a grim financial fate of greece comes under scrutiny from the european and i.m.f. officials they're due in greece to assess the scale of the country's progress in scaling back its debt. that comes off the night stuff. we did break up the plates of the state. border disorder nato forces in kosovo clashed with serbs as a local news agency reports the live rounds have been fired. the international community sledge israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory which the palestinians say rules out bilateral peace talks hold for at the u.n.

. and business stresses elimination pumping is a lucrative contract with b.p. as a result of the company's long lasting conflict with the us we'll bring you the latest on that this is. one pm in moscow i'm not treasurer 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 the country's progress in reducing its debt and they'll decide whether to release further a bailout cash or swallows angry protests tuesday after the government passed the most unpopular round of austerity measures yet for more on this we go live to our chief sorrow for standing by for us in athens tell us more about the steps greece has been taking to qualify for a latest round of ballot money. well we saw a very positive restaurant yesterday for five minutes it was patent he was in

berlin just seeing the heads of industry there and we had very similar statements coming from the german chancellor and now we know that the team heading to greece and they're going to be holding talks here about whether to release the next tranche of money the eight billion year and greece really opened the way for the team to return here bypassing the very unpopular property tax that happened quite late yesterday and it was already known that lawmakers were almost certainly going to approve but. that's the that's going to probably add around an extra thousand u.a.s. to most people here in the country household bills and they're going to try to play got to the electricity bill now just to show you the problems that the greek government face here at the electricity company the electricity workers says that they're going to cause that collection of the tax they don't really care in a very difficult situation indeed it seems you would it seem again coming here we

saw the troika quit talks last month after the stations that they said the slow to stick weeks quiz take weeks is taking to implement some of these reforms are still pushing ahead with these whether or not they're actually going to be able to raise that money it is very very uncertain in days that we've seen all the dramatic protest video that you back to us you've been down there on monkey people what are they telling you. much the same as we've heard the full the really their breaking point they said these extra taxes the austerity measures up the stairs eventually they're already in absolutely desperate situation i mean he really can't express enough the. on the streets the people outside parliament just absolutely livid about what they said if the greek government is really. pushing them into a situation that they can no longer stand their people shiny teaches that their families telling me stories about losing jobs unemployment is price here they

really are in a very desperate situation and we see in this the poor and this really is one of the service things about the situation here increases the cruel rhetoric coming from the leaders and about trying to stabilize the year is singing reason way from the economics of this the people here in the country a genuinely really suffering and you know once again we seen it taken to the point where they're approving bs measures but the people on the street i just absolutely furious we saw last night some of the worst crisis that we seen for the past couple of weeks clearly again are dispersing the crowds eating at a gas everyday is a very just desperate situation and that here is the catch twenty two. how to get a country back on its feet when the nation is to the government of passing to decern of crippling the people. to see how this plays out r.t. sorry for a fly for us in athens thanks for that report. european commission chief

jose manuel barroso has pledged that greece will remain in the euro zone speaking to the e.u. parliament in strasbourg in his annual state of the union address grosso admitted that the euro zone is living through the worst crisis in its short history the president didn't even use executive i'm told for more unity claiming the next thirty years will be a bad tism of fire for the entire generation. well don't forget to click on r t dot com to get more insight on what's going on with greece and the euro zone and his blog on our website the former deputy speaker of belgium is parliament load of the news writes that the problems facing greece are not new he claims that they were known about ten years ago when it entered the currency union and no one paid any attention dido raw in his blog at r.t. dot com. several servers have reportedly been injured in clashes with nato troops as violence has once again flared along the serbia kosovo border

russia's foreign ministry has reacted to this situation calling for peacekeeping forces to remain neutral and here to the un mandate it's believed alliance peacekeeping troops tried to dismantle a roadblock set up by serbs the troops say they use rubber bullets and tear gas in self-defense a serbian news agency claims live ammunition was used and has distributed pictures showing x. ray images of the gunshot wounds tension started in july when kosovo authorities tried to seize the checkpoints to enforce a unilateral trade embargo this in a rage of the serbs who protested against it and set up the barricades on the roads and the militia mollett a serbian historian and author says that nato is actions may only make a tense situation worse. nato was absolutely outside the bounds of my its mandate it is not supposed to be a law enforcement agency for for the self-proclaimed government in prishtina it is it wasn't supposed to seize these so-called customs posts in the first place and it certainly isn't supposed to be shooting at people that are peacefully protesting is

turn of the turn of events very easy to improve the situation might not making it worse in the first place by not deploying the strips in support of. state and now to be have been deployed the could have just as well have retreated like they did back in july in early august i can and even comanche aspirate and they are giving us this pabulum about loyal order and criminal elements and therefore most criminal elements in this case. stay with us here on our q still to come a look at 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. protocols for media u.n. sanctions against the massacres are dropped from a 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 occupied palestinian territory and moving ahead with

construction in east jerusalem the move has drawn strong strong opposition from israel's allies who say it's counterproductive to the peace process washington a lot and have described the decision as disappointing and a legal law that says construction plans should be reversed israel maintains it will keep building something palestinian say rules out talks between the two sides international middle east peace quartet comprised of russia the u.s. e.u. and un called for bilateral negotiations to resume within a month but i don't think that it'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 half a million this rabies more than half a million living in the occupied territories so that it's i can't possibly 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 you glaciations are useless either you get out of our territory period for the or 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 that matter the other hundred ninety are irrelevant the three countries of the united states. 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 it shows i think that 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 new settlement construction comes as the un security council are ready to consider the palestinian bid for membership by the world body wednesday the u.s. has vowed to veto the move but russia and several other council members say they'll support the palestinians even if washington blocks a full membership palestinians could still get an elevated legal status at the u.n.

general assembly where they have a majority of support that's now 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 our freedom of speech and the right to speak is considered holy except if you see the wrong you can get in trouble so american celebrities find more they get more than they bargained for when publicly discussing sensitive issues including the so-called war on terror details ahead. but first e.u. countries have dropped their call for a further immediate sanctions against syria the u.n. draft resolution has been softened and now threaten sanctions only if the government doesn't stop its crackdown on the opposition but that crackdown continues currently continues syria's army has deployed tanks and armored vehicles to the town of rostock russia's been calling on both sides in the six month long conflict to hold talks and has opposed sanctions jacob hornberger founder and president of the washington based future freedom foundation says the real aim of

any western intervention would be to put their men 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 canadian citizen name a our air are 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 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 an 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 to justify more bloody interventions eccles colonial imperialism according to

a british author and journalist simon jenkins columnist for the guardian newspaper interview with him coming up in about an hour here's a preview. i do not believe that slogan states the legal rights at all an obligation or duty and to interfere no the slogan states is written into the united nations charter this is not a country that threatened britain didn't threaten its neighbors and invaded a neighbor and gave it its own business which is going to revolutionize it was intended i'm sure last of these are from the main guns the nasty things happen all over the world. and the excuse that there might have been something nasty about to happen and then just because the invading think invading their country and building its capital is i think quite extraordinary and it's a noble concept when we tend to be in countries where we have some interest in the struggle that we tend to intervene or we think that it was quickly laurie to be had as was the case of into the putin was the case here who i knows is more

responsibility there is no british empire anymore. former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko was back in court for the second day of hearings after a two week break she's accused of abuse of power during gas deals with russia and two thousand and nine am she denies today's session will hear evidence from a representative of nafta guys a company that claims her deals brought almost two hundred million dollars with losses since june commissioner was arrested in august on charges of contempt for the rest mark mass protests in ukraine's capital kiev with some of her supporters clashing with police. take a look now at 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 thousand two hundred thousand libyans in danger from allied airstrikes and attack from and take it out he 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 who has them. afghan police say eight officers have been shot dead three others wounded in a militant attack on a checkpoint in the country's south this comes a day after sixteen civilians were killed in a different province when their station wagon truck bomb. stationwagon struck a roadside bomb eleven of the victims were children the taliban's been stepping up insults across the country to recent months as nato begins to withdraw some troops . that are out of iraq has made its first payment in a three billion dollars deal to buy eighteen u.s. f. sixteen fighter jets including training weaponry the planes that will be legal will be delivered next year will protect the country's air sovereignty after american military leaves there are some forty four thousand u.s. troops in iraq all scheduled to be withdrawn by the end of the year iraq is hoping to buy eighteen more fighter jets but still pending u.s.

approval. michael jackson's personal doctor is gone on trial charged with involuntary manslaughter of the legendary singer conrad murray is accused of professional negligence in administering the star with a fatal mix of sedatives murray denies the charge but admits to giving the pop star drugs to help him sleep the physician and says he didn't prescribe anything that would have led to death if found guilty murray could face four years in jail and the loss of his medical license. stay with us here on r.t. still ahead this hour dropping out of school for a life of picking cotton the report on how millions of children in india suffer abuse road work on and stations across the country. but first to the states where 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 our he's got a champion reports. an american icon legendary singer world works from veteran and pacifist tony bennett has come under fire speaking his mind on a radio talk show he said america's actions would ride it provokes terror with the terrorists or with the terrorists are they the terrorists well wrongs don't make a right so the ones who started with the planes flying into the world trade center what do you think 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 space station has 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 a living legend like tony bennett has to apologize for his thoughts there's no tolerance really for any deviation from the official line 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 things you can get in trouble and artists have musicians have now tony bennett that's the question freedom of speech proved no defense in protecting the jobs of a number of probably figures in america back down to earth commons that appeared to challenge conventional us establishment views journalist helen thomas and being 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 you can write and that if you say anything about the president the united states can call him anything in the book but he can't say anything about israel. automatically makes you any sematic cnn's former senior editor of middle east affairs and not sir was sacked a year ago because of it. she wrote about her respects

a lebanese cleary who had one time had been seen as a national leader of the has a lot lane and had leader broken ties with the sponsor also. but was promptly pushed out of the us 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 lawn and i am kind of i have been a christian. they have been explicit and they wrote. that we are can act we attacked america because you had bases on our holy land in saudi arabia you do not give palestinians are fair treatment and you have been bombing. i didn't say that i'm trying to get you 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 if you go in there some problem booed and labeled unpatriotic by some just like prevented 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 a hefty price i'm going to check out reporting from washington our team members and you can access our news updates and latest videos all right at our team is what's a click away right now. facebook getting serious by launching its own political committee to strengthen its robin clout on capitol hill. and friday images are you to. travel of a powerful typhoon or sock that slammed into the philippines causing hundreds of thousands to flee all about and much more put away.

more news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing on the streets of canada. for asians to rule the day. dialing this news block millions of children across india give up school in the hope of a better future to help support their families often end up working in cotton fields but are they earn the equivalent of a few dollars rights activists say they lose a lot more and they warn that little is done to protect the children from being physically emotionally or even sexually abused artie's pretty scary to reports from clear out. from across the street sixteen year old intervene prosodic can hear the chatter of children a few years younger than him going to school but his school going days are long

gone for saddam is taking to work on cotton plantations with the dream of making money for his family going to the farm. every day twenty six of us children are going home as i was this is 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.o. teen 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 from we need to highlight the field of culture and history with the. children but. we have seen many cases of go like us 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. that can do him a lot of the commission a lot of good. 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 got seventeen million children in this country are engaged in a labor work culture is actually not included in the child labor prevention act seventy percent of india's economy is dependent on agriculture so many people argue . that banning it would actually prevent children from working in the fields with their parents axe parts say that it's a problem that stretches far beyond these plantations harvest bt cotton is

scientific of radiation for genetically modified cotton monsanto an american agricultural company that critics say has a monopoly on agricultural practices around the world sells bt seeds to these farmers boss who many international companies are investing in and it is going to be because direction is too high a multinational companies are going for now the victims of this mass is scared children can barely speak about their time at the plantation. i came back i'm going to. let you see this were cheated by the. cheated out of a childhood dream to make a buck reassure the other party india. is up next with the business news stay with us here on archer. who is our business i'll tell you this all thanks for joining me russian markets are struggling to retain the gains they enjoyed the start of the week they managed

to avoid four from the resignation of finance minister alex a quarter and brought europe's debt crisis way on the markets although russian and this is a matter of going to take into positive territory planning when all ski from going to manager is explains what is driving the world cost. and the reason locomotive go through should be so bold new steel truss used because the markets in the world need some value in markets consoles being quite cheap when the global markets are in thermal first in the form of the other reason but you can look for though if you go through the russian market is to grow to be. composed of all the global groups and so on when people read the money tends to suffer disproportionately so there is a flip side to go from trying to go all russians to all conform everything else in those world to the last decades most of the bird most control. recently russell's looking most in the world it's always goes up to more limits in gozo more unique.

and russian markets now are trading flash to my six point nine percent while the r.t.s. is slightly down this hour let's take a look at some individual shareholders on my six energy majors are trading in negative territory role of crude both gazprom and wall snapped at losing more than one percent meanwhile concerns about european debt are weighing on financials bankers down almost one have the strength to start and among the gain is noticed nikkei oh that's seven percent of the company chop the most in three weeks out for it started accepting bids for its four billion dollars buyback program. markets all over in new york as well london stocks are down with banks under pressure on the new jitters over a solution to your step problems banking group fell one point six percent of all hedge fund manager of mountains with a couple seventeen percent parts reporting shop for once assets under management commerzbank is topping the losers list on a stock stopping

a percent. now all is seeing new set of losses ahead of reports that may signal a slowdown in global growth nesters expect figures to show that u.s. doable goods orders well and european consumer confidence declines to a two year low it's a temporary grim blandest trading at over one hundred six dollars per barrel. as. eighty three dollars. russia skolkovo innovation hard could lose a lucrative contract with b.p. as a result of the company's long lasting call late with its russian partners now the british were major has frozen a multi-million dollar project with kolkata to increase oil refining efficiency in russia b.p. says it's concerned its partners in the joint venture thinking he might object to the deal earlier this year he's russian partners blocked its huge tie up with moscow and out of running for billions of dollars in compensation record hearing on that case will take place on thursday this be reform of russia's banking sector may

fall victim to this sucking of finance minister alex i couldn't which would handsworth from rating believes that new measures to make it more transparent will now inevitably be delayed. everything is put into question by the change 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 mistaken motive is coming to an end and so the question is who is going to replace misfit notes with all questions of future reform are probably going to have to wait until we see who the new head of something just going to be but they do make the reforms the situation around bump of must own situation so school all of the banks that were bought out favoring have to be looked up so there are areas where reform is needed in the us there's a look in. the wild west by national associations are getting ready for

a possible second wave of prices for nation's capital has decided to cut ten percent of its staff so as the t.v. critic is also planning to shed some of its workforce i'm going to confound it totally and state that over bank b. has reduced its portfolio growth by ten percent in baghdad may raise capital abroad because of economic problems. so for now we'll have more for you in about forty five minutes so i hope you join me there.

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