nato is mission to protect civilians more questionable that. you're watching r t coming to you live from moscow our top story wall street protesters in new york say they will continue demonstrations the pledge comes out their police violently dispersed a rally and arrested more than seven hundred people after a dramatic showdown on the brooklyn bridge well thousands have now joined the movement dubbed occupy wall street angry at what they call corporate domination and as large as maybe the 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 a wall street and then walked onto the brooklyn bridge we can't deny the fact that the media in the u.s. is covering it 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 or not give them ample coverage 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 demonstrating a continued 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 out by wall street several women were maced in the face by a police officer others were arrested there was a confrontation. in 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. want to discuss the latest developments in the us i live by tony gosling investigative journalist or from mr gosling the scenes that we've been seeing a police brutality angry protesters well this isn't the middle east or north africa i mean this is going on in new york city it's being called the american spring do you think that's a fair comparison. american autumn certainly the idea of occupy wall street i think is a brilliant one because the present people who have been running the american financial system over the last ten twenty years or so of clearly made a mess of it and i'd like to see some of these very ordinary people all the foundations that are out there right now actually i think they could do a far far better job so i'm very happy to see this happen the thing is what's happened is particularly the american people but also others of us in the west have been caught in a financial rat trap by this law and you know there are lives of billions of people are being affected by it so i am absolutely happy that this is happening in the

united states and of course not happy about the and i think you're absolutely right to call it censorship the lack of coverage it seems this is a great deal of embarrassment that this is simply that is what is actually going on here particularly here in the in the u.k. press as well there's been very very little coverage of it i mean we're happy to report these kinds of things when they happen in other parts of the world but this is happening in our own backyard and it's hardly been reported here in britain at all and that's because of the massive embarrassment factor financially you've got of them in a mess of things and it's time to sort them out right away do you think that it's probably could it be a could it be a possible reason that the protests in new york city has probably not just read not yet reached critical mass that would make it higher up in the headlines. well of course it should be much more in the headlines because it's in our part of the world rather than one of the other parts of the world that should make it a much bigger story but there is clearly embarrassment about this and also it seems

that the the options are being closed off by the financial elite which includes to a large extent some of the mainstream media this is why it is not being a proper explanation look what happened for example to dominique strauss can he was a socialist financial guy who was offering some solutions consolidation of these various different debts around the eurozone and he was there in sting operation it seems now was launched against him i think we're dealing with people who are absolutely in denial they're not interested in what he or ordinary people want and i think this tells us the scales are falling from our eyes this shows us that america is not a democracy they're not listening to what the people have got to say and these are all to repeal coming up with their solutions because those people charged with running our financial system have not just made a mess of things they have actually orchestrated that system in their own interests like i'd also like to talk about the year the police brutality that have been reported and we've been seeing it in videos apparently they acted violently what do

you think the consequences of that will be do you think protesters will turn violent in return. well it's absolutely inexcusable for the police to be wading in in a democracy note in a democracy the police do not white into peaceful demonstrators as they have been in new york so i think this is another indication that america's democracy is actually failing us at the moment is failing the world and it's absolutely norm for them to be going around the world so-called spreading democracy when they haven't even got democracy in their own country you know in their own government institutions they need to be listening to what these people have got to say and of course they're not listening what we've seen is some of the big personalities who've been frozen out of the u.s. corporate media over the years like roseanne barr appearing and giving speeches to the crowds egging on the crowds in a fantastic fashion she is another person who's got the solutions what we need to see is arrests of some of the boards of these massive banks that have been committing fraud like j.p. morgan and goldman sachs and we also need to see a government stepping in the u.s.

treasury stepping in to stop the financial situation getting any worse but it seems they're scared of this elite cult which is running wall street right now and so you know i think this is a this is not going to just go away as the elite want to just as the media seem to want to grab it because they have just want to bring a slightly bigger picture and just briefly obama is facing reelection of course next year the campaign is already on how do you think these protests will affect that. it's difficult to say at this stage because a year is a long talk with a week is a long time in politics that's a long long time in the future but certainly a bomber seems to have completely failed to inspire not just the u.s. people but the world it seems he's more like a kind of glove puppet for the elite of wall street and it's not forget the private military companies and the military industrial complex in the us this is all becoming one kind of organization a kind of shadow government and actually obama is is is not really

a player in this kind of thing so i think possibly it will be almost irrelevant who gets in as the next president unless it's someone who's prepared to deal with this financial elite right thanks very much for a faster basket of journalist tony gosling talking to us live from bristol thanks to. now the discontent being seen in the us indicates something is going very wrong in the way the country's ruled now that's the view of prominent author and professor noam chomsky his full interview is coming up next hour. wall street you can see. serious power. in the world right it's. much like a third world country. two thirds of the public thinks the entire congress would be thrown out it means that the system isn't working and the public knows. the popularity of the favorable rating for congress and the president not much harder

on the same bunch of course all of the. it's a very widespread sense that everything is going wrong that tells you the democratic system is just not functioning. well i was just getting some updates from our correspondent on the ground there in new york city at this she's been telling us that the hundreds of people are gathering at wall street again a dissipating a crowd gathering to gather in this occupy wall street a protest i will give you all the latest updates as it when we get there we do have someone there monitoring the situation on the ground. rival thousands have marched through the northern british city of manchester in another protest a sturdy katsu public services and pensions rally in opposition to the governing coalition and organized by trade you has coincided with the ruling conservative party's conference in the city r.t.s. or and that was there for us. the conservative posse conference has started ten

months and the movement politicians in delegates started to arrive this happened overnight is 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 talks and you've literally got boots sorts of people hey you've got the older generation saying hands off all pensions you've got to sort of middle age generation who fear that their job see because as money to public services is lashed you've got to very very young who are worried that some things like necessary means that its provisions for education will be caught and of course manchester have the mike the student population you've 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 here to austin just why they thought it was important to turn out today and here's what they told me i think it's important we send

a message to the good mood covering all schooled in particular that the people who only really to poll woodies. could still be so this is important. to put we should let the government know who the majority of people who are opposed to what we do you know usually really cool shit shaking up the pages to show that if you join the give a choice schools that what it meant to detroit to move me up we will 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 thirty fifth made by they calling for a general strike the public sector workers to down leave was showing the government just exactly what it would be like. public sector workers didn't in fact show up in the morning that's what they're planning to do a lot of the biggest unions in the country in unison yes they have all turned out here today to say we will die and shields on the thirtieth of november moment that you going make these deep cuts in public sector funding that you are proposing yet

the rules. well the discontent in the u.k. is only now gathering pace but protests in debt ridden greece have been going on for months you can all make the same moves closer for athens with a vital rescue payment delayed and the country quickly running out of cash. plus strife for statehood the future of palestine is clouded in free with the shadow of an imminent u.s. veto hanging over its bid at the u.n. security council. well this week's headlines in russia have a dominated by the plan to reshuffle in tandem as well as the sudden departure of the finance minister well it prompted an unexpected interview from the president as he clarified his decision not to run for office again you got to be to go over reports the pre-election period in russia may hold even more surprises. this week's headlines have been all that if putin putin meant that if the news of the jumps 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 them like a man if you think your views on russia's economic agenda differ from mine as president if you can resign his pneumonia what's the. images of my opinions do differ from yours but only take such a decision after i've talked to the prime minister has been to most observers you can talk to whoever you want including the prime minister but as long as i'm the president i make these decisions. was the surprise right now between the president and putin's longtime ally aleksey could rent left many questioning is there a split in the tandem or at the solution is the situation with mr cooder it is

a matter of discipline in government service we are a presidential republic not a parliamentary ones it implements the president's policy must if you don't agree you should step down meanwhile many read it not as a sign of a split but of a new maturity in russia's democracy i believe is almost for mostly a wish for thing carol all the bottles are born else these people probably remember the times of the hobo overthrow for there was a rift inside the port of bureau which ultimately was one of the reasons for the collapse of the u.s.s.r. and i remember before coming to power gave an interview where he basically said that russia will not survive another conflict inside of elites 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 let me trim it very difficult to meet top t.v. hats to cross the t.'s and dot the i's. of course 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 and his rating is even higher than the election campaign has just started which ask ourselves a simple question which what if our people rejected. what will happen to these decisions by the convention these decisions are merely the party's recommendation to those people that all the choices are made by the people and these are not me a word to top saluki true any politician of any political field may lose an election but many questions are still in the air like why would a politician like nixon advantage of whose 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 many 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 of process and politics there are many more moves to be made before the final makeup of the new government is no it's to do that show on our t.v. . well if you want to see the interview president medvedev gave to the russian media in the fall we have to do is log on to right now to our website that's our dot com. i want to say that read in greece tighten its belt even further to praise its creditors the country's government approved a new property tax and the move received an angry response from greeks who are already burdened by a sturdy measures meanwhile the decision on another portion of the rescue package is still. delayed international inspectors are in athens assessing whether greece disserves a cash injection the last chance for the country to avoid

a bailout avoid a default that is our first reports the public remains convinced that the relentlessness turn policy is only making things worse. greece has been the poster child of the year i think that crisis with germany very thing to expand the bailout fund the country look starts to get that much needed cash injection help come with some conditions here in greece the people say the price they're being made to pay is simply too high burning that. is deadline day for the first 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 from people's annual income supposed to help plug some of the massive deficit in the budget but after more than a year's salary cuts rises in living costs the people here are already at breaking

point the last two years almost. thirty percent of his salary or. people's desperation has become increasingly evident on the streets of greece the violence is repeatedly breaking out between riot police protesters. even more clashes his parliament again feted in yet another measure the fall of any property tax many people in greece now question just who it is saying control unfortunately . very early in your resume are the bankers. there. is much to share from european central bank bankers are not shared folders. again and again and again are the. taxpayers in the euro zone despite germany having dated positively to expand the size and power of the european bank out to

fund the ready critics are questioning whether that will be enough insights now turn to the many challenges. still faces if the problem will move from greece and we start talking to other european countries then the german banks which are for sure even germany about. being you know. will be affected you will find the solution could be not just for greece but for all the european union countries with pos measures failing to have the facts it is political leaders continue to struggle to convince the public the truth. still hangs in the balance with these protests. to continue many people hit the greece is a country now at risk of having not only a financial but it democratic deficit as well. outside the parliament building in athens now in or out the british demand say parliament is forced to debate

whether the u.k. should hold a referendum on the future of membership to the european union without software one hundred thousand people signed a petition you can find out more about story on our website that's r t v dot com. egypt's ruling military council has given in to the demands of protesters and political parties and agreed to make changes to the election law there were fears that current rules could enable supporters of ousted president mubarak to come back to power in november elections the decision comes after friday's my. and protests thousands thronged tahir square in an attempt to quote reclaim the revolution demanding a transfer of power to civilian rule and an end to emergency law parties and he said now i went to cairo to see what else is driving people back onto the streets. that this was it 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 ended or slightly revised we still have the supreme council of the on pour so those are all orders i cannot say that they have been. in any sense getting this country towards democracy barak may be gone but his policies are not that hosni 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 mubarak average civilians are giving five to you know seven years in prison a lot of torture that has occurred since skaf has come into power.

actor ali soberly doesn't clown around when it comes to the supreme council or scaf he has taken part in protests since day one and still has scars from being detained . much worse he said very long they told people they had to stick it hungry for months after that i was shocked to the studs and beaten with a baton ahead least only because of well known and now must not leave the country for thirty years according to if i have to seek asylum but all stay and fight for freedom like mubarak skaf gets the support it needs to rule egypt from. the aid that we get from the us that one point five billion a year easier proceeds from from the usa. most of it entirely goes to the supreme court to the army you know the scouts and one of the west boost history books will change for the better the arab spring is

a massive opportunity to spread peace prosperity democracy egypt sions are left reading the writing on the wall in many areas it's the same as before during or different from in some areas it's getting more worse and he's now a r t congress. of the libyan city of sirte to sponging deeper into a humanitarian crisis the battle for one of gadhafi is few remaining strongholds shows no signs of abating on saturday revolutionary forces claim they've completely surrounded the colonel's hometown and his loyalist forces who are slowly being forced out meanwhile thousands are fleeing the besieged town driven from their homes by fierce fighting and the lack of vital supplies agency save those injured and trapped are in desperate need of medical help with people dying in the main hospital because of oxygen and fuel shortages antiwar activist brian becker says nato has 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 pro khadafi 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 the. gadhafi government is gone once and forever and 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 about africa the ninth largest oil reserves in the world well syria is another

country still suffering internal conflict with this week at western countries that did drop calls for immediate sanctions on the syrian regime it follows criticism from russia which says that negotiations are the only way forward. that we cannot support that is being pushed through by western countries but it is among other things to do with the libyan experience foreign minister sergey lavrov criticized proposed sanctions saying a lot strategic perspective all the recap of how things unfolded in the united nations on our website again that's our team dot com. the u.s. security council started it considering the palestinian's bid for statehood on friday it was officially submitted by the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas last week while a total of nine out of fifteen votes in the security council are needed to push the application through the u.s. already said it will use its veto power to block the process but even if washington blocks the bid the palestinians could still get an elevated legal status in the

u.n. general assembly where they have a majority of support policy to lead over what abbas has told r.t. arabica he's concerned the u.s. will pressure u.n. security council members to vote against the bid for the full interview is coming up here on monday right here on our team. we knew in advance and we were officially notified that washington will use its veto during the voting and 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 points. in the general assembly big and small alike in particular the members of the u.n. security council to vote against palestinian membership in the un base is the key concern for us all the member states all the security council have the right to use ole as i would put it misuse their rights to veto of course such a decision will be regrettable. well do stick around i'll be back with

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welcome back you're watching our live from moscow and these are the headlines the arab spring echoes in america u.s. police use force to disperse wall street protesters arresting more than seven hundred people taking part in a rally that's quickly gaining momentum across the country. and across the atlantic in the u.k. unions angry at budget cuts to bring thousands out to rally demanding a david cameron's coalition government resign. also in this week's top stories president medvedev explains his decision not to run for a second term aside to anybody here putin is greater popularity at home his comments come in a surprise interview that stirred up debate about the country's political future. adar humanitarian situation in the besieged libyan town.