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today's top stories in our view of the week twelve billion euros in aid are coming to the rescue of greece's economy while violent protest against improved our new cards shook the country. wanted for crimes against humanity as the international criminal court issues and arrest warrant for the could obvious the son of the libyan leader 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 seized in court following what activists believe is 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 be slashed. one

pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with me we take a look at the top stories of the week 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 but people raged against tough new cuts and tax hikes which were needed to secure the second handout he faced with twenty eight billion euros worth of austerity measures protesters gathered 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 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 but financial journalist demand phina 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 is 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 or constitutional scholars and former members of the government they claim that the measure actively unconstitutional the first place because you need one hundred eighty members of parliament to pass this 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 discovered 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 can. it is not

just massive injuries 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 government 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 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 sukkot 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 and people are very angry here and the very upset and they understand what's going on and understand these measures are

not going to help them and their future. the spine of violent protests e.u. officials have welcomed the greek a stereo measure saying the move will help the country get back on to a path of recovery but tara 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 friends really cheap the politicians only represent the people that give the most amount of money so that people know that so there it's going to can. she knew 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 all 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 the. that was gerald celente from the u.s. based trans research institute talking about how a stereo 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 center will not cooperate with the tribunals demand in an exclusive interview with r.t. colonel gadhafi son saif al islam who is also under the court's arrest warrant says

international justice is nothing more than a sham the score because it is a court come on the accuse me of killing people over to the sentence. against. the capital punishment so they decided to kill. and did kill my brother and destroyed my house so this is me to excuse you so now you are talking about me three months ago you go to kill me. after me every day you are trying to find me and to give me over there my brother so number two just to tell you that the supreme court under the table they are trying to negotiate with us a deal of this the. of the court what does it means is is controlled by those countries. which attack us every day it's just to put.

political pressure. and you can see the full interview with saif al islam next hour here in r t or you can find it online 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 members who should be held to account for the bombing campaign artie's maria for national investigative 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 hardly hating the targets of military value well

call say these telecommunications towers so thick to stop the torrent of destroyed in a time tag carried this is a safe way to strikes and they've also accidentally burned two cars and killed two civilians since then there is no t.v. in this area and as we can see phone lot has also been disrupted. there is no water and no electricity what used to be heaven this man says has become hell what was home now seems unfamiliar. i suppose 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 break 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 front

line the more you feel it you can hear the war and you can even read it on. jobs just before the bombs arrive. bass runs as you can see there is a sign here in arabic but nato is here to leave it to 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. regulators major parties where the front line is 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 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.

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 staff with friends gathered after work. related with my colleagues then there was a we knew what that was we trying to help those trapped in the helicopters came in and started to shoot at us. from one street to another the stories are repeated really conserve our program i live. in the food they know it so every minute of every day every day but i'm being a big kid our civilians lived another war really from this country this is from libya well those voices become more and more frequent is the sound of exploding bombs and warplanes the drones that.

so i had here on our t.v. no man's land french finance minister christine lagarde steps into the global economy stempel as the first woman ever to head the international monetary fund. and signs of discontent as to pan's government promises to relax restrictions on locals living near the stricken nuclear plant 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 iran in the year athens on friday campaigners claim greece is working under the orders of israel and the us taylor 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 and she says people are still determined to carry on with their mission despite greece's actions.

at the open the captain of the american ship knew what he was doing and he was determined in his attempt to johnny pooled i talked to the captain of the ship and he's ready to. get your mission he says there should be new strains the lawyers say greece is banning the ships leaving it is unmoved the greek government gave no grounds are going to stop the flotilla in the first place activists remain optimistic. i believe the fact of the flotilla has cool such a stern is because the symbol of enormous moral strength israel has been spreading speculation there are chemical weapons on board but if it were true the ships would have been sued every nook and cranny fame era can ship is only carrying three thousand letters john children and that's what is really easy for you don't know writing it scares you the whole mission was drawing soo much attention to the international blockade of gaza and it's making phenomenal efforts to stop the ships from getting to their destination point. that was or to correspond to the work of

a hose on board one of the ships stopped by greek authorities from sailing to gaza . on thursday the u.k. part of the came to hold was more than half of all state schools forced to close and destruction broader 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 the retirement age or am it followed the action down tools up with industrial action and also my 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. but. it's. a good thing yeah it will take. the changes that make it

a pension but it necessary to it's a way to address so i think we do need to make cutbacks in something. cried and cried teacher which is why so much of 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 apple a says his one point. three million members already a prolonged industrial action and we're almost a war footing we've got thirty million pain set aside and we've got a strategy work but i must strangers that's not what we want to do we want to talk to the government and negotiate a sensible package nor the ridiculous package they're proposing at 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 salary 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 of a cop it turned the burden falls on to the next generation a great is absolutely essential that public sector pensions are reformed and even after they are reformed public sector workers will get far better 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 to 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 at the white issue here according to the union u.k. pension fund you to put it in the campaign economy if public sector work it's no don't to think that pensions what while they may stop contributing to that if it was a widespread withdrawal pension funds would collapse and that would leave u.k. p.l.c. very source of investment just what it means that more than ever lower and it ought to be looked 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 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 but there is another candidate which could soon become part of this new born enterprise. reports from. as the change of power in crane revived ties with the moscow talks of the key of joining the customs union between russia belarus and thousands 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 meet 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 miller loose ukrainian concept stand produced competing goods and are not using their natural advantages childers customs union will help them become more focused at the same time you crave never hit 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 would all members of the customs union join the door its 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 that 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 door still the e.u. will be shut 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 trooper two ninety three and 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 ukraine cannot be a member of kraft and tyranny and if it was true how refrigerator so that's why we have to and we do search and. formula that can allow us to be a close partner of customs union to be good to fracture of. 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 portis 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 for 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 on high demand there while key of this carefully balancing between the east and the west for two or two of ukrainians say that despite european pastures being seemingly greener. to roll closer to them are not only geopolitically lets you assess the r.t. reports of chronic e.u. ukraine. christine legarde has become the first woman at the helm of one of the

world's most powerful financial organizations but the new i'm after isn't shying away from putting that have the burden of the earth problems on her shoulders than it should count as more on the implications of the appointment 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 chairing the international monetary fund could be more important than ever for europe i think that. 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 appointment would only add to the perception of i.m.f. bias there could be some conflict of interest i mean at the end of the day now the main borel are institutional will be it will rule europe so we'll have to see to

asia where they will roll or stormin eighteen to create their 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 and they would use their monopoly over. to force certain policies. on countries in policies there were not in their actual 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 divest the interests of favor 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 lies 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. . and if you've missed something we're covering air can always catch an online

here's a taste of what's there for you right now. a man in this trailer gets to live behind bars after murdering his two year old daughter to get back at his ex partner but before stabbing the child to death he announced his intention on facebook. and get a round up of the action from this year's moscow international film festival were a spanish movie snatch the top prize for all the glitz and glamor log on to our t.v. 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 plant under control was completed in mid july but as artie's shon thomas found out manny el longer trusts 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 he was a 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 like york city they said different things not perfect or they said different things and the government is a different things. they end up together the. part of the country. they are a part 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. at ideation level and then you check debriefs and when 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 works like a beautiful lush green valley behind me but in fact this is the very head of the twenty kilometer exclusion zone 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 taco if they're still 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. and i was take a look at some other stories from around the world in thailand as the polls show

the opposition party is on course for a majority victory in the country's general election the party is headed by the sister of an ousted prime minister the elections hope to and the country's long running political crisis violent protests have repeatedly shaken thailand since the former government was toppled in a military coup in two thousand and six. as boss chief has ruled out the arrest of four senior members of his group suspected of the assassination of former lebanese premier rafi career instead assad in this role law said 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 hariri was killed along with twenty two others in february two thousand and five in beirut want to 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 in their homes months lives 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 severe weather. well shortly we discover the story of. the widely known saudi dissident constantly hounded by the k.g.b. and yet oppressed by the country's leadership that's after a recap of our week's stories in a moment.