shirts in hanoi hilton approach summer said graham family sedona sweet. book royal saigon whose homes were built hotels sheraton hotel entire world hotels in the leaves tees available in the resort and spa. with the week's top stories this is a costly rescue the e.u. approves a twelve billion euro bailout package to tackle the greek debt crisis and 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 defy the government's plans to change their pensions. this country is a piece of cake rich guys. and we have more than one hundred million dollars abroad so we have to show. that it. has nato

steps up its air assault on libya spoke exclusively with colonel gadhafi son about why his country is at war. and activists from a humanitarian flick destined for gaza and the money authorities explain why they call boys bin pam from even reports meanwhile the palestinian leader accepts athens all but to deliver the aid to the enclave the heart of the campaign. i look back at the top stories from the past seven days and the latest developments this is the weekly on. the latest payout of a huge bailout 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 the public outraged this week the greek parliament passed

radical steps the nation's demanded by the european union an international monetary fund and despite protests on the streets of athens three days of demonstrations left hundreds injured as angry crowds clashed with police responded with tear gas and stun grenades financial journalist in between cough and us is being. square the focal point of the unrest i think the only real option for them right now for the protesters and for the 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 for 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 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 that doesn't 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 pharmaceuticals or 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 people other people saw them passing out not being able to greet 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 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 of the bailout who argue that the money will be used to pay off banks and not help the people of greece on the surface explains. on the streets of athens the voices of discontent a growing louder. it's a war we did not create this tour and we're going to pay for this day we want to be called large by the streets continues to fight against economic ruin the second bailout. and a chance to prevent greece from defaulting on its previous lame payments people will be seeing any. concerns of money actually comes into the greek economy it all goes out the interest payments repayments 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 taxes taxes taxes and nothing else their

money does not go to very early a year a struggling against hostile stares he measures his many government now faces an electorate opposed to another bailout a lot of people are asking when the. european central bank and the e.u. . and missile to the tune of one hundred ten billion euros get a little past the bailout and move on supplant the because they thought the quest to manage another package and pay back that loan for a lot of people really are realistic is that when it comes to the troika many people now in greece simply going on their help their actions is being born as a stealth interest the british you. get. out there are going to get all the. problem. there. give almost everything. it's certainly can it's

a high cost cuts in public spending and raising taxes and in the quest of privatization program that 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 faults the loan being policies is almost as if there's a whole other holy alliance of politicians of bankers versus ordinary people it's a fight that the people say they're not prepared to. r.t. athens. well still to come this year an arty 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 watch green valley behind me but in fact this is the very area of the twenty kilometer exclusion zone that the government has. japanese people lose faith

in their government as they accuse it of being reckless with their safety. that's still to come for you but 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 in the country state schools were closed and destruction was caused to traffic during the biggest industrial action in decades emmett's 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 they're going to say it was meant. that if it can work for me fifty fifty eight it would think that the changes that it

make it eventually very necessary to fix the way to address it so i think both we do need to make back in things that bring. in the private key to reggie's by so much as it is to 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 tickets he chief ball babbly says his one point three million members already for prolonged industrial action and we're on a war footing 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 of their proposed in a 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 fallacy 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 topic such workers do already get very generous pensions and the cost of this pensions is very much returned to the carpets and the burden falls on to the next generation it really is absolutely essential that public sector pay. reformed and even after they are reformed public sector workers will get far better pensions and less pleasant church 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 wider issue here according to the u.k. pension fund future if you follow me if public sector work is no don't get that pension what while it made me stop contributing to that if there was a widespread withdrawal pension funds would collapse and that would leave you k. p.l.o. the very shores of investments just what it needs it more than ever your avatar t. love to. have an activist from the anti tax avoidance group u.k. on cars daniel carven says that the government's cuts are penalizing the wrong people. government's line is that you know any any changes to the pensions or any other public safety cuts are entirely unnecessary because we have such a large debt we need to remember where this came from this came from eight hundred fifty billion pounds it was pumped into the banking sector a couple of years ago and still continues to this day so you know we have a debt and now we've got to ask ourselves how do we deal with that i listed of

going after the buyers that caused the financial crisis and some of the wealthiest people in our society were avoiding some twenty five billion tax pounds in tax every single year the government plans through that to basically go after ordinary working people and so they could live in stroking of the pensions is just one of many public sector cuts to come over the next call for years so it basically is a huge amount of anger in this country where because it's incredibly unfair that ordinary working people who have nothing to do with the financial crisis are being asked to pay for a crisis that was caused by the votes. coming up this cross clash you can find out why the demolition of a religious monument in ukraine has led to the markets he. says it stepping up air strikes on libya to turn the course of its campaign against colonel gadhafi forces leaflets dropped from coalition planes 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 skies brussels already apologized for killing civilians by mistake tripoli claims the number of reported deaths is said to be much higher than nato is willing to admit kind of gadhafi is now threatening to retaliate against europe unless the air strikes stop . is on the front line. the road from the capital tripoli to drag his lines with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled the grand bargain and. this is what's left of the airports in the sea. and to one of the country's key oil refineries. the last plane to go from this runway just hours before it was hit places they said it's only heating the targets of military value locals say these telecommunications towers some fifteen minutes west of. destroyed in a time this is a site they've been strikes and they've also accidentally. two cars and killed

two civilians since fran there is no t.v. in this area and as we can see the phone light has also been disrupted. there is no water and no to. what used to be heaven this man says has become hell was home now feels unfamiliar. either. 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 least small pool. even gas used to flow to europe. we used to produce fuel to send it to them and now see they destroy it all this is terrible and ridiculous at the same time the closer you get to the front line the more you feel it you can hear the war you can even read it. jobs just before the bombs arrive. this runs as you can see the reason sign here in arabic nato 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. any time happened three times over several hours while we were humane regolith is made it is where the frontline lies dividing the country into two parts into to see. is going to put one flashpoint between the rebels and gadhafi forces it's a very important point to quote case gets and if this town would mean taking control over the country's economy all facilities seem to be a rare target nato bombs never land on. the civilian population can hardly scape. they were like my family that had just gone to the shop to buy some food and this happened six of them died i couldn't believe it and this used to be a restaurant. 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 but then the helicopters came and started to shoot at us. from one street to another the stories are repeated. probably most. there's a man every day every day ben being a good killed our civilians. from this country this is probably via well those voices become more and more frequent as the sound of exploding while arms and warplanes a drowns them. out see tripoli. the african union is calling on member states to refute the arrest warrant issued by the hague this week against colonel gadhafi if you will as action doesn't back the criminal courts request the libyan leader will be able to travel freely across africa he is gained exclusive access to colonel son who is also wanted for war

crimes saif gadhafi says is a share after nato is attempts to kill him and his family. this horrific as it is it is a mickey mouse quote come on the accuse me of killing people over to the north of the sentence and those of you look at the punishment soul and kill and come and live kill my brother and destroy the house so there's a need to excuse so now i don't know why i rest me to the lines of go is so to kill me and you are after me every day i phone call to find out if you are there my brother so does the number two just to tell you that the supreme court. they are trying to negotiate with us a deal if you accept this deal with the character of the court what does that mean it is i'm told by those countries. which i think as so early it's just psychological and political. that it.

and you can see our full exclusive interview with colonel gadhafi son in just over an hour from now but if you want to see it for them just log on to fourteen dot com that's a web site where you can watch it right now. activists from the aid flotilla to gaza have taken to the streets of athens in defiance of the authorities decision to ban the vessels from leaving port their demands are for the release of their ships and one of the captains to continue their humanitarian voyage towards palestine campaigners claim the athens decision is due to pressure from the u.s. and israel who they accuse of trying to. seven dollars their mission and the tiller is being compared to a turkish call void that was stalled by israeli marines last may resulting in death palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has accepted a greek offer to deliver humanitarian aid to gaza in place of the letter of his

correspondence is in the greek capital with the latest. candidate activists from the so-called freedom flotilla to have gathered in athens to protest decisions for banned their vessels from leaving greek ports a few delegates were chosen to engage in talks with authorities and try to release the captain in custody and let the ship. stand a decision of authorities is unlawful as athens has not provided any explanation to why the flotilla has been detained in the first place members of european parliament who are part of the humanitarian mission are trying to pressure the e.u. and the un to interfere and stop greece from lawfully keeping the masses in port like. by the way we have more exclusive coverage of the freedom flotilla story for you and line on the website that's r.t. dot com and dog for he just seen the remains on one of those detained providing regular updates from the scene. at the moment if you

missed this year's moscow international film festival you're going to get a roundup of all the glamorous action all available plenty of other features and news at r.t. dot com. leon panetta has been sworn in as the new u.s. defense secretary 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 artie's been told by a retired u.s. army general that if the military is to succeed and he's 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 they will do something about the a tremendous energy expenditure is 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 how the money should be using united states to work domestic programs i mean we're essentially bankrupt elements of that of our nation in order to win this war in iraq and afghanistan and i'm glad my point is that we can be expending energy there by choice smarter 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'm hoping 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 girlish thing inefficient structures in our economy itself but i think that americans should be outraged that we're not doing more better energy consumer energy in a smart way pakistan is turning up he told washington urging americans to leave

a minute drone strikes on the afghan border region have been launched from the site pakistan's been protesting against the attacks by unions calling them a violation of its sovereignty and ones have killed scores of civilians by mistake how many occasions pakistani political analyst ahmed clay she 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 us military has created inside afghanistan over the past decade a mess 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 a 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 has been conducting this war over the past ten years one step forward is of course what president obama has declared but use the words we're going to see really actions on the ground and we'll get to see whether important agencies within the u.s. government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. and that was pakistani political analyst. well time now to check on other international news we're covering in brief today in our world update bangladesh police have arrested over one hundred people in the capital dhaka demonstrating against a gas exploration deal with the u.s. which they say could rob the country of its natural resources officials pain a contract is needed to meet bangladeshis growing energy demand a strike force local store all schools and businesses in the capital to close for.

in iraq five policemen were kidnapped and killed at the checkpoint in the western province of amber pisani control there is a known al qaeda stronghold in the center of iraq's insurgency attack took place on a major road linking iraq with syria and jordan the gunmen were in uniform driving a stolen police vehicle. italian police have again clash with demonstrators west of the city of cheer in protest against the construction of a high speed roadway tunnel through beyond stones and petrol bombs were thrown at officers who responded with tear gas to disperse the crowd several arrests were made and at least thirty policemen were injured many residents who live between children and the french border say a railing would ruin the landscape and claim the drilling could damage the region. to thailand now where preliminary results suggest the opposition leader has won the runoff that would and could become the first woman to take the country's top ranking position and it by the sister of acid premiere in china but if you type

party games over half of the five hundred parliamentary seats result could mean the former leader may return home from self-imposed exile in dubai the vote follows five years of political chaos not by violent protests and a military coup. 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 fukushima power plant despite the government declaring it safe for people to live nearby. sean thomas discovered when it comes to their safety the people of japan no longer have faith in their government. it 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 he watching our 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 horror like iraq that a they said different things like perfect or they said different things and the government they thought different things. the alligator the or stiff part of the country last year they are apart but some believe it is too early to tell what the real dangers of the situation or scientists know that large doses of radiation given in one glance 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 your radiation level and then you check degrees and then you check 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

a year one of the frightening things about this entire incident is that there are no concrete boundaries that can clearly guarantee your safety one example is this looks like a beautiful wife green valley behind me but in fact this is the very head of the twenty kilometer exclusion zone 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 between 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 and of 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 until 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 on 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 without this money they cannot survive and for that reason i have to shut up of 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 and china china's. hundreds of ethnic classics have been involved in a mass brawl with ukrainian special forces over the removal of a religious monument in the crimean peninsula and with an ox christian cross was arrested in the resort city a few dosia in a defying a local authority about on the monument as a result it was the minister earlier this week despite opposition from local

residents on the three hundred pristine that's not through the city and protests throughout society across but were soon as burst by riot police violent confrontations very broke out resulting in fifteen people being seriously injured. but in a moment or two a special report a life in caro's so-called garbage village that's a special report but i'll be back before that with a summary of our main you stories stay with us life here in the sky.

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