issue rules more in business in twenty minutes. a very warm welcome to you this is the line from moscow hard press greeks will get a nasty surprise in their electricity bills a highly unpopular new property taxes being levied to help the government pay off its enormous debt leaders are scrambling to reassure lenders that greece is solvent say they can get more bailout cash so is in athens for r.t. . we've heard the head of the european commission manuel. saying this is not a sprint is a marathon but the greek people here has said that being stopped in their tracks by the survey all-stars the 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 that there's 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 that realistically there are many questions being asked just how effective that will actually be it's going to add around another thousand years yet once of a 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 this is gay it's a place to plug a t.v. billion year old deficit in the budget the i did it the money will actually be able to be raised some of this size taken to saying is simply unrealistic we had again from the race and he was talking about you know the challenge is the the the now

faces that the european union faces and greece is absolutely going to be staying within the year i put it here on the ground these are everyday situations the people 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 joint quoted team has come again on the back of the government passing 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 a pace to be collected for the people here that's the deadline for that is going to be reset people instead they're going to be outside the building says the times collective they're ripping up the bills that they've received the saying this is the no going to pay it saying these measures is simply not going to have that impact safe that. day and we have to do it for the

people here were saying last night we saw the outbreak again days riots and the clashes between the right leeson the protesters here these people are extremely angry about how this is affecting their lives to come back to power a safe then and knowledge 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 when as we have the e.u. commission president schooling for close economic integration as a way to escape the crisis british year and. told all see it was the union that caused the troubles in the first place. you cannot tunks your way out of recession or despair depression is simply isn't possible in the great winston churchill's quote on this trying to touch your way out of a recession is like trying to lift yourself up in a bucket by the handle they simply can't work and are certain as the politicians the bureaucrats nobody else face the truth of this crisis the sooner we can start to get out of it the greek people are beginning to understand that they will be

better off by defaulting are what we need to do the rest of the european union the eurozone and indeed the i.m.f. is to help in a stable controlled defaults know 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 and the eurozone which has created this terrible cataclysmic problem so new is not part of the solution mr berg so least of all. godfrey playing with his assessment of what's to blame for the greek debt troubles . now nato peacekeepers in kosovo have brought in more troops to a disputed border crossing in the ethnic 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 by alliance forces

anger rose in late july will cost the north already has tried to seize the frontiers to enforce a trade embargo russia's envoy to nato told me earlier that the alliance is now taking sides in what is essentially an eternal conflict. it seems my nato 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 or from real bullets fired at these people need to refuses to answer that question it's another mistake that nato is making and provoked another conflict in the balkans. of the discuss the situation i'm now

joined live by said at the risk of it she's a serbian foreign affairs writer for america's chronicles magazine may also joining us here on r.c. now extra nato peacekeepers have moved in to help bring calm but reportedly just provoked on clashes made the situation worse what does this tell us about how feelings are running there. well first of all it's telling us a lot about nato troops themselves and it's rather ironic that we're using the peacekeepers because peacekeeper implies someone who's impartial someone actually there to lower tensions perhaps to prevent violence let us imagine for argument's sake that bashar al assad's sent his security forces against a group of syrian demonstrators that those troops were met with terms they fired live ammunition back and then claimed they did it in self-defense i think that we can already hear that the rise of a lot of western politicians and western media and here today would have us believe

that they were acting in self-defense when fighting first radical it's and then live ammunition at rock throwing surface but what were they doing there in the first place the notion that they were actually helping touchy called the snake in toes his control on the border between costs of uncertainty what should be properly called administrative dividing line means that they have exceeded their mandate and they're no longer acting in in accordance with your solution while fifty four which is just about the only legal basis of their presence last but by no means least this recalls the albanian part of the serbs in march two thousand and four when these same troops the k. four contingency remained remarkably restrained they didn't even dream of firing on the albanian mob when it went on the rampage torching thousands of serbian homes

and destroying dozens of serbian churches including the fourteenth century cathedral in president which the germans were supposed to be guarding while they were diligent clean videotaping the proceedings but didn't move a little finger to stop it it's a message that if it steve believe that nato presence on that front airport line is that the sorry or not of course. it is necessary to the albanian side to shelter impose their rule over the serbian triangle in the north but it is not necessarily quite the country is that the mental from any legal or reasonable political point of view the unfortunate fact is that nato has been taking sides in the former yugoslavia for twenty years and it will be truly shocking if they were trying to say to act differently now i think. for us as nato envoys say that he believes the alliance isn't being that we can expect to see nato has been attraction dig deeper in the region yes

a greatly fear that this will actually happen because now that violence has broken out it will be argued trial may decide that it is a matter of preserving their credibility and of actually finishing the job that remains unfinished it is also unfortunate that the serbs wait acting barricades are effectively coming themselves in because with our supplies from central serbia they cannot withstand the pressure for much longer kind of questioning this out and through prevent some senior diplomats that we speak it if the death of that this local conflict could actually threaten european safety nor opinion could this problem for the braves no because the what we need government in belgrade will cave in yet again as it has done time and over again because really the true shame in belgrade is at the same time running with the hairs in hunting with the hounds on

the one hand they claim they want to preserve serbia's claim to cross it all on the other whenever western pressure they just cave in and capitulate so i don't think there is any potential for spreading conflict for the simple reason that belgrade is effectively unable and unwilling to protect serbian national instinct interests i think that foreign affairs editor of conical magazine in the u.s. many people. now we're just a few minutes away from hearing how free speech does seem to come out of course these days even in celebrities like cheney bennett find they're not so me when speaking their mind the one hundred three dollars coming to. the u.n. security council is considering the palestinian the ministrations membership the stated it leader mahmoud abbas officially submitted a united nations application last week israel and the united states strongly oppose the idea a lot is going to pour nies following because the teachings for us in new york. the

process takes no longer than thirty five days 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 the application the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas handed in calls for recognition of 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 any and bid for u.s. membership if it israel is very much opposed to this the u.s.

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 middle east peace plan that comes to fruition so at this point some critics say that the palestinian campaign for a year number ship is doomed to fell but the palestinians are very appreciative that spirit of counsel 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 there has been condemnation coming from the international community against israel's plan to expand its settlements russia has said it's deeply concerned that the plan and hopes that it would be revised the united states and european union also voiced criticism of this plan and 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. peace agreement in any sort of way and now the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu says that israel has a right to build 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 we can imagine that a lot of diplomatic negotiations will continue taking place to make sure that maybe israel will will take 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 israel's announcement that it will expand settlements in the west bank is giving the palestinians further down that they want peace there's cool signs as doors about them as b.d.

in ramallah told the israeli prime minister is the one stalling the process. mr netanyahu is nothing about the big liar he is he has nothing to offer he's just. can't provide empty words he is obsessed with a very fanatical kind of political ideology and he has really nothing to offer and lately in the end mr bass had reached that realisation after eighteen years of fruitless negotiation that these rallies particularly at this point under the under the leadership of netanyahu is unable to deliver anything and one evidence that supported this so this claim is yesterday's or actually today's. declaration on the part of the government of building new settlements in jerusalem places so 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 and apparently the current government is unable to reach that limit . now there's a new attempt by the un's top body of formulating response to syria but european countries and russia remain divided on sanctions the european nations new draft scales back the call for tougher restrictions on syria suggesting that further sanctions are only incremental to violence doesn't stop immediately russia remains resolution is starts that further sanctions won't work and that the warring sides should enter talks the crackdown in syria continues with the army supported by tanks and helicopters now having stormed the key rebel city of the stone. well the u.s. has also heard iran got a stark warning from france use them voice threatened a military strike if tehran continues its nuclear development at a forthright remark the french envoy said some contraries where it is that duran having a nuclear bomb would make

a preventive strike would tell us what you make of the french delegate shooting for the head of the details and then vote what you think will happen next and also talk . in america everyone has the right to speak their mind but that can carry a high price at least that is the experience of some high profile figures who lost their jobs the reputations after voicing their views especially when it comes to sensitive subjects is going to just you can report 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 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 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 of the united states you can call him anything in the book but you can't say anything about israel. that automatically makes you any semitic cnn's former senior editor of middle east affairs davian nasr 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 is running for president some of them long and i don't hide i have been a christian. they have been explicit and they wrote. their we 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 everybody and there's 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 as. mincing no words is to follow me i found out recently

just what is the difference between a genocide and the president found the distinction difficult he's going to to win a speech a for that we can. all. so online for you i hope for greener pastures russian agricultural bosses are keen to set out widespread cannabis. although perhaps not for the reasons you'd expect it's strange but true we've got a full story on our website plus all our best videos on you tube channel. and.

some other news in brief this hour now in a mass protest been filmed in yemen's capital in what appears to be one of the biggest anti-government protesters the country's embattled president returned last week months of daily demonstrations have been calling for greater freedom for ali abdullah saleh to endure decades long rule military officials also report trouble outside the city where tribesmen shot down again many war. where this is at the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctors say the pop star appearing good health. just days before his death the promoter of the calm but told jurors he thought jackson the same gauge that energetic dr conrad murray's accused of gross negligence leading to jackson's drug injuries death in two thousand and nine which he denies. operations on the way throughout the philippines in the wake of the

devastating typhoon knesset the storm battered the capital manila with torrential rains causing widespread flooding which left twenty one dead and thirty missing residents also bracing themselves for another tropical storm that's heading their way. well on the way here the israelis trying to convince their compatriots onto a path of peace from the inside first they the business he's with yeah. thanks alice that's right time to delve into the world of business and the russian market still struggling to retain the gains they enjoyed at the start of the week they managed to avoid fallout from the resignation of finance minister alexey cool trend but europe's debt crisis is weighing on the markets although russian indices are measuring to peek into positive territory plumb in minot ski from renesas as it managers explains what is driving the roller coaster. the reason the commodity of the drugs should be so lovely is to go for us is because before marketing the world

food from well you markets it's always been quite cheap and you know when the global markets are in turmoil russia first in the form of the other reason that you can look for that is the the russian market is to grow to be liquid compared for the global workforce and when people read the money then still suffer disproportionately so there is a flipside to the french if you go up and rushed into a performer everything you know from those well the last decade through the bear market trough. recently russia will see the foreign markets in the world view three dollars goes up more than any more than any of. us have a look at those figures for us heading for the biggest quarterly decline since two thousand and eight that some speculation that if you want to mount world dropped as the u.s. economy slows and europe's debt crisis is bad just because you miss sentiment the job which is trading at about two and a half dollars per barrel and the ground blind is that one hundred five dollars two . hundred stocks the mixed after

a strong start in early trade the dollars cost of percent while the best point one percent in the red. if you want to europe is start closing the routes on wednesday was almost one percent low while london's footsie lost about two percent and that soft posting its biggest one day percentage gain in sixteen months as investors reconsidered expectations that euro zone policymakers would act aggressively to preserve the debt crisis sure as a member nineteen percent talk to the world's biggest listed hedge fund manager launch outflows. and finally the russian markets were flat to negative at the end of this weighs dish session losing about the same number of points at the close let's have a look at some of individual moves on my six most energy may just ended in the right with gas from over one percent down precious metal minor point metal. lost one point three percent after an early rally on upbeat first time for results the

company's net profit rose seventy seven percent to one hundred fifty one million dollars. nickel is the main gain of the day it's just sort eight percent the company jumped after it started to accepting bits for its four billion dollars buyback program its biggest rise three weeks by the way now it's over haifa troika dialog reps up the days straight for us. the market is quite interesting after two days really. thinking right now what was it was it like just technical bones on the downward trend or easy to in their own points. made you question that's why we actually we don't see much of to be opened up. again concerns regarding that greece maybe is not really kind of fulfilling their plans etc just came to the markets and the market goes down a beat but again repeat this done on very kind of low volumes. all

just flowed in the choppy market investors most looking at blue chips sent shares in companies focusing on asia. the criteria for the short term to determine investor interest certainly going to be highly clearly. to their companies with the highest earnings visibility going forward. number three the companies that could benefit from growth in certain parts of the world where the forecasts are still strong of course i'm talking about asia mostly. mark herman stein from i've seen all that and that wraps up the business bulletin join us next from the next hour for more stories here on this is our.

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this is all to the fear we ascribe all to the classroom police it happens as parliament halston new property tax to pay towards the massive debt says the e.u. president warns the bloc faces its biggest challenge ever in that father if you don't like integration is by. nature they send in more troops to reinforce a contested border crossing between server and breakaway kosovo option fresh farther to the rails told between the two sides russia's foreign ministry was a peacekeeping force is dreaming neutral and stick to the un resolution. and a wave of global disapproval hits israel or says it will fail the eleven aldridge new satellite is the disputed east jerusalem it comes as the un's.