thousands of greeks unite in angry protest after the government passes another round of austerity measures in an attempt to import a looming economic disaster. order disorder nato forces in kosovo clash would serve as a local news agency reports live rounds with and fired. peter out children unity slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory the palestinians say rules out the bilateral peace talks called for at the u.n. . any business the south of us in markets struggle to maintain strong gains they enjoy at this time of the week but frankly i can't deny six started the day it's likely lower we'll look at the figures now this is

a program. eleven am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story greece has been engulfed by angry protests after the government mass the most past the most popular or check that government passed the most unpopular round of austerity measures yet in exchange for a rescue loans i mean property taxes especially to bridge a gap in the country's budget but people say they can't afford to pay for a watch the protests on a turbulent night in athens. well you think his fundraising love the protest i think i'll sometimes you can hear the take ask going off again we said the situation looking like he was going to escalate other things that well that's what we're seeing we've seen a huge amount of the riot police pushing the cult. it's been

a struggle here to get the situation under control for the first time in this country is seeing people below the poverty line being taxed they simply don't have that money and they're calling on eurozone leaders now to be realistic the talk is certainly turning to that a greek default analyst here has said to us at the really is a case of how that happens whether it's a controls to soldiers on resistance where the e.u. leaders will again play by their rules and for that benefit really that the greek prime minister just happened today has thirteen having meetings in berlin he said he thought the country could get out of this crisis and we had the german chancellor saying much the same thing everyone hyping the situation doesn't once again descend into violence like we've seen happen in the soul but unfortunately that is the level of anger today amongst the greek people people we've been speaking to saying they can't afford their rent they call the food to support their

families the visa applications the greeks wanting to now leave the pros has risen dramatically extremely volatile situation that simply paired up with what they see as a complete and so why even ing between what the people are asking for and what see you lead is a pushing through the year is a leader that the my minister has yet to decide whether to provide that eight billion a year of cash injection the great state desperately needs is still that potentially they will be everything that because they don't want to see greece i think here is a live briefly then everyone can leave and that really said will still be at. of the year i think it is you know they didn't really on the brink of the three nights that i can't see the pretense that it's not like that but it's easy. on the inside was. economic affairs blogger dimitri kovtun as thinks the greek

government needs to take drastic action before it's too late. they need to default on their debt if they want the austerity measures to work because right now you have austerity with tax increases and a giant that and you're not going to get anywhere and the greek economy is contracting so if it if you continues in this way in the short term long term it just means. because you have this giant debt that's not going to go away that goes for ireland and portugal and spain as well and perhaps italy but i think that the smartest thing for the e.u. and the i.m.f. to do if they really want a solution would be a structured default of greece of portugal of ireland probably spain as well in some sort of way and to allow some of those currents of the country especially greece for example for the public sector to issue dragons again it doesn't mean that euro zone have to circulate but it would mean the kind of dual currency system in long term the euro is not going to survive for reasons that we're already seeing in terms of national policies overriding pan european policy i don't think they're going to be able to create

a fiscal treasury and fiscally integrate europe but in the short term the e.u. may stay alive if they allow some of the other countries to begin to issue their own currencies and partially default on their debts. if i can hear your views on the crisis in greece you can click over to our t. dot com and take part in our latest poll or asking what do you think agree can either leaders are talking about behind the scenes sixteen percent think they're debating how far balance can stretch more than a quarter believe they're looking at how to manage or controlled the fall i'm going to a minority believe they might be idolizing whether greece should exit the euro zone but the most popular response is the tongue in cheek one suggesting that the talks are focusing on how politicians can escape a lynching at the hands of angry voters out of argy dot com and cast your vote. several serbs have reportedly been injured in clashes with nato troops as violence has once again flared along the serbia kosovo border as believe the alliance peacekeeping forces tried to take apart a road barricade set up by the serb troops say they used rubber bullets and tear

gas in the south of france but a serbian news agency claims live rounds were used and has distributed pictures showing x. ray images of the gunshot wounds tensions began in july when kosovo authorities tried to seize the checkpoints to enforce a unilateral trade embargo this infuriated serbs and protested against it and set up the barricades on the roads and the serbian historian and author says the natives actions will only make a tense situation worse oh the needle is absolutely outside the bounds of that much its mandate it is not supposed to be a law enforcement agency for to fulfill between government intrusion in these he wasn't supposed to seize these so-called customs posts in the first place and the sudanese institutions shooting at people they don't peacefully protesting these turn of events very easy to improve the situation by not making it worse in the first place by not deploying these troops in support of. the know to be had been

deployed he could have just as well have retreated like he did back in july early august and again and you come and choose to escalate and they are giving us this paddle about loyalty or an intrusion allow means and therefore most criminal elements in this case. stay with us here on r t still to come in the program a look at the western strategy for syria. what they're trying to achieve is to put their man in power that's the whole quest of u.s. foreign policy but calls for immediate u.n. sanctions against damascus are dropped from the draft resolution is russia and china call for the government and opposition to negotiate. but first israel says it's not going to back the self-imposed ban on building settlements in the occupied palestinian territory and is moving ahead with construction in east jerusalem the move has drawn strong opposition from israel's allies who say it's counterproductive to the peace process washington and london have described the decision as disappointing and illegal while the e.u. says construction plans should be reversed but israel maintains it will keep

building something policy in say rules out talks between the sides the international middle east peace quartet comprised of u.s. russia e.u. when un called for a bilateral negotiations to start out within a week and analysts think that's highly unlikely. basically. israel has created facts on the ground over the last forty four years then it really made made its occupation irreversible i mean you've got a half a million israelis more than half a million living in the occupied territories so that it's i can't possibly see how negotiations are going to ending israel's occupation i don't see any pressures to get a half a million people out and i think that's what abbas is saying negotiations are useless either you get out of our territory period or they are there's no point in going on with the process i don't think israel has anything to worry about from its point of view there are three countries

a matter the other hundred ninety are irrelevant the three countries of the united states britain and germany as long as they're behind israel's policies or at least even if they criticize as long as the prevents ancient's and provide this umbrella for israel his shows something to worry about who's going to sanction it who's going to force it to get out who's going to put pressures on israel. israel's announcement of a new settlement construction comes as the u.n. security council prepares to consider the palestinian bid for membership of the world body on wednesday the us has promised to veto the move but russia and several other members of the council say they'll support the palestinians and even if washington blocks the full bid for membership palestinians could still get an elevated legal status at the u.n. general assembly where they have a majority of support. stay with us here on r t still to come speaking out but then being shouted down. here in america we're very proud of your freedom of speech

and the right to speak is considered holy except if you see the room state you can get in trouble american celebrities find they get more what they that they more than they bargained for when publicly discussing sensitive issues including the so-called war on terror details coming up. but first countries have dropped their call for further immediate sanctions against syria the u.n. draft resolution has now been softened and now threatened sanctions only if the government doesn't end its crackdown on the opposition but that crackdown currently continues syria's army is deployed tanks and armored vehicles in the city of rostov on russia has been calling on both sides in the six month long conflict to hold talks and has opposed. the gate of hornberger founder and president of the washington based future freedom foundation thinks the real aim of any western intervention would be to put their man in power. sanctions have never succeeded in achieving regime change which is what the u.s.

goal is and then let's keep in mind that this was a dictatorship that the us government used at one time to torture a canadian citizen name a our air are they supported we barracked they support the dictatorships in saudi arabia jordan but what they're trying to achieve is to put their man in power that's the whole quest of us foreign policy so there's a lot of hypocrisy here too as well this is something that the syrian people should decide not the u.s. government it's none of the u.s. government's business this revolution's announced or of regimes should be up to the people of that country because as we all know the price can sometimes be very high in revolutions and that's why it's up to the people of that country to make that decision using humanitarian x. explanations for justifying more bloody interventions echo's colonial imperialism according to british author and journalist simon jenkins the full interview coming your way in about an hour hears you. i do not believe in the state so

the legal rights of all in the big ocean urgency and to interfere no the slogan states is written into the united nations charter is another country that threatened britain didn't threaten any of its neighbors and invaded the neighbor neighbor and gave his own business if you got a revolution it was its own business i'm sure lost the newsgroup from the main cause the misgivings have moved to woo. the excuse that there might have been something mostly about to happen the just to be cared for in the cookie invading a country will make its capital was i think quite extraordinary and if you think it's a noble concept for we tend to do it in countries where we have some interest in this case a little but we tend to intervene replete with the moves quickly laurie to be it was a case of going to the police was the case here all i knows is more money responsibility there is no british empire anymore. for suspected militants have reportedly been detained in russia's southern republican. they're charged with organizing insurgent groups there too explosive

devices were found after the suspects homes worried by police hand grenades and various munitions were also confiscated police have now launched an anti terror operation in the area north caucasus remains of volatile region after many years of militant activity and frequent battles between insurgents and security forces. turned out of some other stories making headlines across the globe nato officials say loyalist fighters are hiding in the residential areas of bani walid and sirte putting more than two hundred thousand libyans in danger from allied airstrikes and it's hacked from as i could force it severe food water and power shortages also reported meanwhile u.s. media says an estimated twenty thousand heat seeking missiles were stolen in libya and it's not known who has them now. iraq has made its first payment on a three billion dollars deal to buy eighteen you. u.s. f. sixteen fighter jets including training and ammunition the planes were dilute that

will be delivered next year and will protect the country's air sovereignty after american military forces leave there are some forty four thousand u.s. troops in iraq are all scheduled to be scheduled to withdraw by the end of the year the fighter jets are the first installment of a thirty six fighter jet package that is still pending u.s. approval. a convicted murderer who's been on the run from the f.b.i. for forty one years has been arrested in portugal george wright a skate from a new jersey prison having served eight years in jail then he hijacked a plane while dressed as a priest and fled while geria he was convicted of the murder of a gas station owner during a robbery robbery in one thousand nine hundred sixty one was given a thirty year sentence the u.s. now seeks his extradition. michael jackson's personal doctor has gone on trial charged with involuntary manslaughter of the legendary singer dr conrad murray is accused of professional negligence in administering the star with a fatal makes of sedatives murray denies the charge but admits to giving jackson

the drugs to help him sleep the physician and says he didn't prescribe anything that could have caused death if found guilty mary could face four years in jail and the loss of his medical license stay with us here on r t still ahead dropping out of school for a life of picking up the report on how millions of children in india suffer abuse problem going on planes haitians across the country. but first in the united states anyone has the right to speak their mind but those opinions can sometimes carry a high price at least that's been the experience of some high profile figures who have lost their jobs or their reputations after voicing their views especially when it comes to some hot button issues as archie's got a cheeky on reports from washington. an american icon legendary singer world war two veteran and pacifist tony bennett has come under fire for speaking his mind on a radio talk show he said america's actions of right it provokes terror with the terrorists or with a third the us well two wrongs don't make

a right the one who started with our plane flying into the world trade center i don't know about tony bennett was attacked afterwards with stinging criticism from some quarters then he went to great lengths to apologize to those his remarks may have offended the right to say that i am sorry my state statements suggested anything other than an expression of my love for my country america calls itself the land of the free but some are asking why it's a living legend like tony bennett has to apologize for his thoughts there's no tolerance really for any deviation from the official law even though here in america we're very proud of our freedom of speech and the right to speak it's considered holy except if you say the wrong things and you can get in trouble and artists have musicians have now tony bennett it's me question freedom of speech proved no defense in protecting the jobs of a number of public figures in america. commons that appears to challenge

conventional us establishment views journalist helen thomas who'd been a white house reporter for over half a century was forced to resign after she said he's really should leave land be taken from palestinians everybody's been prior for what they say they can. and that if you say anything about the president of the united states you call him anything in the book but you can't say anything about israel. that automatically makes you any sematic see it is former senior editor of middle east the fears being not sir was sacked a year ago because of a tweet she wrote about her respect for a lebanese cleary who had one time had been seen as the spiritual leader of the hezbollah lane but had later broken ties with that response there also is a very it was promptly pushed out of the us mainstream media outlets all about consequences social and economic just pressure rather than real censorship

politicians expressing ideas against the establishment you come under fire through like congressman ron paul who is running for president i was common law and i don't hide i have been a christian. they have been explicit and they wrote. that we are can we attack america because you had bases on our holy land in saudi arabia and you know i give palestinians a fair treatment then you have been bombing. i didn't say that i'm trying to get you through understand what the motive was behind the bombing at the same time we have been bombing and killing hundreds of thousands of iraqis were killed near would you be annoyed if you're not annoyed by who got in there some problem who did end legal unpatriotic by some just like tony bennett was when he spoke his mind it's not so much about what people said that led to them being booed or even being

fired from their jobs but rather about the fact that in a country that prides itself on freedom of speech that freedom often comes at a hefty price i'm going to check out reporting from washington hard to. remember you can access our news updates and latest videos on our website r.t. dot com here's what's online right now. facebook getting serious by launching its own political action committee to strengthen its lobbying clout capitol hill. and watched. images are you traveled with powerful typhoon assad that slammed into the philippines causing hundreds of thousands to flee all that and much much more put away right now. and. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. before asians rule today.

millions of children across india give up school and the hope of a better future to help support their families often end up working in the cotton fields but while they earn the equivalent of only a few dollars rights activists say they lose a whole lot more a whole lot more and they warn that little is done to protect the children from being physically emotionally or even sexually abused or he's priya sridhar reports . from across the street sixteen year old navin precise can hear the chatter of children a few years younger than him going to school but his school growing days are long gone. into work on cotton plantations with the dream of making money for his family i went to the farm i work from four am to six pm every twenty six of us children work at home as i wasn't paid so the work i did was for nothing. he was promised

the equivalent of around two dollars per day but left the plantation that summer with nothing r t obtain this hidden camera video from social workers who say that these children are regularly sleep deprived hungry overworked and oftentimes physically verbally and sexually abused and they use these visuals to provide evidence to policemen in the area so they could conduct a raid and save the children. we need to highlight a good deal of beauty culture and history with the blood in her children won't infer eighteen hours we have seen many cases of you know workers being raped the children are taken to the cotton plantations each summer and used to pick cotton their fingers are better able to pick the plants and the farmers can lower costs by paying them less than adults agents or middlemen say they're just trying to help the kids make money and that they too ended up getting cheated in the process but

they're going to make a good in and one who. can give him the commission. in many rural parts of india schools for children above the age of fourteen are rare so parents believe that if they send their kids away to work at least they won't have to worry about how to feed the seventeen million children in this country are engaged in labor work culture is actually not included in the child labor prevention act seventy percent of india's economy is dependent on agriculture still many people argue that banning it would actually prevent children from working in the fields with their parents. x.-press say that it's a problem that stretches far beyond india these plantations harvest bt cotton a scientific abbreviation for genetically modified cotton monsanto an american agricultural company that critics say has a monopoly on agricultural practices around the world sells bt seats to these farmers was to many international companies are investing in and involved in the bt

cotton if the cost of production is too high and multinational companies that work for now the victims of this mass scare children can barely speak about their time at the plantation. i came back home now i'm going back twenty six of us were cheated by the. cheated out of a childhood for the greedy to make a buck preassure there are t.v. india or the beach across star coming your way shortly but first kareena joins us with the business update stay with us here on our. hello welcome to our business operate this out thanks for joining me ross and markets are struggling to retain gains they enjoyed at the start of the week and managed to avoid fallout from the resignation of finance minister aleksey couldn't but you have set prices as weighing on the markets of the russian indices

a managing to peek into positive territory joining me now is going off from renesas asset management thank you for coming to the program so this law just hit during the last wave of the turbulence on the markets why is that. russia used to be the markets in the world and those because it's dominated by commodity producers the kind of sequel it's also less liquid than the major bourses so when the markets the global markets will fall russian entry exhausted by dot but let's not forget when the markets go the other way russia and thought form and this is the reason why over the last decade since the bear market russia and everything by a very huge margin and i don't suppose the relationship going to change anytime soon but some claim that smart my are not buying rescue efforts by the e.u. and say markets are do what's your view on that first. which is the smart money

well the smart money is doing without a doubt people are very bearish consensuses universally bearish if you look at gas levels they're very high. crisis situations in both sensationalism and the temptation to say that the world is coming to an end. you know just the front page just i think. it's quite clear that the markets have been driven by policy action or inaction. with a pretty binary situation should the european union and the politicians get their act together i think this would be quite helpful to markets and we will avoid a collapse in crush however should the political process be a stall as it false. let's not be naive the european union is the largest economic block in the world the consequences are likely to be quite serious i'm not sure whether that's going to lead to a collapse but certainly the marks on the go but given all that what do you think could keep investor confidence in order to avoid all this turmoil we're seeing

again it is policy action there are some distinct things that the european union can do to rescue the situation to safeguard the safe center also to arrange for an orderly default for the ones that come pay i think if the markets were to see that there would be quite encouraged and the other thing that we shouldn't forget is that the central banks of the world have told us that there will be unlimited liquidity and because of that liquidity duffle overflow in the system as it did before that would be hugely helpful to emerging market assets and it also is likely to bring some inflation in the system when information goes up the opportunities markets frankly i think people would like for me to go from investors just ordinary people how could we protect our assets which we do it's very tricky this case because of. that is not comforting at all and i'm just going to jump to the conclusion and i think if you want protection against decline in the

real purchasing power of your assets you actually have to take risk if you're very concerned about capital protection i'm afraid the so-called safe havens don't give you the i think the longer you can see the yields in the major developed economies are close to zero in some cases negative let's not forget book inflation again is very high and i'm not talking about c.p.i. and talking about cost of living so purchasing power of capital has been eroded very rapidly if you want to protection against inflation i will repeat you have to take risks there is no easy lunch left on the table in the long run has not stopped about how much time so comcast investment director well for in a sense that's just thanks very much for coming to the problem and i know it's a. a look at the markets i was seeing you said the losses ahead of reports that may signal a slowdown in global growth investors expect figures to show that u.s. durable goods orders fell and european consumer confidence declines to a year low in september grand blend is trading at around one hundred six dollars

a barrel while guppy t.i. as at eighty three dollars per barrel now markets in asia are mostly trading lower as investors are concerned about europe's willingness to resolve the region's debt crisis the hang seng is continuing low losses while the nikkei is. slightly flops about to appointing upwards financials are still on the rise although the gains are now more modest no more holdings and it was a curious groups were up around one percent each and here in russia markets are higher this hour the my six is slightly over the my six is up over. half a percent and there are here is up just slightly reversing from an earlier fall now let's take a look at some individual share moves on from isaac systolic energy majors trading in negative territory a little crude both gas from an rawson after losing more than one percent meanwhile concerns about european debt are weighing on financials spread bank is down almost one and a half percent this hour and among the gainers though is known as the company has

started accepting big sports hall billion dollars buyback program so for now join me in forty five minutes from our. question is that so much ally people at macquarie other than the old world cup cakes if it's western it really engine is a is it ever justified for such military interventions within the confines of international law is there a case where. twenty years ago in the largest country in the.