manzanar t.v. of the arab spring echoes in america u.s. police use force a dispersal of the wall street protesters arresting more than seven hundred people taking part in a rally that's quickly gaining momentum cross the country. also in this week's top stories president medvedev explains his the situation not to run for a second term side but did here put in some greater popularity at home his comments come in a surprise interview that stirred up debate about the country's political future. a dire humanitarian situation in the besieged libyan town of sirte where people are dying from a lack of vital supplies amid on going fighting something experts say makes nato

special to protect civilians more questionable them ever. just after nine pm here in the russian capital you're watching our t.v. now to our top story police in new york have violently disperse an anti wall street rally arresting more than seven hundred people out there a dramatic showdown on brooklyn bridge while thousands joined the movement dubbed occupy wall street and protest against what they call corporate domination as art is not enough portnoy explains the action of police is likely to bring more anger to the streets of new york and beyond. right about now most of the protesters that were arrested from what we're being told more than seven hundred of them have been released or in the process of being released from prison from where they were being held i spoke with one of the protesters who said he wasn't sure if he could come on

camera because he has to speak with his lawyer first all of these folks are being charged with disorderly conduct but as we could tell from the video and the images that were taken on saturday this was quite a clash a clash between thousands of americans that began their demonstration at a park by wall street and then walked onto the brooklyn bridge now according to some protesters they said that the police officers working for the new york city police department actually helped them get on the bridge or score to them or didn't stop them from getting onto the bridge and once thousands were on some protesters say that that's when the cops blocked off the bridge on both ends and began to use netting to sort of rest many of the demonstrators that we can't deny the fact that the media in the u.s. is covered they are but how they're covering it is a different story for example i just want to show you the front page of the new york times from this sunday ok mind you one new york times reporter journalist was

arrested in this protest that took place now here the biggest picture is of one protester in syria and right down here is a little picture of all the new york city protesters that were arrested on the brooklyn bridge so you could see the comparison why they decided to make that decision i have no clue but many critics do believe that the mainstream media are either trying to take credibility away from all these demonstrators who are not and give them ample coverage or maybe make it a very short story and in the meantime though these protesters that are part of what's called occupy wall street say they are determined to continue to continue to demonstrate. camping out by wall street that's where they have been for the past two weeks now this incident that we saw erupt in new york on saturday was the most recent one but it's not the first one just last weekend we saw cops and demonstrators clashed down by wall street several women were mace in the face by

a police officer others were arrested there was a confrontation physical confrontation between police officers and the demonstrators but this occupy wall street group isn't limited to new york city there are demonstrations now taking place in los angeles taking place in boston taking place in other cities throughout the country. go live now by a t.v. journalist who was on of the bridge run the show that took place of mr devereux and we would see brutal pictures circulating in the media of what happened what exactly did you see and experience. well i was covering the protest for the t.v. radio news program to barking out here in the united states and i began with the protesters in liberty square liberty because a formerly part the protestors of protesters have been camped out for the going into their third week now it was approximately fifteen hundred to two thousand people marching to the brooklyn bridge on the sidewalks as we approached the

entrance to the brooklyn bridge it was a bit of a disagreement alone two contingents of the protesters as to whether or not to take the pedestrian path along a bridge or to take to the road itself with many chanting in the sidewalk into the streets during that exchange yourself weren't you i was i was there i was released because i had a press pass. eventually the crowd decided to take to the streets there were there were far too many people as far as i could tell for the police that were there they are gathered with the bridge that the bottom of the bridge to stop and the cli stepped aside and the crowd moved on to the bridge people who can jump over the banisters and joining the crowd yes well do you think the the police actions were justified and what do you think about their contention is saying that they had issued warning before if you had gotten on the bridge it was your choice if they had won that you'd be arrested. i was standing at the very front of this crowd and

though i did see an officer on to make a phone i could hear him making some sort of statement leaving the noise of the crowd chanting was far too loud to make out any way in any way clearly what he was saying so for those further back in the group seen the police step aside and seen them walk next to the crowd could certainly give one the impression that the police were escorting the protesters to the other side of the bridge that you know not to be the case and we got to the middle and the police and stopped us and cut off the group of protesters from behind in front ok well the sort of fight that the biggest protests happening right now is in new york city of course and the mayor he had said that the protesters are blaming the wrong people you're blaming struggling of bankers and that you should be blaming freddie macin f.n.m.a. and the congress and so do you think that the protesters are blaming the wrong people here. i don't know if the protesters are as focused on blame that it is that sort of suggests there are

a number of grievances. aired but they're war about coming together and they are labeling people or assigning blame i do think this movement is going to spread that it's been compared to the arab spring has that it certainly has and it is spreading to the extent that it's spreading it's hard to say how big the occupations in other cities are but they are springing up more and more every day around the country ok our correspondent was our earlier if you had heard was a showing of the a front page of the new york times there a small picture at the bottom there of what's happening in new york you think that these events are enough to get the attention of washington and the white house well it whether it gets the attention of washington the white house i don't know but i can tell you this after last weekend's crackdown the amount of attention it occupy wall street has received since then has been precedented and the numbers this weekend were far larger than they were last week and many didn't believe that there

would be another dramatic confrontation as we can after what happened last weekend after four women were kept her straight. they were corralled by the police after the and when he used heavy handed tactics punching some protesters i think many people didn't expect that there would be something like that again this weekend though i have heard no reports of pepper spray being used there were there were aggressive arrests and there were thousands of people stopped and hundreds arrested in attempting a massive display of civil disobedience right thanks very much live there t.v. journalist ryan tough talking to us live there thanks very much. well radio host and author stephen london says the ever expanding process protests show awareness is growing among americans of the country is run by people they've never elected. well everyone controls the power of money. in our there controls everything control war and peace all the serious groves again j.p.

morgan chase big america they were only going to get this yes there's people on the streets across america ever understand lives and they have to demand that the power of money return to congress is article one section eight series all of the congress has the power to appoint merely the c.g. the war this is a big of a very. good congress those who are very proud of is returning to congress it will help to produce the both big boost in the power of money and people were a lot. of the discontent being seen in the us indicate some things going very wrong the way the country's rules that's a view of prominent alter and professor noam chomsky has full interview is coming up next hour. for the streets. of support. from the world's. two thirds of the

public. to be thrown out into the system working in the public mood. particularly good for a girl reading for congress in one single. person in the same bunch of course all of the. sort of widespread sense that everything is going wrong in the polls or the democratic system is just part. of this week's headlines in russia have been dominated by the planet reshuffle and upwards in baghdad in tandem and the sudden departure of the finance minister prompted an unexpected interview from the president as he clarified his decision not to run for the office again but that is a good. mcgrath's over reports that period in russia may hold more surprises but this week's headlines have been all that if putin futenma that it and use of the

drops more broadly a polemic switch russia hasn't seen for quite some time well some criticize others applauded the tandems deal and the kings of photoshop rolled out some of their best work yet but the general mood being that the deal had been done long ago but it was an exciting for just a few days until the prosperous shuffles in the corridors of power began. if you think your views on russia's economic agenda differ from mine as president you can resign from. what you suppose my opinions do differ from yours but only take such a decision after a talk to the prime minister has been almost clear of him you can talk to whoever you want including the prime minister but as long as i'm the president i make these decisions are you. a surprise right now between the president and putin's longtime ally and exceed could rent left many questioning is there

a split in the tandem apostleship of the situation with mr cooder it is a matter of discipline in government service we are a presidential republic not a parliamentary model it implements the president's policies if you don't agree you should step down i mean while many read it not as a sign of a split but only a new maturity in russia's democracy. almost were mostly wishful thinking on the part of the board else these people probably remember the war patrol where there was a rift inside the board of bureau which ultimately was one of the reasons for the collapse of the u.s.s.r. i remember before coming to. you where he basically said that russia will not survive another conflict inside believes so from the very beginning i do believe that there was a serious rift the big news of putin yet again running for president brought up so many questions there dmitry medvedev had to meet talk t.v.

hats to cross the t.'s and dot the ice. of course it's nice to know that people trust me as president and that my approval rating is quite high under current circumstances i also know that prime minister putin undoubtedly remains the most popular politician in our country at this point and his rating is even higher. the election campaign has just started let's ask ourselves a simple question what if our people reject us with medvedev and putin what will happen to these decisions by the convention these decisions are merely the party's recommendation to vote for those people that saw the choices made by the people and these are not new words a trap saluki true any politician and any political force may lose an election but many questions are still in the air like why would a politician like nutriment verdi 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 kwan many

rejoiced in the fact that the country's top political 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 made up of that you've got. and is no if you do that children r t. well if you want to see the interview president medvedev gave to the russian media in full all we have to do is log on to right now from above site that's r.t. dot com. well thousands of march through the northern british city of manchester and another protest at a sturdy cuts to public services and pensions rally in opposition to the governing coalition led organized by trade unions coincided with the ruling a conservative party's conference in the city artie's laura was there. i think the consensus across a conference is started ten munches and the movement politicians and delegates

started to arrive this happens in the open eyes estimated thirty thousand people are turning out for this march through the streets of manchester to protest what the coalition government is doing in the way of and you've literally got pool full of people hey you've got the older generation saying hands off our pensions you've got the sort of middle aged generation who failed that's their job because as money it's public services slashed you've got to very very young you are worried that things like no serene's and provision school education will be kind of cool stuff magistad in my fifty's population you got a lot of students turned out much like in all the marches that we've seen across the country turned out to protest against the rising cost of education i spake to some of the people who are head of the just why they call it was important to ten hours a day and here's what they told me i think a simple no we send a message to the government to bring us food and particularly to the people on the

road suppose we. could all be so busy to put in so that the government knows the majority of people post what we do usually goes to shit shaking and just pay to be sure that you can join the chinese schools that one of them which are you trying to move you up to bring this government down and bring in a government that doesn't offer working people now look to the fine is that you can see here around me are calling for a strike on the first hint that maybe they're calling for a general strike the public sector workers to down leave was say the government just exactly what it would be like the public to like and didn't in fact show up in the mornings if that's what they're planning to do a lot of the biggest jeans in the country you know since. they have all turned out here today to say we will die and susan the that's you today but unless you promise that you're going to make these deep cuts in public sector funding that you'll.

oh protests in debt ridden greece have been going on for months now and this week the country tightened its belt even further to please its creditors the government approved a new property tax and the move received an angry response from greeks who are already burdened by austerity measures meanwhile the decision on another portion of the e.u. rescue package is still being delayed international inspectors are now assessing whether greece this serves a cash injection a last transfer the country to avoid a default as those artists are for us reports the public remains convinced that the relentless austerity policy is only making eggs words. greece has been the place the child of the euro thing take right with germany voting to expand the bella the country look that's to get that much needed cash injection to help come with some conditions here in greece the people say the price they're being made to pay if simply too high earning that. is deadline day for the thirst to be hit with the

greek government's new special tax it's one of the measures they put in place to try to secure the next tranche of money the country needs to avoid bankruptcy the extra tax which is about another three percent for people's annual income is supposed to help plug some of the massive deficit in the budget nothing more than a year's salary cuts rises in living costs the people here ready at breaking point the last two years almost everybody has ruled out greece thirty percent of. people's desperation has become increasingly evident on the streets of greece the violence is repeatedly breaking out between riot place and protesters. even more clashes this parliament again they didn't yet know the austerity measure in the form of any property tax. all of this. to put greece out there are you. just for political reasons greece and greeks do

not need a m.-f. many people in greece now question just here it is i think control unfortunately very very a leaders in euro zone are the bankers. from european central bank bankers our shareholders are not being. called again and again and again i receive. in europe because measures failing to have effect as political leaders continue to struggle to convince the public the future of the euro is a still hangs in the balance but these protests played a strict austerity measures to continue many people his big greece is a country now at risk of having not only a financial but the democratic deficit as well. as like the pilot voting in

athens and still ahead and the program for you hello to our still great all service border with northern cos of all terrorist violence as nato forces leave several people they're trying to dismantle roadblocks near a disputed. by egypt's ruling military council has given in to the demands of protesters and political parties and agree to make changes to the election law well there were fears the current rules could enable supporters of ousted president mubarak to come back to power and have congress problem three elections the decision comes out for friday's massive protest thousand strong square in an attempt to reclaim the revolution demanding a transfer of power to civilian rule and an emergency law artes and he said now i want to cairo to see what else is driving people back onto the streets. 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 proust mubarak egypt it's pretty twee maligns where you'll find the new chapter hasn't been published and it did were slightly revised we still have the supreme council of the armed forces of those. i cannot say that they have been. in any sense using this country towards democracy warrick may be gone but his policies are not the most new 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 trial for the last six months some twelve thousand during the entire thirty year rule of war on average civilians are giving rise to you know seven years in prison a lot of torture has occurred since staff has come into power. actor only submarine guns and 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 because the looks were much worse he said very long they told me but i had to stick it humbly for months after that i was shot for the struggle and peter with a baton ahead over least only because i'm well known now i'm not allowed to leave the country for thirty years according to law if i have to seek asylum but all stay and fight for freedom like mubarak skaf gets the supported needs to rule egypt from abroad day that we get from the us the one point five billion a year the easier to seize from from the usa and most of it entirely goes to the supreme court to the to the army or the scouts and while the west coast history books will change for the better the arab spring is a massive opportunity to spread peace prosperity democracy egypt's sions

are left reading the writing on the wall and many more experience in the same as before don't want to focus on it it's getting more worse and he's now a r.t. carro. the libyan city of sirte is plunging deeper into a humanitarian crisis the battle for one of gadhafi few remaining strongholds shows no signs of abating well on saturday revolutionary forces claim they completely surrounded the colonel's hometown and his loyalists forces were being forced out and while thousands are fleeing the siege talent driven from their homes by fierce fighting and the lack of vital supplies aid agencies say those injured a trapper desperate pleas of medical help people dying in the hospital because of oxygen and fuel shortages antiwar activist brian becker says vito's declared mission to protect civilians is now more questionable than ever. clearly they're

not protecting civilians when they're bombing cities that are considered to be proclaimed offie when they're killing people not because they've done something wrong but because their own political beliefs are contrary to what nato wants in terms of the kind of government they want for libya so i think that 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 but the goal of the nato powers is to carry out regime change so that there could be a government is gone once and forever and that there will be a new government that will not necessarily be more democratic or more humane but will be an l. y. 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 about for the ninth largest oil reserves in the world well syria is another country still suffering internal conflicts but this week western countries did drop calls

for immediate sanctions on the syrian regime if all this criticism from russia which says that negotiations are the only way forward. practically we cannot support the project that is being pushed through by western countries and it is among other things to do with the libyan experience foreign minister sergei lavrov criticized proposed sasha and say they lacked strategic perspective of a recap of how things unfolded at the united nations are all about sides are deep dark. violence flared up again this week around kosovo's northern border as nato troops attempted to dismantle serbian roadblock several serbs were wounded a bit claims the alliance led forces were using live rounds were called serbs have barricaded the road to the spirit ones that albanian sees earlier with the help of k. four troops but artie's aleksei out of shops he has the story from possible. in some parts of the world this rocky road would probably be part of an extreme safari the

course of world it is now a quite expansive. ever says july's border dispute many lives have been dependent on this god per se can 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 quarter of the course of the serbs have 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 it's on tuesday the situation turned critical again clashes between the barricading serbs and the k for troops led to multiple injuries on both sides ok for blame because it was serbs for starting the violence but angel xander reach a father of two saw it differently that. 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 nato forces also claim they used only rubber bullets and tear gas against the protesting mob this was quickly rejected by doctors in need of its fuelling speculation as to who remains stuck with. forty seven men and heavy condition gunshot wounds fractures and bruises all those wounds were caused by regular bullets which we extracted from their bodies make the troops we set up a derivative of their weapons at journalists and issues they should have for anyone . 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 was the forest for the albanian separatists are now acting as their infantry belgrade has reacted with indignation and hope to go she is with course. until the dispute is resolved meanwhile j. for refuses to comment on their actions and bulldozed to the water barricades the

border is open now just short of trucks looking a breach just metres away from the scorched road block suggests this battle is far from over banners like this one are scattered all across northern of course of all 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 whole kenyan melting board nobody knows where this standoff go and. for troops were to come here and now they're frozen territorial dispute let's see ourselves see reporting from kosovo well do stay with us here on our tail the back of the headlines short.

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