the greek news tightens the furious crowds crush with police over a new law how celebrities are paid for the dead while the e.u. president warns the bloc faces the biggest challenge ever. held that land would last night be the clashes between police and the protest be as equally nice to the real condition as the government's new. border violence to laze talks between serbia and breakaway kosovo after several people were injured in clashes between ethnic serbs and nato troops. and away you have a global disapproval strikes israel which is greenlit more settler homes in east

jerusalem as the un's most powerful body prepares to consider palestinian statehood . and to use antitrust authorities have raided the european all this is the pro football full week as a petition world from business in twenty minutes. five pm in moscow on match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story hard pressed greeks will get a nasty surprise on their electricity bills a highly unpopular new property tax that's being levied to help the government pay off its enormous debt leaders are scrambling to reassure lenders that greece is solid and so they can secure more belloc cash r.t. sarah ferguson is in athens she joins us live with more so sara how reassured can the greek people be by what they're hearing from the e.u. politicians. well we've had the head of the european commission manuel.

say this is not a sprint it's the marston but the greek people head has said that being stoked in their tracks by the seville scary scene measures that we're seeing being passed by the government now the troika loaded team is coming back to greece they're going to be assessing the situation here head of the decision to be made aware of the year when it is going to release that next function money that eight billion years so there's a lot of skepticism really about this close to rescue rate that we've heard coming from the european leaders now the government posturing yesterday as you said that extremely unpopular property type that was seen as a feeling the way the choice called it seemed to return that realistically there are many questions being asked as to how effective that will actually be is going to add around the house and yet people's household bills and the electricity company the electricity went missing cells has said that they're planning to void

call that say the i did it this is a it's a place to plug really in your a deficit in the budget the i did it the money will actually be able to be raised not publicize they can see the thing is they believe i'm realistic that is that she going to be more in the region of the million so it is not going to have the impact asshole that it was really one of the mysteries here is that you know if you lose the public support then the government can possibly the measures that they want in the european leaders can say oh they want to about the danger of the situation but then no going to have any impact unless they have public schools or groups are being vocal in their disappointment and more and more culture there on the streets what are they telling you. that they're disappointed remember the paso policy here was the people's movement it was extremely popular when it came into power i was a socialist and they really feel very. very let down about government decisions where these decisions have led the country we had as

a candidate he was talking about you know the challenge is the easy now faces that the european union faces and greece is absolutely going to be staying within the year a kid on the ground every day situations the people having to do with the extremely high unemployment is the really key to trust now because we see these measures because we've seen them fail and again i have to highlight the fact that the treacle or the team have come again on the back of the government policy this property type that's a place to be seen as a positive but the people here is that the simply not going to pay it this week at the end of this week one of the previous taxes supposed to be collected for the people here that's the deadline for that is going to be reaching people is that they're going to be outside the building so the task like this they're ripping up the bills that they've received the same the simply not going to pay it so these measures as simply not going to have the impact save but.

maybe that maybe they only have to do it for the people here were saying last night we saw the outbreak again. and the clashes between the right police in the protesters it is people are extremely angry about how this is affecting their lives to come back to. and you know these people are asking for a chance to get themselves out of this they simply don't feel that they're getting a. marathoner you know they do it he's sorry for forty frost from the start of the . eurozone leaders are keen to cling to the greek to greece as your own member and stop the rot spreading to their own banks for financial journalist dimitri coffin as things should go it alone for the sake of their own people. 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 debt and you're not going to get anywhere and the greek economy is

contracting so if it continues in this way in the short term long term it just means serfdom because you have there's a giant bet 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 already even the on the to do is they really want a solution would be a structured default a greece of course of all of ireland probably spain as well in some sort of way and to allow some of those currents this country especially greece for example for the public sector to issue dragons again it doesn't mean that euro zone has to circulate but it would mean a kind of dual currency system in long term to you're not going to survive the reason that we're already seeing in terms of national policies overriding a pan-european policy i don't think they're going to be able to create a fiscal treasury and basically integrate europe but in the short term the e.u. may stay alive if they allow some of the other countries to begin to share their own currencies and partially default on their debts. we're gathering expert opinion on with needed in order to sort out the struggling euro zone click over to harvey

dot com we can find out analysis and there's a lot of belgium's former deputy parliament speaker of motivate our newest you believe the greek troubles are a decade old but no one paid attention rather was little time to stop the catastrophe is abroad to many others a click away at r.t. dot com. those asians between serbia and kosovo have been delayed until the renewed conflict on the disputed border crossing calms down russia's foreign ministry has reacted calling for peacekeeping forces to remain neutral and stick to the un resolution several people were injured tuesday night in a clash between ethnic serbs and nato troops in northern kosovo both sides blame each other for starting the violence and with its tear gas we buy alliance forces anger rose early july when kosovo authorities tried to seize a frontier as to force a unilateral trade embargo local serbs responded by building roadblocks one serbian historian tells r.t. that nato is presence in the reason maybe only making matters worse. new is absolutely outside the bounds of that much its mandate it is not supposed to be

a law enforcement agency for the for the self-proclaimed government intrusion in it is he wasn't supposed to seize d.c. still called customs posts in the first place and he certainly has institutions shooting it until dinner peacefully protesting is turning but turn of events it's very easy to improve the situation by not making it worse in the first a spy not deploying these troops in support of the child she speaks teach oh no that be have been deployed be creative just as well and retreated like he did back in july early august again and even command choose to escalate and they are giving us this tabula about lloyd older and criminal elements and therefore most criminal elements in this case stay with us here on our t.v. coming up in a few minutes backtracking and sorting out syria iraq robs its demands for immediate u.n. sanctions against syria after russia and china refuse their support. and we look at the cost of free speech even much loved american celebrities like her tony best buy

and not have you speaking their mind about us. our first international community has ripped into israel for its decision to build eleven one hundred homes in disputed east jerusalem russia says it's deeply concerned with a plan and hopes it will be reversed europe and the us also joined a chorus of disapproval prime minister benjamin netanyahu defended israel's right to build with people in the country referring to it as a gift for the jewish new year celebrations this weekend will also see the occupied west bank under strict curfew except for emergency crews palestinian authorities claim israel is not serious about bringing peace jeff howe her from the israeli committee against house demolitions explains to us right he thinks israelis don't appear to be in a hurry to get to the negotiating table. basically. israel his 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 billion living in the occupied territories so that it's i can't possibly see how you go she should 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 is are useless either you get out of our territory period or the or there's no plan 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 britain and germany as long as they're behind israel's policy toward least even if they criticize as long as they prevents ancients and provide this umbrella for israel is your list i think the worry about who's going to sanction it who's going to force it to get out who's going to put pressures on his. israel's decision to dramatically increase the size of jewish

settlements in the west bank comes hot on the heels of the palestinian bid for statehood at the u.n. on wednesday the u.n. security council starts considering its membership united states says it will veto the decision if the big gets more than the nine other fifteen it needs to pass but 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. european countries have dropped their call for further immediate sanctions against syria u.n. draft resolution has now softened and threatens sanctions only if assad's government doesn't stop its violence against anti regime protesters but that crackdown continues the syrian army supported by tanks and helicopters stormed the rebel city of rostov russia wants both sides to enter talks and imposes sanctions branding them as an arrival strategy jacob hornberger from the future of freedom foundation says the real goal of any western intervention may be to put their met in power and not help civilian. 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 horror air are they supported we barracked they support the dictatorships like 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 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. he cranium prosecutors want a former prime minister yulia timoshenko put away for seven years for what they see as on lawful gas field russia can also be fined about one hundred ninety million dollars almost matching the money ukraine says it lost due to contracts she signed

with russia's energy giant gazprom in two thousand and nine the former pm has been on trial in here for abusing her power and corruption since june and a verdict could be reached by the end of the week to machine code denies all the charges and claims the trial is a political if found guilty of a little her out for the presidential race in twenty fifteen the case ride protests with thousands of her supporters rallying and camping outside the court. playing out of some other stories making headlines across the globe cleanup operations underway throughout the philippines in the wake of the devastating typhoon assata the storm battered the capital manila with torrential rains leading to widespread flooding that left twenty one dead thirty missing residents also bracing themselves for another tropical storm that's headed their way. the u.s. has struck a three billion dollar deal to sell eighteen f. sixteen fighter jets to iraq military commanders say baghdad needs the fighters to maintain air sovereignty after u.s. forces leave the country and remain comes as iraqi officials consider extending the

december thirty first deadline for withdrawal of u.s. troops from the country. gunmen have attacked a police outpost in afghanistan's helmand province killing eight officers wounding three others investigators are looking into the disappearance of another officer from the outpost and are considering the attack may have come from within it's the second violent outbreak in the region in twenty four hours. california jurors are reliving the last days of pop superstar michael jackson's life as the prosecution presents their case against his personal physician dr conrad murray the doctor is accused of involuntary manslaughter with prosecutors insisting his gross negligence led to the famous singers drug overdose induced death in two thousand and nine denies the charges despite evidence that he continued giving the pop star powerful drugs even after signs of his deteriorating health. in the u.s.

everyone has the right to speak their mind but that can sometimes carry a high price at least but that's been the experience of some high profile figures who lost their jobs or sullied reputations after voicing their views especially when it comes to sensitive topics as art he's got a shaky 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 broad have provoked terror who the terrorists are with the terrorists or are they the terrorists well two wrongs don't make a right they're the ones who started the plane flying into the world trade center what do you know 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 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

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 skin siddur 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 sacked after a promise that appears to challenge conventional u.s. establishment views journalist helen thomas who'd been a white house reporter for over half a century was forced to resign after she said it's really should leave land base taken from palestinians everybody has been fired for what they say the way you can . and that if you say anything about the president of the united states you call him anything in the book that he planned say anything about israel. automatically

makes you any sematic cnn's former senior editor of middle east affairs guardian nasr 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 that had leader broken ties with them there also apologized 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 through like congressman ron paul who is running for president and some of bin ladin handheld kind i have been there. they have been explicit and they wrote. their we can act we attack 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 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 nearest would you be annoyed if you're not annoyed by a group 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 a hefty price i'm going to check out reporting from washington r.t. . course if you don't watch what you say you can sometimes and mincing your words as president obama recently found out what is there first between i gotter and you not the start of a joke but the president found the distinction difficult after confusing the two in a speech he gave over the weekend could you tell us what archie got up. i hope for

greener pastures russian either cultural process to set up the right spread kind of his plantations but perhaps not ponies and you'd expect strange but true and a click away check out. turning out to our top story debt ridden greeks have been clashing with police as their parliament approves a new and deeply unpopular property tax we're joined now by godfrey godfrey bloom a british euro m.p. from the u.k. independence party nice very much for being with us or so we've heard about the greeks no longer some of them say they don't even want to be saved from defaulting thinking to be better off that way what's your take oh well of course even the british people now beginning the greek people are beginning to understand that they will be better off by the full thing and what we need to do the rest of the european union the eurozone and indeed the i.m.f. is to help live in a stable controls fultz in the same way they must before

dissolved and tina did in two thousand and two only without a complete and total collapse style in a structured way with the help of the i.m.f. when knowledge and tina defaulted in two thousand and two. everybody will want to read left them through and devices what we need is a structured default it's the only way compulsory and then greece can start working with the current state interest rates which can start to grow their economy there will be pain they'll be paying for a year maybe two and then the other color will start to grow as indeed the argentinian economy did it started to grow and it grew consistently around about eight percent a year there is only one solution to this and that is the fault and the trouble is with politicians and bureaucrats and some academics and they simply don't understand international money. now you talked about pain with a lot of people are talking about when it comes to pain on the ground there is this tax now greek energy companies are planning they say to sabotage the collection of this new property tax or on the people side with this which is thought to be levied

through the people's electricity bills do you think the government's attempts to collect this cash will. yes i do i don't think it's possible for any of coal to be and i have to say the british economy is no better figures and better than greece than the united kingdom and the difference is we just don't fool thing about you can at times see a way to recession or just the pressure and it simply isn't possible and the great winston churchill's quote on this trying to tax your way out of a recession is like trying to lift yourself up in a bucket by until it's simply called word of the soon as the politicians the bureaucrats and everybody else face the truth of this crisis the sooner we can start to get out of it now the european commission president has called for closer ties within the e.u. as a way out of the current crisis which is essential you call for more consolidation do you think that's a solution. well of course the whole project because about tightening and tightening and centralizing control the motor is a very statist in soviet style of government the commission is not an

elected body it's unelected bureaucrats it's a parliamentarian a million amending chamber so there's no concept of democracy in this place it's been is now what you have here is the problem if you are going to centralize fiscal policy. and you're going to do the sort of things that you need to rescue the euro project it has to have some sort of political legitimacy and of course the reasons the greek people don't want to be a member of it the french people voted against it the people voted against it they wouldn't give the united kingdom people if they installed it because they know which way to fight would go so this has no political legitimacy a tool this is a central planks pira crap some politicians this isn't anything to do with the people and you can't drive this sort of fiscal centralization through without the will of the people is the simplest now semi-wild rossa reiterated his call to issue a joint euro zone bonds so they get

a week countries as shored up by the strength of the major players but the german chancellor has rejected them saying they'd make the whole e.u. a union of debt how realistic do you think that is as a solution which isn't a solution i'm told of course and mr bruce i was communist he started his career as a communist i've been thirty five years in financial services i'm a professional economist is no point to be taking the slightest bit of names of the mr graves he hasn't a clue what we need to do is to get national governments democratically elected back to running their own economy is the european union and part of the solution here the european union is part of the problem it's the european union in the eurozone which has created this terrible cataclysmic problem so new is not part of a solution mr berg said least of all. all right godfrey bloom british airways independence party and not mincing your words your perspective. or of the

world of money news with you up next stay with us. how long very welcome to the business not they. have raided european offices of possible breaches of competition rules the company's partner. on and also subjects in the investigation artie's daniel bushell is reporting from brussels. there was a coordinated raid across the offices not just of gazprom but its suppliers and intermediaries companies like german energy major all of them supplied heat and electricity almost to consumers like homes and offices there is a price fixing the relationship between supply only to be too cozy and there's not enough competition on the gas markets in europe the european commission has issued a statement saying it suspects exclusionary behavior such as

a politician being obstacle to network access barriers to supply diversification as well as possible exploitative behavior such as excessive prices is being seen here in brussels as a final big check up before the european union opens up its national gas markets to international competition guestroom says it's ordinary practice in official. inspections a standard within the framework of competition rules under have been applied regularly to all of the leading european energy companies there was a similar investigation in two thousand and five which found that gazprom didn't breach any anti trust regulation. until tomorrow when kosky from north campbell believes does no chance the radon gas from could develop into a full on disputes between russia and the e.u. . this is a win win their relationship i mean the european union unfortunately can nor does go by without gazprom right now there is little alternative but i don't think this

conflict has in year perspective to develop into a full fledged contradiction into a full fledge conflict i think somehow. this will be a result of one way or another in bridge assume because it's classic example of when their dependence. russian 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 commitment but europe's debt crisis is weighing on the markets although russian indices are managing to peek into positive territory plowman from renesas asset managers explains what is driving the rollercoaster and the reason go for most of the drugs should be sold above these two go for us is the because before markets in the world did some volume markets it's always been quite cheap when the global markets are in turmoil russia first in the form of the other reason but you can move pulled out his gold to the russian market is still relatively liquid compared

to all the world are worthless and when people read the money and still suffer this proportion there is a flipside to that printing so often russians will perform everything else in this world the last decade most of the bear market trough. recently russel's the only market in the world for those goes up more than anything goes no more than money. does not have a look at those figures the russian market saw in the right with the r.g.s. losing of a federal percent us now let's have a look at some of the individual shamers on the my six energy majors a mixed gas from is losing more than one percent while look well that's almost half a cent on the rise of national my minerals to make go is the main game of this our economy jumped the most in three weeks on truth spotted accepting breeds for its food and all of the final program. and european stocks have retreated from early gains germany's dax is on london's foot so slow up a day after posting its biggest one day percentage gain in sixteen months as

investors reconsidered expectations that euro zone policymakers would have to grasp of which result the debt crisis shaz and man group have plunged nineteen percent after the world's biggest listed hedge fund manager reported large outflows. and oil is heading for. the biggest quarterly decline since two thousand and eight that some speculation that fuel demands will drop as the u.s. economy slows and europe's debt crisis crashes consumer sentiment lunch is trading at over one hundred six dollars per barrel while the w.c. now is that eighty three dollars about. a brings you ought to date join us next for more business stories here on our team.

in two thousand and ten but especially economic zone for industrial production was established in russia somalia region with a total area of six hundred sixty eight as. its investors are granted exclusive tax and customs benefits which includes a five year exemption from private lands and transport taxes as well as an income tax reduction of fifteen point five percent. the special economic zone operates as a free customs zone which enables manufacturers to market their products in russia free of encouraging teams to some our region as he said is currently witnessing a sewage in.