a very warm welcome to you this is r.c. a live from moscow hard pressed greeks will get a nasty surprise in their electricity bills a highly unpopular new property tax is being levied to help the government pay off its enormous debts leaders are scrambling to reassure lenders that greece is solvent so they can get more bailout cash with sarah ferguson athens for r.t. . we've heard the head of the european commission manuel. saying this is not a sprint is america then but the greek people here has said that being stopped in their tracks by the survey all stary see measures that we're saying being passed by the government not the troika audit team is coming back to greece they're going to be assessing the situation here head of the decision has to be made aware that the european it is going to release that next tranche of money that eight billion year

is. at the is a lot of skepticism really about this positive rhetoric that we've heard coming from the european leaders about the government passing yesterday as he said that extremely unpopular property tax that was seen as a putting the way to the choice code it seemed to return at the realistically there are many questions being asked just how effective that will actually be and it's going to add around another thousand years yet on some of these people's household bills and the electricity company the electricity went to some cells has said that they're planning to we call that say the i did it this is gary is the place to plug a t.v. really and you're a deficit in the budget the i did it the money will actually be able to be raised double the size vacante saying is simply unrealistic we had again from very say he was talking about you know the challenges that the e.u. now faces that the european union faces and greece is absolutely going to be

staying within the year if it is here on the ground these are everyday situations that people are having to do with the extremely high unemployment and they really don't know if he to trust now because we've seen these measures because we've seen them fail and again i have to highlight the fact that the troika over the team has come again on the back of the government policy in this property tax that's a place to be seen as a positive but the people here is that that they're simply not going to pay it this week at the end of this week one of the previous type. it's supposed to be collected for the people here so that the deadline for that is going to be read to people is that they're going to be outside the building so the times collectors are ripping up the bills that they've received the saying the simply not going to pay it so these measures is simply not going to have that impact so if the european union leaders to wonder how exactly that they only have to do what the people here were saying last night we saw the outbreak again those riots and the clashes

between the right leasing the protesters you know these people are extremely angry about how this is affecting their lives to come back to the. analogy you know these people are asking for a sporting chance to get themselves out of this and they simply don't feel that they're getting at the moment. where we can can now get more views from your icon is from the institute of economic and social studies many thanks for joining us here at r.t. the greek people now face yet another tax on top of so many cuts already all in order to receive more bailout cash but do you think it will actually help the economy. i want to thank you for having me. on the new. economy just. so i really think this bailout. through the medium to long term it's just selling out of european burns and europe . well if greece does get another bailout which regardless of what any of

us might think the government is gunning for at the cost of further cuts and tax hikes how soon will those people who have been really affected by the measures be able to recover t. think. well it will be quite difficult because all of this kind of solution doesn't . go on greece so the greek economy will have a very hard time. or even interest. in my opinion the only long term sustainable solution he said before there is. well widening this out a year or zone leaders are planning measures to lift their we can from its debt hit rating creating. banks and increasing the bailout fund what's your opinion on those measures do you think they will have a chance of working. while i read these all these changes and all the most of the preparation we all need needs i think european union does want to

make it better and stronger so they will survive. and how desperate are the euro zone stronger economies do you think to keep greece afloat considering the effect that its collapse could have on the single currency the euro. will be a default it's all the lever i mean i'm going to. release one year after another hundred so all you're going to see very quiet of this earth move into the future. and do you think the europe needs a more centralized economic governance like the european commission president is calling for what's the white a solution here well i don't think so i think euro zone should follow its own rules and the only way we can survive because i'm not sure that people are really. or why a european government they are not grabbing for it so you can have a real it's for you know. ok and i thought this for me is she to be economic and

social studies many thanks for your thoughts here on r.t. this evening. nato peacekeepers in kotha faile have brought in more troops to a disputed border crossing in the ethnics there the north a day after several people were hurt in clashes both sides blame each other for starting the violence which saw rubber bullets and tear gas seized by allied forces anger reigns in late july and cost the north already has tried to see the front here to enforce the trade embargo piece alliston laughlin says the region was doing fine until the east at ten it's the european union and the nato so-called peacekeepers or other in forces who have caused this problem the cost of oh issue the situation a lot of costs about is what we call a frozen conflict in other words it's an unresolved anomalous situation that has been relatively peaceful now for more than ten years and it seems that the european

union is determined to make it not peaceful anymore in my view the powers of you lex which is the european union body that sent the troops there to enforce the new concentration. i believe that your looks itself is illegal i take the view that it's the united nations which should be governing kosovo according to the resolution twelve forty four and not you lex. and indeed i think one can make a case for saying that there are parallel structures now in kosovo the european union on one hand and the united nations on the other but legally speaking it should be the united nations the european union itself in a state of advanced collapse why on earth is serbia trying to join it and why is serbia determined to sacrifice part of her own territory get a very historic part of our territory to that goal that's the reality and i'm afraid of the situation won't improve until belgrade abandons this in my view

suicidal goal of joining the e.u. . now russia's envoy to nato told me earlier that the alliance is now taking sides in what is essentially an internal conflict. seems my new colleagues don't have a clue what the consequences of their involvement in the conflict could be instead of taking a neutral position in accordance with the un security council resolution they took the side of constable albania basically nato is blocking the only road of life between the cost of an serbs and serbia it's the international peacekeepers who are involved in the civil conflict in the north of the region according to our sources there are badly wounded people among the consequent serbs those wounds are not from rubber bullets or from stones from real bullets fired at these people who refuses to answer that question it's another mistake that nato is making and provokes another conflict in the balkans. where a few minutes away now from herring how free speech does seem to come across these

days even much loved american celebrities like you know tony bennett. when speaking that mind in the land of the free that's coming see. now the u.n. security council is considering the palestinian administration's membership the state the dimmock would have officially submitted the united nations application last week israel and the united states strongly oppose the idea made a point i was following the consultations for us in new york let's talk to her now marina how long is this going to take and where is the smart money and how the vote will go. well in terms of how long this is supposed to take a go pro says takes no longer than thirty five days and me that should be the maximum of which this standing committee will assess and review the application for palestinian un membership and statehood the standing committee will hold its first meeting on friday and the application the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas handed

in calls for recognition of a palestinian state in the west bank gaza strip and east jerusalem as its capital so far there is about a six security council members on the record that have thrown their support behind the palestinian bid a total of nine out of the fifteen countries need to support the application and there has to be no vetoes none of the veto wielding members of the security council should cast a veto as we know the united states a staunch ally of israel has vowed to veto the palestinian bid for u.n. membership if it house to israel's very much opposed to this the us president barack obama said the only way that there can be independent palestinian state is if the palestinians and the israelis get back to the negotiation table and discuss the middle east peace plan that comes to fruition so at this point some critics say

the palestinian campaign for a year number ship is doomed to hell but the palestinians are very appreciative that security council is moving so quickly and at the very least this is bringing to it bringing attention to a problem that has lasted for decades and has not yet been solved. to expand the settlements in disputed east jerusalem and build some level hundred new homes where does this leave the peace process in the middle east as it is. clearly this is make this makes the circumstance that much harder there has been me condemnation coming from the international community against israel's plan to expand its settlements russia has said it's deeply concerned with the plan and hopes that it would be revised the united states and european union also voiced criticism of this plan some critics say that the settlement expansion is actually

a violation of international law and if anything israel's actions can be seen as provoking and already sensitive circumstance not helping to reach. ultimate peace agreement in any sort of way and now the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu says that israel has a right to build and the people in israel some say have you this settlement expansion as a gift for the jewish new year the palestinian authority say that israel clearly with this move is not serious about peace whatsoever and a point where we saw the middle east quartet come together last friday at the eleventh hour to try to get both sides to come to to the negotiating tables this move is being seen by the international community by diplomats as. a move that is only a problem it could be seen as a provocation and while the international media is trying to get both sides to come

together particularly the u.s. where it doesn't want its influence in credibility credibility in the middle east compromise this is only irritating the problem so we can imagine that a lot of diplomatic negotiations will continue taking place to make sure that maybe israel will will take back its plan on expanding settlements because if those settlements do expand the palestinian president said there will be no kind of business as usual and no direct talks with the israelis. beijing us live from new york there. now there's a new attempt by the un's top body in formulating a response to syria bid european countries and russia remain divided on sanctions european nations new draft scales back the call for tougher restrictions on syria suggesting that further sanctions are only implemented if the violence doesn't stop immediately russia remains resolute in its stance of further sanctions won't work

and that the war in the sunlight should enter talks the crackdown in syria continues with the army supported by tanks and helicopters now having stormed the key rebel city of dust on. the un has also had iran to get a stark warning from france whose envoy threatened a military strike iran continues its nuclear development in a fourth ride ramal the french and boys had some countries won't accept around having a nuclear bomb would make a preventative strike would tell us what you make of the france delegate shooting from the hip read the details and then vote on what you think will happen next all that alters are. now in america everyone has the right to speak their mind but that can carry a high price at least that the experience of some high profile figures who lost their jobs or reputations after voicing their views especially when it comes to sensitive subjects is going to she can 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 abroad have provoked terror with the terrorists are we the terrorists or are they the terrorists well two wrongs don't make a right they're the ones who started with the plane flying into the world trade center what do you do oh i don't know about that 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 the expression of my love for my country america calls itself the land of the free but some are asking why our 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 considerable holy except if you

say the wrong things you can get in trouble and artists have musicians have now tony bennett to speak question freedom of speech proved no defense in protecting the jobs of a number of public figures in america sacked after comments that appeared 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 he's really should leave land they taken from palestinians everybody has been fired for what they say these days you can you but not if you say anything about the president the united states you can call him anything in the book but you can't say anything about israel. that automatically makes you any systematic cnn's former senior editor of middle east affairs davian now sir was sacked a year ago because of a tweet she wrote about her respect for a lebanese cleric who at one time had been seen as the spiritual leader of the

hezbollah but had later broken ties with them nasr also apologized but was promptly pushed out of the u.s. mainstream media it's all about consequences social and economic just pressure rather than real censorship politicians expressing ideas against the establishment if you come under fire too like congressman ron paul who's running for president some of them law and i don't i don't 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 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 here near would you be annoyed if you're not annoyed by who got in 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 booed or even being fired from their jobs but rather about the fact that in a country that prides itself on freedom of speech that freedom often comes at a hefty price i'm going to check our reporting from washington our to. but of course if your tongues and. minced no words as president obama found out recently what is it if it's jealousy as a g. the president found the distinction difficult he's the to the see take that we have got the details that are also online year. hi it's a growing up all stance russian opera cultural boss is aching to set out widespread kind of a spontaneous and well they perhaps not for the reasons you'd expect it's strange but true and false full story on our website.

very first verses of the bible that all human beings are created but sentimental came in god's image and it doesn't say just jews or non jews. sixty to seventy percent of what i did as a combat soldier in the occupied territories was to do with deterrents doing what we call making our presence felt to go out should some bozo they hear a knock on some doors run to the other corner and they don't know how religion and nationalism not just judaism have been a part of the problem they've been part of what leads to. bloodshed if you want to bomb gaza and kill. a thousand four hundred people in a month and you want to expect that this will have no effect until a few you have to be either extremely naive or extremist to help you don't need to

hear a religious jew calling another jew and not the way they really did it. it's one of our top stories the u.n. security council considering the palestinian administration's membership the state had installed more innocent joined live by dr bassam as being a scientist at the university in ramallah many thanks for joining me dulce has bt has simians the high hopes of course for that paid what happens if the us does exercise its veto as promised in blocs this. my assessment that the united states is unlikely to reach a point of using divied to unless really the united states has it has to do that i think the united states will first probably resort to trying to exert some pressure upon the other member of those has it been members in order not to let the

situation reach the point where our members are in support of of of this proposal i think that it's very much as it is to use the veto knowing that it will have very very impact and probably very disastrous consequences in the region we all know the middle east is boiling basically is really changing radically and i think the last thing the last thing the united states want to have is another headache of hating the americans making it very difficult for americans to play any kind of role in the region. we're looking. a little bit more specifically now what happened on the twenty third of september the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he did say that he was willing to actually meet the palestinian leader on the fringes of the general assembly but that never actually happened in your opinion should back with a bounce of maybe taking the high rate and trying to meet with netanyahu and

challenge him directly. no no it's really very simple. i think mr magoo that became very experienced politician. really realizing that mr netanyahu is nothing about the big liar he is he has nothing to offer he's just . can't provide the words. try to capture some kind of emotions but in fact he is captured by a government of such knowledge he is obsessed with a very fanatic kind of political ideology. he has really nothing to offer lately or mr arbaaz had reached that realisation after eighteen years of fruitless negotiation that the israelis particularly at this point under the leadership of netanyahu is unable to deliver anything. evidence to support this so this claim

is yesterday's or. declaration on the part of the government building we were settlements in jerusalem the other places it's a government of settlers to deal with the question of peace because if the question of peace is to be correctly addressed then the question of settlements has to be also dealt with apparently the current government is unable to reach that limit where you can feel very passionate about their sound to be safe at the mideast quartet has had a deadline of the end of twenty twelve for its read in the palestinians to reach agreement but both sides don't appear to be in a hurry to get the nikkei seating table why is that. i'm sorry i did not you hear you well question to you is the why to both sides both israel and and palestine not seem to be in any particular hurry to reach an agreement the middle east quartet is has a deadline for the end of twenty twelve for an agreement to be reached but why does

neither side appear to be any sort of hari. from the palestinian side there is a current. that there is no partner in the israeli side. with the palestinians have taken their or their topic to the international community through the united nations and certain read of concrete assurances need to be given to the palestinians in order for palestinians to really come back to the negotiating table . as well as the european bloc so far is that three to a very much is offering. of getting the negotiation resumed but without really assuring the palestinians who are asking three important things timetable the magic words of nine hundred sixty seven and also the question of settlements. as these issues are not addressed and apparently neither by the court the book by the

europeans of course not voted by the americans as these issues are addressed i'm afraid the palestinians will never be able to go back to a negotiation with a part of this where it is it is a golden opportunity for them to say no simply because the game is getting out of hand meaning the topic is not becoming a strictly something that is hijacked by the israelis and the americans apparently they are very troubled that this topic is really getting out of. and they say effect topic indeed many thanks they still a spectacle scientists at the state university in ramallah many thanks. ok take away just a female one of britain's most prominent commentators explains why he isn't all that western nations just to get involved in the country's conflicts fast a business if you. i know that's right time for your business update 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 aleksey kudrin but europe's debt crisis is weighing on the markets although russian indices are managing to peek into positive territory. from renesas asset managers explains what is driving the rollercoaster and the reason the commodity of the drug should be so above these two go for us is because the market in the world people while you market it's always been quite cheap and when the global markets are in turmoil the russian for some the form of the other reason but you can look for that if you stop the russian markets to grow to be liquid and that's probably what will work since and when people really money turns to suffer disproportionately there is a flipside to that going to go up to the russian side of the form everything else and that's where we're the last decade most of the bear market trough and. not until recently russia will see the foreign markets in the world view three dollars

goes up more than anything more than the. let's have a look at those figures wallace heading for the biggest course line since two thousand and eight that some speculation that fuel demand will drop as the u.s. economy slows and europe's debt crisis than just consumer sentiment. is trading at eighty three dollars a barrel and branches at one hundred six dollars a barrel. hundred stocks are mixed after a strong start and trade the dollar as a quarter percent while the nasdaq is point one percent in the red. and european stocks closed in the red on wednesday the german dax almost one percent down while the sea was down about one and a half percent and. that softer posting its biggest one day percentage gain in sixteen months and that happened as investors. reconsidered expectations that euro zone policymakers would act aggressively to resolve the debt crisis and on the fruits issue as a men's group have pledged nineteen percent up to the world's biggest listed hedge

fund manager reported large flows. of the russian markets were thought to negative at the end to wednesday's trading session let's have a look at some of the individual show moves in the might six most energy may just ended in the red with gas from over one cent down precious metal mind a point about to last one point three percent often a rally on the beach results the company's not profit growth seven to seven percent to one hundred fifty one million dollars. goal is the main gain of the day it's just sort of a sense the company jumped off started accepting bits for its four billion dollars buyback program and it's because fries are in three weeks by the way ok that wraps up the business bulletin join us next hour for more business stories here on our and to get more from our web site archie dot com slash business.

this is c. fear it's crowds of plants with police and them a pall of it past a new problem tax to pay towards its massive debt that says the e.u. president wants the faces its biggest challenge ever and that further economic integration is pike told. nato to send in more troops to reinforce a contested border crossing between serbia and breakaway cost of zero after fresh fall on the rails talks between the two sides russia's foreign ministry wants peacekeeping forces to remain neutral and stick to the un resolution. under wave of global disapproval hits israel which says it will build a levanon hundred new satellite insidious piece of these jerusalem that comes as the un's most powerful body refers palestine statehood a membership.