graham violence has flared again in northern kossovo after nato troops brutally dispersed a crowd of serbian for tacitus at a makeshift roadblock witnesses say the troops fired live ammunition at peaceful demonstrators and have now established a forceful presence in the area are just like here chefs in the hot spot and sends us this report on friday the case for troops removed one of the barricades which. also was set up in order to block the police and the k. four troops from gaining access to the area and we understand that more than one hundred k. four troops came out with a pointed their guns at the serbs blockading this particular area and ordered them that they should believe the serbs obeyed and retreated peacefully with no violence and set up another a manmade checkpoint and they put two large trucks on a bridge thus blocking the road the access ok for troops into the northern part of

course there was still more than ten people remain in local hospitals in me that i would say in the town of. being injured in tuesday's clashes with the k. four troops we managed to pay them a visit and ask them what exactly happened on tuesday. that is. we were standing by the barricade when the soldiers started shouting and shooting at us i didn't know what they were shooting with so i got scared and started running away and i was hit on the shoulder and it turned out to be a perforating wound of my lung. the most interesting fact here is that the k. four troops and nato have been trying to do to convince everybody that they only used rubber bullets and tear gas grenades against the angry mob to pacify them but doctors in local hospitals told us that they those people who were injured in those clashes were delivered to hospitals carrying gunshot wounds in the room. seven men in heavy condition gunshot wounds fractures and bruises there were not wounds

from rubber bullets not a single of them had a rubber room all those wounds were caused by regular bullets which we extracted from their bodies now the serbs may have lost one of their checkpoints but they have lots more around the area we've counted more than ten different checkpoints the determination of the sort of people is very strong now to show that they do not want to be part of the course of our republic. although they are telling us to leave but we have no way to leave this is because kosovo is our land our home and our life it seems to be on their own now and we will stand our ground. there has been very harsh international response on the actions of this week here in kosovo with the united states accusing the course of a service of provoking violence and the russian foreign ministry expressing deepest concerns over the situation here saying that this may seem as a small as

a minor border crossing dispute but in reality this could destabilize the situation in the whole region and you see a cesky reporting there and as tempers rise yet again and cos of all the presence of nato troops there maybe becoming and stimuli for yet more violence rather than a barrier against it that's according to the example of a political analyst and belgrade. they've totally and openly stepped out of the un mandate and they're really really now just like during one nine hundred ninety nine during the bombing when they were at the air force for the albanian separatists are now acting as their infantry so this is what we have this is a clear breach of the u.n. charter and of the resolution twelve forty four all they're doing right now is that they're actually. destabilizing the situation they're actually bringing conflict. everything was reasonably peaceful until they gave the green light for albanian

special police forces to forcibly take the administrative border back in july and ever since then they've been giving them full support so they're encouraging actually the government to prishtina. headed by ha shem toci who is wanted for various charges from organ trafficking to drug trafficking and that they're encouraging him to more violence that they're not a peace factor at all they're total factor of war and destabilization. and we'll be bringing more updates from cost of all as we get them but if there's anything you missed or you want to see the latest videos from the air and around the world head over to our you tube channel at youtube dot com slash r.t. and from the latest pictures to the most wide ranging opinion it's all there on our weren't chalo with got all the latest news features interviews and analysis and also have your say there in the comments section and discuss the news with others it's all add to you tube dot com slash r.t.

. if you do. you believe. the russian press is joining over present a bit of latest extensive interview were he explained his withdrawal from the upcoming presidential race he said was a more potent high popularity level makes him the best man for of the candidacy are just a gorgeous cut off joins me now live from more on this. so your tell us their reaction to madonna's latest comments here in russia. for the president's interview with the heads of the three biggest t.v. stations in russia did focus on some of the most important to leaders to political

events in the country such as his decision not to run for a second term in office his recommendation off prime minister was even a point in the for the top job and to the sudden dismissal of no former finance minister aleksey who didn't so there's loss of analysis and opinions in saturday's press a move russia opinions both positive and not so positive was started with the climate of new speedbird really were well known here. in russia and it's published an article trying to show you this. under the title of what were you after your ambition and the analysts that the newspaper was talking to have been saying that even though the the media has finally announced his political winds and the plans of his stand down with the prime minister of doing fortune there's still a lot of uncertainty since the official political programs for the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections still have not been announced however this

point of view is not shared by the analysts that you speak to this is another well known big newspaper in russia not to go under the title of how significant is the timing and its analysts have been saying that the media has finally managed to cool off. the biggest. during that upcoming presidential election next a mortgage which is going to be prime minister vladimir putin and representatives of other political parties in the country so that kind of creates more or less a clearer picture for the electorate on what to expect least who's going to take part now or loss of focus is definitely on the sudden dismissal you know former finance minister aleksey khuda who is always thought to be the key. ally both of the government and the president's administration there was suddenly dismissed and

the president himself says that he is mean ambition is to continue the policies and now also the newspaper says that actually that actually that step to dismiss him like receiving more questions into what could happen else while the meeting with is still in office however there are analysts who say that the dismissal just shows that the for. resident is serious in his ambitions. before coming to power million gave an interview to foreign journalists here in moscow i was also present and i remember the mandate of south island of part of the state machine no i think mediator was serious i think it was sincere he's a part of the machine he acknowledges it he wants the machine to function perfectly this is one of the reasons why he was so angry with called it. just to merge with

the problem and she'll action will be held in russia in the december and the presidential blow will be held next more jamie thing could happen still according to me to be if it's still going to be up to the people to decide who gets to run the country next despite daily recommendation that he gave me. writing or thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update he worked as an offer for him there. well you can watch the full interview with president medvedev on our website along with all the other stories and videos and here's what we've got for you there. the sky's the limit eight hundred russian paratroopers drop to earth as part of their early training track out all the pictures in our t. websites gallery section. and not so great britain the u.k. singled out as europe's worst place to live in a new quality of life called find out why brits have it so bad at r t dot com.

residents of the libyan capital tripoli have taken to the streets to protest the presence of heavily armed revolutionary fighters bands of young rebels brandishing weapons flooded the city during the capital's fall battle you know. meanwhile thousands of civilians have been in the coastal city of syria. by fighting between and time procrit off in groups have the shelling and tank fires been heard on the eastern and western fronts and nato planes were seen flying overhead aid agencies are ringing the alarm bell saying about the town is plunging into humanitarian chaos with supplies of water power food drastically along the red cross official in tripoli says the internally displaced people or i.d.p.'s are in

a desperate situation. about the situation inserts we have heard the cons of i.d.p.'s. and it through city being and a lot of difficulties with the we do what supplies have with the access to food and access to medical supplies and medical health services. we have not been able to have the guarantees from all the sides all the parties to the conflict so we have no idea of what's going on right now in the city of sirte unfortunately what we do know is that there are a lot of i.d.p.'s coming out people are fleeing from the city of sirte passing through that a bridge and many of these i do p.'s have choosing to remain around as closely as possible to their home town they are living in difficult conditions there are

a lot of children and women also pregnant women who have difficult access to medical care so the situation is dire we are very concerned especially about their health situation right now. and for procrit out his supporters the outlook seems grim robert perry from online investigative magazine consortium news says those who backed the colonel have no chance in the new libya because no one will protect them. but seems that the goal now is to simply wipe out what's left of gadhafi forces and to bring the country under the control of the former rebels who are now recognized as the official government of libya in other words the people the city the civilians who happen to be on the side of gadhafi are not going to be protected they're going to be punished how far they go with that it's unclear there may be efforts to negotiate some final surrender but clearly there's

a great deal of suffering going on in these civilians are not being protected there is evidence even going back to the very beginning that the eastern part of libya was a hotbed of islamic radicalism some of these people have been connected to al qaeda one of the leaders who was killed recently it was a libyan and he came from this general area and now we know that one of the leaders of the rebel forces that took tripoli was also considered very close to al qaeda and was indeed detained by the united states for some time before he was allowed to go free so it appears that the people with the guns on the side of the libyan rebels are now the government are people who have this very mixed background and it's not clear how that also sorts out when you get down to the point of once the country's under the control of this of this force which side of this force will will be predominant. the u.s. backed military operation in libya still hasn't brought peace to the region despite

this being its primary goal this as america's ten year presence in afghanistan still struggles to and the country's turmoil. it's probably you know the. war the problem is no we're not. you know this was going to win it's just a case of more and more americans and others going. r.d.s. people in new york whether they think the decade of fighting was worth their results. the easier ship remains on a phased by the festering debt crisis in greece maintaining that greece should not cannot and will not default their message however is falling on increasingly deaf ears as a leading economist investors and academics say it's inevitable weeks meanwhile are mobilizing for a new mass rallies as government imposed a staring begins to break the back of the country's economy salaries pensions and jobs are free falling while taxes and cuts soar all an effort to satisfy e.u.

demands in return for yet more debt in the form of bailouts according to william dart post and am a p for the u.k. the panel's party the e.u.'s obsession with the euro can only end in disaster. as far as the greek people concern out here is to the single currency means higher taxes lower government expenditure and cuts in the standard of living and also for and also even even for a country like germany in fact specifically a country like germany. the single currency it means massive transfer payments paid to countries in southern europe and what's happening is that the germans are no longer putting up with it we shouldn't be where we are no and it is because of the fanaticism all of this european elite and we should look very carefully at what they have to say in the future these are and they are discredited and what is very worrying is that as my as my father used to say to me. when i was a young man he said if you make a financial guarantee the nature of five financial guarantees is that they get

caught and there is a limit to how much even a country like germany can produce and of course a country like france is actually much much less and there will be a long term question marks over the credit credit worthiness of france and germany if the multiple trillions of your as which are required are actually paid up and called on. and was the greeks up in arms about their government sponsored predicament the u.s. is also witnessing a growing protest movement of its own in the nation's financial hub after a modest start two weeks ago the demonstration named occupy wall street has rapidly grown with sixteen hundred people reported in attendance today they say they are protesting against the tremendous influence and misdeeds of corporations and billionaires the otherwise peaceful demonstrations have been marred by a number of incidents involving alleged police abuse and intimidation and coming up next hour artie's max kaiser and steve herbert explore just why saudis are so keen

to keep these protests quiet. then big brother bernanke he goes watergate prepares to eavesdrop on everything mentioning the fed yes the fed is apparently seeking the creation of a social listening form so they can see who's talking about them and importantly know when they're making negative comments and perhaps intervene and prevent this negative comments from happening you know this is some of the unintended consequences of the patriot act this is the paranoia of the their breaching all kinds of laws so now bernanke you want to just do wholesale spying on people to try and figure out who out there is trying to get rid of the fed in this paranoid schizophrenic delusional mind set he's got let me just point one thing out ben bernanke i am volunteering to come to washington to help you straighten out your problem if you read everything i've ever written and you eavesdrop on me all day long and stick

a video camera up my strength thing you'll find out that everything i'm said can only help you do your job better as a responsible person if you want to get out of the business of financial terrorism . devastated by pesticides and drought farming doesn't get much tougher than in india one of the driest seasons in decades has left thousands of farmers across the country was little crops a big debts even forcing some to take their own lives and reports the government has turned a blind eye to a growing problem. the sun is shining on these farm lands in southern india commonly known as the country's rice bowl they may look watch but the grass is far from greener out here farmers are killing themselves in the thousands on the closets of those most of the farmers are committing suicide due to the influence of the other farmers who committed suicide romola husband is one of many who succumbed

to drought and debt and took his own life some of the driest seasons in decades and an increase in pesticides and fertilizers have rendered their land bare for the grieving families left behind the future is ground. how should i carry on with my life nothing is good for me and my children and there is no one to help us how do i bear the trouble someone has to help us. while the government has attempted to deal with the high number of farmer suicides by compensating two thousand dollars to affected families many families say they haven't received any money and even those who have say it's not enough studies show that during the ninety's farmers were able to make around sixty dollars per acre of land every year today just about forty dollars for almost four acres of land the government has pledged billions of dollars in relief packages to farmers and promised to increase the minimum rate on

certain exports but many believe the farmers are being ignored. the government is neglecting agriculture basic information like wind power will be there are not available for the farmers the government is not providing sufficient loans which is forcing the foam is to knock on the doors of money lenders. those who've tried to beat the drought themselves took out huge loans to dick wells but for many it's in vain. we are losing by making these wells but we are surviving because we are determined not to come. it's suicide we families are leaving a very sad life just sinking water levels mean these walls are useless but have left a deep hole in farmer's pockets the state banks turn their backs on those who couldn't repay their debts the loan sharks are now demanding high interest rates and won't take no for an answer we have the money lenders and financiers are frequently

visiting our home and torturing us we want to be of huge sume widows like rama lux me are now the bride winners tending to two acres of desolate farmland and rolling cigarettes to earn money to feed her children like her late husband she has no one to turn to and no way out a lonely life even though there are thousands just like her preassure either party tell him gonna india. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world thousands of medical workers to to the streets of the capital demanding an improvement in labor conditions health unions organized the seventy two hour strike against privatizing the sector using the government of the lack of dialogue with health workers chile has also been witnessing large scale student protests demanding the government continues to provide free public education. the white house says the drone strike that targeted u.s. born terrorists. also hit a top al qaeda bomb maker delivering

a major blow to the group both of them were allegedly involved in a number of attacks on america including a christmas day bombing in two thousand and nine american writer and investigative journalist jeremy scahill says it's still unclear if he pose a genuine threat to u.s. security. but i think there's been tremendous exaggeration of the role in importance of anwar a lucky guy he was at best mid-level management of a q a p the greatest threat that he posed to united states were his videos encouraging young english speaking muslims to join the jihad against the united states and you know that's that was despicable some could say it was hate speech or inciting violence but we have a way of dealing with people that engage in those kinds of activities particularly when they're u.s. citizens you don't just go out assassinate them there would have been a way to deal with anwar a lockie that was not assassinating u.s. citizen without due process and i would love to see someone show evidence that he was posing a direct threat imminent threat to the united states which would have been required

under the authorization for the use of military force to hit him in yemen afghanistan marks stand years since the u.s. invasion by lowering our finest found out u.s. citizen still don't believe this war story will have a happy ending. it's been ten years since the u.s. bombed afghanistan as a prelude to an ongoing war a decade later has it been worth it this week let's talk about that four wars there's no benefit so what are they still doing there for ten years i don't know what the hell. they had here and i don't know it's probably another vietnam. war where the problem is not a we're not. going to win it's just a case of more and more americans and others dying it seems clear cut see that it's not worth it i don't see a goal and i really see anything changing even if we stay there another hundred

years it was worth it to hunt down al qaeda but i think we did there at the start with our special forces and for the past nine years i don't think we've accomplished much at all a very controversial question and there's pros and cons to the situation what are the pros the pros is i think that we have to make a statement that we aren't able to. say things sitting down that we have a voice and whether it's there's more peaceful ways to present that probably how does that go on for ten years that you take a stand for ten years it's a hornet's nest there's no winner over there we have great states we're in there with them but what do we have to do. well eventually we got to bring peace and i mean that's such a nebulous thing right like why we really bringing peace to afghanistan well only time will tell you know i don't really know enough about it to say whether it was worth it don't you think that's crazy that your country's been at war for ten years and you don't know anything about it that is

a problem. but yeah do you think most americans feel that way you know i'm sure a lot of americans there they have a go pro and anti i look at this well i mean for for a war there for that long i mean it better be for something and we better be good. it's a bit of a thing that's going to happen. it seems like most people don't feel like the u.s. war in afghanistan has been worth it unfortunately no one in power seems to be listening. of raises up today here on r.t. i'll be back with headlines shortly stay with us.

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