it's going. to be challenged. where did it take. for the week's top stories this is r.t. a costly rescue the e.u. approves of twelve billion euro bailout package to tackle the greek debt crisis as part of demonstrations rocked the country in protest of the high cost 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 is a piece of cake rich full of jazz buoyant and you have more than one hundred million dollars deposits abroad so we have to show you the scheme that is. as nato

steps up its air of sort of libya party spoke exclusively with colonel gadhafi son about why his country's at war. and avoids the ended before it began athens bands an aid flotilla destined for gaza from leaving greek ports and plane is on board believe the u.s. and israel are behind the unlawful suspension of their trip. with a look back at the top stories from the past seven days and the latest developments this is the weekly. the latest pay out of funds for the greek economy will be released in the next two weeks that's according to euro zone finance ministers without the money athens will default on its loans within days but the rescue package comes at a price which has public outrage earlier this week the greek parliament passed radical austerity measures demanded by the european union. international monetary

fund. backs the plan despite 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 a natural journalist dimitri coffin us has been with protesters at syntagma 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 of company universities wrap some idea of what the country needs according to scholars here in greece where constitutional scholars and former members of the government may claim that the measure simply 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 that 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 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 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 that governments have to fall too i don't see the people in this country right now 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 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 the hospital for that reason people are very angry here and a very upset and i understand what's going on and understand these measures are not going to help them and their future. and euro zone is trying to save itself from a major crisis like keeping greece in the you know that's what a columnist for athens newspaper constantino told r.t.

when greek authorities approved radical cuts. george papandreou has lost legitimacy in grays and as a prime minister he is a dead man walking at the moment and this pressure from the european union is meant we will talk about blackmail i guess the greek government because they say that on the list see you vote for this outrageous there will be no more loans and greece who will be left to default my country opinion is the this is a bluff from european union because if we greece goes before then we'll have a domino i played i guess the euro. will be a disaster for european union at large and but unfortunately our government has not the narrow to call them bluff and this is the difficult part of the story because you see the memorandums and there was a very good package is a result is the key that lays the golden eggs of development and this is

unsustainable. and the fear that the e.u. cash won't help is backed up by critics of the bailout who argue that the money will be used to pay off banks not help the people of greece first explains. on the streets of athens the voices of discontent. it's a war we did not create this tour and are going to pay for this we want to be like by the streets continues to fight against economic ruin. and it can't prevent greece from previous lame attainments. people seeing any. of this money actually comes into the greek economy it all goes out. on stage 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 and nothing else their money does not

go to the real economy here is struggling against harshest very few measures that many government now faces an electorate. that's been lost people are asking when the. european central bank and the e.u. . one hundred billion euros get a little hoss. and move on so plan. to manage. and pay back that loan for a lot of people. in fact when it comes to the trade many people now in greece think leaking will that help. interest rates. get passed much as. if they are going to get all this they. brought. their. to get almost everything.

but they certainly can it's a high cost cuts in public spending raising taxes and any question of privatization program it would mean the 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 of their faulty lending policies it's almost as if there's a whole other holy alarms of politicians and bankers versus all repeat will. find that the people say they're not prepared to lead their fans. well still to come this hour here in our to the aftermath of japan's biggest nuclear disaster. there are no concrete 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 the very head of the twenty kilometer exclusion zone that the government has set up the japanese people

do face in their government of the accused of being reckless with their safety. story sort of cumber first 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 after the country's state schools were closed and disruption was caused to air traffic control during the biggest industrial action in decades artes nor and it has more on this story. down tools are 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 they kept saying it was meant to. look like i'm worth the money to think people will be back live like yanking things like he was detained

just that it may consider pensions or very unnecessary state is way to address so i think we do need to make cutbacks in things happening. in the private teaching at least 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 are ready for prolonged industrial action we're on a a war footing we've got thirty million planes 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 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 and the cost of this pensions is very much tripped over the carpet and the burden falls on to the next generation it really is absolutely essential that public sector pain. all reform needed after their reforms public sector workers will get for the pensions and less pleasant search 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 and senate 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 at the white issue here according to the union if you pay pension fund if you shift if you pay economy if public sector work if no don't think that pensions are what while they may still finish if you stick to that if that was a widespread withdrawal pension funds would collapse and that would leave u.k. p.l. the very source of investment just what it means that more than ever your average r.t. love that. nato says its strikes on libya to turn the course of its campaign against colonel gadhafi forces leaflets dropped from coalition planes say a bombing run can happen any place any time they announce claims to be hitting only military targets but a growing number of innocent libyans say they fear from the skies brussels already apologized for killing civilians by mistake although tripoli claims a number of reported this is said to be much higher than nato is willing to admit

colonel gadhafi is now threatening to retaliate against europe unless the air strikes stop or his revolutionary is on the front line. the road from the capital tripoli to brag is lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled the bombardment. this is what's left of the civilian airport in the 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 hit places this time it's only hit in the targets of military value they call say these telecommunications power so fifteen minutes west of there. has been destroyed in a time the way this is a state they've been two strikes and they've also accidentally. two cars and killed two civilians and there is no t.v. in this area that is we can see that phone light has also been disrupted. there is no water and no. what used to be have been this man has now come hell which was

home now feels unfamiliar. i have nine children and i send them all to my relatives abroad i don't want them to see their mother in such a condition that some of the small paul not far from dr lieberman gas used to flow to europe. we used to produce fields ascended to them and you know see they destroy it all this is terrible and ridiculous at the same time the closer you get to the frontline the more you feel it you can hear the war and you can even read it on a jew's leaflets jobs just before the bombs arrive. this runs as you can see there is a sign here i am a big name taylor is here to inform 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 any time. any time happened three times over

several hours while we were. really delivers major is where the front dividing the country into two parts into to see. is going to put one flashpoint for. these forces it's a very important step to take location getting a firm handle on this count would mean taking control over the country's economy all who seem to be a rare target the. population can hardly. they were like my family not just going to the shops to buy some foods and this happened six of them died i couldn't believe it. restaurant companies staff 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 but then the helicopters came and started shooting. from one street to another the stories are

repeated. a problem alone we don't. really know so there's imagine everybody agreed it did bring a big killed our civilians but never. this country this is probably well those voices become more and more frequent as the sound of exploding bombs and warplanes the drowns them. out t. only. 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 courts request the libyan leader would be able to travel freely across africa what is going to exclusive access to colonel gadhafi son who is also wanted for war crimes so if an islam says the word is a sham after nato is attempts to kill him and his family the score of it is that you can ask or. come on the accuse me of killing people everybody nor the sentence

if you are going to commit the crimes of punishment so they decided to kill me and and did kill my brother and it is to my house so this is me to execute you so now you are so while i rest me three months ago it's ok to kill me and you are after me every day god phone call to find the answer can you really i'm a brother so is the world number two just to tell you that the supreme court a little what they are trying to negotiate with us a deal if you accept this deal with of the court what is mutable it means is is controlled by those countries. which attack us every day it's just to put a psychological and political pressure that it. and by the way you can see our full exclusive interview with colonel gadhafi son in

about fifteen minutes from now here in r.t. if you want to see it before then just logon to r.t. dot com where you can watch it right now. what is alarmed by the ambiguous interpretation of the u.n. security council resolution in libya the concern has been raised at the meeting between russian and french foreign ministers after paris admitted supplying weapons to the rebels it's the first time since the campaign began that a nato member has owned up to air lifting arms to the country france and see if the framework of the resolution allows for all means when it comes to protecting civilians something russia calls an abuse of the vague wording of the document a little too diverse allusion nineteen seventy three contains chapter four which allows anyone to do anything when this very chaps it was the cause more problems with the mandate in all other aspects we support it and as we have wars now we're facing pleasant situations but it can be interpreted in most different ways i think moscow and paris and of the u.n.

security council members are interested for the body to release concise documents to international law does not need to put up with ambiguity. greece has burned a humanitarian aid flotilla destined for gaza from the its ports and arrested one of the captains here thora says accuse the vessel of hundreds of activists on board the party without permission campaigners that suggested the greek government gave in to pressure from the u.s. and israel and they accuse of trying to sabotage their 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 turkish activists was artie's correspond reports from one of the sea ships lawyers are calling athens actions a lot and that campaign is hope justice will prevail. i prepared an hour after all but make sure you know the american ship knew what he was doing and i was determined an attempt to fault one that i took to be captain of my ship and he's ready to sit still if soon as you get your mission if you want he says they should

be new restraints the lawyers say greece is gone and the ships are leaving it is unlawful it will come to an end game no grounds are going to help the fleet in the first place and commits remain optimistic i believe the congress. because the symbol of enormous moral strength is really concentrating speculation on the right image who happens to be true should have been so did what every nook and cranny in american shit was only carrying three thousand one hundred star children and that's what is really you know i know a little scared you know the whole mission was drawing soo much attention to you i know it will be lucky to have done so far and it's making for you know when i first talked i should have never given a destination but you know if you're right here and there by the way we have more exclusive coverage of the freedom flotilla story for you online just log on to r.t. dot com dollar forty just seeing their remains all of one of the detained for to the boats providing regular updates from the scene that's all on our website. also

online if you missed this year's moscow international film festival you can log on to the web site to get a roundup of all the glamorous action that. egypt's interim government has come under pressure as violent protests whipped through the country this week police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of angry protesters hurling stones and petrol bombs thirty two thousand people joined pro-democracy activists to call for cost the reforms and demand justice for the eight hundred fifty people killed during the spring uprising demonstrators are for. separated by the government for not meeting the demands of the revolution that toppled president of our best occasions been notions of clashes with the. journalist action returns he says the current leadership is ignoring people's demands. the government such as it is has not responded to the concerns of

the people there strikes 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 mr tung 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 injury minister and also mubarak has been adjourned people are not getting what they thought they were getting when they toppled hosni mubarak we must remember the joe biden and hillary clinton didn't want to mubarak to go that's also a 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 being 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 this in the corporate news it's as if that revolutions done and dusted in the egyptian people if. and should return to their let's check on the

other international news we're covering in brief today bangladeshi police arrested over a hundred people from the capital dhaka people were demonstrating against a grassroots gratian to the u.s. which they say could rob a country of its natural resources officials private contractors needed to meet bangladeshis growing energy demand strikeforce local stores schools and businesses in the capital to close for a day. in iraq five policemen were kidnapped and killed at a checkpoint in the western province of and up the sunni controlled area is a known al qaeda stronghold in 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. hezbollah's leader has rejected a prosecution of four senior group members suspects in the murder of former lebanese premier. a son that's about the just a bit israel should instead be the main subject of investigation he said the attempts to charge a suspect are part of an israeli plot saying it was financially and morally corrupt

and he was killed along with twenty two others in february two thousand and five in beverage when a bomb exploded near his passing motorcade. to target now where preliminary results suggest the opposition leader has won the runoff but could become the first woman to take the country's top ranking position headed by the sister of acid premier. the if you think thai party huff of the five hundred parliamentary seats the results could mean the former leader may return home from self-imposed exile in dubai the vote follows five years of political chaos marred by violent protests and a military couldn't. put a reason celebrating the twentieth anniversary of its independence putting aside the economic problems which the country is currently facing thousands of people are gathered in minsk to mark the occasion a celebration comes at a time of the country's government is struggling with a financial crisis and to secure a multi billion dollar bailout from the i.m.f. people are showing their discontent. leadership by protesting in the streets of the

capital more than one hundred opposition activists support have been detained by police in recent months. japan is no closer to resolving its nuclear crisis triggered by the march earthquake and tsunami high levels of radiation continue to be detected near the stricken for question of a power plant despite the government declaring it safe for people to live nearby but as it is short of the scalp 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 that the japanese people have no trust in the government he watching you know 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 like perfect or they said they for being with the government this are developing. they are not together or part of the country. they are a part but some believe it is too early to tell what the real dangers of the situation or scientists and know that large doses of radiation given in one blast is a significant health threat but they say there isn't enough information about long term exposure to lower doses of radiation and the types of damage it can do if you check it out here or radiation level and then you should get greece and then you take water you always will have different values because it's so close and so changing so you can hardly say but it's really exceeds what a normal person would have by

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 watch green valley behind me but in fact this is the very head of the twenty kilometer exclusion value that the government has set up in fact we try to get a little bit closer but we're supported by a police officer and a couple of personal now although this is supposed to be a safe area the radiation levels here are still brain seven and ten times higher than normal weather for misinformation or mis understanding the people who live in the affected areas don't always take the proper precautions here a volunteer works to clean up toxic radioactive hot spots with hardly any protection at all a problem that some say is compounded by government propaganda accentuating the benefits while neglecting to inform about the dangers of nuclear waste the first thing the government should do is let the citizens know the real cost of nuclear energy 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. has been blown off the t.v. channels need the money from advertisement and the nuclear energy companies pay a lot with it there's money they cannot survive and for that reason i have to shut up about the situation the newspapers have this problem as well a move that if true keeps the important information hidden from the people saving face for those in charge in japan showing thomas or teehee. just for a month our exclusive interview with colonel gadhafi son is coming up that will be right also a recap of the top stories in a few minutes stay with us live here in moscow this is.

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