cubic. foot you know pyrrhic motels you. know times. in serbia is available in that region see. the arab spring echoes in america u.s. police use force to disperse antiwar protesters wall street protests excuse me seven hundred people taking part in the rally put behind bars the momentum is a gaining across the country. also in this week's top stories president explains his decision not to run for a second term so i think a lot of putin's greater popularity home his comments come in a surprise interview that stirred up debate about the country's political future. the standoff threatening to turn into an armed conflict on serbia's border with northern cause a vote as nato is attempts to dismantle roadblocks near

a disputed checkpoint leave several people injured. i don't die a humanitarian situation in the besieged libyan town of sirte our people are dying from a lack of vital supply so i mean ongoing fighting between pro and anti gadhafi forces . featuring the stories that made headlines this week you're watching the weekly with me will receive shy police in new york of bali dispersed an n.c. wall street arresting more than seven hundred people after a dramatic showdown on the brooklyn bridge thousands joined the movement dubbed the occupy wall street in protest against what they call as corporate domination and it's important i explain the actions of police is likely to bring in more anger to the streets of new york. this clash and confrontation between and light he the new

york city police department and thousands of protesters took place 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 that's when things got ugly to say the least are the protesters were were banging drums and chanting the whole world was watching police moved in they were having ride ins brought to the scene and things start very physical and this is just the most recent incident but it's keep in place in new york in the past weeks and last weekend we saw demonstrators that nice in that these five police officers police officers using netting to our rights demonstrators that have been camped out on wall street now these protesters have been demonstrating for about two weeks this is a group occupy wall street a group of americans that have called on all those that are frustrated over the

u.s. economy over the fact that people are losing their jobs people can't get their jobs people are struggling to find money to make ends meet 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 out of wall street this group is getting bigger and bigger there's no doubt about that. i reporter out there well i mean twenty four people have now been arrested in boston after the protest spread there as well i took out of pictures on our web site thousands have been rallying at the bank of america's main office their anger become phonies repossession policies that are turning people out onto the streets if you log on to r.t. dot com you can check out all the latest pictures on our top story. radio host and author stephen leatherman says the ever expanding protests shows awareness

is growing among americans that the country is run by people they never liked. controls the power of money is being oh well they had controls everything controls war and peace all excess groser building j.p. morgan chase hated america and they were only going with this masters the people on the streets across america understand lives and they have to demand has the power and money returned to it congress is article one section eight since all of the congress is the what the court monday doesn't see. this is a big of america there's always a congress knows if there is returning to congress they would have to protest to both take this into power and money will go back to the people who were ill or. meantime james corporate editor of the independent news website corporate report dot com he says that the police brutality could provoke an escalation of violence.

there could be that possibility of escalation at this moment i would say but the momentum in the probably the p.r. win is on the protesters side because no one likes to see the police going in and breaking up a peaceful protest movements like that in discussion we know that we're getting reports that the protesters were actually injured on to the bridge and then trapped it's quite obvious by this point the monetary system itself needs to reform but i think if we leave that in the hands of the regulators and the people who have been in charge of the system they're really just going to try to consolidate more power for themselves so we see that for example playing out in the euro zone by the european central bank arguing for more power rather than less power because because they need more power to him to further consolidate the euro zone into a coherent whole that's the argument that they're trying to use and i think what these protest movements indicate is that it is a new knowledge means on the people's party and that that that can't be allowed to continue because if it goes then just more and more of these types of things will continue to happen if the power coalesce is if you are in fewer hands. it's going

to have been seen in the u.s. indicates that something is going very wrong in the way the country's ruled that's the view of prominent author and professor chomsky his full interview is coming up next hour we'll hear. from some concerned. sure to support. the public and the entire congress. system. popularity. rating for congress and. of course all of the. widespread sense that everything is going. to be just. it without the light from moscow now this week's headlines in russia have been

dominated by the planned reshuffle in the putin made a good time them coarsely a sudden departure of the finance minister it prompted an unexpected interview from the president as he clarified his decision not to run for office again but it's not easy it could've been a picture of what reports the pre-election period in russia may still hold even further surprises. i think this week's headlines have been all that it hooten putin that it the news of the japs was brought up polemic switch russia hasn't seen for quite some time while some criticised others applauded the tandems deal and the kings of photo shop rolled out some of their best work yet with the general mood being that the deal had been done long ago but it was an exciting for just a few days until the first rich shuffles in the corridors of power began to move if you think your views on russia's economic agenda differ from mine as president if

you can resign what's the use of my opinions do differ from yours only take such a decision or talk to the prime minister has been the most observers you can talk to whoever you want including the prime minister was always i'm the president i make these decisions and. the surprise right now between the president and putin's longtime ally i exceed could read left many questioning is there a split in the tandem apostleship the situation with mr could read is a matter of discipline in government service we are a presidential republic not a parliamentary one he implements the president's policy if you don't agree you should step down nina while many read it not as a sign of a split i mean you maturity in russia's democracy i mean these are almost far more severe wishful thinking on the part of the airport else these people probably remember the perils of the whole world better off where there was a rift inside the port of buell which ultimately was one of the reasons for the

collapse of the u.s.s.r. i remember before coming to power and it gave an interview where he basically said that russia will not survive another conflict in siberia it's so from the very beginning i didn't believe that there was a serious rift the big news of putin yet again running for. didn't brought up so many questions that nutriment that it had to need top t.v. hats to cross the t.'s and dot the ice storm so you know it's nice to know that people trust me as president and that my approval rating is quite high in the current circumstances but i also know that prime minister putin undoubtedly remains the most popular politician in our country has a point and his rating is even higher because the election campaign has just started ask ourselves a simple question which what if our people reject us. and permitted what will happen to these decisions by the convention because these decisions are merely the

party's recommendation to vote for those people that's all the choice is made by the people watching us and these are not me a word to trap saluting true any politician and any political field may lose an election but many questions are still in the air just like why would a politician like nixon a badge of his approval rating is still so high in russia not seek reelection and what will the face of the new cabinet of ministers look like under him should he become pm immediately after the united russia congress maybe rejoiced in the fact that the country's top political coup is is finally over and they can go about their usual business but this week has shown that when it comes to the chess game the process and politics there are many more moves to be made before the final make up of the new government is no it's to do that show up on our t.v. . if you want to see you know if you're the president of good for the russian media in full just log on right now to our web site r c dot com and i still have

a few in the program here on r t the strike. the future of palestine is clouded in the shadow of u.s. veto over its bid at the u.n. security council also. reviving the revolution eight months after the toppling of president hosni mubarak so you look at whether egyptians managed to get what it is for. this is that we can hear on our team now on tuesday debt ridden greece tighten its belt even further to please its creditors the country's government approved a brand new property tax the move received an angry response from greeks who are already burdened by austerity measures meanwhile the decision on another portion of the rescue package is still being delayed international inspectors are in athens right now they're assessing whether greece deserves a cash injection the last chance for the country to avoid a default because r.t.

sarah first reports the public remains convinced that the relentless austerity policy is only making things worse. he says been the pace the child of the year. than the bailout fund the country looks that's to get that much needed cash injection the help come. here in greece the people say the price they're being made to pay the new high. is deadline day for the first with the greek government special tax it's one of the measures they this in place to try to secure the next tranche of money the country needs to see the extra tax which is about another three percent for people. supposed to help like some of the matchstick that the budget dumped more than a year's salary cuts and rises in living costs. people have already a quaking point the last two years almost everybody has lost at least thirty

percent of his salary of or punctual people's desperation has become increasingly evident on the streets of greece but by this is repeatedly playing out between why a place protest is. even more clashes this parliament can face it in yet another austerity measure in the fall of any property tax where organizing all this. to put greece out there are a mess just for political reasons greece and brics do not need. many people in greece now question just here it is the thing control unfortunately gray area leaders in your resume are the bankers. he's moved. from one bunker. shareholders. called again and again and again out of the. taxpayers in the euro zone despite germany

having baited positively to expand the size and power of the european pan out to fund the ready critics are questioning whether that will be enough insights now turn to the many challenges you still faces the problem will move from. general banks to. more skilled people you know. you will find a solution could be not just for greece but for all the european union countries measure scaling to have the banks this political leaders continue to struggle to convince the public that. still hangs in the balance of these plates. many people here. says they can't risk of having not only

a financial but it democratic deficit as well. as the pilot building in athens just on a quarter past the hour here in moscow this is the weekly and egypt's ruling military council has given in to the demands of protesters and political parties by agreeing to make changes to the election law fears current rules could actually enable supporters of the ouster of president mubarak to come back to power in november's parliamentary elections and decision comes after friday's massive protests thousands thronged to square attempt to reclaim the revolution commanding a transfer of power to civilian rule and an end to emergency law parties and he said i went to cairo to see what else is driving people back out onto the streets. this was we knew that change had come to egypt a new chapter of freedom and democracy don't judge a book by its cover when reading post mubarak egypt it's between the lines where

you'll find the new chapter hasn't been published edited or slightly revised we still have this one console beyond poor souls of those who. have been. in. this country towards democracy work may be gone but his policies are not purposely mubarak's case is ongoing at this tribe you know new figures from human rights watch claims more civilians have been forced to face military trials the last six months some twelve thousand during the entire thirty year rule of mubarak average civilians are giving five to you know seven years in prison a lot of torture has occurred since the skaf has come into power. actor. doesn't clown around when it comes to the supreme council or scuff he has

taken part in protests since day one and still has scars from being detained i think the books are much worse a self very long they told people the hatred stick it only for a moment after that are shot for the struggle a piece of the battle ahead least only because i'm well known now not enough to leave the country for thirty years according to if i have to i will seek asylum ruled stay fight for freedom like mubarak skaf cancer support it needs to rule egypt from abroad the aid that we get from the u.s. that one point five billion a year the easier to seize from from the usa and most of it in fighting force in the supreme court to the to the army you know the scout enrolled. last boost history books will change for the better the arab spring is a massive opportunity to spread peace prosperity democracy egypt since

our last reading the writing on the wall really. it's a the same as before don't worry. it's getting more worse and he's now a r t can't. you walk with the libyan city of sirte plunging deeper into a humanitarian crisis or the battle for one of khadafi has few remaining strongholds and shows no signs of abating and saturday revolutionary forces claim they have completely surrounded the colonel's hometown and that his loyalists forces were being slowly pushed out meanwhile thousands are fleeing the city city driven from their homes by fierce fighting and a lack of vital supplies aid agencies say those injured and trapped are in desperate need of medical help people dying in the main hospital because of oxygen and fuel shortages antiwar activist brian becker says nato declared mission to protect civilians is now more questionable than ever. clearly they're not protecting civilians when they're by mean cities that are considered to be pro

could afy when they're killing people now because they've done something wrong because their own political beliefs are contrary to what nato alliance in terms of the kind of government they want for libya so i think they need to be brought to justice i think though unless there's a very strong international movement for human rights in this instance i think it's unlikely they will be brought to court and the goal of the nato powers is the carry out regime change so their government is gone once and forever and then there will be a new government that will not necessarily be more democratic or more humane but will be an ally or i would say in fact a proxy a client perhaps a puppet of western powers in this country that has the largest oil reserves in all of africa the ninth largest oil reserves in the world. meantime russia's foreign minister has warned against allowing a libya style situation in syria where the internal conflict continues this week

western countries drop the calls for immediate un sanctions against the assad regime following criticism from russia which those negotiations are the only way forward. when you will get those rights of course we cannot support the projects that is being pushed through by western countries but it is among other things to do with the libyan experience we ask what the next try to use how have you calculated your next steps the answer we get is that we haven't thought about it would president assad needs to go we need to draw him into a corner with sanctions he should go first and then we'll see it's a very simple because i believe not very reliable strategy if it could be called a strategy at all sure. you can always find out more stories and comments and videos on our website at r.t. dot com here's some of the items we have lined up for you there right now topless tactic an activist group speaks out against what they say are you a plan to make ukraine

a destination for sex tourists during the euro two thousand and twelve plus operation fury in russia after an off the priest calls for schools to ban a literary classics by the book author and marquez for encouraging up pedophilia i'll find out why he wants to do that at r.t. dot com. i with the stories i made headlines this week this is the weekly on r.t. violence flared up over the past few days again around the cause of those northern border happened as nato troops attempted to dismantle a roadblock several serbs were wounded amid claims the alliance led forces were using live ammunition and local serbs had a barricaded the road to the disputed checkpoints that albanian seized earlier with

the help of k. four troops he's a let's hear a ski has the story from within. in some parts of the world this work he wrote would probably be a part of an extreme safari possible it is now a point. ever since july the border dispute many lives have been dependent on this godforsaken grable road through the mountains now this is the only way that belgrade can use to deliver food and petrol and the tens of thousands of serbs living in northern kosovo the course of the serbs had been barricaded in the road since july in response to the cost of the police checkpoints which in force the trade embargo between belgrade and the beat of its own choose data situation turned critical again clashes between the barricading serbs and the k. four troops led to multiple injuries on both sides ok for blame for starting the violence but injured alexandre reach a father of two saw it differently. 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 perforated my lung nato forces also claimed they used only rubber bullets and tear gas against the protesting mob this was quickly rejected by doctors in meter of its fuelling speculation as to who restart its. forty seven men and heavy condition gunshot wounds fractures and bruises all those wounds were caused by a regular bullet which we extract from their bodies make the troops weakly set up a derivative of their weapons at journalists and issued a shoot to kill the order for anyone trying to penetrate it totally and all police stepped out of the un mandate and there really really now just like thirty nine hundred ninety nine during the bombing when there were the air force for the albanian separatists are now acting as their infantries belgrade has reacted with

indignation and halted negotiations with calls. until the dispute is resolved meanwhile the gate for refuses to comment on their actions and bulldozed their water barricade the bladder is open now sure of trucks looking at breach just meters away from the destroyed block suggests this battle is far from over matters like this one are scattered all across northern kosovo and they pretty much reflect the mood of the local serbs it seems they would never give in and accept the fact that they're living in a self-proclaimed state and in this volcano and melting pot nobody knows where this standoff go and. troops were to come again another frozen territorial dispute let's see ourselves to see reporting from kosovo. well it actually is a constant updates on this developing story from cause of o. you can just head over to auntie's twitter feed to get the latest from him on this

board there skewed how do you look now you can see one of his tweets he says that there are reports in western cause of earth that albanians have killed and wounded his son made near the first ethnic crime like this in about seven years. this is the weekly an artsy special admissions committee for the u.n. security council has held its first meeting over the bid by palestinians for statehood it was put forward for consideration this week with a review period expected to take several weeks a total of nine out of fifteen votes in the security council needed to push the application through as long as no veto is used by this stage analysts believe america will try to stall the process u.s. lawmakers have already blocked two hundred million dollars in aid to the palestinian authority allegedly as a quote collective punishment for making but that israel has yet again come under fire from much of the world community after approving yet more settlements on occupied palestinian territory. who co-founded the israeli committee against house

demolitions told us that israel doesn't need talks so long as it's got support from the big. you've got half a million this rain beats more than half a billion living in the occupied territories i can't possibly see how. are going to end israel's occupation i don't see any pressures to get a half a million people out and i think that's what abbas is saying and bush asians are useless either you get us out of our character every period or the or there's no point in going on with the process i don't think israel has anything to worry about its point of view there are three countries that matter the other hundred ninety are irrelevant the three countries are the united states britain and germany as long as the prevents ancient's and provide this umbrella for israel israel so i think you worry about who's going to say it who's going to force it to get out who's going to put pressures on israel. palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has told

r.t. r a big he's concerned the u.s. will pressure u.n. security council members to vote against the bit of the full interview coming up on monday here r.t. . but we knew in advance and we were officially notified that washington will use its veto during the voting in all it's clear that the u.s. as the dominant world power wants to extend its support to israel but what concerns us most is that the u.s. wants to force all the countries that took part in the general assembly big and small alike in particular the members of the u.n. security council to vote against palestinian a bishop in the un this is the key concern for us all the member states of the security council have the right to use or as i would put it misuse their rights to veto of course such a decision will be regrettable. but if you want monday here on our top stories now just a moment away and play with us. the

official r.c.m.p. cation. called touch from the on cue sampson. cianci flight. video on demand keys minefield comes an r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the top come. from. morning news today violence is once again flared up.