today's top stories and a review of the week here on our team twelve billion euros in ada coming to the rescue of greece's economy while violent protests against approved harsh new cuts shook the country. wanted for crimes against humanity as the international criminal court issues and arrest warrant for the khadafy he's the son of the libyan leader lashes out at the decision exclusively telling our see that the court is corrupt. a u.s. the captain of a guards a ship was arrested by greek orthography after several vessels were seized in port it's following what activists believe is pressure from israel and the u.s.

. ambassador walk out of public sector workers hit schools airports and job centers across the u.k. as people protested against their pensions are being slashed. we're watching at the weekly here on our seats where we highlight the top stories of the week this week greece erupted into some of the worst civil unrest it's seen as thousands of angry protesters flooded the streets of athens could eurozone has agreed to extend a lifeline to the economically crippled country but people raged against tough new cuts and the tax hikes which were needed to secure the second hand out faced with twenty eight billion euros worth of austerity measures protesters are gathered in front of the parliament building they threw stones at police the smashed windows and steps private property police responded with tear gas and stun grenades doesn't

. both sides were injured while many demonstrators were detained the e.u. and the international monetary fund to release an extra twelve billion euros in the next two weeks without greece will default on its loans when days but financial journalist. says the greek government has a sin people 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 parlor building across the street from the constitution where 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 for a movement develops out of a 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 where 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 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 discover at some point i've said of things it really of the violence is a really big issue because if it's a violent 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 that governments have to fall too 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 with 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 situation 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. 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 for the hospital for that reason people are very angry here and a very upset and they understand what's going on and instead these measures are not going to help them and their future. as the greeks cry out against the tough austerity measures it's the germans who are going to bear the brunt of many and out markets says that the greek rescue package is a result of the e.u. sphere of contagion and puts athens creditors at risk people believe that the greek crisis and i create a contagion to other. economies politicians are afraid of people who are afraid take very very unreasonable decisions first as it was to allow greece to have very very generous credit last year a credit to a sovereign country means that as a sovereign country has will be improved as

a paper. all people have creditors will remain at risk so we are in a very very dangerous phase of european monetary policy. institutional policy because we have stayed away straight away from the institutional. laid down in the treated there every night on the ninth and tenth of may under french influence of the european economic. community and in particular. has been redesigned without any vote by populations who have consented to giving up their money for the germans and they're. very bitterly i fear and i was a lawyer marcus cover talking about what the greek bailout means for the wider euro zone. on monday the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for libya's colonel qadhafi accusing him of crimes against humanity but he has grounds

to believe that he ordered attacks on civilians during the beginning of the. he was under arrest with scores for to be killed the african union said it will not cooperate with the tribunals tomorrow and in an exclusive interview with r.t. colonel gadhafi his son saif al islam is also under the court's arrest warrant says the international justice is nothing more than a sham. because it is a mickey mouse court come on the accuse me of killing people over to the north of the sentence. against those of you committed punishment so they decided to kill and kill and lead kill my brother and destroy the house so this is you and me to excuse so you know you are talking while i recently did a month ago or so to kill me and you are after me every day you are trying to confine me on to give me really i'm a brother so this is number one number two just to tell you that the supreme court a little what they are trying to negotiate with a deal to get there is the we've to curator of the court what does that mean it

means is it is a call is controlled by those countries. which attack us every day it's just to point. political pressure that. you can see the full interview with saif al islam next hour here on r.t. or to find it on our website dot com. but many libyans feel that b. criminal court is just a cover for nato's attempts to kill. the alliance's members should be held to account for the bombing campaign but it's more of an option of us to go to the consequences of the continuing airstrikes which are said to be directed only get military targets. the road from the capital tripoli to brag that he's aligned with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled they don't bargain and . this is what's left of the civilian airport and the siege of. homes and why they

can't. or the high res the last plane took off from this runway just hours before it was hit places they said it's only hitting the targets of military value call sybase telecommunications towers some fifteen minutes west of town to be destroyed . during this is a safe way to strikes and they've also accidentally. two cars and killed two civilians and there is no t.v. in this area and as we can see the phone light has also been disrupted. there is no water and no lights recently which used to be heaven this man says has become hell towards home now susan for me here. i have nine children and i send them all to my relatives abroad i don't want them to see their motherland in such a condition. from least small paul not far from greg gas used to flow to europe.

we used to produce fuel to send it to them and now 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 the reason sign here in arabic. is here leave it to enforce a no fly zone over the country to protect civilians on the other side there is another sign also in arabic saying that they took an attack at any place any time. any time happened three times over several hours while we were feeling really good neighbors major parties where the front five guys divided the country into two parts into to say one side is going to flip on flashpoint between the rebels and gadhafi forces it's a very important point as tick tick tick ok so it's in

a firm hand on this town would mean taking control over the country's economy although you seem to be a rare target of nato bombs never land on. the civilian population can hardly state . they were like my family that i had just gone 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 traps then the helicopters came and started to shoot at us. through once to me to another story's a repeat so we can save our problem oh we don't need a new. plane and so there's imagine every day every day wondering and became there were civilians but there's no not this country this is probably via well those

voices became more and more frequent as the sound of exploding vans and warplanes drowns them out. our t. only bread war. now moscow has a raised concern over france of supplying weapons to libyan rebels and over. protections of the un security council resolution on libya france's admission is the first time that a nato member has owned up to air lifting arms to the country since the beginning of the campaign russia has also criticized what it calls the double standards being applied to the situations unfolding in syria and yemen moscow as opposed to adopting a un resolution condemning crackdowns on protesters in syria fearing that such a mandate could even escalate more violence foreign minister sergei lavrov said that continuing tom wallin the two countries is being treated in completely different ways. because then you have been criticizing russia and china's position on the un security council's resolution on syria for the fact that we consider such

a resolution in appropriate i'll give you a simple example the situation in yemen is no easier than in syria there's a difficult civil war going on there but nobody's going to the u.n. security council to try and stop it so that you are with r.t. it's good to have your company today and still ahead here on the program no man's land french finance minister christine lagarde steps into the global economies temple as the first woman ever to head the international monetary fund. and a rift between allies like pakistan is on a mission to expel america's drones from within its borders. the captain of a guard ship has been arrested by authorizing a staff to try to leave port without permission several ships with activists and humanitarian aid for the blockaded palestinian territory are stopped in the port of parama near athens and it happened on friday campaigners claim that greece is working under the orders of israel and the us the photo is

a drawing parallels to the guards around convoy that was stormed by israeli marines last year resulted in the deaths of nine people one r.t. correspondent is on board one of the ships has been seized she says people are still determined to carry on with their mission despite greece's actions. that you will be captain of the american ship knew what he was doing and he was determined in his attempts to leave school when i talked to the captain of the ship and he's ready to set seal a soon as he gets a mission he says there should be no restraints the lawyers see greece's ban on the ships leaving is unlawful the greek government gave no ground why it stopped the flotilla in the first place activists remain optimistic they believe the fact that the flotilla has caused such a stern is because the symbol of enormous moral strength israel has been spreading speculation there are chemical weapons on board that if it were true the ships would have been searched every nook and cranny the american ship is only carrying

three thousand letters to that shouldn't have guards not and that's what israel is for you know no it's scared of the whole mission and drawing so much attention to the unlawful blockade of gaza and it's making phenomenal efforts to stop the ships from getting to their destination point. was article as one of. the board one of the ships stopped by greek authorities from sailing to gaza. on thursday the u.k. partly came to a halt with more than half of all state schools forced to close by disruption being 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 retirement the. on occasion parties that were not followed the action. down tools up with industrial action and autumn of discontent starts here this time it's public sector workers walking out unhappy with a planned reform of their pensions which they say will see them paying a lot more and getting

a lot less they kept me even. if i work for me it's a complete lack of fifty a week it's like it was the changes that make it a pension but a necessary citizen way to address it so i think we do need to make life better in things happening. in haiti differently by so much as it is through 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 babbly says his one point three million members already for prolonged industrial action we're almost at war fourteen we've caught thirty million pain set aside and we saw 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 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 sector workers who already get very generous pensions in the course of this pensions is very much of a cockpit and the burden falls on to the. next generation it really is absolutely essential that public sector pensions are reformed and even after they are reformed public sector workers will get far better pensions and worse private sector workers the unions want to apply enough pressure to force the government to change its mind and it's no stranger to u.-turn and 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 because women's doing this to reduce the current fifty billion dollar pension bill but it may be cutting off its nose to spite its faced that the light is here according to if you paid attention to it let me public that you work it no don't think that the worthwhile make me stop if you think that if there was a widespread with pepsico you would collapse and that would leave you cake here with the very shores of investment just when it needs it more than ever. party loved it. it with are to live from moscow the borders between russia and kazakhstan have been broken down when it comes to trade as july the first customs union joined the three neighboring countries that's been in the making for more than fifteen years and because parallels to how easy you works by making shipping goods between

countries a simpler and easier but there is another candidate which could soon become part of his new born enterprise parties alexy yourself your reports from people as the change of power in the crane revived skies with 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 article the goods and services produced in ukraine more or less meat market standards and are needed in these countries and the larger the market can more countries specialize in producing soon. at the moment all of the. crane and cassocks produce competing goods that are not using them. children's customs union will help them become more focused at the same time ukraine 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 construes union join the. presence is no

hindrance to this person is russia which is also a member of the customs union will seek the creation of the free trade zone with the european union this task isn't going to be a long run. russell did not seem to have a crane trying to sit on cheers as stern warning to ukraine came from the european parliament which said should the country join the customs union with russia to 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 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 trinity three try to find the formulas are. used. for the benefit of our economy and unfortunately strong position of our european partners is that it brain cannot be

a member of crofton tyranny and if it was would have a free trade area so that's why we have to and we do searching for formula that you can allow us to be close partners present union to be good to fracture for part of dollar russia russia and other thunder an economic sphere but north becoming a full scale member experts say it is impossible to tell whether such a formula would. put me stress that the demand for most ukrainian goods and produce would definitely be higher in the russian market that in the e.u. . 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 a market in the customs union a smaller but goods produced by ukraine would be in high demand there rocky of this carefully balancing between east and west we're sure it's your view craning it's say that describes european basters being seemingly greener russia is after all

close the program are not only geopolitically lets you assess the r.t. reports and promptly year ukraine. so if you missed anything on that we cover you can always find it on the line here's a taste of what's there for you right now at r.t. dot com a man in australia gets a life behind bars after murdering his two year old daughter to get back at his ex partner but before starting the charge of death ian asked his intention on facebook . fans get a round up of the action from this year's a moscow international film festival where a spanish movie snatch the top prize for all the glitz and glamour i want you are to copy. christine lagarde has become the first woman of the helm of one of the world's most powerful financial organizations but the new i.m.f. chief isn't shying away from putting the heavy burden of the earth's problems on her shoulders but he's got a ticket has 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 a long held tradition in can act 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 i was saying carstens from mexico who argued her point mind would only add to the perception of i.m.f. bias there could be some call for people think through it i mean not in those they know they mean borel's things and pollution will be they will rule europe more so we'll have a situation where the war or stormin eighteen the institutional emerging economies the engine of global growth in recent years are vastly on the representative 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. to 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. in the 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 are made by the us 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 aviation giants like boeing and lockheed martin helping them to seal multi-billion dollar deals that you are seeing here of the. christine legarde the best of the drought so did several emerging markets including russia and china but she faces the difficult task of appearing independent despite her past life 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. . so at twenty five minutes past the hour here in moscow pakistan has the u.s. to shut down and leave an air base in the country's southwest that facility has served as it was planned for washington's drone attacks against militants on the volatile afghan border pakistani political analyst believes the only way to stop

the violence is to end of the so-called war on terror. one of the main reasons for the for the continuation of violent activity on the pakistan of gonna stand border is the mess that the us military has created inside afghanistan over the past decade the mess their way they have alienated a large portion of the afghan population in terms of the pashtun tribes the way they have conducted the war on terror there the way they have alienated a large pockets really of the country is a big reason for why we have a continuation of violence in afghanistan and how that violence is spilling over into the park is down and most pakistani commentators believe now that one of the ways short shortcuts really to controlling violence and extremism on the pakistan afghanistan border is really to end the war on terror the way the u.s. military and the way the cia he has been conducting this war over the past ten

years one step forward is of course what president obama has declared but you still words we're going to see really actions of the ground and we'll get to see whether important agencies within the u.s. government like essential intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. let's turn to some of today's world news and pray for him as our five policemen have been kidnapped and then killed in iraq after going to touch a checkpoint in the west of the country the group was ambushed while guarding the road that links iraq with syria and jordan the gunman who are believed to be insurgents were wearing police uniforms and driving a stolen police car violence in iraq is full and significantly since two thousand and six better still happen on a daily basis. in thailand exit polls show the opposition party is on course for a major victory in the country's general election the party is headed by the sister of an ulster prime minister the elections hope to the country's long running

political crisis the protests are proving to be shaken to thailand since the former government was. in a military coup in two thousand and six. says morris chief has a ruled out the arrest of four senior members of his group suspected of the assassination of former lebanese prime yet rafi careering instead. said that 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 three was killed along with twenty two others in february two thousand and five in beirut and huge bomb exploded as the motorcade passed by. shortly we followed the life of three teenagers born into the trash trade in the world's largest rubbish village of the outskirts of cairo but first i'll be back to remind you of the week's top stories are to stick with us.

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