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you're watching it weekly here on t.v. and rescue the e.u. approves a twelve billion euro bailout package to tackle the greek debt crisis as violent demonstrations are rocked the country and protests the high cost of health. hundreds of thousands of public sector workers in the u.k. take part in a national day of strikes in an attempt to defy the government's plans to change their pensions. this country easy piece of cake rich guys. and we have more than one hundred million dollars abroad so we have to show. steps up its air assault on libya speak exclusively with colonel gadhafi son about why his country is at war. all that seed for the flotilla of activists destined for gaza as athens bans his departure

from greek ports activists on board believe the u.s. and israel are behind the unlawful suspension of their trip. but the stories that made headlines this week you're watching the weekly here on out c welcome to the program the latest payout of e.u. bailout funds for the greek economy will be released in the next two weeks according to our eurozone finance ministers without the money athens will default on its loans within days but the rescue package comes at a price which has the public outraged earlier this week the greek parliament passed a radical austerity measures demanded by the european union and international me. back to despite massive protests on the streets of athens three days of demonstrations left hundreds injured as angry crowds clashed with police who

responded with tear gas and stun grenades financial journalist dmitri us has been with protesters at a same time that's the focal point the rest. 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 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 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 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 discovered at some point i've said if things really of the violence is a really big issue because if if the violence if this results in casualties not just massive injuries then that's going to that's going to lead to

a collapse of this government will that mean that the next government will come in and actually do something productive maybe maybe not but then that governments have to fall to i don't see the people in this country lying down there's a report that the head of the pharmaceutical national pharmaceutical station here in greece is going to be filing a lawsuit along with other people against the government for use of illegal substances because these weren't just it was just tear gas there were other chemicals and including us fixating agents and that's why you see a lot of people here i saw them myself and a lot of other people saw them passing out not being able to breathe people inside the metro station not being able to breathe. for that reason people are very angry here and they're very upset and they understand what's going on and these measures are not going to help them and their future. and the fear that the e.u. cash won't help is backed up by critics on the ballot who all you that the mud. he will be used to pay off banks not help the people of greece. explains. on the streets of athens the voices of discontent growing louder. it's

a war we did not create this tour and we're going to pay for this we want to become like a bug greece continues to fight against economic ruin. is an attempt to prevent greece from previous lame attainment that the greek people. of this buyout money actually comes into the greek economy it all goes out. also battles on save the banks and prevent a large scale financial crisis for the people the price is simply too high they see their income going down they see taxes taxes taxes and nothing else their money does not go to the real economy here is struggling against partial sterett he measures has meant the government now faces an electorate opposed to another bailout there's been a lot of people asking when the troika the i.m.f.

european central bank and the e.u. provided that initial to the tune of one hundred ten billion euro it's going to look past the bad and move on to plan b. because the thought the quest to manage another bailout package and pay back that loan for a lot of people they are realistic is that when it comes to the troika many people now in greece simply help them out since is being born as a self interest they try. to get as much as. they get out they are going to get all this they. i mean. they are going to get almost everything. the bail out would certainly come as a high cost. further cuts in public spending raising taxes and an aggressive privatization program that would mean the sale of many greek public assets 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 of their full three lending policies and it's almost as if there's a little on the holy alliance of politicians and bankers versus ordinary people it's a fight that the people say they're not prepared to lose their stand on see athens . and are you without a live from moscow and coming up for you drone find out why the u.s. is being urged to abandon an air base it's been using in pakistan. greece was not the only country to be hit by protests this week as 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 down disruption was caused to air traffic during the biggest industrial action in decades artie's lore and it has the

story. down tools up with industrial action an autumn of discontent starts here this time it's the public sector workers walking out on happy with the planned reform of their pensions which they say will see them paying a lot more and getting a lot less but i kept saying it was probably meant. that if. i met some money it's not easy to think yeah it will take the changes that i may consider pensions or very necessary state is a way to address it so i think we do need to make cutbacks in sad things i think. tried and tried to teach it branches by side much as it is to these people do a huge variety of key work from teaches and lecturers to air traffic controllers and coast guards unisons the u.k.'s biggest public sector trade union deputy chief

ball babble a says his one point three million members already a prolonged industrial action where only a fourteen we've got thirty million pain set aside and we've got a strategy work but i must stress that's not what we want to do we want to talk to the government and negotiate a sensible package nor the ridiculous package 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 sector workers do already get very generous pensions and the cost of those pensions is very much under the carpet and the burden falls on to the next

generation a great is absolutely essential that public sector pain. reform the new even after they are reformed public sector workers will get far better pensions and worst private sector workers the unions want to apply enough pressure to force the government to change its mind and it's no stranger to you turns it was hell bent on reforming the health service too until it decided to take longer to think about it causing friction in the coalition the government is doing this to reduce the current fifty billion dollar pension bill but it may be cutting off its nose to spite its face that the wider issue here according to the new u.k. pension fund you can bet it is a part of me public sector workers you know don't think that pensions are what while they may start contributing to that if that was a widespread withdrawal pension funds would collapse and that would leave u.k. p.l.o. the very source of investment just what it means that more than ever before and it

ought to be. just one in ten minutes past the hour here in moscow now it is stepping up strikes on libya to turn the course of its campaign against his forces leaflets dropped from coalition planes say that a bombing run can happen any place any time the alliance claims to be hitting only military targets but a growing number of innocent libyans say they fear death from the sky brussels has already apologized for killing civilians by mistake over tripoli claiming the number of reported deaths is said to be much higher than nato is willing to admit colonel gadhafi is now threatening to retaliate against europe unless the strike stop. is on the front line for us. the roads from the capital tripoli to brag is lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled and. this is what's left of the airport in the. home to one of the country's key oil refineries the last plane took off from this

runway just hours before it was. hate. to say so it's only been the targets of military value will call say these telecommunications towers so. stop. destroying. this is a site to strike they've also accidentally. two cars and killed two civilians since there is no t.v. in this area and as we can see phone lot has also been disrupted. there is no water no electricity what used to be heaven. has become. 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 who is in such a condition. from the small pool not far from drug 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 lead it. just before the bombs arrive. this run so as if you can see the reason sign here in arabic nato is here leave it to inforce 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 the frontline was dividing the country into two parts into two swear it's going to put one flashpoint within the rebels and gadhafi forces it's a very important point to take location it's an affair this town mean taking

control over the country's economy all facilities seem to be a red target that nature by. arms never land on while it looks like the civilian population can hardly skate. 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 company staff where friends gathered after work and when we were eating with my colleagues then there was a we knew what that was we tried to help those trapped in the helicopters came in and started to shoot at us. from one street to another the stories are repeated really can serve our problem i mean we don't need any. larry not so every man every day every day did bombing a big killed our civilians but there's no nothing this country this is from libya well those voices become more and more frequent is the sound of exploding bombs and

warplanes the drowns them out. r t three fully bragger. meantime the african union is calling on 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 request then the libyan leader would be able to travel freely across africa. exclusive access to colonel gadhafi son who's also wanted for war crimes saif al islam says the warrant is a after nato's attempts to kill him and his family. this chorus is is it is it is it mickey mouse called come on the accuse me of killing people everybody knows the sentence. of the the capital punishment so they decided to kill me and and did kill my brother and it is two in the house so this is me to execute you so now you are like a wild irish to me three months ago and so to kill me and you are after me every

day you are trying to find me and to give me everything and my father so just in point number two just to tell you that it's a fake court under the table they are trying to negotiate with us a deal if you accept this deal with ticket of the court what does it mean that means is is controlled by those countries. which attack us every day it's just to put. political pressure better. and you can see the full exclusive interview with cole son saif al islam in die just over an hour's time here on our t.v. but if you can't wait that long just log onto our to dot com and watch it right there. well moscow is alarmed by the ambiguous interpretation of the u.n. security council resolution on libya because a concern has been raised at a meeting between russian and french foreign ministers after pirates admitted supplying weapons to the rebels it is the first time

a nato member has owned up to the airlifting arms to the country since the campaign began crohn's insists the framework of the resolution are lousy all means for protecting peaceful civilians something russia calls an abuse of the vague wording of the document. doesn't see the person lucia nine hundred seventy three contains chapter four which allows anyone to do anything this very chapter 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 rather unpleasant situations when it can be interpreted in most different ways i think moscow and 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. here with our to you live from moscow greece has banned a humanitarian aid flotilla destined for gaza from leaving its ports and arrested one of the captains the authorities accuse the vessels with hundreds of activists

on board of departing without permission campaigners have suggested that the greek government cave into the pressure from the u.s. and israel who they accuse of trying to sabotage their mission their photo is drawing parallels to a similar gaza balance or that was stormed by israeli marines last may they resulted in the deaths of nine turkish activists but it also has a corresponding records from one of the scenes that ships lawyers are calling a things actions unlawful and that activists hope justice will prevail. but the gardener at the orbit may try to prove the captain of the american ship knew what he was doing and he was determined in his attempt to leave port i talked to the captain of a ship and he's ready to set c. list soon as he gets a mission he says there should be no restraints the lawyers see greece's ban on the ships leaving it is unlawful the greek government gave no ground when 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 israel has been spreading speculation there are chemical weapons on board but if it were true the ships would have been searched every new can cranny the american ship is only carrying three thousand letters john children of gaza and that's what israel is it for you know i know right it scared the whole mission was drawing so much attention to the un an awful blockade of gaza that i mean it's making phenomenal efforts to stop the ships from getting to destination pointed out you know human eyes and we have a more exclusive coverage of the freedom for tell a story for you online just log on to our team dot com our correspondent remains on one of the detained until of boats which is providing regular updates from the scene on our website. also online if you missed this year's moscow and. national film festival log on to our top com to get a round up of all of a glamorous green carpet action.

it's only twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow pakistan is turning up the heat on washington americans to leave a military base drone strikes on the afghan border region have been launched from this military site pakistan's been protesting against the attacks for years calling them a violation of its sovereignty bombings have killed scores of civilians by mistake on many occasions pakistani political analyst believes the violence will continue until washington ends its 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 u.s. military has created inside of coniston over the past decade the mass there the way they have alienated

a large portion segment of the afghan population in terms of the push to try to the way they have conducted the war on terror they are the way they have alienated a large pockets really of the country is a big reason for why we have a country nation of violence in afghanistan and how that violence is spilling over into pakistan and most pakistani commentators believe now that one of the ways short short cuts 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 where you get to see really actions on the ground and we have yet to see whether important agencies within the u.s. government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. that was a pakistani political analyst right there while you are with your company today

let's check out some other international news we're covering for you. and in iraq five policemen were kidnapped and killed at a checkpoint in the western province of anbar the sunni controlled area is a known al qaeda stronghold at the center of iraq's insurgency the attack took place on a major road linking iraq with syria and jordan the gunmen were in uniform driving a stolen police vehicle. hezbollah's leader has rejected the prosecution of four senior group members suspects in the murder of former lebanese premier rafik hariri. suggested that israel should instead be the main subject of the investigation he said the attempts to charge the suspects were part of an israeli plot saying it was financially and morally corrupt it was killed along with twenty two others in february two thousand and five in beirut when a bomb exploded near his passing motorcade. exit polls in thailand suggest the

opposition food type party is due for a landslide victory in the country's general election headed by the sister of al stewart and exiled prime minister thaksin shinawatra it's expected to gain over half of the five hundred parliamentary seats violent protests have repeatedly shaken thailand since the former government was toppled by a military coup five years ago and it's hoped that the vote will end the country's long running political deadlock. is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of its independence putting aside the economic problems which the country is currently facing thousands of people have gathered in minsk to mark the occasion of russian comes at a time when the country's government is struggling with a financial crisis hoping to secure a multi-billion dollar bailout from the i.m.f. people have shown their discontent with the current leadership by protesting on the streets of the capital more than one hundred opposition activists have been detained by police. in recent months. when often grow up and leave

their childhood home sick can be hard to adjust to independent life while russian authorities are obliged to provide state housing to those who need it too often they fail to get the support of those who need it the most artie's peter all of a met one young woman fighting to find a place she can call home down in dilapidated. this flop looks more like a prime candidate for demolition than a family home but twenty two year old mother of two lena has been told by social services that she's stuck here. perhaps they haven't seen this place inside they keep telling us true parents somehow believe here they showed me a paper on how to build a house i told them that i had no phones i have no job i have to take care of kids and i ended up going to place they said it's not top problem lena grew up in an orphanage in the city of to be on the russian law she should have received state

housing once she left the institution this flat was given to lena's mother by the state and despite having no money she's been told to fix it. but. there's a tradition of 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 a mean ities there's no way that lena family can leave however here is exactly where the thirty's of told her that she should bring up children lena's 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 by a small or you know when they're little and everybody loves to help them on their small but presents them. whereas in actual fact they've got bigger than me but they get bigger and that's really where we need to be standing

beside them housing is one of those big in need for all things leading care it's also in short supply and the idea that if we made certain calculations for one region and found out that if a child is number ten thousand in the queue for housing it would take them some three and a half thousand years to actually get a flat up and 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 what you're currently only administrative penalties can be imposed on anyone standing in the way of those leaving care getting housing alexander gears a lot as a campaigner for orphans rights he wants to see the courts more involved he will have taken my fifth 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 rather than. a change in the law might help people in the future but lena needs to find a solution right now. you know i'll ask them all the mall this is

a given time stroh's the children why can't i have done it isn't because i didn't know the rules or because i'm not allowed to live because it's hidden from me to family and some people are trying to help me but to fall there efforts have been in vain. peter all of us. today reach. for it so in a moment here on out see our special report on life in cairo's garbage village but first i'll be back with the headlines to stay with us.

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