with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to congress report on r.g.p. . for the. with the week's top stories of this is the weekly on art see 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 helped. 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 of changing their pensions. if you go with us and out into the according to comply india. is the really good this is the target. and the libyans will not allow them to do that. so the five will continue as next steps up its air assault on libya r.t.

speaks exclusively with colonel gadhafi son about why his country is at war. and the flotilla that's all it see athens bans activists destined for gaza from leaving a greek courts campaigners on board believe the u.s. and israel are behind the unlawful suspension of fair trade. deal with r.t. as we highlight the week's main headlines i'm real research showing welcome to the weekly latest pay out of the e.u. bailout funds for the greek economy will be released in the next two weeks now 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 has the public outraged earlier this week the greek parliament passed a radical also. commanded by the european union and the international monetary fund

and peace back the plan despite protests on the streets of athens three days of demonstrations have left hundreds injured as i agree crowds clashed with police who responded with tear gas and stun grenades financial journalists and to me treat us as being with protesters saying talk my square that is the focal point of the arm rest. 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 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 completely 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 going to see

a fall discovered at some point i said if 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 the government 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 in 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 the 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. and the fear that the e.u. cash won't help is. backed up by critics who argue that the money will be used to

pay off banks and not help the people of greece. explosions. on the streets of athens the voices of discontent a growing louder. it's a war we did not create this tour and are going to pay for this there we want to be called large but it's greece continues to fight against economic ruin. and attempt to prevent greece from defaulting on its previous lame attainments. people will be seeing a penny. of money actually runs into the greek economy it all goes out. the 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 don't going down they see taxis taxis taxis and nothing else their money does not go to very early on i mean here is struggling against harsh asperity

measures has meant the government now faces an electorate it pays to another bailout and lots of people are 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 euros get a little passed and move on so plan b. because the thought the quest to manage another bailout package and pay back that loan for a lot of people simply aren't realistic is that when it comes to the choice many people now increase simply don't want to help him down options as being poor and to self interest rates. to get as much as they come. out. of this thing. i mean very proper. to give almost everything. no it certainly can't it's

a high cost cuts in public spending raise in taxes and an aggressive privatization program that would mean a sale of many quit 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 on their faulty lending policies and it's almost as if there's a lot of holy alliance of politicians and bankers versus ordinary people it's a fight that the people say they're not prepared to lead. r.t. athens party is coming to you live from the heart of moscow coming away shortly drone die lemme find out why the u.s. is being urged to leave an airbase it's been using in pakistan. greece was not the only country to be hit by a protests this week as public sector workers took part in a national day of strikes on thursday hundreds of thousands of teachers and civil

servants and voiced their discontent with the government plans to change their pensions half of the country's state schools were closed down that destruction was caused to air traffic during the biggest industrial action in decades artie's more m. 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 planned reform of their pensions which they say will see them paying a lot more and getting a lot less back here even. if i work for me fifty fifty a week it. was the changes that make it eventually very necessary to fix a way to address it so i think we do need to make cutbacks in things that are being . tried in the private teaching ranges 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 babbly says his one point three million members already for prolonged industrial action we're almost a war footing we've got thirty million pain sets aside and we've got a strategy work but i must stress that's not what we want to do we want to talk to the government and negotiate a sensible package nor the ridiculous package of their proposal 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 fowler a 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 return to the cockpit and the burden falls on for the next generation it really is absolutely essential that public sector pay. reform than even after they are reformed public sector workers will get better pensions and this private sector workers the unions want to apply enough pressure to force the government to change its mind and it's no stranger to you turns it was hell bent on reforming the health service too until it decided to take longer to think about it causing friction in the coalition the government's doing this to reduce the current fifty billion dollar pension bill but it may be cutting off its nose to spite its face that the white issue here according to the u.k. pension fund q-tip it to me if the public sector work it's no don't think that what while they may stop contributing to it there was

a widespread withdrawal pepsin funds would collapse and that would leave u.k. p.l.c. very short of investments just what it needs it more than ever nor am it hearty love that. role the political activist chris knight says the industrial action was in response to the government's mishandling of the financial crisis. what's happening here is that a crisis caused by bankers. who are politicians of their pocket is what they're those politicians are making us pay as if. hard working teachers hard working civil servants hardworking lecturers and i know that's not responsible for this crisis we all know that's not true so let's deal with it let's deal with the problem at its roots let's crack down on what i regard as actually electoral fraud and criminal activity we have already seen that discovered is actually very weak i mean nobody voted for it that's the percent we've got it has really made a couple u. turn so we definitely think we can force a u. turn on this one and what's going to happen of course is that it's not going to

just white collar workers we're building towards it looks as if the government doesn't write down the building but for something it was something an absolutely enormous we're going towards something we haven't seen going to the country so it's not a political general strike and that's going to be very powerful and the government will will will fall if it comes to. just now turning to eleven minutes past the hour here in moscow you with r.t. nato says that it's stepping up their strikes on libya to turn the course of its campaign against colonel qaddafi forces leaflets dropped from coalition planes that say a bombing run can happen any place any time he lands claims to be hitting only military targets but a growing number of innocent libyans say they fear death from the skies russel's has already apologized for killing civilians by mistake what actually claims the number of reported deaths is said to be much higher than nato is willing to admit that at least now is threatening to retaliate against europe unless the air strikes start parties american national is on the front line for us. the road from the

capital tripoli to brag he's lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the populations. this is what's left of the civilian airport in the siege of. home to one of the country's key oil refineries the last plane took off from this runway just hours before it was hit places he said it's only between the targets of military value will call say these telecommunications towers something to the midwest. to be destroyed in a time it's like this is a save the two strikes and they've also accidentally. two cars and killed two civilians since brand there is no t.v. in this area and as we can see the light has also been disrupted. there is no water and no. what used to be heaven this man says has become hell i was home now feels and familiar. 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 but from the small pause dr lieberman gas used to flow to europe. we used to produce field 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 a jews leave their jobs just before the bombs arrive. this runs as you can see there is a sign here in arabic. is here leave it to influence 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. these anytime happened three times over several hours while we were feeling really good neighbors

major parties where the frontline lies dividing the country into two parts into to see one side is going to put one flashpoint within 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 they need to another land on. the civilian population can hardly scape . they were like my family that 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 company staff where friends gathered after work. we were eating with my colleagues then there was a blast we knew what it was we tried to help those who were trapped truck you know but then the helicopters came and started shooting. from one street to another the stories are repeated. the problem of. the food.

to every man every day every day good well being of they killed our civilians. from this country this is probably via well those voices become more and more frequent as the sound of exploding bombs and warplanes the drowns them out. r t tripoli. 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 a criminal courts request the libyan leader would be able to travel freely across africa he's going exclusive access to colonel gadhafi son who is also wanted for war crimes so you know islam says the word is a shower after nato is attempts to kill him and his family. peace corps is it is it is if we can ask or. the accuse me of killing people everywhere the sentence. against those of the capital punishment so they decided to kill me and i did kill

my brother and it is to the house so it's nice to excuse the so no i don't know why i rest me could a month ago it's ok me and you are after me every day you are trying to find me and to give me everything i'm about to so is the number of people just a thing that is a record i'm a little of what they are trying to negotiate with us idiots to get to this the we think it of course what does need. is at its core is controlled by those countries . which i think us every day it's just to put. political pressure. and i know you can see our full exclusive interview with your son saif al islam in a just over an hour's time right here but if you can't wait that long just log on to r.t.

dot com where you can watch it right now. moscow is alarmed by the ambiguous interpretation of the u.n. security council resolution on libya the concern has been raised at a meeting between russian and french foreign ministers after paris admitted supplying weapons to the rebels it is the first time since the campaign began that a nato member has owned up to air lifting arms to the country france insists the framework of the resolution allows for all means when it comes to protecting peace for civilians that's something russia calls an abuse of the very wording of the document. is that it's resolution one hundred seventy three contains chapter four which allows anyone to do anything 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 with the. it's a rather unpleasant situations and it can be interpreted in most different ways i think most here in paris and other u.n. security council members are interested for the body to release concise documents

the international law does not need to put up with ambiguity. and the investigative journalist webster tarpley says that russia needs to take measures to outweigh the illegal actions of coalition forces. the nato operation is already flagrantly illegal because of the way they're they're they're violating let me put it this way the resolution violates the charter and nato is violating the resolution and they've got a sea blockade going here where power is used to protect. packed full of al qaeda and other terrorists and it's used to attack civilians i've seen homes here where four or five little children essentially preschool kids were killed in the middle of the night by bombs launched by aircraft from forty thousand feet that is a very cowardly way to wage war so we're in the midst now of the international red arche certainly countries like russia would be very well advised to do something urgently to try to restore the rule of international law and that would mean. more

energetic measures against what the united states britain and france are good. it's only twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital greece has a humanitarian aid flotilla destined for gaza from leaving its ports and even arrested one of the captains it already has accused the vessels with hundreds of activists on board all departing without permission campaigners have suggested the greek government gave in so you pressure from the u.s. and israel if they accuse of trying to sabotage that mission the flotilla is drawing parallels to a similar gaza bound convoy that was stormed by israeli marines last may resulting in the deaths of nine i could posts its corresponding response ports from one of the seized ships lawyers are calling athens actions unlawful and that campaign is hoping justice will prevail. but make sure that you know the american ship you what he was doing and he was determined in user tends to be full of that which i took to be captain of

a ship and he's ready to set sea listen if he gets commission he says there should be new restraints there louis and see greece is down on the ships leaving is unlawful and greek government gave no grounds when it stops officially 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 but if it were true the ships would have been socially every new can cranny the american ship is only carrying three thousand letters to the children of gaza and that's what israel is for you know no it scared the whole mission is drawing so much attention to the unlawful blockade of gaza and it's making phenomenal efforts to stop the ships from getting to the destination point you know you're right we have more exclusive coverage of the freedom flotilla story oh that's for you on line just log on to our t.v. talk and our reporter you've just seen remains on one of the detained what's a lot of votes are providing regular updates from the scene on our web site. also

online if you missed this here's what's going to international film festival log on to our website to get a roundup of all of the grammar section. egypt's interim government has come under pressure as a violent protest swept through the country this week police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of angry protesters hurling 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 morphed into classrooms which

left more than eight thousand people injured journalist afshin rattansi says that the current leadership is ignoring people from. the government such as it is hasn't responded to the concerns of the people there 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 provisional head at the moment of the government and even the trial of the interior minister who is hated so much and be interior minister and also barak has been adjourned people are not getting what they thought they were getting when they talk to go barak we must remember that joe biden and hillary clinton didn't want to go that's also the mubarak and his cronies so many of them are retaining power and it's a very dangerous situation and it wasn't forget what's crucial here for be international. outlook is this is going to hell 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 this in the corporate news it's as if that revolutions done and dusted in the egyptian people for. this is our team now leon panetta has been sworn in as the new u.s. secretary of defense replacing robert gates who held the post for over four years panetta now faces the challenge of assuring victory in america's overseas wars but after he's been told by a retired u.s. army general that if the military is to succeed in needs to be more energy efficient. i don't think we're going to see any major changes in pentagon policies i'm hoping though that he will do something about the a tremendous energy expenditure that the united states army is expanding in iraq and afghanistan we have a tremendously inefficient energy base over there and we need to do something about it i'm hoping it will bring about some change in the money should be used in united states to work domestic programs i mean we're essentially bankrupt in many elements of our nation in order to win this war i reckon afghanistan from my point is that

we can be expending energy there much much harder than we are if you understand the relationship between energy efficiency and military effectiveness and you can see we can win the war and we can actually actually save a lot of money and i hope when that secretary panetta will do something about that my point is that there is a very simple easy pragmatic approach and that is essentially insulating our structures in iraq and afghanistan and we can say really we're presently spending about twenty billion dollars a year simply during a shooting inefficient structures in our economy as well i think that americans should be outraged that we're not doing more to spend our energy consumer energy in a smart way. now a pakistan is turning up the heat on washington americans to leave a military base in the country drone strikes on the afghan border region have been a launched from this site in particular pakistan's protesting against the attacks for years calling them a violation of its sovereignty drone bombings have killed scores of civilians by

mistake on a many occasions pakistani political analyst a woman correct she believes that the violence will continue and so washington ends its war on terror. one of the main reasons for the for the continuation of violent activity on the pakistan are gonna stand border is the mess that the us military has created inside of coniston over the past decade the mess there the way they have alienated a large portion segment of the afghan population in terms of the pushed in trades their way they have conducted the war on terror they are the way they have alienated a large pockets really off the country is a big reason for why we have a continuation 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 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 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 correction where you are with r t it's good to have your company today let's check out now some other international news we're covering for you in brief going to iraq where five policemen were kidnapped and killed at a checkpoint in the western province of anbar sunni controlled area is a known al qaeda stronghold and 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 and driving a stolen police vehicle. as well as a leader has rejected the prosecution of four senior members suspects in the murder

of former lebanese prime. that's rather 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 he was financially and morally corrupt we was killed along with twenty two others in february two thousand and five in beirut when a bomb exploded near his passing motorcade. and to thailand now where preliminary results suggest that the opposition leader has won the runoff vote and will become the first woman to take the country's top ranking position headed by the sister of ousted premier tax and you know what food type party is expected to gain of a heart 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 it's hoped the vote will end the country's long running political deadlock. 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 celebration 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 the capital more than one hundred opposition activists are thought of going to taint by police in. months. but shortly here on our team we explore how georgia has changed since the collapse of the soviet union of a first i'll be back to remind you of this week's top stories do stay with us. from.

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