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violence escalates of the greek parliament as enraged crowds stormed police barricades through clouds of tear gas hoping to swing a vote on austerity cuts. syria's on ras threats to spread across the mid east israel is concerned that hezbollah is moving weapons development on just in case president is overthrown. and orphans in russia continue to struggle in adulthood a lack of government provided housing means some have to live in rundown homes with little house. also in business russia wants to reduce the social tax for business while boosting alcohol and tobacco excise and potentially increasing taxes for the oil and gas sector to find out more on the economic impact of this move join me in twenty minutes time on business.

it's five pm in moscow i'm nice and now a with your top story here in r t and it's make or break today in greece as the government votes on tax hikes and spending. cots while police battle raging crowds just meters from parliament it's weird as the country's last chance to stave off default something that could have ruinous consequences for the euro but public opposition has turned violent scenes here from downtown athens resemble a war zone as protesters clashed with police amid volleys of tear gas hundreds of thousands of people nationwide walked off their jobs in the strike against austerity they say drowning the country debt at crippling interest rates has failed once and it all fell again. but from the civil servants trade unions outside the parliament building and says there is no shortage of passion among the protesters we will continue the most writing until our government gets the masses and those

don't you our government and the whole european union governments get the message and the message is that these politics don't get us out of that rises we want some other politics to be held or the socialist party that governs now has the lowest every. everyone who voted for. the socialist by a b. they said other things before the elections and they do other things now and not only they do other things it thinks but they are leading our country to get passed through a fee and that is something we want stollery it's a matter of leaving the old there for the people of my country you have to understand that when the mother is leaving or there is no government can stop as i have it today or tomorrow or two months later they were slow they are going to. dual votes for in the group parliament is a law that says that everything that they have almost will. pass to an enterprise which will be. which have members from the troika the i.m.f.

and some greek people so visa enterprise is a private enterprise and with the troika inside it will sell everything will sell everything this. if we don't stop this little we won't be a state in the morning there are many many ways to serve his problem not only here in greece but in the whole european union in the whole european union these days. i want the employees and the working class to pay for this crisis and we say no we say tax the rich people we say don't sell anything that owns this country we say that the public there they say we have to pay it's not our debt we didn't decide about it we didn't ask about it we didn't it wouldn't even have to pay for a five percent interest rate when the european bank they. are banks with one percent. well one of the main grievances held by the protesters is that they're

being made to pay for the mistakes of others most of them believe they'll never see a penny of the bell that will saddle generations with debt. on the streets of our releases of discontent growing louder. it's our war we did not create this so we're not going to pay for this we want to become like a bug it's greece continues to fight against economic ruin the second bailout was an attempt to prevent greece from defaulting on its previous laman payments that the greek people seeing a penny. of this buyout money actually comes into the greek economy it all goes out the interest payments and repayments also battles on save the banks and prevent a large scale financial crisis for the people the price is simply too high they see their income going down they see taxes taxes taxes and nothing else their money

does not go to a very early corner me a year is struggling against harsher stereotyping measures that the government now faces an electorate opposed to another bailout they are going to get all the state . property and they are going to get almost everything. and live. off the good people they're going to get in this in this. is really just a plug for the bailout would certainly come as a high cost for the cuts in public spending raising taxes and an aggressive privatization program that would mean the sale of many quick public assets this is robbery this is theft this is attention on the streets of athens continues to mount violent scenes witness recently disturbing testimony just how far situations deteriorated one of the the reasons. everybody is so determined to keep greece in

the euro is so that the banks don't have to take a serious hit of their full three lending policies and it's almost as if there's a lot of other holy alone of politicians and bankers versus all repeat people it's a fight that the people say they're not prepared to. surf city athens. and as we report later in the program the greek crisis will be the top of the to do list for the new boss of the world's biggest lender find out how the choice france's finance minister as the head of the i.m.f. is already drawing criticism. on our team it's the astronaut who became famous for her orbital fluke performance while on a five month long expedition to the i.s.o.'s. israel has warned syrian president bashar asad it will target him personally if he attempts an attack on the jewish state that's according to an arab newspaper report the warning came

after reports of unusual troop movements in syria including the relocation of ballistic missiles able to reach israel is really experts speculate could go on the offensive to divert international attention from internal un rust another theory is that an attack could be staged by us of longtime allies hezbollah from lebanon or just pause there takes a look at how the situation in the region threatens to spend further out of control . things are quiet on the israel lebanon border but many suspect it's a lull before the storm everything hinges on what happens in neighboring syria and what hizbollah decides to do with its stockpiles there and the opposition group that might take over in syria. definitely consider feasible lies an enemy is a threat so for hizbullah it's the mass the most logical thing to do all to transfer the weapon they put in syria. to to to to

lebanon for years has been found an ally in syrian president bashar assad and so it's no surprise they want him to stay in power but if he goes and those who pressurising him to do so would do well to remember this the regional impact could be terrifying syria are like libya is part of an alliance and that alliance is very wide it begins in iran some elements in iraq's government are part of it the syrian regime hezbollah in lebanon and hamas in gaza western intelligence reports suggest hizbullah has already started moving some of its advanced weaponry from its warehouses in syria to its forces in lebanon for fear that assad will be toppled but getting rid of him is one thing dealing with the consequences quite another situation in syria very volatile dangerous collapse the syrian government could be gender group. that could include

a new war between lebanon and israel already the weapons hizbullah has in its position are able to strike almost any corner of the jewish state the new stockpiles in lebanon would only aggravate an already tense situation as far as you know hizbullah has now accumulated around forty five thousand missiles of various ranges. there is one of all part of them that in fact the range goes beyond three hundred but it's three hundred fifty kilometers which according to them at least they can reach the whole of. the south of the country which is something israelis know these missiles originated in syria they found their way to lebanon and then they were fired by hizbollah onto the jewish state back in two thousand and six this museum was set up about a decade ago so that the i.d.f. could display weapons ammunition and items that are captured from israel's enemies on the ground and almost ominous through it the lebanese palestinian and his bill

of flags flying on the israeli border the message is clear here no country's immune to what happens to its neighbor and it won't take much to two in the region's precarious peace into all out war policy r.t. israel. just one up do you want our top story this hour in greece the parliament has approved the new austerity measures which means tax hikes and spending cuts protests are taking out taking place rather on the streets as we speak it's clearly expected that they will worsen as this news comes on to the streets of athens people they're upset are saying that they should be the ones to have to pay for others' mistakes you can see tear gas there already clashes have taken place throughout the day between protesters and riot police breaking down barricades throwing rocks to keep you updated on this developing story again the greek parliament has passed new austerity measures in order to get another e.u.

bailout were some spending cuts i understand or some twenty eight billion euro. well back to our story on israel another problem facing the country is how to deal with the latest aid flotilla bound for blockaded gaza artie's peter lavelle and his gas debate the true nature of the mission as well as the state israeli palestinian relations full show is coming up for us fifteen hundred g.m.t. here's a preview. of what is gaza really it is a giant prison for one point six million people eighty percent of them refugees from towns and villages destroyed towns and villages the in what is now israel and israel wants nothing to do with them for one reason only and that's because the jews that's the fundamental racist nature of this blockade is completely falsifying the fact that israel has continuously offered the palestinians in negotiations

a palestinian state built and establish land in the gaza strip and the west bank with continuity in a way of connecting those two parts with you but is this israel. parts of knowing what they are by is there are twenty percent of the arrow that remain in this to seriously citizens throughout was a total of. two or is it going to. say that it. was . in washington the senate foreign relations committee has finally authorized american involvement in the military mission something president obama was strongly pushing for the resolution gives approval for u.s. warplanes and unmanned drones to continue limited strikes prompted one year but forbids the development of ground troops just days ago the republican led house of

representatives voted down a measure to carry out military action in libya this had no immediate effect on the campaign. chain but represented a symbolic falling out between congress and the president the process professor of international studies at trinity college in hartford says the authorization is another legal violation. the idea over the limit. is rather absurd to me you know all was going to begin based on a u.n. resolution within a few hours of the war beginning with the french and american striking libya they had already violated the narrative terms of the un resolution and now it looks like libya is simply being bled being a hundred days of attacks twenty four thousand sorties you know there is a very gradually being a point of leading a libya to the extent where gadhafi is ally and then defect do most of which now

has said that libya is being made into what he calls giant so while you have the united states president has not over the last twenty years come to congress to seek authorization for a war they have been very poorly defined statements brought before congress the same thing in afghanistan if the united states had properly gone to war in afghanistan then it may not have been so unclear about the legality of port instance of killing osama bin laden. the international monetary fund has got itself a new leader in french finance minister christine the garment she won with the overwhelming backing of the e.u. the u.s. russia and china but skeptics say another european bossman some countries will be favored over others. christine lagarde appointment keeps a european at the head of the world's top lender keeping the long held tradition intact and in a debt crisis having one of its own chairing the international monetary fund could be more important than ever for europe seeing the. intimate knowledge

of those mechanisms. of the european community and the eurozone of its many leaders can help lead guards' main competitor was augustine carstens from mexico who argued her appointment would only add to the perception of i.m.f. bias there could be some conflict of interest i mean up the end of the day now the main borel of the institution will be it will europe so we'll have a situation where they will roll or stormin eighteen to create thirty institutional emerging economies the engine of global growth in recent years are vastly under represented in the organization with the u.s. and europe holding half of the votes and veto power and always suggest i am have bias has had a negative effect on the world's economy they would use their monopoly over credit . to force certain policies. and countries in

policies there were not in the national interest the i.m.f. lends money monitors the global economy and in theory at least prevents crises its credibility has been shattered by the financial collapse in the advanced economies which it definitely did not spot they missed the two bigger biggest asset bubbles in the history of the world i think they didn't want to go against all their friends on wall street and others that were making a fortune at the time some experts see the intimacy between the i.m.f. and u.s. corporations as a matter of concern all of the big decisions that the i.m.f. are made by the u.s. treasury department then you had of the i.m.f. is more than familiar with the u.s. corporate world for years she worked at a major american law firm representing the interests of big business and is a member of the u.s. poland defense industry working group a divest the interests of a v.a.

ssion giants like boeing and lockheed martin helping them to seal moved to billion dollar deals the u.s. and europe. found christine legarde the best fit for the job so did several emerging markets including russia and china but she faces the difficult task of appearing independent despite her past and will struggle not to cement even further the perception that the i.m.f. exists only for the benefit of its creditors i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . on our website are to dot com you can have your say on what the appointment of christine lagarde will bring let's take a look at how you've been voting so far throughout the day the majority of you think that the new i.m.f. chief will be a puppet controlled by the interest of global corporate. organizations while a fourth are the view that the organization itself will be exploiting week a common reason deepening the crisis others are split over two options either the move will help change the world financial system or it will set

a new independent course for the i.m.f. those know what you think get involved by logging on to our team dot com and drop us a line. the crew that returned from the international space station last month having been whole have been holding i should say their traditional meeting at russia's star city outside moscow arches top bar and went along as well to meet up with flight engineer cady coleman who became famous for a somewhat unique performance on the station. for six months now do experiments you've been playing your flew to green living and working out. you know back here on earth we just wanted to ask you about some of the every day things that you have to cope with so i actually brought flutes from anderson jethro tull and also from the band the chieftains set a two hundred year old irishman and also a ten whistle and then and then once you get up there you want to share this and mr anderson came up with this a way to play

a duet together and it's been very popular across the world will just have a quick listen to to that recording of us. tell us a bit more about how you sorted out just the everyday things that we have to try and sort of say the biggest inconvenience of not having gravity is that everything floats. and that can be nice i mean i can move a thousand pound rock over whitman by myself and push it across the space station and put it in a new place that floating around part it's not floating. and somebody like me that was never the gymnastic queen you know high school can do all of those things and more and it's just really wonderful to fly. we get more news stories and features on our web page dot com has the latest interviews and analysis here's what's there for you right now director michael not to known for his work in the chronicles of

narnia and a bond blockbuster meets our t.v. to discuss what makes a good movie. and caught cheating russian university students are kicked out for writing entrance exams for new applicants find out exactly what happened that r t dot com. russian orphans face a tough childhood but being an adult is often even worse the government legally has to provide housing for anyone leaving care just peter all over reports that often doesn't happen. during and dilapidated. this flop looks more like a prime candidate for demolition than a family home but twenty two year old mother of two lena has been told by social services that she's stuck here. perhaps they haven't seen this place inside they keep telling us true parents have hired a live here they showed me a paper on how to build

a house i told them that i had no phones i have no job i have to take care of kids and i ended up renting a place they said it's not top problem lena grew up in an orphanage in the city of to be on the russian law she should have received state housing once she left the institution this flat was given to lena's mother by the state and despite having no money she's been told to fix it up but. this is tradition absolutely desperate they didn't give me work because i don't have a profession for them i don't exist perhaps hanging myself would be the best thing to do. without even the most basic of a mean ities there's no way that lena family can live here however here is exactly where the authorities have told her that she should bring up the children lena's case isn't unusual those who work with oftens in russia say that it's when they leave the care homes that they need the most help the problem is orphans are killed

are of small or you know when they're little and everybody loves to help them on their small but presents that santa clause. whereas in actual fact they've got a bigger enemy but they get bigger and that's really where we need to be standing beside them housing is one of those big in need for all things leading care it's also in short supply and which that is stored in and we made certain calculations for one region and found out that if a child is number ten thousand in the queue for housing it would take them some three and a half thousand years to actually get a flat open how can they live like this they're not pharaohs you know. we can't bring them back from the dead and give them an apartment what you're currently only administrative penalties can be imposed on anyone standing in the way of those leaving care getting housing alexander gears a law of a form often him self as a campaigner for orphans rights he wants to see the courts more involved he will have taken my fifth and we need to change the law in

a way to make sure that someone can be held responsible in court in this case the orphanage this will make sure that there is no way a graduating orphan would have to go and live in a rundown home rather than a change in the law might help people in the future but lena needs to find a solution right now. your group to me now is can we all the mothers and even homes to raise their children why can't i have it easy because i didn't do the will to because i'm not allowed to live because he didn't for me to have family some people are trying to help me but soon all their efforts have been in vain. to drain region. well that wraps up our main news block next it's over to the business desk to me joins us with a live update. on one welcome to business story russian president dmitry medvedev has outlined budget guidelines for the next two years top of the list is increasing the tax burden on

the gas industry potentially now that would go partly towards reducing the shortfall from a lower social tax the selling of state assets and revenues from oil and gas will also be used to make up the deficit as an event of supported increasing alcohol and tobacco excise says the government wants to lessen the negative social impact of their consumption now to discuss this in more detail let's join you getting a dosen in the studio the chief economist of sistema financial corporation yellow thank you so much for being with us all apart from the tobacco and alcohol i'm sure well of talking about that first of all potentially increasing it welling gas taxation now how how significant could the increase be i think that we you speak mostly about gas that sation because what's go what's happening in the oil segment is that the division of pigs burden between. oil extraction and refine the reactor that that's where probably the discussion happens at least as i see it currently.

and the positions are not probably to increase the burden on the oil industry but to redistribute it to go to to make more refined more of a refinery of deep deep deep oil for the production. to stimulate. companies to move the two to move downstream at the same moment to. instead of producing scene after all this simple work product at the same moment russian government would like to stimulate only extraction and that's probably why for example i'm not i'm not expecting any increase in oil oil oil oil due to. be topped high as i see bought gas may be actually this has been a long discussion and. the russian authorities tried many many times to approach the issue of increasing. for example huge is for export gas and it looks like that finally the decision has been made yes the increase will be and i expect it to be

relatively significant look at the profits it's impressive. absolutely sure but what kind of signal does that send to investors doesn't this make russia more even reliant on oil and gas revenues if we speak about gas or tax increases yes potentially the russian budget may be more dependent on oil and even more dependent on oil and gas than before but this is a moment i hope that there will be a lot of initiatives on redistribution of tax burden on the not only tax burden but getting getting movie use from different activities stimulating innovation these economic growth all the sources of income for the federal budget that's what i hope for the raw seeds of everything i would say seeds of administrative reforms the seeds of change in the budget revenues. distribution scenes of bringing more. government legislation the federal contract system and other issues that direct

exactly just to make activities of federal government economic activities more transparent and better off i would say. so the seeds they may grow into better products which may result into not increasing. government revenues a bit later not right now so i see. these increase in the gas revenue is a step ok as a rule to be fair i would say simply because oil is what i detoxed. i would not be surprised if there will be further increases in different material sectors but i don't see it as a step towards further dependence on oil and gas revenues not not in this case some very very quickly now how much of an economic impact could they actually have from increasing excise on tobacco and alcohol much of the revenue can make and i don't think this will bring a lot if you billion rubles i mean taking into account that they have already been increased and there are plans to increase them so they do tional revenue will be not that significant all right if you know the chief economist from system of

financial corporation thank you so much for being with thank you. and i'm afraid that's all we have time for this hour but we will be back with an update in fifteen minutes time join me then if you can't.