broadcasting live direct from central moscow this is r t glad to have you with us top stories anti a wall street protesters have vowed to continue their fight that's despite saturday's arrest of more than eight hundred demonstrators who are blocking parts of the brooklyn bridge the movement called occupy wall street is venting its anger at high unemployment rates at the two thousand and eight bank bailouts and social injustice and as artie's marina portnoy explains the action of police is likely to add more fuel to the fire. nearly eight hundred protesters were arrested on saturday have been released by the new york city police department and as you could see by the crowd behind me these demonstrators are back on wall street continuing in their activism now it is this park here on wall street where the began their walk on saturday thousands of people eventually walked to the lower

manhattan to the brooklyn bridge and once they got on to the brooklyn bridge that's when the mass of rest were taking place chaos ensued police officers were using nets to catch people that were on the bridge the bridge was closed down on both sides according to the new york city police department those people were arrested for civil disobedience now the people that took part in the demonstration on saturday are members of occupy wall street a group that has come together to demonstrate against government backed bank bell outs and corporate influence on u.s. politics occupy wall street's describes itself as a resistance movement that has been inspired by the arab spring they said the time has come for an american spring or an american auto they say that their movement is now catching not only national attention but international attention and they are receiving even more support when it comes to how the u.s.

mainstream media is covering the story that's an interesting take take a look at the new york times on sunday they had the largest picture of one syrian protesters here lots of stories about what's taking place in syria and yemen and when it comes to the new york city protesters being arrested just a small picture here on the bottom we should mention that also the new york times reporter was on those that were arrested on saturday so as this movement continues growing and expanding there is a larger police presence down here on wall street but these demonstrators that. well let's say they are determined to stay here and pioneer their message for the rest of the year and i mentioned also there will be you when you joining them later on in the week there have been scholars activists celebrities coming down they are here to throw their support behind occupy wall street what remains unknown is whether anybody in washington is to listen to me and will they do something about

what these people are saying or reporting for us there from new york and a radio host and author stephen leatherman says that what started in the middle east and in europe has finally reached the u.s. the protests are a sign that americans are trying to take the power back it's going out across europe it's going on in greece in spain and italy in the u.k. it portugal in ireland in other countries the arab spring to the s. and gloom but it certainly is for me it's the stain in committed americans of the last ones to react but now this is a route that the issue is wall street everybody knows that the bankers are bad guys who too big to fail banks should make this these people keep coming out in seven hundred would use the rest of it will be more in the streets they know a lot of things the rug but the core issue was the power of money for everyone

controls the power of money a supreme power that controls everything controls war and peace controls everything going on in the corporate world the bankers on wall street and the power of money literally read the bill goldman sachs runs the government j.p. morgan chase bank of america they were only government this asked to stop. sarah flounders from activist group international action center says the u.s. is preaching democracy around the world while forgetting about the rights of its own citizens. this is really a police effort to shut down mass dissent hear see u.s. government that claims to speak for democracy all over the world while dropping bombs on people in many many countries and here at home when people are involved in democratic protests and demonstrations against the domination of wall street representing really the interests of the vast majority of people in latest polls

today's show that seventy five percent of the population is sympathetic to these protests. thousands have marched through the northern of british city of manchester and another protest at austerity cuts to public services and pensions the rally in opposition to the governing coalition and organized by trade unions coincided with of the ruling conservative party's conference in the city ortiz lore and it was there. the conservative cause a conference has star say ten months just in the moment that politicians and delegates started to arrive this happens with 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 talks and you've literally got full sorts of people hey you've got the older generation saying hands off of pensions you've got the sort of middle aged generation who failed that their job 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 munches to maximise the student population so 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 us and 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 government to covering all sport in particular to the people on really to pole with the school kids to police overseas and. to put i'm sure that the government knows the majority of people opposed to what we do you know you'll shaking up the pages the show about to join the chinese schools that what it meant to try and build a movement what they would bring this government down and bring in a government that doesn't offer working people now look to the finest state you can see here around me are calling for

a strike on the thirty if that made them by their calling for a general strike the public sector was to down to leave wasn't sure the government just exactly what it would be like a public sector workers didn't in fact show up for work in the morning so 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 down tools on the fence it's an event but unless you promise that you're going to make these deep cuts in public sector for. i think that you'll put a date on the literal statement the prime minister david ignatius. the discontent in the u.k. is only now gathering pace about protests in a debt ridden greece have been going on for months economic doomsday moves closer for athens with a vital rescue payment delayed and the country quickly running out of cash. plus the strive for statehood for the future of palestine is a clouded in intrigue with the shadow of an imminent u.s. a veto hanging over its a bit of the u.n.

security council. the plan to reshuffle in the tandem has been the highlight of this week's headlines the sudden departure of the longest serving in now former finance minister and also gave the russian press plenty to chew on in fact dmitri medvedev felt compelled to explain it to the media face to face the reason behind his decision not to run for a second term in office and as artesia cut to the neglect of the reports the pre-election period in russia could hold even more surprises yet. i see this week's headlines have been made that if hootin putin made that it 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 if

you think your views on russia's economic agenda differ from mine as president if you can resign ship what's the one you just. my opinions do differ from yours but only take such a decision after i've talked to the prime minister. or 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 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 much 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 almost far more slayer wish for thing carol

all the bottles are born else these people probably remember the times of a horrible overthrow for there was a rift inside the port in the world which ultimately was one of the reasons for the collapse of the u.s.s.r. and i remember before coming to power i really didn't give an interview where he basically said that russia will not survive another conflict inside the 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 proud. didn't brought up so many questions that make treatment very difficult to meet top t.v. hats to cross the t.'s and dot. of course it's nice to know that people trust your president and that my approval ratings are 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. a simple question what if our people rejected.

what will happen to these decisions by the these decisions are merely the parties recommendation to those people that saw the choices made by the people and these are not me a word to top saluki true by any politician of any political. election but many questions are still in the air like why would a politician like nutriment vantive 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 quiz 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 for

our team. and for a full version of the interview with president medvedev you can always log onto our website r.t. dot com. the greek government says it's a budget deficit will be cut this year and next but it will still missed targets set by the e.u. and the international monetary fund. latest austerity measure is putting thirty thousand civil service staff on labor reserve by the end of the year and reducing their pain the movies to please creditors and to get them to hand over a billion euro and installment needed to avoid the nation going into bankruptcy next month international inspectors from the i.m.f. and european central bank are now in athens to decide whether greece should get that money. first reports the public long ago. will save the country's cripple the economy. greece has been the poster child of the year. with germany baiting to expand the belo the country look that's to get that much needed cash injection for

the help come with some conditions here in greece the people say that 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 is supposed to help plug some of the massive deficit in the budget but after more than a year's salary cuts and rises in living costs the people here are already at breaking point the last two years. of. people's desperation has become increasingly evident on the streets of greece the violence is repeatedly breaking out between riot place and protest is. even more

clashes this parliament again feted in yet another measure in the fold of any property tax. many people in greece now question just who it is the thing control unfortunately will be very early this euro zone are the bankers and the leader of the euro zone is mr bush from european central bank bankers are being shareholders are not being. called 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 pan out fund already critics are questioning whether that will be enough insights now turn to the many challenges you still faces heat the problem it will move from greece and will start touching the other european countries then the german banks to the end for sure even germany. are more

secure if you call them in the european union. will be affected you will find a solution could be not just for greece but for all the european union countries with past measures failing to have the facts in its political leaders continue to struggle to convince the public the future of the euro is a still hangs in the balance but these protests. continue many people have the greece is a country now at risk of having not only a financial but a democratic deficit as well sir artie outside the parliament building in athens. egypt's ruling military council has agreed to amend of the country's election law giving in to the demands of protesters political groups also have threatened to boycott upcoming polls fearing the current rules could allow supporters of x. president mubarak to return to power in november's problem entry elections the

decision that comes just days after a massive protest showed egypt's capital thousands gathered in cairo's main square in a rally to reclaim of the revolution many feel let down by. the transitional military council which has so far failed to implement promise to democratic reform parties and he's now he went to cairo to see what else is driving people back 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 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 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 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 has occurred since skaf has come into power. actor ali sabri doesn't clown around when it comes to the supreme council or skaf he has taken part in protests since day one and still has scars from being detained because the books are much worse he said very long they told people they had to stick it humbly for months after that i was shocked with a stun gun beaten with a baton on the head over least only because i'm well known and now most of us leave the country for thirty years according to you know if i have to seek asylum at all to stay fight for freedom like mubarak skaf gets the supported needs to rule egypt

from abroad the aid that we get from the u.s. that one point five billion a year that. from the usa. most of it entirely goes. to the supreme court to the 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. thousands of people remain trapped in the besieged the libyan city of syria is fighting between the forces loyal to national transitional council and could offer these remaining troops continues its plunging of the city deeper into a humanitarian crisis people are fleeing the town driven from their homes by fierce

fighting and a lack of essential aid agencies say those injured and trapped are in desperate need of medical help with people dying in the main hospital because of oxygen and fuel shortages anti-war activist brian becker says this shows nato mission in libya is doing a little to protect civilians. 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 and the goal of the nato powers is to carry out regime change so that the khadafy 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 ally or i would say in fact a proxy. 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. a brief look at some other international headlines for you right now. two thirty soldiers have been killed after yemeni warplanes bombed the positions of the country's own army it's not clear if the attack was a mistake the government has denied the incident however reports claimed the troops had joined the rebellion against yemen's president ali abdullah saleh the bombing was said to have been followed by an attack from al-qaeda linked militants who killed more officers at the base. france and the u.k. have warned of their citizens not to travel to the volatile kenya somalia border it follows that the kidnapping of a wheelchair bound french woman by somali militants near the popular resort of lamu

on saturday who woman has reportedly been transferred to a somalia after a sea rescue failed to get her back three weeks ago a british woman was abducted from a nearby resort and her husband was killed in an attack by somali pirates. two police officers have been killed in a car blast in russia's republic of doug a stop. earlier reports suggested a suicide bomber rammed into a moving a police vehicle but now authorities say a bomb went off in a vehicle parked at the side of the road as the police car was passing by investigators are working at the scene of the incident and of course we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. violence flared up again this week around kosovo's northern border as nato led troops attempted to dismantle a serbian roadblock several serbs were wounded amid claims k. four officers were using a live rounds local serbs have a barricaded the road to disputed checkpoints after albanians seized them with help from k. four parties alexia cesky has the story from kosovo. in some parts of the world

this walky road would probably be part of an extreme safari in kosovo it is now a quite. ever says july's 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 to the tens of thousands of serbs living in northern kosovo the course of the serbs have been very gating the road since july in response to the cost of the police checkpoints which enforce the trade embargo between belgrade and the meeting of itself on tuesday the situation turned critical again clashes between the barricading serbs and the k. four troops led to multiple injuries on both sides ok for blame the consular service for starting the violence but injured alex on the beach 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 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 started the it's. forty seven man and have a condition gunshot wounds fractures and bruises all those wounds were caused by regular bullets which we extracted from their bodies nato troops and we could be set up at the limits to their weapons and journalists and issued a shoot to kill the water for anyone trying to penetrate it they've totally and openly stepped out of their u.i. mandate and they're really really now just like during nine hundred ninety nine during the bombing when they were the air force for the albanian separatists are now acting as their infantry belgrade has reacted with indignation and halted

negotiations with the. until the dispute is resolved meanwhile the gauge for refuses to comment on their actions and bulldozed to the border barricades the border is open now to serve trucks blocking a breach just meters away from the destroyed world blog suggests this battle is far from over betters like this one are scattered all across northern of course civil war 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 book canyon melting board nobody knows where this standoff go and why the troops or become we get another frozen territorial dispute the next year or so to speak see reporting from kosovo. and you can always find more stories comments and videos on our website r.t. dot com here's some of what we have for you online tonight. america's use of a collective punishment strips palestinians of two hundred million dollars the

american congress blocked aid in response to attempts to have palestine recognized at the u.n. plus. preparing for another great flood noah's ark sails again thanks to a dutch family who promised free seats on board in case of an emergency. the u.n. security council started considering the palestinians bid for statehood on friday it was officially submitted by the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas last week 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 bit the palestinians could still get an elevated legal status in the u.n. general assembly where they have a majority of support palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has told r.t. arabic he is concerned that the u.s. will pressure u.n. security council members to vote against the bid the full interview is coming up at

four am g.m.t. here. we knew in advance and we were viciously notified that washington will use its veto during the voting in a bit 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 bigger smaller like in particular the members of the u.n. security council to vote against palestinian membership in the un but this is the key concern for us all the member states of the security council have the right to use all as i would put it misuse their right to have any say of course such a decision will be regrettable. and i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in just a few minutes stay with us on r.t. .

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and direct from our studios in central moscow to you this is r.t. glad to have you with us let's take a look at your top headlines mass arrests in new york as a police force a plea dispersed the occupy wall street demonstrators in an aggressive security operation that carries echoes of the arab spring more than seven hundred people were detained after marching on to the woodland bridge many protesters who claim police used excessive force. while in the u.k. anger at budget cuts and forced redundancies brought more than thirty thousand people onto the streets of manchester demanding prime minister cameron's resignation the rally was timed to coincide with the conservative party conference that forms part of the governing coalition. and in our review of the week's top stories president medvedev says that the main consideration behind his church.