just see the second. a very warm welcome to you this is artie lange from moscow with me research showing now in a northerner cause of our nato peacekeepers of used shoot to kill threats to break a roadblock by protesters on the border earlier attempts to remove it this week failed and left several serbs injured now. he has this report from close to the action on friday of the k. four troops removed one of the barricades which. the course 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 over there pointed their guns at this. this particular area and

ordered them that they should leave 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 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. after being injured in tuesday's clashes with a k. four troops we managed to pay them a visit and ask them what exactly happened on tuesday. 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 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. 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 root 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 serb people is very strong now to show that they do not want to be part of the course of a republic. although they are telling us to leave but we have no way to leave this is because cost civil is our land our home and our life it seems that we are 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 cost 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. especially reporting actions of the nato peacekeepers may only provoke not prevent more violence but according to belgrade based political analyst alexander. 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 the air force for the albanian separatists are now doubting is their infantry so this is what we have seen 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. these stabilizing 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 the 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 caution toci wanted for various charges from organ trafficking to drug trafficking and they're encouraging him to more violence so they're not a piece at all they're total factor of war and destabilization. he is in cause of. the updates as soon as they happen i mean well you can always have a. free video tape to get the freshest pictures of the border dispute and washington download the main broadcast quality but i just checked it out on free

video dot dot com. and if you. couldn't take three structures free. arrangement free. three stooges free. and free broadcast quality video for your media projects free media down to r.t. dot com. you without your life from moscow now people in tripoli have been protesting against the. revolutionary troops that took over the city they're angry that hundreds of armed men are still cruising the streets after capturing the city in late august locals are that their presence provides little security as they follow no particular orders and holler off their weapons at will robert perry who's the editor of internet investigative magazine consortium news he thinks people are now just realizing the cost of blindly supporting

a revolutionary forces 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 a cheer 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 they set 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. now a libyan revolutionary forces say they have surrounded the city of. khadafi

strongholds meanwhile aid agencies are alarmed at the thousands of civilians fleeing the perceived town people are being driven from their homes by fierce fighting and an overall lack of supply lines the deputy editor of the independent online magazine spiked says the situation has only been made worse by nato. this is the inevitable consequence of the think things that they got rolling back in february that kind of half hearted intervention was always going to end up with last stand by gadhafi forces in fact this is the kind of last stand that we expected in tripoli a few weeks ago that never happened and clearly there's a lost time there and the thing about the role of the international community now could be making things worse not simply by bombarding the city but boy actually having made such a fuss about civilians being injured or hurt even though they clearly healthy but by saying that if given the khadafi forces a real incentive to keep their civilians in the city probably

a good. many of them would like to get out of there now. affectively become a kind of shield by which the they can stay there for a. bit longer and with no end in sight to the libyan conflict many are warning. it could follow the path of the afghan war that's been raging for a decade now and later in the program here on r.t. we asked people in new york what they think ten years of fighting there have achieved. i don't see a goal really see anything changing even if we stay there another hundred years for a war there for that long it better be for something and we better be gets a bit out of it you think that's going to happen. more opinions on the worthiness of the afghan war from the big apple that's coming your way in just a few minutes. busts as one of the worst droughts in decades forces a growing number of farmers and in. to take their own lives why their families

blame the state and not mother nature. french president nicolas sarkozy has admitted the financial failure of greece would be the failure of all of europe he again called on the e.u. partners not to leave things without help this following a meeting with the country's prime minister in paris sarkozy's words however are not being matched with action as the eurozone is still delaying its decision on whether to release more of the barrel of money international inspectors are trying to wade through the tide of public anger to assess whether athens deserves another shot of the money the greek government has pushed through pension cuts and extra taxes to try and please its creditors meantime william dartmouth an m.e.p. for the u.k. independence party says the e.u. is obsession with the euro can only end in disaster. as far as the greek people are concerned adherents to the single currency means higher taxes low gov expenditure and cuts in their standard of living and also for and also even even for

a country like germany in fact specifically a country like germany at here's the single currency 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 now and it is because of the fanaticism of this european elite and we should look very carefully at what they have to say in the future these are guilty men 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 because 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 yours which are required are actually paid up and called on and it's not. greeks up in arms about the situation they've been dumped

into the u.s. is also witnessing angry moods right in the nation's financial hub hundreds of throwing their weight behind the latest demonstration it's called occupy wall street the whole point is to protest against the huge influence and bad behavior of corporations and billionaires artes and associates was there. testers are here for a simple reason they feel duped and defrauded by the system that land on street read the financial meltdown that led to an economic collapse one in six americans currently living in poverty bankers were held down account and it was the people left to suffer this could be the skeleton you know the beginning of one possibly as high profile activists and scholars started joining these crowds it became harder for the media to ignore these demonstrations it also became hard for most americans to not take these crowd seriously as police brutality started to occur last weekend over eighty protesters were arrested several women were surrounded by police man

and me sick with pepper spray but these protesters say they're willing to pay any price to get their voices heard a lot of people on the one percent you know and you know a fraction of the one percent that have all the money and really all of our if you think about it because would they say goes the influence a lot of decisions which doesn't help anyone else but them so that's why everyone else is going through the protests together first family and support maybe are beginning to wonder if this is becoming reminiscent of what america saw in wisconsin the structure for up to seventy thousand people essentially storm the capital will take because their principles upon which it was all so you can support that be a stupid thing to have. any of these demonstrators are planning to see here and the growth in numbers until a real he said revenue should not occur after all if the arab spring was applauded by the powers that be why not listen to

a similar cry for change. is the situation. now well as the authorities are accused of trying to silence the angry voices on wall street. cars around but are refusing to stay quiet later today they look at why some are so keen to put an end to financial. the world bank the fed the b.o.h. we all agree there we can't talk the truth here in the financial world here's a little video clip i want to turn to and this is the former greek finance minister yano us papantonio and he is that talking about this rumors of a fifty percent. haircut in greek debt should a solution require a fifty percent haircut as as i believe the current finance minister has suggested . you know they've got to me this is because if you did this and he said dangers of a dangerous proposition for greece yes pap antonio financial harpies i mean that's and he doesn't want to talk about it understandably but the cure for financial

herpes yanis pap antonio is you've got to talk about it you've got to go to the doctor or whatever and you've got to take care of your financial harpies i realize it's embarrassing and you should have been fornicating at the i.m.f. they gave you the financial harpies now you're a pariah. all right now we're just a quarter past the hour here in moscow you're with me now the russian president is the excuse me the russian press chewing over the president's latest interview that of president if you have its way he explained his decision not to enter the upcoming presidential race the president admitted that he shares common goals with vladimir putin and the current prime minister's high popularity levels make him the best man for the candidacy he's a go to person off now has the reaction from the papers. for the presidency interview with the heads of the three biggest t.v. stations in russia did focus on some of the more steamed bordon to leaders to

political events in the country such as his decision to run for a second term in office his recommendation or prime minister what do you do for the top job and to the sudden dismissal of former finance minister aleksey couldn't sold these last one else's opinions. salaries press in russia opinions both positive and not so positive let's start with the crimean sun newspaper really you were well known here in russia and it's published an article is trying to show you this polish not to go under the title of what were you after and what's your ambition and the analysts that the newspaper was talking to have been saying that even though the need to move video has finally announced his political plans and the plans of his stand them with prime minister why do infortunate 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 these this did newspaper or spoke to some other well known big newspaper in russia it's probably still 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 close a deal list of the biggest clears during that upcoming presidential election next more trouble now or loss of focus is definitely on the sudden dismissal rolls now former finance minister aleksey kudrin the who is always thought to be the key ally both of the government and off the president's administration the kind of sun newspaper says that step to dismiss him like receiving more questions into what else could happen in the world meeting he did if he's still in office however there are analysts who say that the dismissal just shows that the president is serious in his ambitions just too much of the problem and cio action will be held in russia in

the g. samara and the presidential poll will be held next to more cheney didn't happen still and according to me to me this is still going to be up to the people to decide who gets to run the country next despite daily recommendation that he made this about. this kind of reporting when i mean time political analyst nikonov he told us here at r.t. that the logic and ambition of madrid a decision was clear from the day it wasn't. but now i think this situation is pretty logical. and mediator for both representing the same political force united russia not being completely similar in not being twins in politics and they're still pretty close here logically and politically at this point is needed if explained. is more popular then we did of himself and the question is about winning the next presidential election will not come

automatically it will be a fight could use more equipped to lead the united russia in their fight in the next presidential struggle at the same time it really is keeping his position as an important political figure perce potential prime minister and potential leader of the united russia which makes him a politician with great perspective in the future and you can watch the full version of an interview on our scene dot com. devastated by drought and crops killed by chemicals farmers in india face a battle for survival one of the driest seasons in decades has left thousands of farmers across the country with little crops and big debts it's even a prompting some of them to take their own lives and as artie's preassure to reports the government's ignoring the 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. 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 barren 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 this trouble someone needs 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. by the government is neglecting agriculture basic information like wind power will be there when is not available for the foam as 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 can. suicide we are leading

a very sad life just sinking water levels mean these walls are useless but have left a deep hole in farmers' 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 in a few months years are frequently visiting our home and torturing us we want to be huge sume widows like rama lux me are now the broad winner as 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. twenty four hours a day seven days a week i website is with plenty of our top stories also right now this high wire. world famous tight rope walker trying to cross the moscow river with both his

nerves and his robe beginning to. find out of his death defying. pretty scary stuff. also a portrait all of the russian prime minister vladimir putin created from thousands of tiny photos. from the international moscow. without a life from moscow now let's have a look at some other headlines from around the world for you this hour somali pirates have reportedly kidnapped a wheelchair bound french woman near the kenyan resort of lamu the navy and police

chase the boat carrying the victim but feared an attack could end with a seventy five year old woman drowning the kidnapping comes less than a month after somali pirates abducted a british woman and killed her husband in the same area. the second typhoon in just a week is the rain soaked northern philippines is forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate the first. across the region and left at least one person forecasters predict the typhoon will become more powerful as it heads towards vietnam. crashed into a ferris wheel at a festival in eastern australia leaving two children trapped on the ride amazingly no one was seriously injured with that and just before the crash happened. the majority of people on. the right of the pilot said he never saw the wheel before smashing head first into. its almost ten

years now since american troops led the invasion into afghanistan the decade of fighting has led to thousands of u.s. soldiers and afghan civilians being killed lorri half an ist she quizzed the people on the streets of new york to ask if they 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 for wars as no benefit so what are they still doing there for ten years i don't know what the head 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 and you know 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. yeah do you think most americans feel that way you know i'm sure a lot of americans there but you're pro and anti i'll look at this what i mean for for a war there for that long i mean it better be for something and we better be good. you think 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 . with interest. thanks.

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the headlines now a deadly situation develops a. shoot to kill orders to break. checkpoints the border crossing with about two weeks ago police. take to the streets they're angry at the former rebel still carrying guns all around the city. fully one of the few remaining strongholds. facing a serious humanitarian crisis. wall street.