why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy cars report on. today's top stories in a review of the week twelve billion euros an e.u. a coming to the rescue of greece's economy while violent protest against approved harsh new cuts to the contrary. want to pull crimes against humanity as the international criminal court issues and arrest warrant for the could obvious the son of the levy leader a lashes out at the decision exclusively telling r.t. the court is corrupt. a u.s. captain of a gaza flotilla ship is arrested by greek authorities after several vessels were season pork following what activists go we've as pressure from israel and the u.s.

. have asked walk out of public sector workers hit schools airports and job centers across the u.k. as people protested against their pensions being slashed. what you are is he coming to live from moscow this sunday morning we're bringing you the top stories of the week greece has a right to into some of the worst civil some of the worst civil unrest it's seen this week s. thousands of angry protesters flooded the streets of athens the eurozone has agreed to expand 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 the stare your first protesters gathered in front of the parliament building they threw stones. police smashed windows and set fire to

property police responded with tear gas and stun grenades dozens from both sides were injured while many 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 imagery caffyn us says the greek government has simply bought itself a stay of execution. i think that people here 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 a movement develops out of the society out of the ranks of ordinary people who are intelligent who are capable who come from universities who have some idea of what the country needs according to scholars here in greece for constitutional scholars and former members of the government they claim that the measure complete unconstitutional the first place because you need one hundred eighty members of

parliament to pass this legislation first of all second of all they can pass whatever they like but if the people don't agree to it and that 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 some point i've said of things 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 in the government have to fall to i don't see the people in this country lying down one of the things that is circulating here is a video that shows police not just police brutality it was 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 karma super 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 a succeeding agents and that's why you see a lot of people here 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 for the hospital for that reason people are very angry here and they're very upset and they understand what's going on and then are sent these measures are not going to help them and their future. this kind of violent protests. officials have welcomed the greek austerity measure saying the move will help the country get back into the path of recovery but jared's lindsay from the u.s. based trans research institute police the measures are actually a way to rescue the banks at people's expense the banks are failing and they want their people to bail them out because if they're 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 are 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 to your friends really cheaply 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 bow 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 how they bring a lot more poverty oh they bring a worse g d p o they bring more unemployment so the politicians are doing nothing more than the bidding for those that pay them or. from the u.s. base trans researches to talk about how sturdy measures are going to affect the greek population. on monday the international criminal court issued an arrest

warrant for a levy is colonel gadhafi excusing him of crimes against humanity that hague has grounds to believe he ordered attacks on civilians during the beginning of lidia's unrest with scores thought to have been killed the african union said it will not cooperate was the tribunals today and in an exclusive interview with r t colonel gadhafi cites a pound of missiles under the court's arrest warrant says international justice it's nothing more than a show. the score is it is it is in a can of course come on the accused of killing people over it would be the sentence against the overview of the capital punishment so they decided to can read and. understood kill my brother and destroy the house so it's you and me to excuse the so now you are talking wild irish to me to be months ago you go to kill me and you are after me every day you are trying to find me and to give me a billion of other so you support number two just to tell you that is

a record i look at what we are trying to negotiate with a deal to get to this the we will take care of the course what does that mean that means is that is controlled by those countries. which attack us every day it's just support. political pressure that. you can see the full interview was safe on islam next hour here in r.t. or you can find it on our web site r.t. . 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 artist marie is 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 of his lines with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled the

involvement. this is what's left of the civilian airport in the siege of. homes in one of the country's key older fineries the last plane took off from this runway just hours before it was hit places they said it's only hit in the targets of military value well call say these telecommunications towers some fifteen minutes west of the tower to be destroyed in a time of time this is say they've been two strikes and they've also accidentally hit. two cars and killed two civilians and 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 to. what used to be heaven this man says has become hell it was home now susan familiar. i have nine children and i send them all to my relatives abroad

i don't want them to see their mother and sister condition. from the small cause not far from dr even gas used to flow to europe. we used to produce feel to send it to them 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 a jew's leaflet jobs just before the bombs arrive. this run sad as it is you can see the reason here in arabic that nato is here believe it or in force and i'll fly zone over the country to protect civilians on the other side there is another sign also in arabic saying that nato can attack any place at any time. any time happened three times over several hours while we were healing regulators major world power is where the frontline lies dividing the country the two parts into two swear one side has been

a frequent flashpoint between the rebels and gadhafi forces it's a very important point it's a quote case it's in a firm hand on this count would mean taking control over the country's economy all facilities seem to be a rare target of nato bombs never land on. a civilian population can hardly skate. they were like my family i had just gone to the shops 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 waited with my colleagues then there was a we knew what that was we tried to help those trapped helicopters came in and started to shoot at us. from one street to another the stories are a key change. our program only really didn't interfere when one through this imagine everybody everybody had when being

a big kid they were civilians who lived another visit contribution is probably via well those voices become more and more frequent as the sound of exploding bombs and warplanes the drones that. tripoli. french are still ahead this hour here in our t.v. french finance minister christine lagarde steps into the global economy well as the first woman ever to head the international monetary fund and discover why marry russian orphans find life even harder as a three out of them when they were in care. the captain of a gaza aid ship has been arrested by greek authorities after trying to leave port without permission several ships were activist and few minutes hearing aid for the walk aid of palestinian territory were stopped in the port of karami or athens on friday campaigners claim greece is working under the orders of israel and the us

the flotilla is drawing parallels to the gaza bound convoy that was stormed by israeli marines last year and resulted in the deaths of nine people at r.t. correspondent is on board one of the ships that's been seized she says people are still determined to carry on with their mission despite greece's actions. he need not wonder if you're not looking to will not give up there are twelve members of the european and other national parliaments among the free gaza activists and they're trying to pull strings to boost their governments to influence greece's decision to block the ships in its harbors and noise from the freedom flotilla are saying the greek government's actions are unlawful because the ships cannot be prohibited from going to gaza and they should not be restrained from leaving freely i've seen every part of the ship i'm on and there are no weapons or anything that could be. users work and the people who participate in the free gaza flotilla are harmless most are elderly many are over sixty and even seventy. that

was r.t. correspondent. who is on board one of the ships started by greek authorities from sailing to gaza. on thursday the u.k. part that came to a halt was more than half of all state schools forced to close and disruption to air and ground transport hundreds of thousands of civil servants to the streets advanced the government's plans to slash their pensions and increase the retirement age lauren it fold the action. down tools are with industrial action and autumn of discontent starts here this time it's 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 they're going to fish might. get lucky if i work for me to think that if it looked ok with it if it was it changes that it make it eventually or very necessary to fix the way to address it so i think we do

need to make cutbacks in things like being. 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 paul babel a says his one point three million members already for prolonged industrial action we're almost a war footing we've got thirty million pain sets 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 that 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 this pensions is very much returned to the cockpit and the burden falls on to the next generation it really is absolutely essential that public sector pay. reformed and even after their reforms public sector workers will get small but the pensions and this 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's doing this to reduce occurrence fifty billion dollars 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 to pay part of the public sector work it's no joke that they have had since what while it made me stop contributing to that there was a widespread we told pension funds would collapse and that would leave you k. p.l.o. the very short of it investments just what it needs it more than ever nor am it r.t. not that. the borders between russia belarus and cause a scot have been broken down when it comes to trade as july the first customs union joined 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 for there is another candidate which could soon become part of this newborn enterprise next year cesky reports from. as the change of power in the crane revived ties with moscow talks of the of joining the customs union between russia belarus and thousands that began a course that will move many are described as highly beneficial for all sides the

world of goods and services produced in ukraine more or less meet market standards and are needed in these countries and the larger the market the more countries specialize in producing certain goods but i can almost all of illusory crane in kazakhstan and use computing goods that are not using their natural advantages customs union will help them become more focused at the same time ukraine never hit its aspirations to join the european union and has quite moscow's reassurances that the customs union can co-exist with a free trade space with europe we would all members of the customs union join the don't own its presence is no hindrance to this process russia which is also a member because the union will seek the creation of the free trade zone with the european union i hope that this task isn't going to be a long run constant gracile good not seem too happy at trying to sit on 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. well the post soviet states prides itself at a 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 trooper tinnitus we try to find the formula for us use boost for the benefit of our economy and unfortunately strong position of our european partners is that ukraine cannot be a member of craft and syrian if it was to her refrigerator and so that's why we have to and we do searching for a formula that can allow our earth to be close partners presence union to be good to fracture for part of the russia russian cover sun and 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 many stressed that the market for most ukrainian goods at cordis would definitely be higher in the russian market that in the e.u. or the european market is huge but it has very high standards and heavy regulation which it's really difficult to work there even for some european producers ukraine would struggle to fit in a market in the customs union a smaller produced by ukraine would be in high demand there while key of this carefully balancing between the east and the west frontier it's your view craning and say that despite european pastures being seemingly greener russia is after all those that are not only geopolitically lets you assess the artsy reports and promptly you. he's the first woman at the helm of one of the world's most powerful handel organizations but the new i am after chief christine lagarde isn't shying

away from putting the heavy burden of the earth's problems on her shoulders plan if she can is more on the implications of the points for the global economy. 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 saying. 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 meant would only add to the perception of i.m.f. by its cooping some call for me to feign threats i mean that in those they know they mean borel's things and pollution will be a rule of europe so we'll have a situation where there were or still many many to me and to create the

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 clients has had a negative effect on the world economy and they would use their monopoly over. force certain policies. on countries in seas 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 advanced economies which it definitely did not spot they missed the two bigger biggest s. or bowls in history of the world i think they didn't want to go again so all their friends on wall street and others there were making a fortune and some experts say the intimacy between the i.m.f.

and us corporations is a matter of concern all of the big decisions at the i.m.f. are made by the us treasury department then you had of the i.m.f. is more than familiar with the us 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 multi-billion dollar deals that you are seeing here of the. first the in love are 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. . if you've missed something we're covering it here and you can always catch it online here's a taste of what's there for you right now. a man of his trail you get sly behind

bars after murdering his two year old guard back at his ex partner before stabbing the child to death you know intention on facebook. and gather round up of the action from this year's moscow international film festival where a spanish movie snatch the top prize for all the glitz and glamor a log onto our t.v. dot com. russian orphans face a tough childhood but life as an adult can be even worse all the government legally has to provide housing for anyone leaving care a spear all of the reports all too frequently that doesn't happen. in deliberations. this looks more like a prime candidate for demolition than a family home bird's twenty two year old mother of two lena is being told by social services that she's stuck here. perhaps they haven't seen this place inside they

keep telling us true parents home how they live here they showed me a paper on how to build a house i told them that i had no phones i had no job i had to take care of kids and i ended up going to place they said it's the top problem and you know grew up in an orphanage in the city of tire under russian law she should have received state housing once she left the institution. was given saline is modeled by the state and despite having no money she's been told. that the situation is 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 i mean it is there's no way a family can live here however here is exactly where the authorities have told her that she should bring up children i mean his 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 out smaller you know when they're little and everybody loves to help them with this but presents them things. whereas in actual fact if the people in me but they get bigger and that's really where we need to be standing is that the housing is one of those big needs for all things leaving care it's also in short supply and. we need certain calculations for one region and found out that if a child is number ten thousand in a queue for housing it would take them some three and a half thousand years to actually get a flat 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 currently only administrative penalties can be imposed on anyone standing in the way of those leaving care get on housing alexander gears all of a form often himself as a campaigner for all and rights he wants to see the courts more involved. in my

phone 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. the change in the law might help people in the future but lena needs the find a solution right now. i don't ask them all the mothers and even homes to raise their children and i have even because if you knew the rules or because they're not allowed to move because it's been for me to family some people are trying to poke me but all their efforts have been in vain. these are all of the. very. bells take a look at some other stories from around the world thailand's holding a general election that's hope will and the country's long running political crisis the incumbent prime minister faces a tough struggle against the opposition whose victory will bring the country's

first ever female premier violent political protests have repeatedly shaken tile and since the former government was toppled in a military coup in two thousand and six. as balls chief has ruled out the arrest of four senior members of his group suspected of the nation of former lebanese premier a fee career instead of sadness for a loss at a special tribunal investigating the death should be asking questions of israel he also rejected each and every accusation by the un based court saying the charges were an attack on his movement however he was killed along with twenty two others in february two thousand and five in beirut when i see 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 in their homes by mudslides or drowning in powerful streams it landed season 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. shortly we explore how georgia has changed since the collapse of the soviet union but before that i'll be back to remind you of the week's top stories state. of.

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