with headlines all today and at the top stories all of this when we see what's in the weekly it's a costly rescue the e.u. approves a twelve billion euro bailout package to tackle the greek debt crisis as violent demonstrations rocked the country in protest of the high cost. hundreds of thousands of public sector workers in the u.k. take part in a national day of strikes in an attempt to define the government's plans to change their pensions. and. give google you think about the need to comply libya. is the only good this is the time to get. them to do that. so the five will

continue as nato steps up its air assault on libya speaks exclusively with colonel gadhafi son about why his country is at war. see for the flotilla activists destined for gaza as athens says the power from greek ports activists on the border believe the u.s. and israel are behind unlawful suspension of their trip. but the stories that made headlines this week you're watching the weekly here on artsy shame the latest payout of e.u. bailout funds for the greek economy will be released in the next two weeks that's according to the eurozone finance ministers without the money athens will default on its loans within days but the rescue package comes at a price which is the public outrage earlier this week. the greek parliament passed

a radical austerity measures by the european union and international monetary fund and peace back plan despite protests on the streets of athens three days of demonstrations left hundreds injured as i agree crowds clash with police who responded with tear gas and stun grenades a natural journalist dimitri causing us has been with protesters at square the focal point of the unrest. 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 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 simply 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'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 it'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 right now 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 here gas there were other chemicals including us fixated 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 to go to hospital for that reason people are very angry here and they're very upset and they understand what's going on and understand these measures are not going to help them and their future. you cast won't help critics

of the bailout who argue that the money will be used to pay off banks and not help the people greece. explains. on the streets about the voices of discontent a growing louder. it's a war we did not create this tour or going to pay for this do we want to become less but. continues the fight against economic ruin second day law. and a chance to prevent greece from defaulting on its previous lame payments that the greek people will be feeling any. of this money actually comes into the greek economy it all goes out. the battlezone save the banks and prevent a large scale financial crisis for the people the price is simply too high they see their income don't going down they see taxes taxes taxes and nothing else their

money does not go to very early a year a struggling against hostile stares he measures and then government now faces an electorate opposed to another bailout and lots of people are asking when the. european central bank and the e.u. provided. to the one hundred ten billion euro is going to look past the bare bones of plan b. because the court the quest to manage. it and pay back that loan for a lot of people. is that when it comes to the troika really people now in greece simply going to help them out since is being poor and the stealth interest. as much as. they are going to get all this need.

almost everything you. know it certainly can it's a high cost cuts in public spending raising taxes and an aggressive privatization program believe me in the sales many greek public i think it's one of the reasons that everybody is so determined to keep greece in the euro is so that the banks don't have to take a serious hit on their faulty lending policies and it's almost as if there's a lot of other holy alliance of politicians and bankers versus ordinary people it's a fight that the people say they're not prepared to. throw out and r.t. . and i still to come on the program here on our t.v. not so international monetary fund french finance minister is elected as the new head of the i.m.f. it's sparking concern the funding could remain a western audience. greece was not the only country to be hit by protests this week u.k. public sector workers took part in

a national day of strikes on thursday hundreds of thousands of teachers and civil servants voiced their discontent with government plans to change their pensions half of the country's state schools were closed and destruction was caused to air traffic during the biggest industrial action in decades parties and war and it has the story. down tools up with industrial action and autumn of discontent starts here this time it's the public sector workers walking out unhappy with the plan to reform of their pensions which they say will see them paying a lot more and getting a lot less but again if it came up. if. i'm with the money if i can speak the back a little icky a way to fix the changes that i may consider pensions or very necessary citizen way to address it so i think you need to make cutbacks in fair things i think.

trying to apply logic to prejudice 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 avidly says his one point three million members already prolonged industrial action and we're almost a war footing we've got thirty million claims 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 they're proposing the moment that package involves raising the retirement age from sixty to sixty six raising pension contributions by workers and having payouts based on average career earnings rather than final 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 service 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 it really is absolutely essential that public sector pay. reform than 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 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 the government's doing this to reduce the current fifty billion dollar pension bill but it may be cutting off its nose to spite its faced the wider issue here according to the u.k. pension fund you can give it a shot at me if public sector workers know don't think that helps is what while

they may not help you think that if there was a widespread withdrawal pepsin funds would collapse and that would leave u.k.p. oh the very shores of investments just what it needs it more than ever your avatar to be loved it. now at ten minutes past the hour here in moscow nato says it's starting up as drugs only to turn the course of it's come pain against gadhafi forces leaflets dropped from coalition planes say a bombing run can happen quote any place any time reliance claims to be here only military targets but a growing number of innocent libyans say they feared death from the skies russel's has already apologized for killing civilians by mistake although tripoli claims the number of reported deaths is set to be much higher than nato is willing to admit colonel gadhafi said nothing to retaliate against europe unless the air strikes stop me from washington is on the front line for us. the road from

the capital tripoli to greg is lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled the border and. this is what's left of the airport in the siege of. homes in one of the country's key oil refineries the last plane took off from this runway just hours before it was. it. exists and it's only in the targets of military value local state based telecommunications tower some fifteen minutes west of town to be destroyed in the entire time gary this is a safe bet two strikes and they've also accidentally hit. two cars and killed two civilians 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 heaven this man says has become hell holes home now feels unfamiliar. to 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 cause not far from dr lieberman gas used to flow to europe. we used to produce feel to senator graham 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 leaflet drops just before the bombs arrive this runs as you can see the reason sign here in arabic but let me tell is here leave it so in fast and i'll 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 any place any time. these any time happened three times over several hours while we were filming regular is made to all parties where the frontline lies dividing the country into

two parts into two swear one side is going to flick one flashpoint between the rebels and gadhafi forces it's a very important point as to to quote casey gets in a firm hand on this town would mean taking control over the country's economy all facilities seem to be a rare target that nato bombs never land on while it looks like the civilian population can hardly state that. they were like my family that see 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 staff where friends gathered after work. we were eating 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 as stories are repeated really can serve our problem i mean we've been in the food. there's imagine

every day every day branding a big killed our civilians but there's no nothing from this country this is probably libya well those voices become more and more frequent as the sound of exploding bombs and warplanes the glans them. r t only bragger. meantime the african union is calling on a member states to refute the arrest warrant issued by the hague this week against colonel gadhafi if the organization doesn't back the criminal court's requests then the libyan leader would be able to travel freely across africa he's again exclusive access to col gadhafi son who is also wanted for war crimes saif al islam says that war is a sham after nato's attempts to kill him and his family. this corridor is it is it is and you can ask or. the accuse me of killing people everybody nor the sentence against those of you could have punishment so they decided to kill me and tickle me

and kill my brother i did this to the house so there's this need to execute you so now i know why i recently three months ago it's ok to kill me and you are after me every day you are trying to find me i think you really are my brother so he's not going to just to tell you that it's a fake or. they are trying to negotiate with us if you did if you look at this the year we think of the court what it means is the court is controlled by those countries. which i think. every day this is just to put. political pressure put it. so you can see our full exclusive interview with colonel gadhafi son saif al islam and around fifteen minutes time here on our t.v. if you can't wait that long just log on to our team talk combo you can watch it right now. by moscow has raised concerns over ambiguous interpretations of the

u.n. security council resolution on libya after france supplied weapons to the rebels the terrorists admission is the first time a nato member has owned up to air lifting arms to the country since the campaign began russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says that the very wording of the resolution is being abused. absolutely the first illusion one hundred seventy three contains chapter four which allows anyone to do anything with this very chance it was the cause of our problems with the mandate in all other aspects we support it and as we have warned now we're facing a rather unpleasant situations when it can be interpreted in most different ways i think more secure in paris and other u.n. security council members are interested for the body to release concise documents to the international law does not need to put up with ambiguity. without a live from moscow where the french finance minister christine lagarde has been

elected as the new chief of the international monetary fund this week and there is concern that a european in charge of the i.m.f. will spell even more western bias and unfair privileges. to account explains. christine lagarde appointment can't see european at the head of the world's top lender keeping the long held tradition in tact 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. internet knowledge of those mechanisms of the european community and the eurozone of its many leaders can help the guard's main competitor was augustine carstens from mexico who argued her point made would only add to the perception of i.m.f. by its there could be some conflict of fame with i mean at the end of the day now the main borel of the institution will be

a rule of europe and all so will have its inclusion where they will rule or stormy night you know 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 always suggest i.m.f. bias has had a negative effect on the world's economy and they would use their monopoly over. force certain policies. on countries in there were not in the 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 hit biggest awards in the history of the world i think they didn't want to go against their friends on wall

street and others there were maybe unfortunately 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 when you had of the i.m.f. is more than from merely a 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 see. multi-billion dollar deal the u.s. and europe found christine legarde the best for the job so did several emerging markets including russia and china but she faces the difficult task of appearing independent despite her past ice 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. . and still to come this hour here on r t the aftermath of japan's the biggest

nuclear disaster. there are no concrete boundaries that can clearly guarantee your safety one example is this looks like a beautiful large green valley behind me but in fact this is the very edge of the twenty kilometer exclusion zone that the government has set up the japanese people lose faith in their government as they use it of being reckless we've got safety. greece has a humanitarian aid for it's a question for gaza from leaving its ports under arrest at one of the captains to you therefore if he's accuse of festivals with hundreds of activists on board of departing without permission campaigners have suggested the greek government gave in to pressure from the u.s. and israel who they accuse of trying to sabotage the flotilla is drawing parallels to a similar gaza bound to come boy that was stolen by israeli marines last may that resulted in the deaths of nine turkish activists but it's always correspond to reports from

one of the seized ships lawyers are calling athens actions unlawful activists hope that justice will prevail. gardener it would but make sure you print the captain of the american ship knew what he was doing and he was determined in his attempts to pull that one i talked to the captain of a ship and he's ready to set c. list soon as he gets commission he says they should be new restraints the lawyers see greece's ban on the ships leaving it is unlawful agreed government gave no grounds why it stopped the flotilla in the first place activists remain optimistic they believe the fact that the flotilla has caused such a stir is because the symbol of enormous moral strength in israel has been spreading speculation direct chemical weapons on board but if it were true the ships would have been searched every new can conny the american ship is only carrying three thousand larger star children of gaza and that's what israel is for you know no it scared the whole mission destroying so much attention to be an unlawful blockade of gaza and it's making phenomenal efforts to stop the ships from

getting to their destination and it's you know. we have more exclusive coverage of the freedom for the tell a story for you on line of course i just want to see dot com what he's our correspondent on the way remains on one of the detained for thought about since we're fighting regular updates from the scene on our website. was online if you missed it this year is a moscow international film festival at r.t. dot com to get a round up of all of the glamorous action. you're watching at the weekly here on arts here about egypt's interim government has come under pressure as a violent protests have swept through the country this week police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of angry protesters calling stones and petrol bombs nearly two thousand

people joined a pro-democracy activists to call for faster. reforms and demand justice for the eight hundred fifty people killed during the spring uprising demonstrators are frustrated with the government for not meeting the demands of the revolution that toppled president mubarak and investigation has been launched into the clashes which left more than eight thousand people injured journalist actually returns he says the current leadership is ignoring people to say. the government such as it is hasn't responded to the concerns of the people there are strikes at the suez canal transportation workers people being killed again on the streets of cairo not a peep out of the corporate media and meanwhile we have william burns in cairo talking with the time tally the provisional head at the moment of the government and even the trial of the interior minister who is hated so much on the interior minister and also mubarak has been adjourned people are not getting what they thought they were getting when they told us to go bark we must remember the joe

biden and hillary clinton didn't want us to go back to go that's was the mubarak and his cronies so many of them are retaining power and it's a very dangerous situation and we mustn't forget what's crucial here for me as a rational. rational outlook is this is canal that's where trade goes through and it is the most populous country arab country in the arab world and we're not hearing anything about it in the corporate news it's as if that revolutions done and dusted in the egyptian people if. so i go twenty five past the hour here in moscow let's check out our some other international news in brief for you today in iraq five policemen were kidnapped and killed at a checkpoint in the western province of anbar pursuit control area is a known al qaeda stronghold and the center of iraq's insurgency the attack it's a place on a major road linking iraq with syria and jordan the gunmen were in uniform and driving a stolen police vehicle. hezbollah's leader has rejected the prosecution of four senior members of the group suspects in the murder of the former lebanese prime

year rafik hariri the son suggested that israel should instead be the main subject of the investigation he called the special tribunal for lebanon part of an an israeli plot saying it is financially and morally corrupt was killed along with twenty two others in february in two thousand and five in beirut and a huge bomb was detonated near his passing motorcade. exit polls in thailand suggest the opposition food type party is due to a landslide victory in the country's general election headed by the sister of alstad prime minister thaksin shinawatra it's expected to gain over half of the five hundred parliamentary seats part of protests over critically shaken thailand since the former government was told by a military coup five years ago it's hoped the vote will end the country's long running political deadlock. but japan is no closer to resolving its nuclear crisis triggered of course by the march earthquake and tsunami high levels

of radiation continue to be detected near the stricken fukushima power plant despite the government declaring it safe for people to live by but it's not easy sean and thomas discovered when it comes to their safety the people of japan no longer have faith in their government. 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 they want to be 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 thirty haul iraq the day they said different things not perfect or they said different things and the government

that are developing. the alligator. or steve part of the country. here they are a part of what some believe it is too early to tell what the real dangers of the situation or scientists and know that large doses of radiation even 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 or radiation level and then you take the briefs and then you take water you always feel half different bodies because it's so close and it's so changing so you can hardly see but it's really exceeds what a normal person would have a year one of the frightening things about this entire incident is that there are no plan create 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 a very head of the twenty kilometer exclusion zone that the government has set up

in fact we tried to get a little bit closer but were supported 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 that 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 and so now the priority has been to profit from energy a 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. it has been blown off the t.v.

channels need the money from advertisement it's on the nuclear energy companies pay a lot without this money they cannot survive and for that reason i have to shut out of it 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 sean thomas or cheney. you all with r.t. live from moscow up next the headlines that's after a short break.