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 v.-e. use a new round of sanctions against syria saying that they will be useless in ending unrest in the country. ukraine pushes for discounted gas supplies from russia backtracking on the two thousand and nine deal that ended a good game gas crisis. and you are watching r t a live from moscow good to have you with us hundreds of

thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in cities across israel it is reported to be the largest anti-government rally in the history of the jewish state the protesters are angered by the high cost of living and the government's handling of social issues archies policy is following the latest developments in tel aviv. tonight is the climax of nearly two months of social protests here in israel the launchers of this country has ever seen now for weeks organizers have been touting 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 with people here demanding that the netanyahu government change its focus away from issues of security to issues of social justice the people here saying that it is simply too expensive to live in israel and here to instead of concentrating on domestic problems israeli prime

minister benjamin netanyahu has been focused on the international stage on september the twenty eighth palestinians will go to the united nations to declare a state and it in yahoo has responded by arming secures and trying to convince countries not to support the palestinian move instead of listening to the disgruntled messes at home now one of the new surrogates we're hearing tonight is where you can bet good there is a pro back to november the fourth one thousand nine hundred five when the former israeli prime minister yitzhak being 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 there no doubt is some disappointment that the million man march was not reached. 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 ancora expels the

israeli ambassador and clouds our military ties with all of eve following a recently leaked u.n. report on last year's raid on a gaza bound flotilla nine turkish resat it was that died in the attack some analysts say israel might see itself originally isolated if it doesn't change its approach. is worthless lost its closest friend in the region in the last two decades which is a strong diplomatic political glow 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 moment the critical issue if the question is about these welly politicians the only thing they can do in the near future is improving their relations with the palestinians sitting again and

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 that by literally something could be done i don't think it's too late 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 drawn out conflict sergey lavrov ston it's come at a summit of c.i.s. countries where he also spoke out about libya's new leadership and he travels there . sergey lavrov criticized what is described one sided sanctions against syria including imposing in bargo on oil exports from the country sanctions are rarely

the best possible solution he said and could even make matters worse earlier the european union imposed embargo on all exports from the country and western powers are pushing for father majerus against president for the brutal crackdown on protests that russia's speirs concerning sanctions against syria are justified as many believe that sanctions are the first step to repeat lidia'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 and leave but as artie's daniel bushell report 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 britons said to be in private talks with the interim government for

a tribal told good noise reports that france was promised a food of the country's forced reserves by rebels teligent 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 actually this war with this activism of. it was a war of france against italy. ownership of libya's oil so you experts is key to control of the country libya is a very unusual economy. depended it depends entirely on production and the money coming from oil shale oil so crucial some libyans call foreign. on the sector occupation which they say they will challenge that people will not accept. occupation he was speaking of the street that's brought together the north africans

and europeans who oppose the takeover of libya's resources that these people have announcing what they're calling the looting of libya they say nato states this country's oil under the pretext of helping your civilians libyan politicians they should have their most important as it libya is a population and we have we have the right for some of the terminations we don't want oil companies to in our future but suddenly say rebels a certain group warding states who's being power then you will shortie human rights watch claims he has discovered thousands of documents in libya that suggest close cooperation between cafes regime and british and american intelligence it's that much of the data deals with the rendition of suspects to be a 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 accept by western powers i mean they played

a game we cannot forget that the biggest american enemy or sammartino ladder was the beginning their best friend. at war against the soviet union in afghanistan and yes of course even eventually they rely on our early be underage and it's natural i think now they told that they can control the islamic groups so loudly much inside and they gave. up or. they gave them the money and they believe the english are waiting now. western powers should. be fairer to. how i do we do it is i mean groups and also races to groups. you know to do. that and be useful or do league envoy because the county government if you don't even want to deal.

western powers. during the c.i.s. summit in tajikistan russia's foreign minister also spoke out over nato as a missile defense shield in europe which the u.s. is actively developing sergey lavrov says if there is 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 radar from a western shield russia feels the system could threaten its security but russell's claims it's 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 reluctant 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 total ballistic missile on saturday with a maximum range of ten thousand kilometers it is capable of the veiling advanced

missile defense systems for a mobile weapon is it being modernized to make it even more difficult to detect which military officials say is in direct response to washington's plans for europe . and still to come this hour when the sky turned white with grief. russia marks the painful anniversary of the guests 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 is ruling out emerging its nationalized energy firm with russia's gazprom to try and lower costs president medvedev says that kids proposals on the issue are not concrete and their current deal cannot be revised unilaterally previous disputes left europe in the cold after transit supplies were cut as the reports ukraine is it now busy looking for ways to go it alone when the two thousand and nine disruption to european gas supplies sparked when ukraine blocked friends of the russian gas ended the continent gave

a collective sigh of relief but the issue has remained a thorn in the side for a key it is pushing hard for a discount from the current market price of four hundred us dollars four thousand cubic meters. we need ourselves clear if we want cheaper gas and integrate with into a common economic space if they don't want that can give us a good commercial offer like selling their gas transportation system to us they don't want any of those only discounts however it seems clear 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 that experts warn about the danger to the public health. chill gases extracted by hydro fracking that means special chemicals are added to the water to break up the rock formations the components of these chemicals are kept secret by the companies in the united states who claim it's

a commercial secret but that water laced with chemicals ends up in drinking water so shell gas development possess 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're watching the situation and we think that locally it's very viable but it will remain a local gas supply it's impossible to extract gas at a loss for long and if you look at the shield get suppliers right now you'll see that most of them are losing money experts say shale gas reserves in ukraine maybe the biggest in europe but it may take up to attack eight to develop them never the last key of claims next year it wants less russian gas slashing the amount of plants to buy by more than a third and that's why later the close 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 into the european continent or 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 arky dot com today. in a wall for wiki leaks as the whistleblower takes a hit from some of the world's biggest newspapers for publishing an edited cables. and the lights and lasers instead of cakes and candles moscow gets a very special present for its eight hundred sixty fourth birthday. if. you get the news.

the official auntie occupation job on the phone or i pod touch from the. life on the go. video on demand on season one old girls and r.s.s. feeds are now in the palm of your. question on the quality dot com. 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 credit faster jerald selected leaves washington's 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 rocking 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 bad zero on just about everything that's thrown at war on drugs wars in afghanistan and wars on education you name it they add what they do zero so what it shows us is that at a time when things are slowing down it's going to become much worse all of this hue we did me a lists all of the obama stimulus and bush talks where did the money go it's called too big to fail so the money went to the too big and the rest of the

people the 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 problems next keyser share some bad news with us about canada's economic future. canadian real estate market's 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 in print 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 and to put it out for one hundred years and return like it'll go away oh by the way impose austerity measures and getting deeper and deeper every single day along the way.

and it is eighteen past the hour here in moscow welcome back you're watching our t.v. the sky above the russian town of beslan turned white today as hundreds of balloons were released in memory of the victims of the country's deadliest terror 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 his medina coaching over reports from the republic of north the city. it's the third day of mourning here in the smallest search in town of bassline where hundreds of people

from across the republic of north ossetia are coming to pay their last respects towards the victims of the. their 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 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 as the ruins of the school as one zero five moscow time exactly the time when first explosions at the school stream 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 it was very close to us and she started calling for her son and she was calling so loud that it was a terrifying moments for many who gathered that the best known tragedy destroyed

lives of hundreds over here in the north to start here and seven years have passed the pain still remains. is really a question of reporting for us. now to some of the world's other news this hour. former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss kahn may return to his native france for the first time since his arrest for sexual assault. from french media sources after strauss kahn together with his wife and daughter were seen at john f. kennedy international airport on saturday he was accused of rape of a hotel maid last week and prosecutors grilled him of all charges articulate stressed morning was called without. the taliban says it's holding the thirty pakistani boys who were kidnapped after mistakingly crossing the afghan border on thursday the boys aged between twelve and eighteen were visiting a nature spot to celebrate the muslim that's the role of aid when they were seized

some managed to escape and the word local authorities both sides face a challenge in securing the almost a two and a half thousand kilometer boundary. in south sudan thousands of refugees are fleeing a disputed border region after violence flared up it's 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 that 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 of water cannon and but tons against the left wing extremists who were violently protesting over an annual neo nazi march endorsement at least one officer was seriously injured as the protesters attacked police with stones and bottles the march route runs through an immigrant neighborhood in the city marks the start of world war two when it germany attacked poland in one thousand thirty nine. a

fast moving wildfire has broken out on a major interstate highway between southern california and nevada in the u.s. on friday a busy freeway was temporarily closed as the flames that scorched the desert bush traffic queue for several kilometers as people tried to head out of town for labor day weekend reports claim residents of at 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 archie's military contributor thinks it's about time for the pentagon to cut its cloth. 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 hollowing the us army also cautioned to keep counting insurgency doctrine alive and he called for maintaining the full spectrum operation capabilities for the united states forces there real danger for the pentagon in the twenty first century is not that the budget cuts might 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 past symmetrical nature of their currency and over horizon challenges band secondly that it is more exception than as a rule but really the american g.i. z. being the most expensive soldier in the world it is the united states that has to

be its last war than anything else regarding the pentagon cuts in just over a week america will mark a decade since suffering its worst terrorism on home soil nine eleven that lit the touch paper for the war on terror that saw the u.s. invade iraq and afghanistan and eventually led to the killing of osama bin laden but the skies in new york remain lawry harnessed asked people there whether they feel today's world is anything for. it's still called the war on terror that launched after the tragic nine eleven attacks on the u.s. has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars by some estimates so ten years later as the effort been worth it this week let's talk about that i think it's more secure now i think that i believe that yes is it trillions of dollars safer. i can say that i don't know the war actually and started more

tour but it's of that's my opinion but that's the european opinions of the speaker as you know the europeans they are not as aggressive in the war against terrorism as the americans so both america the u.k. anybody's involved in it just just back off. but that's hard to know because if you to back you were a big one. and 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 necessary do you think the world are safer because of it i don't know i think that we have been out offending day-i court waiting for to get him more than three hours and i think i may be a success but i don't know so do you think that we're giving up too much liberty in the world in the name of security i think that yes if the danger is very close we

have to give more liberties and if the world becomes 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 a phrase just this is just a stupid phrase and was coined for political reasons i think we should should stop using bad and just just do what needs to be done whether or not you think it's going. worth that for 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 saddens. me. and i'll be back with the headlines after a short break. thanks

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