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top stories of the week called slow rescue league or approves a twelve billion euro bailout package to tackle the greek debt crisis as violent demonstrations run the country brownshirts told the high cost to help. hundreds of thousands of public sector workers in the u.k. take part in the national day of strikes in the attempt to defy the government's plans to change their pensions and. good god is the government the goal is to control libya. this is the thought that. the libyans will not allow them to do that. so the fight will continue as nato steps up its an assault on libya also he speaks exclusively with colonel gadhafi the son about why his country's at war. and activists from a humanitarian team that doesn't for gaza are demanding authorities explaining why their convoy that's been banned from leaving greek imports meanwhile the

palestinian leader accepts athens offer a delay with aides today and played on the whole of the country. hello welcome to the program this is all she's a weekly review i mean our timing story greece is to get its latest payout from the year in the next two weeks according to euro zone finance ministers they also plan to focus on discussing a second bailout for the country the release of the twelve billion euro trash and it a default came however at a prize which has outraged the greek public the greek parliament passed radical austerity plans demanded by the u.n. international monetary fund including a sells of state assets and a swift budget cuts hoped to net almost a two billion euro m.p.'s naturally backstay measures despite widespread public

opposition with protesters saying. the curve started to one hundred people not possible with economic crisis three days of demonstrations left hundreds injured as angry crowds clashed with police responded with tear gas and stun grenades and partial journalist demetri confidence has been with protesters aren't syntagma square the focal point of rest. i think the only real option for them right now for the protesters and for the greek people is if some sort of political option or movement develops out of a society out of the ranks of ordinary people who are intelligent who are 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 this 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 at some point i said if things go 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 the governor will 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 karma soup association 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 including clothing as 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 breathe people inside the metro station not being able to breathe for the hospital for that reason and people are very angry here and they're very upset and they understand what's going on and then are sent these measures are not going to help them and their future. and the fear that the you catch what how by critics. and all

you that the money will be he's. payal banks not help the people of. south explained. 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 we want to be called large but it's greece continues to fight against economic ruin second day in . an attempt to prevent greece from defaulting on its previous laman payments that the greek people seeing a penny. of this buyout money actually comes into the greek economy it all goes out interest. also battles on save the banks and prevent a large scale financial crisis for the people the price is simply too high very see their income don't going down they see taxes taxes taxes and nothing else their money does not go to the real economy here is struggling against harsher sterett he

measures has meant the government now faces an electorate opposed to another bailout that's been lost and 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 euro it's going to look past the bad move on to plan b. because the thought the quest to manage another bailout package and pay back that loan for a lot of people is that they are realistic if not when it comes to the troika many people now in greece simply don't want to help them out since is being born as a self-interest. to get as much as they. get out. to get all this they. i mean. they are going to get almost everything that. the bailout would certainly come as

a high cost for the. in public spending raise in taxes and an aggressive plato's ation program that would mean the sale of many greek public assets one of the reasons that everybody is so determined to keep greece in the euro is so that the banks don't have to take a serious hit on their faulty lending policies it is almost as if those are the other holy alarms of politicians and bankers vs ordinary people it's a fight that the people say they're not prepared to lose so r.t. athens. greece was not the only country grieved by approaches this week as u.k. public sector workers went on strike on thursday disrupting schools afterwards and other services hundreds of thousands of union members took part demanding the conservative liberal coalition government thinks plans to cut their pensions slashes eighty billion pounds equivalent to one hundred and thirty billion dollars from public spending lore and that reports. down tools up with industrial

action an autumn of discontent starts here this time it's the public sector workers walking out on happy with the planned reform of their pensions which they say will see them paying a lot more and getting a lot less but i kept saying it was meant. to fight. for me it didn't take me back fifty i think it's a. bit changes that i make it a pension or very necessary to fix the way to address it so i think we do need to make cutbacks in things i think. tried and tried to teach it mentions by side much of it is these people do a huge variety of key work from teaches and lecturers to air traffic controllers and coast guards unisons the u.k.'s biggest public sector trade union deputy chief ball babble a says his one point three million members already for prolonged

industrial action and we're almost 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 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 salary the unions admit public support is fundamental the government's very unlikely to change its mind about reforms if the public at large doesn't back the unions but that's by no means a short public sector workers do already get very generous pensions and the cost of those pensions is very much sort of a cop it and the burden falls on to the next generation

a great is absolutely essential that public sector pain. reform don't even after they're reformed public sector workers will get far better pensions and less present 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 is doing this to reduce a current fifty billion dollar pension bill but it may be cutting off its nose to spite its face that the wider issue here according to the new u.k. pension fund you didn't have to give me a lot of me public sector work is no don't think that pension is what while it made me stop contributing to that if there was a widespread withdrawal pension funds would collapse and that would leave u.k.p. i will be very short of investments just what it means that more than ever your avatar to be loved. and political actors chris knight says that bankers are to

blame for the state of britain's finances but if public resistance continues it could threaten the government. what's happening here is that a crisis caused by bankers and who the politicians in their pocket is what they're those politicians are making us as if. hardworking teachers hardworking civil servants hardworking lecturers and others are responsible for this crisis we all know that's not true so let's deal with it let's deal with the 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 to start with and it has already 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 be just white collar workers we're building tool it looks as if the government doesn't back down the building but for something it was something an absolutely enormous we're building towards something we haven't seen in this country since ninety

twenty six a general strike and that's going to be very powerful and the government will will will will fall if it comes to that. this is coming out the you know also international monetary fund being transferred to selected as the new head of the sparking concern the fund could remain west and. so find out why the demolition of a religious monument in ukraine led to blood and. nato says it's increasing airstrikes in western libya where rebels say they are advancing far into territories that colonel gadhafi is forces still control the alliance says that as trikes are aimed only at military targets but thousands of people have fled from their homes in fear meanwhile turkey followed a number of other nato member states declaring its recognizing the rebels as the true representatives of libya's people but as yet there's no sign of an end to the conflict as the rebels continue to reject the african union's offer to arrange

talks between them to conduct this government or he's going to finish and reports now from. the road from the capital tripoli to brag he's lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled the bombardment. this is what's left of the airport but also home to one of the country's key oil refineries the last plane took off from this runway just hours before it was hate. to say so it's only heating the targets of military value what we call say these telecommunications towers so fifteen minutes west of the target has been destroyed . this is a state. strikes and they've also accidentally. to cause i've killed two civilians and there is no t.v. in this area it is we can see. it has also been disrupted. there is no water no electricity what used to be heaven. has become. now susan

familiar. with the. 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. from the small poor bread gas used to flow to europe. we used to produce fuel to send to them and now 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. jobs just before the bombs arrive. this one says as you can see there is a sign here in arabic that nato is here in libya to enforce 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 filming regulators major parties where the front is dividing the country into two parts into two. sides is going to put one flashpoint within the rebels and gadhafi supporters it's a very important point to quote the case gets in a firm hand on this town would mean taking control over the country's economy all facilities seem to be a rare target that nato bombs never land on while it looks like the civilian population can hardly. they were like my family not just going 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 or old company staff where friends gathered after work. we were eating with my colleagues then there was a blast we knew what it was we try to help those who were trapped but then the helicopters came and started to shoot at us. for once to lead to another these

stories are repeated really can serve our problem i mean. they know it so every minute of every day every day when being a big killed our civilians but there's no no there there is a country this is probably live you well those voices become more and more frequent is the sound of exploding bombs and warplanes drowns them. out t. tripoli bragger. meanwhile moscow is alarmed by the ambiguous interpretation of the un security council resolution on the beer the concern has been raised at a meeting between russian and french foreign ministers after paris admitted supplying weapons to the rebels is the first time since the campaign began that a nato member has to a lifting arms to the country francis says the framework of the resolution allows for all means when it comes to protecting peaceful civilians something russia calls

an abuse of the vague wording of the document. is the new treaty person luzhin 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 we're facing a rather unpleasant situations when it can be interpreted in most different ways i think moscow and paris and other u.n. security council members are interested for the body to release concise documents to the international law does not need to put up with ambiguity. the african union is calling on member states to ignore their arrest warrant issued in the hague this week against colonel gadhafi if there doesn't abide by the international criminal court's request the libyan leader would be able to evade prosecution by staying in neighboring countries exclusively interviewed colonel gadhafi is son who is also wanted for war crimes crimes and save our islam says the warrant is a sham after natives attempts to kill him or his family. this. is it is it is it

because most court come on the accuse me of for killing people over the body nor the sentence against. capital punishment so they decided to kill me and. i did kill my brother and destroyed my house so this is me to excuse you so i know you are talking about arrest me three months ago you go to kill me and you are after me every day you are trying to fly and they are to give me over the i'm of other sole is the world number two just to tell you that it's a food court a little bit of what they are trying to negotiate with ours a deal that if you're out of this deal with ticket of the court what does mutable it means is the court is controlled by those countries. which attack us every day it's just to put. political pressure past that it.

is the full exclusive interview with colonel gadhafi a sign next hour here on r.t. . pro palestinian activists are determined to sail to gaza to deliver humanitarian aid despite being banned by the government in athens from leaving greek ports the freedom flotilla has been stuck in the country as the greek authorities have refused permission to leave port and arrested an american captain or one of the vessels activists accuse the greek government of acting under pressure from the u.s. and these are. which they claim to a ship's doctor tech and agrees to have it has dismissed as nelson's claims if special forces sabotage their ships trying to break its gods of locate the tail is being compared to another the last chair which ended with nine acts of as being killed and the time by israeli commandos on attack a ship in the desert that give our cold eyes on one of the bars greens.

activists from the so-called freedom flotilla to have gathered in athens to protest decision to ban their vessels from leaving greek ports greek couper's understand the decision of authorities is unlawful as athens have not provided any explanation to why the flu too has been need to change in the first place a members of european parliament who are part of the humanitarian mission are planning to pressure the e.u. and the u.n. to interfere and stop greece from lawfully keeping the us was in port. and for more on that freedom for let's hear that story go to our website it's called and for the latest updates from our correspondent who is on one of the detained in africa. and also on our website lights camera action with a round up of the glitz and glamour from this year's most going to national film festival bringing movie makers and say my stars from all over the world.

well the russian police say they have released all of the journalists have been detained among protesters during celebrations of the twentieth anniversary of the country's independence according to human rights organizations police fired tear gas and aggrieved top activists in rounding up some two hundred people in the capital minutes protesters have taken to the streets to hold another sign and protest a lot only by clapping after a similar event during the week the independence day celebrations come as the government struggles with a financial crisis hoping to secure a multi-billion dollar bailout from the i.m.f. the country's currency has been shopping devalued while the budget defrag deficit mounts a younger way with protest has recently emerged outside established opposition activists using the internet to. unfriend trying to its minister

christine lagarde was elected as a new chief of the international monetary fund this week but there's concern that a european in charge of the i.m.f. will spell it one more west bias and unfair privileges on his again it chicken reports christine lagarde appointment keeps the european at the head of the world's top lender keeping the long held tradition intact and in a debt crisis having one of its own chairing the international monetary fund could be more important than ever for europe seeing. more. intimate knowledge of those mechanisms. of the european community and the eurozone of its many leaders can help the guard's main competitor was augustine carstens from mexico who argued her point mind would only add to the perception of i.m.f. by its there could be some conflict of interest i mean the team goes the they know their main borel's institutional with u.v.

it will europe north so will have his completion where they will roll or stormin eighteen to create their institutional emerging economies the engine of global growth in recent years are vastly under represented in the organization with the u.s. and europe holding half of the votes and veto power analysts suggest i am have bias has had a negative effect on the world's economy they would use their monopoly over credit . to force certain policies. on countries in policies there were not in their national interest the i.m.f. lends money monitors the global economy and in theory at least prevents crises its credibility has been shattered by the financial collapse in the advanced economies which it definitely did not spot they missed the two big or biggest asset bubbles in the history of the world i think they didn't want to go against all their

friends on wall street and others that were making a fortune at the time some experts see the intimacy between the i.m.f. and u.s. corporations as a matter of concern all of the big decisions at the i.m.f. are made by the us treasury department then you had of the i.m.f. is more than familiar with the u.s. corporate world for years she worked at a major american law firm representing the interests of big business and is a member of the u.s. poland defense industry working group a divest the interests of a v.a. giants like boeing and lockheed martin helping them to seal multibillion dollar deals that you are seeing here of the. christine lagarde the best fit for the job so did several emerging markets including russia and china but she faces the difficult task of appearing independent despite her past and will struggle not to cement even further the perception that the i.m.f. exists only for the benefit of its creditors i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . let's not check some other international news in brief almost two hundred

policemen caught in clashes with protesters near the italian city of touring a crowd of around six thousand were demonstrating against the construction of a high speed while a railway tunnel through the alps stones and petrol bombs were thrown at officers who responded with tear gas opponents of the project will live between tyranny and the french border a rail link would ruin the landscape and claim the tunnel construction could damage the region's environment. bangladesh police have arrested more than a hundred people in the capital dhaka demanding the government scrap a gas exploration deal with the us a left leaning citizens' groups as the arrangement could evolve bungler that for its natural resources and compromises the country's interests as it's facing an acute energy crisis government officials claim the contract will hold and the country's chronic power shortages stores open schools will close down to traffic was disrupted in the capital for a day. the opposition thailand has won

a landslide victory in a general election likely to mean the country's first a woman prime minister the party of include of what sister asked of prime minister and what it was toppled by the military five years ago was swept to power. parties won a half of the five hundred seats in the parliament the election marks a bruising defeat for the current regime backed by the army which last year ended widespread protests by the forward premiers red shirt supporters. ukrainian special forces have traded blows with hundreds of ethnic or sacks after violence erupted over the removal of an unauthorized christian monument in the crimean peninsula the orthodox christian cross or directed in the result see of their dossier in may despite a local authority ban it was removed this week despite opposition from some local residents almost three hundred christian concept. it's heading in crashes towards

the site of the cross or stalled by riot police with fifteen injured in violent clashes the monument is being kept at a local casino draw and possible future marine location. and very shortly explore how georgia has changed since the collapse of the soviet union that's outer recap i had lines in a few minutes estimate that. twenty

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