top news stories headlines and commentary from moscow this is r.t. glad to have you along let's take a look at your top stories right now in northern kosovo nato peacekeepers have used a shoot to kill threats to break a road block by serb protesters on the border earlier attempts to remove it this week failed and left several serbs injured the senior united nations official in kosovo has urged restraint on both sides and called for new talks artie's alexia cesky sent us this report from the spot on friday of the case for troops to remove 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 their pointed their guns at this bloke aiding 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 to large trucks on a bridge thus blocking the road to 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 the k. four troops we managed to pay them a visit and ask them what exactly happened on tuesday. this 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 when 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 and 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 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 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 due to their recent actions in the kosovo standoff and nato peacekeepers have lost their impartiality that's according to belgrade based political analyst alexander puppet. they've totally and openly stepped out of the un mandate and there really really now just like during one nine hundred ninety nine during the bombing when there were 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 it's totally destroyed there are standing as any sort of a mediator. and i don't know how they are going to reclaim it the only way they

would be able to reclaim their role would be if they actually. encourage things to go back to the way they were before but they've made it clear that they're not going to do that so in the absence of that everyone's just going to look at nato here as being firmly on the albanian side on the side of what serbia considers to be secessionists so we don't really have a mediator here and the more and that's even more dangerous what he's alexey are cesky is in kosovo and we'll be bringing you updates as and when they happen meanwhile you can head to our tease free video page to get the freshest pictures of this border dispute you can watch them in there or download and broadcast quality for free check it out on a free video done or to dot com. could you take three times for charges free to make your monthly three. three. free. download free

books. for your media project free media to our teeth dot com. on to living now where thousands of people are protesting against the forces loyal to the national transitional council they have it taken over the capital tripoli locals argue that the presence of the troops provides little security as they follow no particularly orders and fire their weapons indiscriminately and as robert perry the editor of the internet investigative magazine consortium news says the people currently in power have suspicious links with terrorist cells 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. one of the leaders who was killed recently a chia was a libyan he came from this general area and now we know that one of the leaders of

the rebel forces that took tripoli was also can see. very close to al qaeda it 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 or people who have this very mixed background it's not clear how do you know 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 libyan revolutionary forces say they have surrounded the city of syria take it off the stronghold thousands of people have been fleeing the besieged city driven from their homes by fierce fighting and a lack of essential the chairman of the national transitional council says his forces have called a two day truce to let civilians leave but heavy rocket and mortar fire continued anyway meanwhile aid workers from the international committee of the red cross have brought medical supplies into the city rob lyons deputy editor of the independent

and online magazine spiked says nato is intervention in libya has turned things from bad to worse. this is the they have a small consequence of the thing things that i got rolling back in february the year that kind of half hearted intervention was always going to end up with last time by gadhafi forces in fact this is the kind of last time that we expected in tripoli a few weeks ago that never happened clearly there's a lost time now and the thing about the role of the international community no could be making things worse not simply by bombarding the city but boy actually having made such a fuss about civilians being injured. even by the hated coffee but by saying that if given the conduct the force is a real incentive to keep keep the civilians in the city probably a good many of them would like to get out of there no. effect if we become a kind of shield by which the they can they can stay there for. going for

a bit longer and as the libyan conflict shows no sign of winning many feel it is following in the footsteps of another nato led military intervention the afghan war coming up we asked new yorkers if they think the decade long fighting in afghanistan has brought any results. i don't see a goal and really see anything changing even if we stay there another hundred years for a war there for that long it better be for something you know we better get something out of it if you think that's going to happen no more opinions on that be afghan war from the big apple just a few minutes. also ahead a suicide at the democrats bankrupted farmers in india as the country faces one of the worst droughts in years we see why families that think it's not nature but rather the government to blame. hundreds of people have hit the streets of portugal's two biggest cities to protest against austerity measures the debt ridden

country had to ask for a seventy eight billion euro rescue package in may to avoid bankruptcy under the bailout bill has been agreed to implement harsh cuts but is. still fighting to reduce its budget deficit and another struggling euro zone state greece is trying to convince international inspectors it deserves another portion of its bailout the greek government has pushed through pension cuts and extra taxes and to try and please its creditors however financial journalist and blogger dimitri kovtun us says the more bailouts of greece receives the worse it gets for the economy. if they get the money the debt burden continues because they still run a primary deficit which means that they have to borrow money from their creditors to pay back their creditors the interest on their debt which means their diet grows and at the same time they're cutting the public sector which is a huge part of their economy the contraction of their g.d.p. which makes the debt burden grow more and more relative to the g.d.p. economy which makes it harder for the payback i think at this point the e.u.

or a lot of the people in europe are beginning to realize that at least greece and i think also i portugal and ireland are into big trouble to simply continue to address the problems piecemeal the way they've been doing it i think that at this point they need to have a structured solution for greece filing for portugal i think spain also and then figure out what they're going to do with italy i don't know if it's a much bigger problem but i think that late late this year early next year some sort of solution really could be devised that incorporates greece ireland portugal spain perhaps in a total kind of restructuring package either that or greece is going to have to unilaterally default tensions are also brewing across the atlantic in new york thousands of protesters that have been camping out near wall street have spilled onto the roadway causing part of the brooklyn bridge to be shut down according to reports four hundred people have been arrested during the demonstrations. brings us the latest developments. this clash and confrontation between and why he did the new york city police department and thousands of protesters took place on the

brooklyn bridge now these protesters that have howled camp down by wall street have been demonstrating for about two weeks this demonstration started by wall street and then the protesters rally towards the brooklyn bridge when they got on the brooklyn bridge the police showed up and basically cornered off both sides of the brooklyn bridge and started to move in on the protesters to make arrests for blocking traffic and disorderly conduct that's when things got ugly to say the least the protesters were were banging drawing drums and chanting the old world was watching police moved in they were paddy wagons brought to the scene and things got very physical last weekend we saw demonstrators get maced in the east five police officers police officers using netting two are rats demonstrators that have been camped out on wall street as i mentioned the brooklyn bridge what was closed down

a when this incident erupted today and for those that don't live in new york city let me explain to you that is a very very big deal for something like that to take place and there were i guess you can't even count the amount of police officers that went down to the scene and the clashes erupted and they got violent and as i mentioned even journalists were among those who were arrested this is a group of occupy wall street if our viewers aren't aware a group of americans that have called on all those that are frustrated about the economic circumstance in america right now to come down rally and voice their opposition and that is what has been taking place for the past two weeks but as that demonstration that's been taking place we've seen this kind of crackdown that's been you know on the side of the. new york city police department against these protesters and this is evolving week by week and clearly getting much more

confrontational well the overall demands is that they're there they're speaking out against corporate greed and social inequality this can cause been criticized by the mainstream media for not having one unified message what do they want a lot of critics say what do they want and i think a lot of them want different things union members have come down there to join the demonstration we've seen we've seen you know scholars professors octave is someone like michael moore even go down to the crowd to join them and when support i think what what brings everyone together is their frustration over the u.s. economy over the fact that there are people are losing their jobs people can't get their jobs people are struggling to find to find money to make ends meet also some have noted in some have said that they're americans are now taking inspiration from the arab spring protesters that swept through. our from north africa the middle

east and these americans are now saying this is their their american spring and there are they are planning to stay down there through the end of the year and i can tell you this week by week this group of demonstrators that you know call themselves on my wall street this group is getting bigger and bigger there's no doubt about that. well as the be authorities are accused of trying to silence of the angry voices on wall street parties max keiser and stacy herbert are refusing to stay quiet in the latest edition of kaiser report next hour they look at why some are so keen to put an end to financial rumors. the world bank the fed to be o.e. all agree there we can't talk to peer in the financial world here's a little video clip i want to turn to and this is the former greek finance minister yeah no it's papantonio and he is that talking about this rumors of a fifty percent. haircut and greek debt should a solution require

a fifty percent haircut as as i believe the current finance minister has suggested . you know the government had its muses closer 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 realise 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. dmitri medvedev so latest interview has dominated the russian press in the last few days during a meeting with the chiefs of the country's three biggest t.v. stations the president explained why he has decided not to run for office a second time r.t. if you got

a piece going off tells us what he said. well 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 latest political events in the country such as his decision not to run for a second term in office his recommendation of prime minister vladimir putin for the top job and to the sudden dismissal of now former finance minister ali see who didn't so there's a loss of analysis and opinions in saturday's press in russia opinions both positive and not so positive let's start with the claim of sun newspaper really worried well known here in russia and it's published an article which try 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 media media has finally announced his political plans and the plans of his stand them with prime minister why do important 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 he is this did newspaper i spoke to this is another well known big newspaper in russia and it's published a lot 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 the deal a list of the biggest players during that upcoming presidential election next more trouble now or loss of focus is definitely on the sudden this missile girls now former finance minister aleksey kudrin 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 while meeting with 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 she oh action will be held in russia in the g. samara in the presidential poll be held next to more cheney didn't happen still and fourteen did need to be there it's still going to be up to the people to decide who gets to run the country next despite daily recommendation that he meet a simple. political analyst if you have to sloven you can often told r.t. that medvedev is decision not to run in the upcoming elections was dictated by common sense with putin having a better chance of success but now i think this situation is pretty logical. and mediator for both representing this 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 it himself and the question is about winning the next presidential election there will not come automatically it will be a fight and put it as more equipped to lead the united russia in the fight in the next presidential struggle at the same time with video is keeping his position as an important political figure potential prime minister and potential leader of the united russia which makes him a politician with great perspective in the future and for the full version of the interview you can always log on to our website or t dot com. indian it farmers are being driven to suicide by one of the worst droughts in living memory and many thousands left with no harvest and huge debts say the government is doing next to nothing to help but he's pretty sure the reports. 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. 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 graeme. 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 or not is not available for the farmers the government is not providing sufficient loans which is forcing foam has to knock on the doors of money lenders. those who've tried to beat the drought themselves took out huge loans to dig 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 farmers 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 you have to the money lenders in a few months years are frequently visiting our home and torturing us we want to be huge some weirdos like rama luxe me are now the breadwinner is 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 i'm gonna india. now a brief look at some other international headlines for you somali pirates have reportedly kidnapped a wheelchair bound

a french woman near the kenyan resort of lamu the navy and police chase to the boat carrying the victim but feared an attack could end with the seventy five year old woman drowning but kidnapping comes a lesson a month after somali pirates abducted a british woman and killed her husband in the same area. the second a typhoon in just a week is battering the rain soaked northern philippines forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate the first cause that landslides across the region and left at least one person dead forecasters predict the typhoon will become more powerful as it heads towards vietnam. a light aircraft has crashed into a ferris wheel at a festival in eastern australia leaving two children trapped on the ride for hours amazingly no one was seriously injured in the accident just before the crash happened of rain had forced the majority of people off the ride the pilot said he never saw the wheel before smashing into it. ten

years after the u.s. invaded afghanistan and its troops are still there and still fighting with decade old war has left thousands of nato soldiers and afghan civilians dead laurie harshness to ask the new yorkers if they think the campaign has been worth it. it's been ten years since the us bound to 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 head of what they do and i don't know it's probably another vietnam. war way to probably 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 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. seek 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 most americans feel that way and you know i'm sure a lot of americans there were 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. and something out of it do you think that's going to happen now 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 less than many. twenty four hours a day seven days a week our website is there for you with plenty of our top stories also there right now. one activist group speaks out against what they say are you we froze up plans to make ukraine a destination for sex tourists during the euro two thousand and twelve their tactic seems a little bit weird but topless protests plus. how one twelve year old girl is breaking

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bring in the top commentary from. moscow this is to have you with us. are ready to enforce a shoot to kill orders in the northern kosovo in the potentially explosive standoff with ethnic serbs over disputed border posts. with serbia were seized by pristina two weeks ago sparking. protests broke out in tripoli as the president's anger boils over the behavior of armed troops roaming the streets of the capital. one of the last strongholds reportedly surrounded by the former rebel forces deepening the humanitarian crisis in the stricken city. and in the u.s. demonstrations on a wall street against political influence and spill out onto.