in the. anger on the streets of israel hundreds of thousands demand social equality and reform in the biggest anti-government rally in the country's history. russia condemns the use new round of sanctions against syria saying that they will be useless in ending under-estimate country. ukraine pushes for discounted gas for some supplies from russia backtracking on the two thousand and nine deal that ended a european gas crisis. and broadcasting live direct from the heart of moscow this is r.t.

glad to have you with us hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in cities across israel it's reported to be the largest anti-government rally in the history of the jewish state and protesters are angered by the high cost of living and of the government's handling of social issues artie's polis leader is following the latest developments in tel aviv. tonight is the climax of nearly two months of social protests here in israel the largest at this country has ever seen now for weeks organizers had been dubbing tonight the million man march they were really hoping that a million people would turn out on the streets of israel so far though we are hearing figures of some three hundred and fifty thousand that's three hundred fifty thousand in ten cities where here in tel aviv is the main focal point rather similar hours various speakers as well as artists have been addressing the crowd the rallying call remains that of social justice which people here are demanding that the netanyahu government change its focus away from issues of security to issues of social justice that people here are saying that it is simply too

expensive to live in israel and yet instead of concentrating on to mystic problems israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been focused on the international stage on september the twenty fifth palestinians will go to the united nations to declare a state and it in yahoo has responded by arming sitters and trying to convince countries not to support the palestinian move instead of listening to the describe told messes at home now one of the new surrogates we're hearing tonight is where you came but third there is a further back to november the fourth ninety ninety five when the former israeli prime minister yitzhak been ever been was assassinated people say where were you then of course people here are saying where are you now with people really wanting to come to the streets and make a change and make their voices heard this is the last social protest that is being planned for some time although the vibe here is quite hyped up be no doubt is some disappointment that beat million man march was not reached his followers there reporting for us there now israel also faces another problem with turkey declaring

it will challenge the israeli blockade of gaza and the international court of justice this comes after an car expels of the israeli ambassador and cuts off the water of ties with television following a recently leaked u.n. report on russia's way to enter gaza about four to were displaced by the forced diving attack and a summer. most say israel might see itself regionally isolated if it doesn't change its approach. is well as lost its closest friend in the region in the last two decades which is a strong diplomatic political blow also a strategic blow because the army's used to create together i think in addition on top of the damage to the bilateral relations we have to see if there will be a spillover to egypt in jordan i think this is the critical issue if the question is about these wally political the only thing they can do in the near

future is improving their relations with the palestinians sitting again trying to reach an agreement i think the issue of the israeli palestinian relations will be the critical issue also regarding their relations with turkey i don't think the by literally something could be done now i don't think it's totally to apologize so i think by literally very little could be done things have to move regionally europe is launching an economic offensive against syria this time targeting oil imports which russia's foreign minister says it will be useless in solving the arab countries or drawn out conflict sergey lavrov his comments came at a summit of c.i.s. countries where he also spoke about libya's new leadership or change the country in approach over there. so your lover of criticized what is described one sided sanctions against syria including imposing embargoed on oil exports from the

country sanctions are rarely the best possible solution he said and could even make matters worse under the european union impose that embargo on all experts from the country and western powers are pushing for farther majerus against president assad for the brutal crackdown on protests but russia's spears concerning sanctions against syria are justified as many believe that sanctions are the first step to repeat e.d.s. disastrous scenario in syria russia call score more corporation rather than military action and today sergei lavrov in particular said that moscow sent an official invitation to representatives of the libyan national transitional council to come to russia to discuss potential energy projects in league but as artie's daniel bushell report not everyone is eager to cooperate or even share with libya lining up for its lucrative energy deposits italy's top oil company only has already moved its workers back into libya britain's. improver talks with the

interim government for a trouble to tall did noise reports that france was promised a food of the country's forced reserves by rebels to tell and pay france's foreign minister calls it a. call to favor those who. are against gadhafi is not even over but already appear to be fighting for the resources he wants controlled by truly this war with this activism of the it was a war france against italy. ownership of libya's oil say experts key to control of the country libya's a very unusual economy. depended it depends entirely on oil production and the money coming from oil shale oil so crucial some libyans call for rooms. on the six patients which they will challenge that of people who will not accept.

he was speaking at a demonstration to give the north africans and europeans who opposed the takeover of libya's resources that these people have denouncing what they're calling the looting of libya they say nato states this country's oil under the pretext of helping its civilians libyan politicians they should have their most important assets libya is our population and we have we have the right for sort of determination we don't want companies to lose them and our future rebels a certain group warding states who's bombing them to power then you will shortie human rights watch claims it has discovered thousands of documents in libya that suggest close cooperation between could aphids regime and british and american intelligence its start much of the data deals with the rendition of suspects to libya for interrogation but a european peace activist told r.t. that it is not unusual for the west to turn against its allies to secure its

interests. were you you were going to take some by western powers i mean they played a game we cannot forget. the biggest american enemy. in the larder was the beginning their best friend in. a war against the soviet union in galleys and years of course that we even eagerly maybe like. early be underage and it got to i think now they call that they can conclude that you learned a group who lived very much inside and if he indeed they gave their military support. they gave them the money and everything is awaiting now. western powers. to be fair. i know we do elaborate hoops and also racist to group. you know to do that out of the usual how do we get

all in because the county government didn't even want to deal. with western powers. during the c.i.s. summit in tajikistan russia's foreign minister also spoke out over nader's missile defense shield in europe which the u.s. is actively developing sergey lavrov says there's no indication of washington's willingness to cooperate with moscow on the issue the kremlin wants to create a joint missile defense system but the offer has been met with a lukewarm response from nato on friday turkey agreed to host a radar for the western shield russia feels that the system could threaten its security with brussels it is aimed against so-called rogue states moscow's requests for written guarantees have so far been brushed off by the alliance. and while the u.s. remains were locked into to cooperate russia is working to make sure its own nuclear

arsenal is in top shape it successfully test fired an upgraded version of its a total ballistic missile on saturday with a maximum range of ten thousand kilometers it is capable of evading advanced missile defense systems the mobile weapon is it being modernized to make it even more difficult to detect which military official say is in a direct response to washington's plans for europe. and still to come this hour when the sky turned white with grief. russia marched the painful anniversary of the deaths of over three hundred thirty victims of the terrorist attack on a school seven years ago. ukraine is struggling to pay its gas bill to moscow but it is ruling out merging its nationalized energy front with russia's gas brown trying to lower costs president medvedev says kiev's of proposals on the issue are not concrete and the current deal can not be revised unilaterally previous disputes left europe in the cold after transit supplies were

cut as alexie actually reports ukraine is now busy looking for ways to go it alone when the two thousand and nine disruption to european gas supplies sparked when ukraine blocked transit of russian gas ended the concert and gave a collective sigh of relief but the issue has remained a thorn in the side of it is pushing hard for a discount from the current market price of four hundred us dollars four thousand cubic meters. we need arsenals clear and if he wants cheaper gas can integrate with us into a common economic space if they don't want us and give us a good commercial offer like selling our gas transportation system to us they don't want any of those only discounts however it seems key of is already looking for an alternative escape route it has signed an eight hundred million dollar contract with royal dutch shell to explore its reserves of shale gas but experts warn about

the danger to public health. chill gases extracted by hydro fracking that means special chemicals or other to the water to break up the rock formations the components of these chemicals are kept secret by the companies in the united states and claim it's a commercial secret but that water laced with chemicals ends up in drinking water so shell gas development poses a serious threat to the environment and health. apart from being seen as unsafe it is also described by many as too expensive and can hardly replace natural gas. we are watching the situation and we think that locally its very viable well it will remain a local gas supply it's impossible to extract gas to last for long and if you look at the shale gas suppliers right now you'll see that most of them are losing money experts say shale gas reserves and ukraine may be the biggest in europe but it may take up to a decades to develop them nevertheless give claims next year it wants less russian

gas slashing the amount it plans to buy by more than a third a move that violates the two thousand and nine deal and could see europe's energy supplies once again on shaky ground another tussle over gas prices between kiev and moscow left many warring in europe that there will be another gas war and another disruption of supplies in through the european continent but the russian energy minister reassured that the events of two thousand and nine will not happen again and that there is still enough time to find a compromise solution alexy risky r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine and let's look now at what's being updated for you at our conduct on. it well before with leaks as the whistleblower takes a hit from some of the world's biggest newspapers for publishing an edited cable. and the lights and lasers instead of eggs and candles moscow gives a very special present at present for three hundred sixty four plus there.

is the key to get. you to the. the official altie out location on the phone i pod touch from the. on the go. video on demand all season long curls and r.s.s. feeds are now in the palm of your. pushing on the call to call. u.s. markets have taken a nosedive as fears over

a new recession grow they were fueled by the worst jobs report in a year which showed employers have virtually stopped hiring trying to capture gerald celente and believes washington is under the impression that regular americans simply don't deserve a bailout. we know that the that washington is talking about more austerity measures the same kind of voice parity measures that are racking through europe as well what does that mean it means more cutbacks so at a time when the economy is already slowing down they created zero jobs which is just perfect for washington because they'd bad zero on just about everything that's thrown at the war on drugs wars in afghanistan and wars on education you name it they it's what they do zero so what it shows us is that at a time when things are slowing down it's going to be much worse for all of these q

east india lists all of the old promise and bush talks the money go it's too big to fail so the money went all to the too big and the rest of the people are too small to say the gap between the rich and the poor is the widest in the united states than any of the industrialized nations and it's the same trend that's going on worldwide. and later this hour financial pundit max kaiser share some bad news with us about canada's economic future. leaving real estate markets going to collapse why because vancouver is like japan in one nine hundred eighty nine tokyo one nine hundred eighty nine the alberta oil fields the tar sands are stretched and that trans canada pipeline is going to be shut down by activists anyway so this country is going down the tubes and i love the fact that business insider any blodgett site has recently put forward the idea of actually

having canada and america join to create a global north american united states union as a way to extend imports take canada's debt and american debt create new north american debt so what we're seeing in the euro zone this is part of the new world order as some call it just create a global debt market put all your local debts into it put it out for a hundred years and return like it'll go away oh by the way impose austerity measures in getting deeper and deeper every single day along the way.

of course you are with archie welcome back. the sky above in the russian town of beslan turned white today as hundreds of the balloons were released in memory of the victims of the country's deadliest terrorist attack over three hundred thirty people died when a group of terrorists held around a thousand people hostage in

a school for three days without food or water seven years ago are these manipulation of reports from the republican or the sets. it's the third day of mourning here in the smallest such an town of bassline where hundreds of people from across the republic of north korea are coming to pay their last respects towards the victims of the bistline siege the memorial services it took place first at the ruins of the school number one where the hostages were held and then here at the cemetery for the victims which is called the city of angels the names of the victims who were killed during the siege were read out to the sound of the ticking clock and during this time and it took more than twenty five minutes to read all the names people have remained silent at the ruins of the school as one o five pm moscow time that's exactly the time when first explosions at the school's gym rang out as church bells ring twice followed by a minute of silence and during this minutes most of the women started to cry and

there was one woman she was times exactly close to us and she started calling for her son and she was calling so loud that it was a terrifying moments for many that the a bassline charges the destroyed lives of hundreds over here in the north society and so seven years has passed the pain still remains but he's been a question of reporting for us there now to some of the world's other news for you this hour. former international monetary fund the chief dominique strauss kahn may return to his native french from new york for the first time since his arrest for sexual assault reporting from french media sources actress trust together with his wife and daughter were seen at john f. kennedy international airport on saturday he was accused of the attempted rape of. last week prosecutors cleared him of all charges after the maid's testimony recalled the girl. the taliban says it is holding of thirty pakistani boys who were

kidnapped after mistakingly crossing the after. border on thursday the boys aged between twelve and eighteen were visiting a nature spot to celebrate the muslim muslim festival of a youth when they were seized some managed to escape and alert local authorities that both sides face a challenge in securing the almost two and a half thousand kilometer boundary. in south sudan thousands of refugees are fleeing a disputed border region after violence flared up it is the third outbreak of fighting since the country became independent in july a state of emergency was declared in the region on friday after clashes broke out between armed forces and a rebel group the decades long war for south sudan's independence has claimed thousands of lives. police in germany use water cannon and protons against left wing extremists who were violently protesting over an annual neo nazi march and boredom and at least one officer was seriously injured as it left as protesters

attacked police bike rolling stones and bottles the march route runs through an immigrant neighborhood in the city and marks the start of world war two when germany attacks poland in one nine hundred thirty not. a fast moving wildfire has broken out on a major interstate highway between southern california and las vegas in the united states on friday a busy freeway was temporarily closed as the flames scored the desert bush traffic queue for several kilometers as people tried to head out of town for labor day weekend reports claim residents about least fifteen hundred homes have been evacuated from the area. david petraeus has retired from the u.s. military after years of commanding the wars in iraq and afghanistan he takes over the cia next week and wants to keep a firm hand on the money saying that any military budget cuts will hamper the fragile and reversible gains made by the armed forces but our cheez-it military

contributor thinks it's about time the pentagon cut its growth. during his farewell address that fourth mayors and general petraeus touched upon several very significant things first the general cautioned against repeating american mistake after vietnam war and to prevent hallway in the u.s. army he also cautioned to keep counting insurgency doctoring alive and he called for maintaining the full spectrum operation capabilities of the united states forces there real danger for the pens again in the twenty first century is not spread the budget cuts my lead to hollow the army but the army itself is growing more and more irrelevant and become invention of challenges at least for the united states for two reasons first due to the vast symmetrical nature of the current and

all the horizon challenges band secondly that it is more exception then as a rule. american g.i. z. being the most expensive soldier in the world it is the united states has to be its last more than anything else regarding good pentagon cuts in just over a week america will mark a decade since suffering its worst terrorism on home soil nine eleven lit the touch paper touch paper for a war on terror that saw the u.s. invade iraq and afghanistan and eventually led to the killing of osama bin laden but the scars in new york remain. people there whether they feel the world is any safer. the so-called war on terror that launched after the tragic nine eleven attacks on the us has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars by some

estimates so ten years later as the effort than with it this week let's talk about that i think it's more secure now i think that i believe that yes is the trillions of dollars safer. and i don't know i can say that i don't know the war actually incited more terror is it but it's that's my opinion but that's the european opinion so to speak as you know the europeans they are not as aggressive in the war against terrorism as the americans so america or the u.k. anybody is involved in it just just back off. the bat so hard you know because if you do the way they've won. you don't want to let the terrorists win so it's just it's not easy to come up with the right answer if anybody wants to you know to cause trouble or to or to provoke some kind of attack they can do so with or without a war so would you categorize the war on terror as a failure. as unnecessary do you think the world is safer because of it

i don't know i think that we have been out of anyway i put waiting for to get him more than three hours and i think that maybe is excessive but i don't know so do you think that some are giving up too much liberty in the world in the name of security i think i guess the danger is very close we have to give more liberties and it's the world become safer or maybe we can get them back you're ok with giving them up for a while i think so we should probably stop using the word for starters and the war on terror is that is in the phrase just it's just a stupid phrase and was coined for political reasons i think we should should stop using fair and just just do what needs to be done whether or not you think it's going. worth the effort the bottom line is the war on terror has been bloody and costly and we still have yet to see any clear plan for it that it's.

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just so. it's. going to go the military in the neck you sixty six i get up because the sings a song other things i was doing and this reason september given for doing it was a personal protests. during. vietnam war an aging war movement emerged that altered the course of history this movement didn't take place on college campuses but in verisign on ships penetrated elite military colleges like west point and it spread throughout the battlefields of vietnam yet today few people know about the geonim

against the war in vietnam. after the army and we always said free the army or fun travel and adventure but it really met behind.