city could be the star. but of a changing landscape in american politics people throw around words like oligarchies and all that sort of thing i mean that's that's what it already is i think that the average citizen is going to have less and less to say about what is done with public assets these decision makers are appointed by the governor to oversee school districts and cities like benton harbor facing financial distress in april benton harbor z.m. out stripped the elected city council of its democratic power leaving a city of eleven thousand struggling americans under the rule of

a man they didn't elect their hypocritic to you know their ex trying to export democracy for around the world but at home they're trying to suppress the citizens of this country at least for other cities including detroit have an emergency manager in the motor city the e.m.f. laid off some six thousand teachers and it's pioneering plans for corporations to privately run schools funded by public tax dollars well dr martin luther king. said injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere so it's been to harbor today but it could be new york tomorrow or it couldn't be chicago next week benton harbor is one of roughly one hundred cities or towns in michigan reportedly on the verge of fiscal. and economic desperation that would pave the way for financial

martial law to spread throughout the states critics say that would lead to a deepening demise of democratic rights the u.s. has always claimed to stand for. marina porton i.r.t. michigan around the world. the international monetary fund has picked french finance minister christine lagarde to become the first female i.m.f. director in history she was backed by european members account to for nearly a third of the votes as well as russia the u.s. and china she replaces dominique strauss kahn who resigned after being arrested on sexual assault allegations like ours opponent mexican student carstens round on the promise to give more states emerging economies but he failed to rally enough support. iran state media has showed footage of what appears to be a test of

a short and medium range missiles the images came amid ten days nationwide of military exercises in the country iran's foreign ministry spokesman said the drills are a purely defensive display in light of what he called israeli ed u.s. aggression on monday tehran unveiled hidden underground a missile launching pads ready to counter possible attacks on the country's nuclear facilities. i'll be back with the headlines shortly but first all the latest in business with kareena. and welcome to business here in r.t. thanks for joining me the clock's ticking down on greece's judgment day the country will default in july if the e.u. doesn't provide a new bailout you austerity measures are being debated in parliament this week nigel randall from r.b.c. capital markets believes it's make or break time. the problem in greece is that we've had a lot of political difficulties we've had problems with the statistics which has

misinformed both the government and the international community to sort of a. living at the eleventh for quite some time but i think we really don't have the five minutes to midnight and there really is no alternative they do have to proceed with this austerity plan there is a risk if they don't push through this historic the program we could see much more substantial impact on financial markets with a negative reaction obviously there are contingency plans the question is can they review all ports and operation quickly enough to save the financial markets. european stocks ended higher on tuesday poit by increased optimism surrounding greece's debt situation the footsie finish point eight percent higher supported by gains for world bank of scotland group german dax rose point nine percent lifted by a four and a half percent rise for shares of commerce bank but siemens fell one point nine percent in frankfurt the company said it expects new orders and revenue to increase in the fiscal third quarter. question equity markets close in the block my sixth

and of the highest in more than a week as all rebounded from a four month low energy majors among the main gayness of the day by strong oil let's have a look at some individual shammal so my six washes two biggest bore producers rawson have gained point nine two point three percent respectively electricity sector over j.k. five advanced all reports have successfully placed three year bonds however hydro electric company boost hydro finished in the red the state will sell seven percent of the farm by the year at regular cuisine soft unicredit securities wraps up with a string. it looks like the market is factoring in greece is going to resolve the problems. europe will come up with some sort of before greek government so the mobster's discounting is definitely first for the weak u.s. . we've been having food for quite a while it's not

a surprise for the markets any more so we want to see and use that market for x. and y. and there is really only just think it's also in the price senate. and sort of. doesn't have a direct influence on the russian stock market only so well for us. that's a business update for this hour but you can always find most stories on our website . slash business thanks to watch.

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