i would print certainly the splinter till entire truth wins if you tell me it's not your real the original google how would international floods achieve every green little bit till the. european and i.m.f. officials doing greece to assess the country's progress in reducing its debt this after thousands of greeks united in protest at the government's latest round of austerity cuts. border just ordered nato forces in kosovo clash with serves as a local news agency reports live rounds have been fired. the international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory which the palestinians say rules out the by the lateral peace talks called for.

it's noon in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story senior officials from the e.u. and i.m.f. are expected in greece to study its progress in reducing its debt before deciding whether to release further bailout cash angry protests broke out tuesday after the government passed the most unpopular roundabout staring the measures yet it's a new property tax and it's expected to bridge a gap in the country's budget but people say they can't afford to pay it or he's sorry for a thousand more. well you think his arms race thing love the protesters i think i'll sometimes you can have to take ask going off again we said the situation looking like he was going to escalate alice things about that's what we're seeing we see a huge amount of the right place pushing the cult styled if in the struggle here to get the situation under control for the first time in this country you're seeing people below the poverty line being taxed they simply things have got money and

they're calling on you as their leaders now to be realistic the talk is certainly telling that a greek default analyst here has said to us that the really is the case of how that happens whether it's controls to soldiers on greece's turns over the e.u. leaders they can play by their rules and that benefit really the greek prime minister george patton today has been having meetings in berlin he said he thought the country could get out of this crisis and we had the challenge chance is saying much the same thing everyone hoping that 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 a full their rent they call the food to support their families the visa applications the greeks wanting to now leave the pros has risen dramatically and extremely volatile situation there simply fed up with what they see as i complete and are so

why even in between all the people are asking for i will be leaders and pushing through the years a leaders at the moment still has yet to decide whether to provide that eight billion a year of cash injection to greece they desperately needs and still potentially they will be approving that because they tell you want to see greece i think here is a briefly then everyone can leave and that really the said will spell the end of the year. to a student the name is really on the brink. of heights that i can't see the protest it's a. little it's a fight that the. economic affairs blogger to be think open as thinks the greek government needs to take a drastic drastic action and quickly if it wants to find a way out of the crisis 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 it continues in this way in the short term long term it just means surf down because you have this giant that it's not going to go away that goes farland in portugal and spain as well and practically but i think that the smartest thing for the e.u. in the on the to do they really want a solution would be a structured default of greece portugal of ireland probably spain as well in some sort of way and to allow some of those currency countries especially greece for example for the public sector to issue bracken's again it doesn't mean that you are going to circulate but it would mean a kind of dual currency system in long term the euro not going to survive the reason 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 you may see their stay alive if they allow some of the other countries to begin to issue their

own currencies and partially default on their debts. european commission chief jose manuel barroso has pledged that greece will remain in the euro zone speaking to the e.u. parliament in strasbourg his annual state of the union address barroso admitted that the eurozone is living through the worst crisis in its short history the president of the e.u. is executive arm calling for more unity claiming the next few years will be a bad place in the fire for the entire generation. to be credible well we'd like to hear your views on the crisis in greece you can click over to our team dot com and have your say in our latest poll we're asking what do you think greek and e.u. leaders are discussing behind closed doors and around sixteen percent think they're debating how far the bow can stretch more than a quarter think that they are looking being how to manage and control the ball a minority think that they might be advising whether greece or to exit the euro zone porth a tongue in cheek responses so far the most popular suggesting talks are focusing on how the politicians in the state

a lynching at the hands of angry voters and the plug on ars you got your vote. several serbs have reportedly been injured in clashes with nato troops as violence has once again flared up a kosovo serbia border talks between belgrade and pristina scheduled for wednesday have been cancelled as a result of the rising tensions it's believed alliance peacekeeping forces try to dismantle a roadblock set up by serbs the troops say they used rubber bullets and tear gas in self-defense but a serbian news agency claims live rounds were used as distributed pictures showing x. ray images of the gunshot wounds tension started in july with a host it was tried to seize checkpoints to enforce a unilateral trade embargo is angered the serbs who protested against it and set up the barricades on the roads the voice of knowledge a serbian historian and author says that nato's actions may only make a tense situation worse. we need to is the c.e.o. inside the bounds he did not it's monday he's not supposed to be

a law enforcement agency for clean government to shia it is he wasn't supposed to. east so-called customs posts in first place and they certainly essence of who should be shooting at people don't peacefully protesting the stern of the turn of events it's very easy to improve the situation by not making it worse in the first place by not deploying nice troops in support of. chachi speak see oh now that they have been deployed be included just as well and retreated like he did back in july early august and can meet in command choose to escalate and the near giving us discount deal about lloyd alder and criminal elements and therefore most criminal elements in this case stay with us here on r t still to come 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 us foreign policy but calls for immediate u.s. sanctions against damascus are dropped from the draft resolution as russia and china call on the government and opposition to negotiate. but first

israel says it's not going to back a self-imposed ban on building settlements in occupied palestinian territory and is plowing 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 move as disappointing and illegal while he says the construction plans should be reversed but israel maintains it will keep building something the palestinian say rules out any talks between the sides the international middle east peace quartet made up of russia the u.s. you and you when called for by law to rule talks would to resume within a month and i was think that's now 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 this rabies more than half

a million living in the occupied territories so that it's i can't possibly see. see how you go she shoes are going to end israel's occupation i don't see any pressures to get a half a million people and i think that's what abbas is saying it is our useless either you get out of our territory period or the or there's no point in going on with the process i don't think israel has anything to worry about inspiring to you there are three countries that matter the other hundred ninety are irrelevant the three countries are the united states britain and germany as long as they're behind israel's policies or least even if they criticize as long as they prevent saying chins and provide this umbrella for israel israel so i think you worry about who's going to saying it is going to force it to get out who's going to put pressures on israel. israel's announcement of new settlement construction comes as the u.n. security council readies to consider the palestinian bid for membership after world

body wednesday the u.s. has promised to veto the move but russia and several other council members say they'll support the palestinians even washington blocks the full membership palestinians could still get an elevated legal status at the u.n. general assembly where they have a majority of support now still ahead on r t speaking out but then being shouted down. here in america we're very proud of our freedom of speech and the right to speak this considered holy except if you see the wrong you can get in trouble american celebrities find they get more than they bargained for when they publicly discuss 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 threaten sanctions only if the government doesn't end its crackdown on the opposition but that crackdown is currently continuing the syrian army has deployed tanks and armored vehicles for

the town of rostock russia's been calling on both sides in this six month long on place to hold talks as opposed sanctions to take it one burger founder and president of the washington based interest freedom foundation thinks the real aim of western intervention would be to put their men in control. sanctions have never succeeded in achieving regime change which is what the us goal is and then let's keep in mind that this was a dictatorship that the us government used at one time to torture canadian citizens name a hard error they supported we barracked they support the dictatorships of saudi arabia jordan but what they're trying to achieve is to put their man in power that's the whole question 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 isn't alister 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 explanations or justify more bloody interventions echo's colonial period lives on according to british author and journalist jenkins full interview with him coming your way in about twenty minutes here's a preview. i do not believe in the soviet state so the legal right to own the big asian or g.t. and to interfere no the slogan states is written into the united nations charter and it was not a country that threatened britain didn't for any of its neighbors and invaded in a neighbor it was going about his own business. it was if there's no i'm sure loss to things with from the main goals you know students have moved the world and the excuse there might have been something else too about to happen and then just to begin from invading the invading a country will make its capital is i think quite extraordinary and if you think it's a noble concept of what we tend to be in countries where we have some interest from

the state or world that we tend to intervene where we think with an almost quick glory to hide it was a case of in the wrong and he was the case here who i know is not my responsibility there is no british empire anymore. for suspected militants have reportedly been detained in russia's southern republican being they're accused of organizing insurgent groups there too explosive devices were discovered after the suspects homes were raided by police hand grenades and ammunition were also confiscated police have now launched an anti terror operation in the area the north caucasus remains of volatile region after years of militant activity with frequent battles between insurgents and security forces. check now at some other stories making headlines across the globe nato officials say loyalists fighters are hiding in residential areas of bani walid and sirte putting more than two hundred thousand libyans in danger from allied airstrikes and attack commands i could aki forces 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 where they currently are. iraq made its first payment on a three billion dollars deal to buy eighteen u.s. f. sixteen fighter jets including training and weaponry the planes will be delivered next year and are protected countries air sovereignty after military forces leave is more than forty thousand forty four thousand u.s. troops in iraq all scheduled to withdraw by the end of the year iraq is hoping to buy eighteen more fighter jets but it's still awaiting us approval. a convicted killer 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 you don't hijack a plane while dressed as a priest to flee to algeria he was convicted of the murder of a petrol station owner during a robbery in one thousand nine hundred eighty two and had

a thirty year sentence the u.s. now seeks extradition. michael jackson's personal doctor has gone on trial with the involuntary manslaughter of the legendary singer conrad murray's accused of professional negligence it ministering the star with a fatal makes of sedatives and murray denies the charge but admits giving jackson the drugs to help him sleep the physician insists he didn't prescribe anything that could have led to death if found guilty or you could face four years in jail and the loss of his medical license. stay with us here on our t.v. still ahead dropping out of school for a life of picking cotton we report how millions of children in the india suffer abuse both working plantations across the country. but first in america anyone has the right to speak their mind but those opinions can sometimes carry a price at least that's been the experience of some high profile people who've lost their jobs whether reputations after voicing their views especially when it comes to some hot button issues as our he's got

a cheap cheeky and he 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 service or with the terrorists or the terrorists well two rooms don't make a right now the ones who started with the plane flying into the world trade center what do you tell them 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 i'd like to say that i am sorry my state statement 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 as 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 his considered holy except if you say the wrong you can get in trouble and artists have musicians have now tony bennett it's me question of speech approved no defense in protecting the jobs of a number of problems because in america sacked after comments that appeared to challenge conventional u.s. establishment use the journalist helen thomas when a white house reporter for over half a century was forced to resign after she said he's really should leave land he's taken from palestinians everybody has been fired for what they say they can. and that if you say anything about the president of the united states you can call him anything in the book but he can't say anything about israel. automatically makes you any sematic cnn's flora senior editor of middle east the fear of god being not certain was sacked a year ago because of it. she wrote about her respects

a lebanese cleary who had one time had been seen as the spiritual leader of the has the last leg and had leader broken ties with that response there also it's all of it was promptly pushed out of the west mainstream media it's all about consequences social and economic this pressure rather than real censorship politicians expressing ideas against the establishment you come under fire who like congressman ron paul who is running for president and some of them long time there have been a risk. they have been explicit and they wrote. there we are can act we attacked america because you had bases on our holy land in saudi arabia you do not give palestinians a fair treatment and you have been bombing. i didn't say that i'm trying to get through to understand what the motive was behind the bombing at the same time we have been bombing and killing hundreds of thousands of iraqis for clear near would

you be annoyed if you're not annoyed by you going there some problem booed and labeled unpatriotic by some just like tony bennett was when he spoke his mind it's not so much about what these people said that led to them being. 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 an f two price i'm going to check out reporting from washington r.t. remember you can find our latest news updates and videos online and. here's what's a click away right now. facebook getting serious by launching its own political action committee to strengthen its lobbying clout on capitol hill. and you can find images are. traveled the powerful typhoon isaak that slammed the philippines allison hundreds of thousands of police all that and much much more although i feel that our g. dot com. more

news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. home for asians to rule the day. 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 cotton fields but while they earn the equivalent of a few dollars a day rights activists say they lose a whole lot more they warn that little is done to protect the children from being physically emotionally or even sexually abused arkan's priya sridhar reports from. from across the street sixteen year old levine prosodic can hear the chatter of children a few years younger than him going to school but his school calling days are long

gone. into work on cotton plantations with the dream of making money for his family going to the farm for a man to six pm every day twenty six of us children work are going 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 could be healed of b.c. culture and history with blood in her children. eighteen we have seen in many cases and 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 info on 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 seventeen million children in this country are engaged in labor work our 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 beachy seeds to these farmers who many international companies are investing in and involved in to be made because production is too high multinational companies like that work for now the victims of this mass the scare children can barely speak about their time at the plantations. i came back home now i want. six of us were cheated going to. cheated out of a childhood for the greedy to make a buck preassure either r t india. when americans are next with the business news stay with us here at r.t. . welcome to our business elsewhere this thanks for joining me russia markets are struggling to

retain the gains they enjoyed at the start of the week they managed to avoid fallout from the resignation of finance minister alex a cordon of europe's debt crisis is weighing on the markets of the russian indices managing to take into positive territory. from an isis asset managers explains what is driving their world a cultist. the reason goldmark of the russian did so boldly is to go for it she's because people are marketing the world gets some value markets it's always been quite cheap and when the global markets are in turmoil russia first in the form of the other reason but you can look for that is the the russian market is still relatively liquid compared to probably global versus and when people read the money it tends to suffer disproportionately so there is a flipside to that from things go off russians still perform everything else in this world the last decade since the bear market trough. recently russia was the fall north in the world for those goals up more than anything goes on more than anything else. russia skolkovo innovation hub could lose

a lucrative contract with b.p. as a result of the company's long lasting conflict with its russian partners the british oil major has frozen i'm not a million dollar project was called to increase or refining efficiency in russia he says it's concerned its partners in the popular joint venture tank a.t.p. might object to the deal earlier this year beat his russian partners block its huge tie up with ross they have announced manning for billions of dollars in compensation a court hearing on that case all take place on thursday. no i think look at how the markets are doing the russian market is slightly higher than a six point three percent while the r.t.s. is just a notch now let's take a look at some individual shareholders some of my six energy majors are trading in negative territory all the lower crude both gas commonwealth never losing more than one percent meanwhile concerns about european debt are weighing on financials the

bank is one and a half percent this hour among the game is is noise can make you that's up seven percent the company jumped the most of three weeks after it started accepting bids for its four billion dollars buyback program. now all is seeing new set of losses they had a report 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 to you lower it's a temper granted blandest trading at over one hundred six dollars a barrel while the w.i. is over eighty three dollars the dollar. in asian markets are mixed japanese and australian stock markets managed gains but chinese and korean traded slightly lower solidly lower europe is you have to go easy to tackle is that problems is keeping buying sentiment in check and signing is continuing its losses while the nikkei is financials are still on the rise although the gains. more modest and here's europe

where markets dropped in early trading after reports polling that european leaders are divided over whether to restructure greece's bailout banking stocks lead the fall would be in the party boss looking for twenty four percent of all hedge fund manager a man group tumbled seventeen percent of our troops putting a shop ball in its assets under management. this speedy reform of russia's banking sector may fall victim to the sacking of finance minister alex included richard haynesworth from trading believes a new measures to make it more transparent will not inevitably be delayed. everything is put into question by the changes in the ministry of finance. however there are questions that need to be decided also we have to bear in mind the term of office for mr you cannot have this coming to an end and so the question is who is going to replace mr. all questions apart future is probably going to have to

wait until we see who the new head of the central banks bank should be now but they do need to be reforms to the situation around situation so all of the banks that were bought by the three of have to be looked up so there are areas where reform is needed in the investors are looking at. here while russia's financial institutions are getting ready for a second wave of the crisis renesas capital has decided to cut ten percent of its staff so he's going to be a critic is also planning to shed some of its workforce of the congo and state development bank has reduced its portfolio growth growth plans by ten percent and i doubt it may raise capital abroad because of global economic problems. and that it's all the update i have for you this hour but don't forget to find more stories on our website.

twenty years ago the largest country.