the book. the book. there's growing frustration outside the greek parliament as people gathered to protest against the final bill that clears the way for derby and bailout funds to be released it's a decision that means higher taxes and fewer jobs for ordinary people in. the u.k. braces itself for mass destruction as hundreds of thousands of public sector workers begin industrial action in response to changes to their pensions and pay. thousands of teachers and civil servants and border patrol officers and save the planes mean the border to the region's mentions as the first industrial protest against the government's austerity measures is taking over longer and. russia

exposes double standards at the un over the organization's hard line position on syria with moscow calling for a strictly diplomatic solution. and foreign minister sergei lavrov says the u.n. security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stake knowing what he calls a civil taking place in yemen a lot more not so good later on. to softer eleven pm here in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for joining us now to our top story greece has voted on a second bill in the final step towards implementing the next wave of a ceratin measures well it's the last hurdle that athens has to jump to qualify for a new stock of european bailout funds. plans about having

a public recess two days of rioting that's left more than three hundred people injured let's cross live to the heart of our financial journalist to meet a coffin also joins us well thanks again for being with us at this hour in the last time you spoke to our to you said if people were massing around us and talk to square what's happening there right now well it's pretty amazing actually it's what we usually see on nights but tonight it's just the crowd is just much bigger it's really swelled the entire square is full of people where they they set up one microphone this is what they usually do they have one microphone and people just speak it's a democratic process they vote on it and then people talk it might be talking about supplies that they need for the next day for protests arrangements strikes or it could be a political conversation not with a political party but it's very political the way it's charged and you also hear a lot of news about what what what happened on the ground with with the police brutality with the chemicals so in fact coming out here you actually get you get

you get a story you actually don't need to look at the news you come out here and you can you can hear that in the front where you might hear some screaming that's where people are standing in front of my yes which is the street protest in front of parliament and that's where more of the tongan goes on that's where the laser police that's where they taunt police so you have you have the political type of movement i expect that is growing right here in the center and over there you have the taunting you have more of what could potentially be violence but that's an important dichotomy because this is growing it's getting bigger and bigger and if there's going to be a political solution if it's going to be a political movement is going to come from i don't over in there it's not going to come from inside the parliament and the people know that and that's why that crowd is drawing in size ok well this isn't really the first time i've seen the greeks going out into the streets i mean they've staged dozens of general strikes in the last months what makes this protest different or special if you will. well that's one reason right there the fact that it's very encouraging look one of the most amazing things about being in in constitution square is that you feel

a sense of hope and a sense of optimism and it has a future and that's something that in surrounding parts about things you don't feel every day there's a sense of depression a sense of hopelessness that inevitably results from these are starting measures and from the feeling of being occupied in his financial occupation but here is where you feel an immense amount of hope you can't help but feel that way the energy is amazing and the atmosphere is charged with optimism and that's what these people feel that's why they're responding and you can't help but gives you know find yourself caught up in it and i think that's what's so special about what's happening right now is it transcends the violence of violence or simply are a result of temporary frustrations that people feel when when the cause may tear gas them or what not but this is what the greek government and the world should be focused on because that's where the future of this country rests oh you're talking about hope and optimism but in reality the new cuts mean fewer jobs and higher taxes for ordinary greeks but what can people do once the second tranche of european cash gets

a final go ahead. well i mean the thing is i'm sorry that your question i'm really starting to catch on well he this is going to mean a higher taxes here were jobs what can the greeks do once all this is implemented right right so what the greeks can do is what they're doing right now what they can do is they can go in square and mount a political resistance that's their only option that's the only constructive option because fighting this thing with sticks and rocks is not going to provide a constructive solution in a top of this government they may send the country to energy but that's not what we want we want to know that it would really be constructive though would that really be constructive them going out into the street just keep staging protests. this particular thing that you see right here is very constructive because it's a pull this is where political movements come from they come from within a society and leaders emerge from the society and the way business is set up you've got one mike one microphone and you have people that can express the optimism or the rage or whatever it is of the side and they can stand up and they can speak and

that's where leaders come from and greeks in particular need very strong leadership we've seen that in the past in our history people that are able to leave lead this nation of people of exceptional character and this is a marketplace a marketplace of ideas and a marketplace of politics it's a free market of political ideas and that's what you're seeing here and it's where a possible leadership movement can emerge that can not just topple this government but provide a real answer and a real solution and a real model for ireland and portugal and spain and other countries that are tired of their political elite and want something that's real and true and to the ground and respond to what people want and people's hopes and and ambitions and not their fears although i will thank you very much for that update to dimitri kovtun us a financial journalist reporting there from athens thank you. now activists. in sometimes the square says the greeks simply don't want to pay for the mistakes of banks and politicians. outstate images that this government it's imposed

a little bit see this in terms of a tax payers is not is not fair at all because the core seem to citizens at taxpayer who pay the losses in the damages that the international. financial crime syndicate is a created being first in the united states and then you're being you know this financial crisis was created with the collusion of the governments all around european union they're actually responsible for that or what it's governing in our countries and in the same time they want to be very very survival survive that means cannot be the same politicians to create a problem they will show us a way to walk out of the problems they will never find a solution people they know that this is the reason they don't trust them they don't believe in the more and this is the reason they are every day in constitution square to protest against this out of state images that they're getting approved

every day here. well of course your opinion counts you can visit our website r.t. dot com and have your say in our latest on live poll and today we asked the question greek people do want a new set of a sturdy cause is a fruit so far most of you think they should defend the rights until early elections a close second with thirty four percent is the opinion that they must prepare for even worse cuts with backup see still looming and other less favorable responses or the greeks should consider emigrating and that they have lost the fight and must tighten their belts. plus we have more on the line for you on the websites of you can learn how police prevented a terrorist attack during a drug raid. to

the u.k. now where up to three quarters of a million of public sector workers are preparing for industrial action well they're voicing their opposition to plan the changes to their pay and pensions both part of the government's austerity measures a third of schools are expected to close with court hearings of course u.k. airports bracing themselves for disruption. is in london a following developments for us. action. in london about seven hundred thousand people out of. these. teachers will see them very. old it's not it's not to let them. be saints mentioned on the job land by the government and sometimes we know it's not just acknowledgement and people think teachers that already strike well but we do want to say that about ninety percent of the time. that they do they're expected to belong to the airports because customs and immigration officials are also so i

mean. it's about all these people is announcing that the cuts will not be processed the government does not goes along with the cuts they do say that if you want to change it you can see they did not want to work longer hours to get paid less they say it will. come up the most the teachers will be glad to see the sixty eight so it will take sixty the cuts are being made in the wrong directions here and not being made to see if it is the sponsor of the current financial crisis. those most responsible for our current predicament. largely untouched the government seems to be writing the terms of some agreements halfway through without due consultation to the people most of. the changes that it may consider pensions but it necessary to this way to address so i think we do need to

make cutbacks in things i think. trying to pry the teacher pensions by so much and if it's too hot we're not seeing any significant disturbances out of it along that possible track you just have and this could take place at the same time there are organisations such as litigation taxes network call on people to trend lines in ten days and all the rage against the foreign led coalition sunday maybe two months to get a little bit knowledge in the same time we also must not look like that and it is my goal to take to the streets and condemn it's easy but other than that people are expected to protest peacefully again it's one of the million people that are going to be marching on the sense of bond until it's the parliament to make their will is the coach has the pension pot each up plan by the government. and so on the way for you scientology controversy find out what some of the works of l. ron hubbard the leader of the divisive first has been declared illegal in russia.

the russian a foreign minister has highlighted double standards at the un over the organization's approach to the arab world simply a lover of says the crisis in syria and yemen are provoking vastly different and unjustified approaches peter all of our reports from moscow with a lot of rover's addressing a meeting of the foreign affairs committee of the duma just behind me you know he highlighted in sets out really where russia stands concerning the ongoing situations in the arab world he hits out what he sees as the western desire regime change in the middle east saying that this was unacceptable and the russians would not support it and any circumstances he also went on to highlight the fact that this was actually against international law. russia feels a little disappointed to say the least about the way. the the situation in libya

has become abstaining from the vote on the u.n. resolution that allowed international intervention there they very disappointed at the way they see that mission has gone beyond the parameters laid out in the u.n. resolution and keen to avoid a similar fate a similar situation occurring in syria yemen. sergei lavrov pulling no punches even how to those that have have criticised russia's stance on the u.n. security council and also had a few of the same self about what he sees as a lack of consistency by the u.n. body which. many have been criticizing russia and china's position on the u.n. security council resolution on syria for the fact that we consider such a resolution inappropriate i'll give you a simple example the situation in yemen is no easier than in syria there's a difficult civil war going on there would nobody's going to the u.n. security council to try and stop it. they're reiterating in some ways words he has

said before that russia wants to see a peace draw to round in the arab world to discussion in diplomacy and not to do international intervention something that they will not support. robert gates has retired as u.s. secretary of defense after almost five years on the job but with three ongoing wars involving america his replacement former cia director leon panetta isn't expected to make dramatic changes to pentagon policies and for more of this let's talk to a retired u.s. army general steven anderson who is in ohio for us thank you very much for joining us mr anderson now as robert gates retires his successor inherits quite a task are we likely to see any changes in pentagon policies so i don't think we're going to see any major changes in their gun policies i'm hoping though that he will do something about the tremendous energy expenditure into the maze these armies that is expanding in iraq and afghanistan we have

a tremendously inefficient base over there and we need to do something about it i'm hoping that it will bring about some dream i have on how has announced the let's talk about that would draw all of over thirty thousand u.s. troops from afghanistan by the end of next year where will the money be diverted to instead of and you were talking about more efficiency needed because of the public money being spent so where would this money be going for the money should be used in united states so we're investing programs i mean we're essentially. you know elements of the early in order to win this war in iraq and afghanistan from what my point is that we should be expending energy there which which we are if you understand the relationship between the energy efficiency and military effectiveness then you can see we can win the war and we can actually actually save a lot of money you know hoping that secretary panetta will do something about that ok if if if indeed the money some money is saved from wars cutting military budgets but shouldn't the u.s. be actually doing that taking more money from the military campaigns and putting

them into the mess to issues that need to be answered at the moment why isn't that happening it's been two years since the crisis. you know you're right i mean it's a very good question i'm glad i'm optimistic that we're going to you know we're going to cut the o.t. spending i know secretary gates was the goal of a hundred billion dollars in savings within five years my point is that there is a very practical easy pragmatic approach and that is essentially insulating our structures in iraq and afghanistan and we can say really we're presently spending about twenty eight billion dollars a year simply herb initialing innovation structures in our combat zone ok well american taxpayers of course aren't the ones who are shouldering much of the burden do you think they're likely to protest as we've seen in other parts of the world rise against the spending of their money but i think that americans should be outraged they were not doing more better energy consumer energy in a smart way but i don't buy that but

a large scale protests somebody we are still likes being a war fight it's a very important fight because the very things realize that the sacrifices being poured over there are worth it all right well thank you very much for your thoughts stephen i'm anderson retired u.s. army general in ohio for us thank you thank you. patricide has urged the u.s. to shut down and leave an air base in the country southwest the facility has served as a launching pad for washington's drone attacks against militants on the volatile afghan border pakistani political analyst thinks the only way to stop the violence is to end the war on terror. one of the main reasons for the for the continuation of violent activity on the pakistan border is the mess that the us military has created inside of coniston of what has dictated the mess there the way they have alienated a large portion segment of the afghan population in terms of the push to try to the way they have conducted the war on terror they are the way they're really needed

a large pockets really of the country is a big reason for why we have a country ration of violence in afghanistan and how that violence is spilling over into parts down and most pakistani commentators believe now is that one of the ways short short cuts really to controlling the incentives stream is then on the pakistan afghanistan border is really to end the war on terror the way the u.s. military and the way the cia he has been conducting this war over the past ten years one step forward is of course what president obama has declared but to use their words we're going to see really actions of the ground and we have yet to see whether important agencies within the u.s. government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate egyptian officials have ordered a probe into fresh clashes between police and protesters in cairo hundreds of people were injured as more riots swept the country and activists are angry with

the interim government saying there's been no improvements since hosni mubarak was toppled in february short of this option at times he says that the current government has ignored the people's demands. the government such as it is hasn't responded to the concerns of the people there are strikes at the suez canal transportation workers people being killed again on the streets of cairo not a peep out of the corporate media and meanwhile we have william burns in cairo talking with mr john tally the provisional head at the moment of the government and even the trial of the interior minister who is hated so much on the interior minister and also mubarak has been adjourned people are not getting what they thought they were getting when they toppled hosni mubarak we must remember that joe biden and hillary clinton didn't want to go back to go as a last name of barak and his cronies so many of them are retaining power and he's a very dangerous situation and we mustn't forget what's crucial here for be as rational the international outlook is this is canal that's where trade goes through

and it is the most populous country arab country in the arab world and we're not hearing anything about it in the corporate news it's as if that revolutions done and dusted in the egyptian people of. and now in brief for you the international stories we're covering today a u.s. flag tribunals issued arrest warrants in connection with the murder in two thousand and five of love in all its former prime minister rafiq hariri official see the warrants named for senior members of hezbollah and members of the group did not answer the tribunals and have vowed action against it because he was killed along with twenty two others in february two thousand and five in central beirut when a bomb exploded as his car passed by. rival forces sudar had mutually agreed to withdraw from its border areas ahead of southern independence next week you agree what follows two separate deals to end the fighting which force of one hundred seventy thousand people to flee the two sides still have to agree on

how sudan's oil wealth will be divided once the separation takes place in the region has seen a more than two decades of civil war which claimed over two million lives. two french journalists are back at home after eighteen the last months of captivity in afghanistan the men who have been held hostage by the taliban are said to be in good health and good spirits the t.v. reporter and his cameraman were taken along with their afghan colleagues in late two thousand and nine while filming in remote mountains it's the longest seizure of french nationals since the lebanese hostage crisis in one thousand agents. now a russian court has found that some scientology literature distributed in russia is illegal or the writings by l. ron hubbard the founder of the church have been ruled extremist and anti social party sarah for of this outside the scientology have quarters in moscow. scientology here in russia and indeed in many countries around the world has proved controversial lots of debate about whether it should actually be considered

a religion there are lots of countries do you think scientology is actually more of a cult or sex now this court decision we saw today concerns the banning of all of the books by the found scientology our own hobbit and now we're actually at the main headquarters and you can see the big job they've got on the lower floor they sell some of those books to those materials that were considered by the courts to contain cools for extreme activities now this ruling actually mirrors a simmering that we saw in a course in april of last year that was in the siberian city as they get out in that instance it was very similar books that with dogs to being found to contain cools the religious hatred. of people to work against law enforcement activities now in that instance the justice ministry actually overturned the decision today the court decision hasn't actually been enforced as it is because i haven't yet been banned from being sold as they still are in the show we actually spoke to the

p.r. director of the church of scientology and we could handle what he had to say about the decision. decision is surprising l. ron hubbard's writing has been doing around the world for sixty years people across hundred sixty five countries have been using his books to make be a life bitter and new country if you found him to be extremist who think the keys was handled and appropriately and roomy can appeal until the court's decision is brought into poorest who keeps showing to boost just like. ten million followers worldwide and those we said scientology often cutting into the limelight for they call to those who practice it again this is another example of where that's happened over cars or reporters here in around ten minutes harbor first the trees here with the business news. thanks to her and welcome to business article to your company cash strapped oil reserves profits of raise the price that pays for gas bellerose had an exclusive

rights of by russian gas at a lower price than the european average however the benefits were planned and this year belarus officials say the country has a right to cheap deliveries they claim the two countries are creating a common economic space and price level should be equal and they say gazprom could lose six hundred fifty million dollars this year if prices are frozen and then two thousand and twelve they could lose up to three billion dollars speaking of gazprom the largest company in russia has held its annual general meeting the company has announced an increase of its investment program to a record level as artie's medical service. it's pretty clear that gas problem is trying to increase its share in the market they're looking for new opportunities in europe especially germany they said that their exports in the first half of this year increased by twenty six percent and that was the to higher demand in europe and the decline in production they're also looking to work with asian partners and in particular the joint strike of deals with south korea india and china and this

could see them increase their exports by fifty percent and their overseas earnings could reach at record highs twenty term results were quite positive these are the cells revenues reach one hundred eighteen billion dollars and of course they're expected their shareholders will be receiving just on the four roubles per share which is the biggest amount of money ever given by the company and for this year they're planning to increase their spending and they're also planning to increase their investment program to a record forty four billion dollars and from now on all the decisions will be made by the new board of directors who were elected here today. was moved to the markets and we start with commodities world prices all mixed up by the first see since france is actually down but for much the same amount this is offer of the show. that's a cost of this expectation less it's all about greece on the stock markets with the

dow actually continuing its lucky streak it's up before session in a row on optimism about greece's bailout tech stocks h.p. and intel leading the way. russian stocks ended for as they session on a positive note up point six percent my six point four percent energy shares were actually mixed about to gain more than one percent one of the biggest gauges of banks also on the rise with its heydey of the free for trading. slipped into the red by the end of the close of trade while it was talking you know all day long as i'm. a six percent increase in net profit for the fourth quarter and the budget down of from gas from bankruptcy because. it's already a summer in the it's worth thirty outside of the window so should he would just kind of law between both russian and international clients we're actually looking at probably a little more optimism because obviously the market was getting nervous about

different things and greece first of all when it's at least in terms of the voting it's all done. should be some relief when the market crashes central bank has left the key interest rate unchanged for the first time since november the refinance rate has been capped at eight point two five percent of the two increases earlier this year but this isn't comes amid slowing inflation in europe's debt crisis spreading to derail a rebound in global growth and russian farmers may harvest ninety million tons of grain this year good weather continues in july that's fifty percent more than last year after record drought damage crops move comes as moscow lifts grain export bans introduced to avoid domestic shortages. and that's all from me the headlines are next on our cities they will. from. the book. coming.

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