and then. there's. the week's top stories this is all t. 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 the attempt to defy the government's plans to change their pensions. give gore is the calf and the goal is to control libya. is the controlling if this is the target. and the libyans will not allow them to do that. so the fight will continue as nato steps up its air assault on libya altie

speaks exclusively with colonel gadhafi son about why his country is a war. and activists from a humanitarian flotilla destined for gaza demanding authorities explain why their convoy has been banned from leaving ports meanwhile the palestinian leader except athens offered to deliver the aid to the enclave on behalf of the campaigns. have a look back at the top stories from the past seven days and the latest developments this is the weekly on scene the latest payout of e.u. 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 over this recent parliament passed radical austerity measures demanded by the european union and internationally. monetary

fund and despite protests on the streets of athens three days of demonstrations left hundreds injured as angry crowds classroom police responded with tear gas and stun grenades one hundred generalists and the coffin us has been with protest as its untidiness square the focal point of the unrest. i think the only real option for them right now for the protesters and for the greek people is if some sort of political option or movement develops out of a society out of the ranks of ordinary people who are intelligent or capable who come from universities who have some idea of what the country needs according to scholars here in greece or 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 of this government some point i've said of things it really of the violence

is a really big issue because if if the violence if this results in casualties not just massive injuries then that's going to 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 here gas there were other chemicals including putting us for exceeding agents and that's why you see a lot of people here i shall do myself and a lot of people other people saw them passing out not being able to breathe people inside the metro station not being able to breathe 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 further explained.

on the streets of athens the voices of discontent growing louder. it's a war we did not create this so we're not going to pay for this we want to be called large but. continue the fight against economic ruin. and attempt to prevent greece from defaulting on its previous lame payments to the greek people we'll be seeing a penny. of money actually comes into the greek economy. also battles 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 and nothing else their money does not go very early here is struggling against harshest very few measures it's meant the government now faces an electorate opposed to another bailout that's been lost

people are asking when the i.m.f. european central bank and the e.u. provided. to the tune of one hundred billion euros get a little past the bailout and move on to plan b. because the thought the quest to manage another better part is in. for a lot of people. thought when it comes to the troika many people now in greece simply want to help here in their actions as being ball and interest. as much as. they are going to get all this they. give almost everything. it's certainly come it's a high cost cuts in public spending raising taxes and the nyquist of privatization

. program there would need to sell 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 there's almost as if there's a whole other holy alliance of politicians and bankers versus ordinary people it's a fight that the people say they're not prepared to. r.t. athens. nor professor cost to do than us from the university of london told r.t. that the player will effectively hand over greek sovereignty to the e.u. and the international monetary fund. this measures mean that the salaries and pensions of people in the public sector have been cut to up to forty percent to me the unemployment going up to about sixteen percent to forty percent of youth unemployment in it which means that a whole generation of young people is being destroyed they mean

a hundred fifty thousand jobs lost in the public sector and they mean that some of the most important utilities is being sold off so that they cannot be part of this is an i.m.f. involved totally polonius at the best and politically again with these neocolonial because it is not just the government that has been asked to accept these measures they were insisting demands that the opposition all of the usual parties should accept so we have a situation in which we may our structure of greece has now moved from athens to brussels and the other european centers and the greek politicians and the greek public has been asked really to implement what they would have been decided and. greece is 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 for

the country state schools were closed and disruption was caused to air traffic during the biggest industrial action in decades. nor emmett's has the story for us from the. down tools up with industrial action and autumn of discontent starts here this time it's public sector workers walking out unhappy with a plan to reform of their pensions which they say will see them paying a lot more and getting a lot less they can't keep me up it. looks like if i work for me it's not easy to fix to take a quick fix to the changes that i may consider pensions or very necessary cities way to address so i think we do need to make cutbacks in things happening. in the quality to bridges why so much is because 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 probably says his one point three million members already prolonged industrial action we're on a war footing with court thirty million claim 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 service workers who were already get very generous pensions and the

cost of those pensions is very much which of a cop it turns the burden falls on to the next generation it really is absolutely essential that public sector pay. reform but even after their reforms public sector workers will get far better pensions and worse present such workers the unions want to apply enough pressure to force the government to change its mind and it's no stranger to u.-turn and it was hell bent on reforming the health service too until it decided to take longer to think about it causing friction in the coalition the government's doing this to reduce the current fifty billion dollar pension bill but it may be cutting off its nose to spite its face the white issue here according to the u.k. pension fund. if you look at me if public sector work you know don't think that helps is what while it makes me not to be a stick to that if that was so widespread with pepsin funds would collapse and that

would leave u.k. p.l.c. the very source of investment just what it needs it more than ever your avatar to eat it loved it. well sort of come the drone you can find out what the u.s. is being banned in and it's been using in pakistan border kids and decision on whether to join a trade union with its eastern neighbors or mean to the e.u. . the story sort of comes first nato says it's stepping up and strikes in libya to plan the course of its campaign against colonel gadhafi forces leaflets dropped from coalition planes bombing run can happen any place any time in and claims to be hitting only military targets but a growing number of innocent libyans say they feared death from the skies brussels already apologized for killing civilians by mistake or the trouble he claims the number of reported deaths are to be much higher and nato is willing to admit kind of gadhafi is now threatening to retaliate against europe unless the air strikes full parties is on the front line. the road from the

capital tripoli to break his lines with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the populations. this is what's left of the airport in the siege of. homes of one of the country's key or the fineries the last plane took off from this runway just hours before it was hit. in space and it's only heating the targets of military value say these telecommunications power something to the west of the town to be destroyed in a time now this is a state they've made two strikes and they've also accidentally. two cars and killed two civilians since there is no t.v. in this area and as we can see. it has also been disrupted. there is no water and no to. what used to be heaven this man says has become hell out of his home now

susan samir. i have nine children and i send them all to my relatives abroad i don't want them to see their mother and says you condition. from least small pause not far from drug gas used to flow to europe. we used to produce field 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 read it on. jobs just before the bombs arrive. base runs as you can see the reason sign here in arabic that nato is here to leave here too in force 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 well 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 supporters it's a very important point just to quote case gets in a firm hand on this account would mean taking advantage of the country's economy all facilities seem to be a rare target that nato bombs never land on. civilian population can hardly scape and 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 and this used to be a restaurant for all companies start 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 their

stories are repeated really concerned by our problem over. the food so there's imagine every day every day did them bring a big killed our civilians but the lives. of this country this is probably live you well those voices become more and more frequent as the sound of exploding bombs and warplanes the drowns them. 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 the criminal court's requests for a living you look leader would be able to travel freely across africa what is going exclusive access to the colonel's son who's also wanted for war crimes so if gadhafi says the word is a share of tomatoes attempts to kill him or his family. this core of the is it is it is a mickey mouse called come on the accuse me of killing people over it with you know the sentence against the end of the capital punishment so they decided to kill me

and my father and it killed my brother and it is to my house so this is me to excuse you so now you know why i rest me the mines are going to kill me and you are after me every day you are trying to confine the other kid we really are my brother so is the world number two just to tell you that it's a fake or a little of what they are trying to negotiate with a deal if you accept this the we will take your pick of the court what does that mean it means is it is is controlled by those countries. which attack us every day this is just to put psychological and political pressure on us politically. and you can see our full exclusive interview with colonel gadhafi son in the next hour here on our team. activists from the aid flotilla destined for 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 and to continue their humanitarian voyage towards palestine campaigners claim that the athens decision is due to pressure from the u.s. and israel and the accuser try to sabotage their mission if the tiller is being compared to a turkish convoy that was stormed by israeli marines last may resulting in deaths meanwhile the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has accepted the greek offer to deliver humanitarian aid to gaza in place of the flotilla but he's course one of those in the greek capital with the latest. candidate activists from the so-called freedom flotilla to have gathered in athens to protest decision to ban their vessels from leaving greek ports. coolers understand the decision of authorities is unlawful as adults have 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 not planning to pressure the e.u. really un to interfere and stop greece from last week he pleaded innocent ports i mean and we have more exclusive coverage of the freedom flotilla story for you online so please log on to our web site it's our dot com reporter remains on one of those detained for turbo it's providing regular updates from the scene also online at the moment. he just as he is moscow international film festival log on to get a roundup of all the collateral section. leon panetta has been sworn in as the new u.s. defense second treat replacing robert gates who held the post for over four units panetta now faces the challenge of assuring victory in america's overseas wolves

and auntie's been told by a retired u.s. army general that if the military is to succeed it needs to be more energy efficient and 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 it 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 that it will bring about some change how the money should be using united states to work to best aid programs i mean we're essentially bankrupt and many elements of our nation in order to win this war in iraq and afghanistan but 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 then 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 optical easy pragmatic approach and that is essentially insulating our

structures in iraq and afghanistan and we can say billy we're presently spending about twenty billion dollars a year simply inefficient structures in our economy and so well i think that americans should be outraged they were not doing it for better energy consumer energy in a smart way. pakistan is turning up the heat on washington urging americans to leave a military base in the country growing strikes on the afghan border region have been launched from the site has tons been protesting against the attacks for years calling them a violation of its sovereignty to involvements have killed scores of civilians by mistake on many occasions just on a political analyst on a close she believes the violence will continue until washington ends its war on terror. one of the main reasons for the continuation of violent activity on the pakistan of coniston border is the mess that the us military has created inside of coniston over the past decade the mess there the way

they have illian aided a large portion segment of the afghan population in terms of a push to try to their way they have conducted the war on terror there the way they have alienated a large pockets really of 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 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 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 were good 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. but

the russian police say they've released all of the journalists who've been detained in one protester's june celebrations of the twentieth anniversary of the country's independence according to human rights organizations police fired tear gas and beat up activists in running up to two hundred people in the capital minsk protesters have taken to the streets to hold another silent protest march only by clapping after a similar event during the week independence day celebrations come as the government struggles with a financial crisis and to secure a multi-billion dollar bailout from the i.m.f. the country's currency has been sharply devalued project as it melts the younger way as recently emerged outside the established opposition activists using the internet to organize. after fifteen years the customs union between russia and kazakhstan is up and running with no vehicle checks at the borders between the countries since the first of july the union created to ease mutual trade could be joined by another candidate and that is ukraine but as artie's election had a secure reports become treated at

a crossroads deciding whether to turn east all west. as the change of power in the crane revived ties with the moscow talks of the key of joining the customs union between russia belarus and kazakstan began a possible move many experts describe as highly beneficial for all sides the world of goods and services produced in ukraine more or less meat market standards and are needed in these countries and the larger the market the more countries specialize in juice in certain goods at the moment all of them believes ukraine in kazakhstan produce competing goods and are not using their natural advantages childers customs union will help them become more focused at the same time ukraine never hit its aspirations could join the european union and despite moscow's reassurances that a customs union can co-exist with a free trade space with europe we would all members of the customs union join the cio in its presence is no hindrance to this process russia which is also

a member of the customs union will seek the creation of the free trade zone with the european union i hope that this time isn't going to be a long run instant russell did not seem too happy and cried trying to sit on top tiers a stern warning to ukraine came from the european parliament which said should the country join the customs union with russia who are still the e.u. will be shot for ever for ukraine and despite this statement coming not from the highest ranks in the e.u. it caused heated debate in kiev. now the post soviet states kind that south at the crossroads president going to be trying to negotiate between the east and the west created a special commission on deepening ties with the customs union we don't try to choose between trooper trinity three try to find the formulas that would let us use both for the benefit of our economy and unfortunately strong position of our european partners is that your brain cannot be a member of crafting tyranny and if it wants to have

a free trade area so that's why we have to and we do searching for a formula that can allow ours to be closed part of customs union should be good for a fraction of part of the russian russian culture stunna an economic sphere but north becoming a full scale member experts say it is impossible to tell whether such a cornea would be found but many stressed that the market for most ukrainian goods and cordy's would definitely be higher in the russian market that in the e.u. . the european market is huge but it has very high standards and is heavily regulated and it's really difficult to work there even for some european producers ukraine would struggle to fit in the market in the questions you need smaller but the goods produced by ukraine would be in high demand there rocky of mysteriously balancing between the east and the west we're sure it's your view craning and say that despite european pastures being seemingly greener russia is arter all closed

and not only geopolitically lets you assess the r.t. reports and crankier in ukraine. let's check out other international news stories we're covering in brief for you here you know world of fake bangladeshi police have arrested over one hundred people in the capital dhaka they were demonstrating against a gas exploration deal with the u.s. which they say could rock the country of its natural resources officials claim a contract is needed to meet bangladeshis growing energy demand a strike force locals all 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 anbar these sunny control there 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 government were in uniform and driving a stolen police vehicle the. italian police have again clashed with demonstrators west of the city of cheer in protesting against the construction of

a high speed rail tunnel through the alps 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 lived between children in the french quarter say that building a rail link would ruin the landscape. also in a world update this hour to thailand where pulling results suggest the opposition leader has won the runoff vote and could become the first woman to take the country's top ranking position headed by the sister of aston premier talks in general of the few type party going to have a heart of the five hundred parliamentary seats the results could mean the former leader may return home from self-imposed exile and by a vote for his five years of political chaos marked by violent protests and military could. well in a moment special report on life in cars so-called garbage village before that i'll be back with an update of one may new stories for you this hour as an about turn off and somehow stay with us live here in moscow this is the weekly on our team.

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