what i've been trying. to teach began the journey. where did it take. today's top story center review of the we here in our t.v. twelve billion euros in aid to our coming to the rescue of greece's economy while violent protest against approved harsh new cod's shook the country. one of the crimes against humanity as the international criminal court issues an arrest warrant for the gadhafi is the son of the libyan leader lashes out at the decision supposedly telling our t.v. the court is corrupt. a u.s. captain over gaza flotilla ship is arrested by greek authorities after several vessels were seasoned for following what activists believe this pressure from

israel and the u.s. . a mass walk out of public sector workers hit schools airports and job centers across the u.k. as people protested against their pensions of a slashed. nottingham of the russian capital you're watching r.t. with me welcome to the program greece has erupted into some of the worst civil unrest it's seen this week as thousands of angry protesters flooded the streets of athens if europe zone has agreed to extend a lifeline to the economically crippled country but people raged against tough new cuts and tax hikes which were needed to secure the second handout faced with twenty eight billion euros worth of austerity measures protesters gathered in front of the parliament building the. threw stones at police smashed windows and set fire to

property police responded with tear gas and stun grenades dozens from both sides were injured while managed demonstrators were detained the e.u. and the international monetary fund are preparing to release an extra twelve billion euros in the next two weeks without the money greece will default on its loans within days of financial journalist demetri kofi annan says the greek government has simply bought itself a stay of execution. i think that you know you're pretty much given up on the three hundred members of parliament that reside in the in the part of the building across the street from the constitution where i think the only real option for them right now is for the protesters and for the greek people is if some sort of political option or movement develops out of a society out of the ranks of ordinary people who are intelligent or cable company universities who have some idea of what the country needs according to scholars here in greece well constitutional scholars and former members of the government they claim that the measure simply unconstitutional the first place because you

need one hundred eighty members of parliament to pass a sort of legislation first of all second of all they can pass whatever they like but if the people don't agree to it and the people are not willing to sit down and take it it doesn't really matter what they pass and that's what we're seeing here right now what you're looking to have happen is you're you're going to see a fall discovered at some point i've said things it really of the violence is a really big issue because if if if if this results in casualties not just massive injuries then that's going to collapse of this government will that mean that the next government will come in and actually do something productive maybe maybe not but then that governments have to fall too i don't see the people in this country right now one of the things that is circulating here is a video that shows police not just police brutality when there's a lot of that but also police working with provocateurs agent provocateur which would be escorted into a safe location that they were communicating with and relaying information from there's a report that the head of the pharmaceutical national pharmaceuticals or station here in greece is going to be filing a lawsuit along with other people against the government for use of illegal

substances because these weren't just it was just here gas there were other chemicals including us fixating agents and that's why you see a lot of people here i saw them myself and a lot of people other people saw them passing out not being able to greet people inside the metro station not being able to breathe a hospital for that reason people are very angry here and a very upset and they understand what's going on and understand these measures are not going to help them and their future. this protest e.u. officials have welcomed the greek asperity measure saying the move will help the country get back on path of recovery but from the u.s. base trans research institute believes the measures are actually a way to rescue the banks at people's expense the banks are failing and they want the people to bail them out because a year after all they don't like to take a hit these big guys so they call it. privatization the i.m.f. is nothing more than the international mafia federation pay the loan sharks of last

resort and the people know it they call it privatization adults call it stealing valuable public assets and selling it you have friends really cheap when the politicians only represent the people that give the most amount of money so that people know that so that it's going to continue to be it's war and the greek people know that if you don't stand up they're going to blow you down when you get really hungry you're going to see the riots continue to escalate because what are these so-called charity measures what do they really bring oh they bring a lot more poverty oh they bring a worse g d p oh they bring more unemployment so the politicians are doing nothing more than the bidding for those that pay them or. that was gerald celente from the u.s. based trans research institute talking about how sturdy measures are going to affect

the greek population. on monday the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for levy this girl could be excusing him of crimes against humanity the hague has grounds to believe he ordered attacks on civilians during the beginning of libya's unrest with scores thought to have been killed the african union said it will not cooperate with the tribunals demand an exclusive interview with r.t. her adopted son saif al islam is also under the court's arrest warrants international justice is nothing more than a sham the score is it is called. the accused of keeping people in. the sentence against. the capital punishment so they decided to kill him to come and kill my brother and i just took my house so this is me from the excuse so now your father was irish to me to be months ago and so to give me. after me every day god for him to confide in me and to give me over

there my brother so he's been going number two just to tell you that the supreme court. they are trying to negotiate with us a deal if you're so busy and we think you know that of course what is new it means is it's controlled by those. attacking us every day it's just reported. but. you can see the full interview with say from islam next hour here in r.t. or you can find it on our website dot com. many libyans feel the criminal court is just a cover for nader's attempts to kill colonel gadhafi saying it's the alliance's members who should be held to account for the bombing campaign artie's marie of an arson investigator the consequences of the continuing airstrikes which are said to be directed only at military targets. the road from the capital tripoli to gregor is

aligned with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled the bombardment. this is what's left of the civilian airport in the siege of. home to one of the country's key oil refineries the last plane took off from this runway just hours before it was hit by a latency so it's only hitting the targets of military value they call say these telecommunications towers some fifteen minutes west of the town of that's been destroyed in a time it's like gary this is a state they've been two strikes and they've also accidentally and two cars and killed two civilians since there is no t.v. in this area and as we can see the phone right has also been disrupted. there is no water and no to. what used to be heaven this man says has become hell on to his home now feels unfamiliar. either. i have nine children and i send them all to my

relatives abroad i don't want them to see their mother who is in such a condition. from least small paul not far from greg even gas used to flow to europe. we used to produce fuel to send to them you know 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 leaflets jobs just before the bombs arrive. this runs as you can see there is a sign here i am a big nato is here believe it or in force and also own over the country to protect civilians on the other side there is another sign also in arabic saying the nato can attack any place any time. any time happened three times over several hours while we were feeling really good neighbors major is whether from

sunrise dividing the country into two parts into to swear one side is going to put one flashpoint between the rebels and gadhafi forces it's a very important point a strategic location gets in a firm hand on this town mean taking control over the country's economy all his legions seem to be a red target the native. population can hardly skate. they were like my family just going to the shop to buy some foods and this happened six of them died i couldn't believe it. this used to be a restaurant for all companies start with friends gathered after work. we were eating with my colleagues then there was a we knew what that was we trying to help those troops in the helicopters came in and started to shoot at us. the stories i read. them say about our program although we've been in the food laden mode so if we met him and

we'd be greeted when doing a big our civilians. visit contribution is probably well there become more and more frequent the sound of exploding bombs and war planes a drones will. only. still have here on our t.v. no man's land french finance minister christine legarde steps into the global economy sample as the first woman ever to have the international monetary fund. signs of discontent as japan's government promises to relax restrictions on locals living near the stricken nuclear plant more than more and more people believe claims by the authorities are hollow. the captain of a gaza aid ship has been arrested by greek authorities after trying to leave port without permission several ships with activist and humanitarian aid for the

blockade of palestinian territory were stopped in the port of para money or athens on friday campaigners claim greece is working under the orders of israel and the us the flotilla is drawing parallels to the cause of bow convoy that was stormed by israeli marines last year and resulted in the deaths of nine people and i see correspondent is aboard one of the ships that's been seized just as people are still determined to carry on with their mission despite greece's actions. he knew not what you said you're not going to will not give up there are twelve members of european and other national parliaments among the free gaza activists and they're trying to pull strings to force their governments to try and influence greece's decision should block their ships in the harbors for the freedom flotilla are saying the greek government actions are only lawford because the ships cannot be prohibited from going to gaza and they should not be restrained from freely leaving the harbors i have seen every part of the ship i'm on and there are no

weapons or anything that could be used as weapons and the people who participate in your free gaza flotilla are harmless most are elderly many over sixty and even seventy. two hours or to your spot in that is the work of on board one of the ships by greek authorities from sailing to gaza. on thursday in the u.k. partly came to hold with more than half of all state schools forced to close at disruption brought to air and ground transport hundreds of thousands of civil servants took to the streets against the government's plans to slash their pensions and increase their retirement age or am a fall of the option. down tools are with industrial action and autumn of discontent starts here this time it's the public sector workers walking out unhappy with the planned reform of their pensions which they say will see them paying a lot more and getting a lot less like me hate me and. yet if i work for

me it will be back if it can take a quick fix to the changes that it may consider pensions or very necessary to it's way to address so i think we do need to make cutbacks in that things are being. tried in the quality to pensions by so much as it is these people do a huge variety of key work from teachers and lecturers to air traffic controllers and coast guards unisons the u.k.'s biggest public sector trade union deputy chief bob avidly says his one point three million members already for prolonged industrial action we're on a a war footing we've got thirty million prime steps aside and we've got a strategy work but i must stress that's not what we want to do we want to talk to the government and negotiate a sensible package and not the ridiculous package of they're proposing the moment

that package involves raising the retirement age from sixty to sixty six raising pension contributions by workers and having payouts based on average career earnings rather than final thousand the unions admit public support is fundamental the government's very unlikely to change its mind about reforms if the public at large doesn't back the unions but that's by no means a short public service workers do already get very generous pensions and the cost of those pensions is very much some of the topics and the burden falls on to the next generation it really is absolutely essential the public sector and. reform the new even if there are reforms public sector workers will get saw a bit of pensions and this private sector workers the unions want to apply enough pressure to fulfill the government to change its mind and it's no stranger to you it was hell bent on reforming the health service too and soon it decided to take longer to think about it causing friction in the coalition the government's doing

this to reduce the current fifty billion dollar pension bill but it may be cutting off its nose to spite its face that the wider issue here according to the new u.k. pension fund you should pay more than me if public back to work is no don't think that pensions are what while they may start to help you think that if there was a widespread withdrawal pension funds would collapse and that would be u.k. p.l.o. the very shores of investment just what it needs it more than ever your average aussie love that. the borders between russia and belarus and kazakhstan have been broken down when it comes to trade as july first saw a customs union join the three neighboring countries it's been in the making for more than fifteen years and draws parallels to how the e.u. works by making shipping goods between countries simpler and easier but there is another plan a date which could soon become part of this new born enterprise and it's here

shasta reports from here. as the change of power in the crane revived ties with the moscow talks of the key of joining the customs union between russia bell there was some tasks that began a possible move many experts describe as highly beneficial for all sides the world of the goods and services produced in ukraine more or less meat market standards and are needed in these countries and the larger the market the more countries specialize in producing certain goods at the moment all of the new russian beliefs ukrainian cassocks can produce competing goods and are not using their natural advantages customs union will help them become more focused at the same time have great never hit its aspirations to join the european union and despite moscow's reassurances that a customs union can co-exist with a free trade space with europe we would all members of the customs union join the w.t. only its presence is no hindrance to this process russia which is also a member of the customs union will seek the creation of the three trade zone with

the european union i hope that this time isn't going to be a long runs constant russell did not seem to have cried trying to sit on the tears as a stern warning to ukraine came from the european parliament which said should the country join the customs union with russia who are still the e.u. will be shot for ever for ukraine and despite this statement coming not from the highest ranks in the e.u. it caused heated debate and. now the post survey it states hides itself at the crossroads president going to be trying to negotiate between the east and the west creating a special commission on deepening ties with the customs union we don't try to choose between true paternity is really a try to find a formula that would let us use both for the benefit of our economy and unfortunately a strong position of our european partners is that your brain cannot be a member of graft and union if it wants to have a free trade area so that's why we have to and we do certain. formula can.

be close but not present. to be a good fraction of. the russian go to thunder and economic sphere but north becoming a full scale member experts say it is impossible to tell whether such a formula would be pretty stressed that the demographer most ukrainian goods and orders would definitely be higher in the us a market that in the. room of the european market is huge but it has very high standards and is heavily regulated it's really difficult to work there even from some european producers in ukraine would struggle to fit in the market in the questions you need smaller but the goods produced by ukraine will be on high demand there while key of carefully balancing between the east and the west are towards your ukrainians say that describes european basters seemingly greener russia is arthel closer to the ground are not only geopolitically lets you assess the r.t.

of course from kiev ukraine. but she's the first woman at the helm of one of the world's most powerful financial organizations but the new i.m.f. chief christine lagarde isn't shy away from putting that having heard of the earth problems on her shoulders vanished account is more on the implications of the appointments for the global economy because 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 carrying the international monetary fund could be more important than ever for europe i think that's my. intimate knowledge of those mechanisms. of the european community and the eurozone of its many leaders can help the guard's main competitor was augustine carstens from mexico who argued her point man would only add to the perception of i.m.f.

wyatt's there could be some conflict of interest i mean up in the they know they mean war or constitution will be it will europe know so we'll have to see toys from where they were born or stormin eight 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 only suggest i am have guy is has had a negative effect on the world economy and they would use their monopoly over. and force certain policies. on countries in policy as there were no 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 investor connelly's which it definitely did not spot they missed it too big or biggest asset bubbles in

the history of the world i think they didn't want to go against their friends on wall street and others there were making a fortune at that time some experts say the intimacy between the i.m.f. and us corporations is a matter of concern all of the big decisions that 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 had best the interests of aviation giants like boeing and lockheed martin helping them to seal move to billion dollar deals that you are seeing here of the. christine lagarde 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 their reporting from washington r.t. . if you've missed something we're covering on eric and i always catch that online here's a taste of what's there for you right now to go. a man astray and he gets live behind bars after murdering his two year old daughter to get back at his ex partner but before stabbing the child to death you now is to his attention on facebook. and get all the latest from moscow star studded international film festival where a spanish movie snatches the top prize for more glitz and glamour log on to artsy dot com. japan says it will list at the rector for some districts around the stricken focus even nuclear plan that requires people to evacuate in an emergency if necessary the measures are to be considered when an initial step to bring the plans under control is completed in mid july but as artie's schon thomas found out many no longer trust the government's promises. in

a culture that is generally non-confrontational and obedient when thousands take to the streets of tokyo against nuclear energy it is a serious sign of discontent if after the stresses it is true that the people are more conscious and we need to take advantage of it this is the first time since the second world war the japanese people of north trust in the government he wants to be a coastal city devastated by the earthquake the tsunami and on the edge of the radiation exclusion zone he's starting on the long road to recovery but the people living here see the government just isn't doing enough from the city hall york city they said different things not perfect or they said different things and the government they said different things. they are not together. or still part of the country last year they are apart but some believe it is too early to tell what the real dangers of the situation or scientists know that large doses of radiation given in

one blast is a significant health threat but they say there isn't enough information about long term exposure to lower doses of radiation and the types of damage it can do if you take it here or right your radiation level and then you can get briefs and then you take water you always feel have different values because it's so close and it's so changing so you can hardly say but it's really exceeds what a normal person would have a year one of the frightening things about this entire incident is that there are no concrete boundaries that can clearly guarantee your safety one example is this looks like a beautiful wife green valley behind me but in fact this is the very head of a twenty kilometer exclusion value that the government has set up in fact we tried to get a little bit closer but were supported by a police officer and a couple of personnel now although this is a perfectly a safe area the radiation levels here are still brain seven and ten times higher than normal whether from misinformation or mis understanding the people who live in

the affected areas don't always take the proper precautions here a volunteer works to clean up toxic radioactive hot spots with hardly any protection at all a problem that some say is compounded by government propaganda accentuating the benefits while neglecting to inform about the dangers of nuclear waste. the first thing the government should do is let the citizens know the real cost of nuclear energy until now the priority has been to profit from energy the p.r. machine of the government has been emphasising the benefit of nuclear energy and the citizens have been brainwashed to believe it now in the wake of an international crisis and there are allegations that the government and the power companies have worked only deal to help each other and that the media. has been blown off the t.v. channels need the money from advertisement and the nuclear energy companies pay a lot with at this money they cannot survive and for that reason i have to shut up about the situation the newspapers have this problem as well a move that if true keeps the important information hidden from the people saving

face for those in charge in japan showing thomas. let's turn now to some of today's world news in brief thailand's holding general election that it's hoped will and the country's long running political crisis incumbent prime minister faces a tough struggle against the opposition whose victory would bring the country's first ever female premier violent political protests have repeatedly shaken thailand since the former government was toppled in a military coup in two thousand and six. as well as chief has ruled out the arrest of four senior members of his group suspected of the assassination of former lebanese premier rafi couriering instead of sadness ross said a special tribunal investigating the deaths should be asking questions of israel he also rejected each and every accusation by the un based court saying the charges were and a tap on his movement hariri was killed along with twenty two others in february

two thousand and five in beirut like huge bomb exploded as his motorcade passed by . eleven people including young children have been killed in mexico after tropical storm arlene drenched the country with heavy rains most victims died after being buried alive and their homes by mudslides or drowning in powerful streams it landed season's first tropical storm came ashore over mexico central gulf coast early on thursday almost three hundred thousand have been left homeless or otherwise affected by the storm. will shortly watch our special report on life in cairo's garbage village. before that i'll be back with the top stories of the week .

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