but you know what you so told created so many children have been killed your ability to turn and you look tough. in serbia look he's available in most clinton's lead we can see. a grim financial fate of greece comes under scrutiny from european and i.m.f. officials there doing to assess the scale of the country's progress in cutting back . but that comes up at nights not in some thousands this week united for a test of the government's latest round of the state's. border disorder and nato forces in kosovo clashed with services local news agency reports live rounds have been fired. at the international community condemns israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory that the palestinians say rules out the pilot or a peace talks called for at the u.n.

. and in business to trust authorities regular being offices of gas from and its main customer is a suspicion of market manipulation and excessive pricing join me for the details and twenty minutes. three pm 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 tackling its crippling debt and they'll decide whether to release further bailout cash this was angry protest tuesday after the government passed the most unpopular round of austerity measures yet are sorry for it has more from athens. we saw a very positive rhetoric yesterday for five minutes it was patent he was in berlin just saying the heads of industry that we had very similar statements coming from

the german chancellor now we know that the same heading to greece and they're going to be holding talks about whether to release the next tranche of money the eight billion year and i couldn't really open the way for the team to return here bypassing the very unpopular property ties that happen quite late yesterday and it was already known the law makers were almost certainly going to approve that. was the king said probably at around the next three thousand year ways to most people here in the country household bills and against trying to play that to the edges to build out just to show you the problems that the greek government faces here at the electricity company the electricity workers is that they're going to cause that collection of the tax base is still pushing ahead with these but whether or not they're actually going to be able to raise that money is very very uncertain days he really can't express will not be. on the streets of people outside parliament

are just absolutely livid about what they said it's a good government really. pushing them into a situation that they can no longer stand the people shiny pitching to their families telling me stories about living kills unemployment is right here they really are in a very desperate situation and we see this the fall in this really is one of those hardest things about the situation here increases the crude rhetoric coming from the leaders and that trying to stabilize the year is singing you live away from the economics of this and the people here in the country i genuinely really suffering and here is the catch twenty two is that it's how do you get a country back on its feet when the nurses to the government a pass into d.c. are criticizing the people. economic affairs blogger dimitri co for those things the greek government needs to take drastic action and fast if it wants to find

a way out of the crisis. they need to default on their debt if they want the s.r.d. 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. because you have this giant that it's not going to go away that goes viral and in 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 you're going have to circulate but it would mean a kind of dual currency system in the 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. european commission chief jose manuel barroso has pledged greece will remain in the euro zone speaking to the e.u. parliament in strasbourg in his annual state of the union address barroso admitted the eurozone is living through its one of the worst crisis and its short history the president of the use executive on called for more unity claiming the next two years would be a bad physical fire for an entire generation. and with a lot on the r.t. dot com for more insight into what's going on in greece and the eurozone at large in his walk on our website the former deputy speaker of belgium is parliament loaded about it with writes that the problems facing greece are not new he claims they were known about ten years ago when the country enter a currency union but no one paid enough attention i doubt why at r.t. dot com. several serbs have reportedly been injured in clashes with nato troops as the violence has once again flared up around the serbia kosovo border

russia's foreign ministry has reacted to the situation calling for peacekeeping forces to remain neutral and here to the un mandate it's believed the alliance peacekeeping troops tried to dismantle road blocks set up by serbs troops say they used rubber bullets and tear gas in self-defense but a serbian news agency claims live rounds were used and has distributed pictures showing x. ray images of the gunshot wounds talks between belgrade and pristina scheduled for wednesday have been canceled as a result of rising tension in the voice or knowledge of serbian historian and author says nato is actions may only make a tense situation worse. the media was absolutely outside the bounds of it not its mandate it is not supposed to be a law enforcement agency for still between government it is the most. still cool customs to see first any sudanese institution is shooting it. peacefully protesting these turn of events very easy to improve the situation but not making it worse in

the first place by not to keep the nice troops in support of. child. he speaks six oh no to be had been deployed he could have just as well and retreated like he did back in july early august again and he in command choose to escalate and they are giving us this pabulum about the lawyer to order an interim a new elements and therefore most criminal elements in this case. will 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 question of u.s. foreign policy but calls for immediate u.n. sanctions against the massacres are dropped from the draft resolution is russia and china call for the government and opposition to negotiate. first though israel says it's not going to back a self-imposed ban on building settlements in occupied palestinian territory and is powering 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 by moscow and the e.u. have voiced hope of a rethink israel maintains it will keep building something palestinian say rules out talks between the two sides international middle east peace quartet made up of russia the u.s. and un called for by a lot of talks to resume within a month but i don't let's now 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 you go she shouldn't are going to end 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 and bush asians are

useless either you get out of our territory period or they 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 other hundred ninety are irrelevant it's three countries are 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 they prevent saying sions and provide this umbrella for israel israel is something to worry about who's going to say it shouldn't 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 u.n. security council prepares to consider the palestinian bid for membership in the world body wednesday the u.s. has promised to veto the move but russia and several other members of the council say they'll support the palestinians even if 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. will stay with us here on r.t. still ahead speaking out but then being shouted down. here in america we're very proud of our freedom of speech and the right to speak his considerable holy except if you see the wrong statements you can get in trouble some of eric in celebrities find they get more than they bargained for when publicly discussing sensitive issues including the so-called war on terror details coming up. but first e.u. countries have dropped their call for further immediate sanctions against syria the u.n. draft resolution has been softened and now threatened sanctions only if the government doesn't end its crackdown on the opposition that crackdown is continuing syria's army has deployed tanks and armored vehicles to the town of rostock russia's been calling on both sides in this six month long conflict to hold talks and has opposed sanctions taken hornberger founder and president of a washington based future freedom foundation says the real aim of any western

intervention might 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 one time to torture 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 is 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 for justify more bloody interventions are echoes of colonial imperialism according to british author and journalist simon

jenkins a columnist for the guardian newspaper full interview with him coming your way in a little more than an hour here's a preview. i do not believe that it's over in state so the legal right to an obligation or a duty and to interfere in all the slogan states has written to the united nations shows that this is not a country that threatened britain didn't threaten you know any of its neighbors and invaded a neighbor and he's going about his own business which is not a revolution it was it's i'm sure last two things with the main guns the nasty things that were the world. and the excuse and there might have been something to happen as a justification for invading invading a country gets capital it is i think quite extraordinary and it's a little considered instructional for we tend to be in countries where we have some interest in the states a little bit we tend to intervene over think because we're almost quickly lawry to be heard as was the case of a few that are pretty was the case here who i knows is more my responsibility there

is no british empire anymore. former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko is back in court for the second day of hearings after a two week break she's accused of abuse of power during during gas deals with russia and she thousand and nine claims she denies today's session will hear evidence from a representative of not the guys the company that claims her deals brought almost two hundred million dollars worth of losses on trial since june to machine who was arrested in the hardest on charges of contempt of court here a spark mass protest in kiev with some of her supporters clashing with police. turned out as in other stories making headlines across the globe libya's national transitional council says it thinks colonel gadhafi is hiding in the west of the country protected by loyalists near the algerian border fighting meanwhile continues in the city of sirte remorse. and two hundred thousand libyans are in danger of being piled up in the crashes so your food water and power shortages also reported meanwhile u.s. media says an estimated twenty thousand heat seeking missiles were stolen in the

country and it's not known where they are. 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 a day after sixteen civilians were killed in a different province when their station ragen struck a roadside bomb i love and of those victims were children the taliban's been stepping up assaults across the country recent months as nato begins to withdraw some of its combat troops. iraq has made its first payment in a three billion dollars deal to buy eighteen u.s. f. sixteen jets including training and weaponry the planes which will be delivered next year are due to protect the country's air sovereignty after the u.s. military leaves here some forty four thousand u.s. troops in iraq with all scheduled withdrawal by the end of the year iraq is hoping to buy eighteen more fighter jets but they are still awaiting u.s. approval for that. turning to yemen where forces loyal to

a tribal leader have shot down a government warplane that was bombing their positions north of the capital a jet fighter was downed by anti-aircraft guns near the arado region where insurgents overread it on the base earlier this week the capture of close weeks of intermittent plaiting between pro and anti-government forces president ali abdullah saleh who is under international pressure to step down return to the country last friday sparking violence in which dozens were killed at this. stay with us here on r.t. still to come by dropping out of school for a life of picking cotton we will for millions of children in india suffer abuse while working plantations across the country. but first to the u.s. 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've lost their jobs or somebody their reputations after voicing their views especially when it comes to some hot button issues are teased out each chickie on reports. 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 who the terrorists are with terrorists are they the terrorists well the rooms don't make a right so the ones who started with 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 if 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 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 you can get in trouble and artists have musicians have now tony bennett is being questioned freedom of speech proved no defense in protecting the jobs of a number of probably figures in america sacked after comments that appeared to challenge conventional us establishment news 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 hates taken from palestinians everybody's been fired for what they say they can. and that if you say anything about the president the united states you call them anything in the book but you can't say anything about israel. automatically makes you any sematic see it is former senior editor of middle east the fears of the announcer 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 but had leader broken ties with them they're all sort all of it was promptly pushed out of the us mainstream media it's all about consequences social and economic just pressure rather than real censorship politicians expressing ideas against the establishment you come under fire true like congressman ron paul who is running for president and some of the lawn 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 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 care near would you be annoyed if you're not a no i mean if you got in there's

a problem booed and labeled 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. 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 and then it's taking our reporting from washington our to. rome you can find the latest news videos and blogs online at r.t. dot com here's what's a click away right now. british justice in the dark as a convicted terrorist gets released from prison halfway through his sentence plus. facebook getting some power. for friends having launched its own political action committee to strengthen its lobbying clout on capitol hill. and find the latest images in video what are you tube channel in this case of a powerful typhoon assad that slammed into the philippines leading to hundreds of

thousands of people to flee this and much much more on the line for you right now. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of canada. before asians rule the day. millions of children across india give up school in the hope of a better future to help support their families often the end up working in cotton fields while they earn a few dollars rights activists say they lose a whole lot more and they want a little is done to protect the children from being physically emotionally or even sexually abused artie's prius reader reports from. from across the street sixteen year old intervene presario can hear the chatter of children

a few years younger than him going to school but his school going days are long gone for saad was taken to work on cotton plantations with a dream of making money for his family i went to the farm i worked from four am to six pm every day twenty six of us children work i came 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 archie 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 but they use these visuals to provide evidence to policemen in the area so they could conduct a raid and save the children and we need to highlight a good yield of bt cotton is true genius with a load in hard work and children won't infinitely eighteen hours we have seen many

cases of gallons be engraved 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 their kids make money and that they too ended up getting cheated in the process but they're going to make it a one hundred fifty in the movies i can give him the commission on that you have. 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 them 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. experts say that it's

a problem that stretches far beyond india these plantations harvest bt cotton the scientific of review 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 to many international companies are investing in and involved in to be seek alternative the cost of production is too high a multinational companies won't mind 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 to go back there and twenty six of us were cheated by that. cheated out of a childhood for the greedy to make a buck preassure there are t.v. india. stay with us here on our team kareena is up next with the business news.

hello welcome to our business update this hour go straight to our top story he used antitrust authorities have raided european offices of gas prominent smain customers of a possible market abuse the checks are taking place in ten countries where gas from is suspected of market manipulation and excessive pricing gas from parts. r.v. any on and oh and we are also subject in the investigation now to discuss this i'm joined by the general kosky head of research at north capital thank you sir for joining us what all the allegations and how serious are they. how well there is very little information so far obviously we've been watching very closely this the because of this my very the market price of gas. my opinion is that basically something help on the related to the to the activity of gas brought my own in

germany and there is a little surprise to me that. actually took a stance of gazprom and expressed dissatisfaction and some sort of frustration with this readership. and there is very little knowledge about the details but it's definitely something connected with the gas boom paperwork and get sprawl agreements. concluded in germany so you think this is what they're looking for basically four agreements some kind of paperwork. probably there is some of the rim and snorts prism for the proper way and that might actually signify some side agreements including with possibly i'm not saying this exactly happened but this is my version of the my disappearance agreement with the gods probably is a possibility. i saw they would need to inspect the paperwork and the guest room

basically in this situation has nothing to do but sit and wait but but but tell me why you think europe is so concerned why these rays taking place well what's the concern there. in the world basically i would refer to recent goutam. speech in brussels when he said the basically you can go ahead and split gazprom and it's you know generating capacity and the transfer and pipelines because if you consider this a breach of our monopoly rules and time monopoly rules go ahead and do it but i think it's inefficient because there will be a lot of middleman there will be additional cost incurred in the in conjunction with this. as we remember there was a little reaction from the european counterparts and i also cannot exclude that

this is some aftermath of this disagreement some are probably you know side effects that we are in conjunction with an attempt just police activity for gas from in germany probably but the speaking about this whole what effect will this have on russian relations with the european union. from your point of view well you know this is a win win relationship i mean the european union unfortunately. go by with gazprom right now there is little alternative except after the. japanese. explosion as we know germany is stronger pulls in the development of nuclear power it means the german used to feed itself with the other you know and they're just sources including via nature all gas because nature all gas is the least polluting. source so i don't think this conflict has

a near. if the perspective to develop into food fledged contradiction into food fledge conflict between the russia and germany i think somehow. this will be a result one way or another in bridges soon because it's the last example of when their dependence. ok well let's just wait and see and thank you for sharing these thoughts with us that was like you know russian cos he had a researcher at north capital that's all time we have this hour but join us in about forty five minutes from now from war hero society. the.

culture is that so much an ally of people after hearing all that is it all worst case western you really mention ism is it ever justified for such military interventions within the confines of international law is there a case for. download the official r.t.f. location q i phone the i pod touch from the i q snaps to. the jaunty life on the.