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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. wanted for crimes against humanity as the international criminal court issues an arrest warrant for the copies 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 being slashed or. not

i am in 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 the eurozone has agreed to extend a lifeline to the. canonically crippled country the 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 they 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 manny demonstrators were detained 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 coffee in a says the greek government has simply bought itself a stay of execution. i think the people here are 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 square i think the only real option for them right now for the protesters and for the greek people is if some sort of political option or movement develops out of the society out of the ranks of ordinary people who are intelligent or capable who come from 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 going to see a fall of this government at some point i said if things go it really of the violence is a really big issue because if if the violence if this results in casualties not

just massive injuries then that's going to that's going to lead to a collapse of this government will that mean that the next government will come in and actually do something productive maybe maybe not but then the governor will have to fall to i don't see the people in this country lying down one of the things that is circulating around here is a video that shows police not just police brutality but there's a lot of that but also police. working with provocateurs agent provocateurs 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 pharmaceutical 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 tear gas there were other chemicals and 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 breathe people inside the metro station not being able to breathe a lot before the hospital for that reason that people are very angry here in the

very upset and they understand what's going on and understand these measures are not going to help them and their future. the spite of violent protests e.u. officials have welcomed the greek measure saying the move will help the country get back on to path of recovery but jared slanty from the u.s. based trans research institute believes the measures are actually a way to rescue the banks at the people's expense the banks are failing and they want the people to bail them out because they after all they don't like to take a hit these big guys so they call it austerity measures and privatization the i.m.f. is nothing more than the international mafia federation they had a long shocks of last resort and the people know it they call it privatization adults call it stealing valuable public assets and selling it to your friends really cheap 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 a 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 austerity measures what do they really bring all they bring a lot more poverty although 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 the. 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 libya's colonel qadhafi accusing 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 in an exclusive

interview with r.t. her son saif al islam was also under the court's arrest warrants international justice is nothing more than a sham. the score. of court come on the accuse me of killing people with the sentence against. capital punishment so they decided to kill me and and did kill my brother and destroy the house so there is me to execute you so now you are talking about me today months ago you said to give me and you are after me every day you are trying to find me and to give me over there my brother. number two just to tell you that the supreme court under the table they are trying to negotiate with us a deal to have this the weave ticket of the court what does mean it means it is controlled by those countries. which attack us every day it's just to put.

political pressure that. 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 of the reasons feel a criminal court is just a cover for nader's attempts to kill colonel gadhafi saying it's the alliance members who should be held to account for the bombing campaign artillery 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 brag is 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. 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 only hit in the targets of military value well call say these telecommunications towers so take ten minutes west of the town of. troy in a time now this is a safe thing to strikes and they've also accidentally burned to cars and killed two civilians since then there is no t.v. in this area and as we can see the phone lot has also been disrupted. there is no water and no. what used to be happened this man says has become hell towards home now. 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 the small pool not far from bragg even gas used to flow to europe . we used to produce fuel to send it to them you know see they destroy it all

this is terrible and ridiculous at the same time the closer you get to the frontline the more you feel it you can hear the war and you can even read it on. jobs just before the bombs arrive. this runs has as you can see there is a sign here in arabic but nato is here in libya to enforce and i'll fly zone over the country to protect civilians on the other side there was another sign also in arabic saying that nato can attack any place at any time. any time happened three times over several hours while we were. regulators major parties where the front line was dividing the country into two parts into two swear one side is going to put one flashpoint between the rebels and gadhafi forces it's a very important point to quote the case 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. while it looks like the civilian population can hardly say.

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 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 tried to help those trapped in the helicopters came in and started to shoot at us. someone. this story is a repeat. of our problem i live. in the food they know it so every minute of every day every day by being a big kid they were civilians but they have been nothing. while they become more and more frequent is the sound of exploding bombs and warplanes the drones that. cheaply. still

have here on our t.v. no man's land french finance minister christine legarde steps into the global economies temple 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 blockaded palestinian territory were stopped in the port of paramount near athens on friday campaigners claim greece is working on your of the order is israel and the us the flotilla is drawing parallels to the gaza bow convoy that was stormed by israeli marines last year and resulted in the deaths of nine people and i

t 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. you need not what you said you're not 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 to block their ships in their harbors are lawyers for the freedom flotilla are saying that greek government's actions are unlawful because the ships cannot be prohibited from going to gaza and they should not be restrained from freely weaving 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 the free gaza flotilla are harmless most are elderly many over sixty and even seventy. that was our to respond and that is the work of our who is on board one of the ships stopped by a greek authorities from sailing to gaza. in the u.k.

partly came to a halt 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 action down tools up with industrial action and all some of discontent starts here this time it's the public sector workers walking out on happy with the planned reform of their pensions which they say will see them paying a lot more and getting a lot less. pay than. i was familiar with seven feet will be back in take six k. street where it's going to take sixty why the changes that i may consider pensions or very necessary to it's way to address so i think we do need to make cutbacks in things like being. tried to teach it branches by so much as it is to these people

do a huge variety of key work from teaches and lecturers to air traffic controllers and coast guards unisons the u.k.'s biggest public sector trade union deputy chief bulb abil a says his one point three million members already footprint industrial action we're almost a war footing and we've got thirty million pain set 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 nor the ridiculous package of their proposal at the moment that package involves raising the retirement age from sixty to sixty six raising pension contributions by workers anti. payouts based on average career earnings rather than final fallacy 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 sector workers do already get very generous pensions and the cost of those pensions is very much under the carpet and the burden falls on to the next generation that really is absolutely essential that public sector pensions are reformed than even after they are reformed public sector workers will get solved at a pensions and most private sector workers the unions want to apply enough pressure to force the government to change its mind and it's no stranger to you turns it was hell bent on reforming the health service too until it decided to take longer to think about it causing friction in the coalition the government is 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 white issue here according to the new u.k. pension fund fugitive but they didn't pay for that made it public back to work you

know don't think that pensions are what while they may stop contributing to that if that was a widespread withdrawal pension funds would collapse and that would leave u.k.p. i would be very short of investment just what it means that more than ever your avatar to be loved at. the borders between russia belarus and kazakhstan have been broken down when it comes to trade as july the 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 candidate which could soon become part of this new born enterprise and it's here shasta reports from kenya as the change of power in the crane revived ties with the moscow talks of the of joining the customs union between russia brother was something. began a possible move many experts describe as highly beneficial for all sides the word of the goods and services produced in ukraine are 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 but at the moment all of the russian really loose ukrainian cancer produced competing goods and are not using their natural advantages customs union will help them become more focused at the same time he craned never had its aspirations to join the european union and despite moscow's reassurances that the customs union can co-exist with the free trade space with europe we with the members of the customs union join the don't it's presence is no hindrance to this process russia which is also a member of the customs union will seek the creation of the free trade zone with the european union i hope this time isn't going to be long runs constant brussels did not seem too happy to cry trying to sit on top cheers as a stern warning to ukraine came from the european parliament which said should the country join the customs union with russia or 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 in kiev now the post soviet states finds itself at the crossroads president going to court which trying to negotiate between the east and the west created a special commission on deepening ties with the customs union we don't try to choose between trip or to notice we try to find the formulas. used. for the benefit of our economy and unfortunately strong position of our european partners is that ukraine cannot be a member of providence union if it wants to have a free trade area so that's why we have to and we do searching for a formula that can allow us to be close part of customs union to be a good diffract. the russian government on an economic sphere but north becoming a full scale member experts say it is impossible to tell whether such

a formula would be found but maybe stressed that the demand for most ukrainian goods and port use would definitely be higher in the us in 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 ukraine would struggle to fit in the market in the customs union a smaller but the goods produced by ukraine would be in high demand there while key your risk your holy balancing between the east and the west fertility of ukrainians say that despite european pastures being seemingly greener. to roll closer to the ground are not only geopolitically lets you assess the reports and promptly you ukraine. she's the first woman at the helm of one of the world's most powerful financial organizations but the new i am asked to leave christine lagarde isn't shy away from putting to have a burden of the earth problems on her shoulders ganesh account is more on the

implications of the appointment for the global economy. christine lagarde appointment keeps the 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 i think that's more. intimate knowledge of those mechanisms. of the european community and the eurozone of its many leaders can help the guards main competitor was augustine carstens from mexico who argued her point mind would only add to the perception of i.m.f. bias there could be some conflict of interest i mean up in those they know their main borel are institutional with u.v. 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.m.f. bias has had a negative effect on the world's economy they would use their monopoly over credit . to force certain policies. on countries in policies there were not in their 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 big or 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 at 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 advanced the interests of aviation giants like boeing and lockheed martin helping them to seal multibillion 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 gonna check the 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 at or to go. a man in a stray 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 his attention on facebook. and get all the latest from moscow star studded international film festival where spanish movie snatches the top prize for more glitz and glamour a log on to our t. dot com. japan says it will lift a directive for some districts around the stricken nuclear plant 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 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 this crisis 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 have no trust in the government. coastal city devastated by the earthquake the tsunami and on the edge of the radiation exclusion zone is starting on the long road to recovery but the people living here say the government just isn't doing enough from the city hall city they said different things not perfect they said different things in the government they said different things. the steep part of the country. they are apart but some believe it is too early to tell what the real dangers of the situation or scientist to 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 check it here. at ideation level and then each a good breeze and then you take water you always feel half 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 by 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 lush green valley behind me but in fact this is the very head of the twenty kilometer exclusion value that the government has set up in fact we're trying to get a little bit closer but were escorted out by a police officer and a couple of now although this is supposed to be a safe area the radiation levels here are still between seven and ten times higher than normal weather for 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 out a deal to help each other and that the media. has been bought 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 imbrie thailand's holding a 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 tile and since the former government was toppled at a military coup in two thousand and six. as well as t.v. has ruled out the arrest of four senior members of the group suspected of the assassination of former lebanese premier courier instead of sadness ross said a special tribunal investigating the death should be asking questions of israel he also rejected each and every accusation by the un court saying the charges were an attack on his movement hariri was killed along with twenty two others in february two thousand and five in beirut where a 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 of victims died after being buried alive and their homes by mudslides or drowning in powerful streams that 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. well 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.