these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to go for asians are today. breaking news on live pictures of a right here as police have unleashed tear gas on protesters in athens a twenty four hour a nationwide strike is underway all across greece and a popular response to the government's latest round of austerity measures. break out between the police and the protests on the streets of the phrase i think . you'll be late you may be in. russia and china have blocked the resolution on syria the u.n. security council saying the text does not rule out foreign military intervention.

and in business the russian markets are struggling between gains and losses on stronger crude prices an overnight rally on wall street journey for more in our business bulletin it's. a very warm welcome to you this is alex the line from moscow with me rory sunshine breaking news this hour police have started using tear gas on protesters gathering in the center of today are turning to live pictures right here on r.t. thousands of people have gathered to voice their discontent over the government's latest austerity measures flights canceled schools closed hospitals operating at limited capacity again live pictures right here as we see some defense forces there as the crowds are out of shot right now but we'll continue to pan across these live

pictures for you as we cross live now to offer you sarah who are standing by. hi sara so a dramatic development what are you seeing there we've seen some pictures where the big crowds are gathering now the police are out in response. absolutely the contrast just one hour ago when i was speaking tea and then we had thousands of people just outside the parliament building you can see now a lot of these people have been cleared we were just on the streets of the front here i'll see if i can show you some of the knocks left by the tear gas that was yes we really that was how quickly the situation escalated very very quickly indeed we saw caucus of the protesters clashing with the riot police he moved into the center as you can still see there are pockets of them around and about people of the moment again a little bit unsure of what to do we've got here gas in the air that horrible of a stinging gas that has filled the air from where they said they saw you can still see them lining the streets outside the parliament building and still the pockets

of the protesters here just on the streets and they being pushed further back on syntagma after we saw those clashes right now they came today to protest against the measures and we seen these protests get violent before and unfortunately that's exactly what's happening here again today thousands of thousands of people clearing the streets very very quickly because as he said they have been here before they know exactly how quickly these things escalate we've already seen a couple of people who are needing medical attention we've got some of the ambulances just down the back of the parliament building as well we did see some people on the ground receiving medical attention so really very disappointing at the very concerning for everyone involved here the main workers unions leading this strike against because you can actually hear at the moment on the streets there are still pockets of people shouting sort of a lot of standoff with these riot police here you can feel the tensions in some of these areas happening say and very concerning indeed and to what the main workers

unions would have wanted to see but unfortunately once again showing the level of discontent here in greece. showing also that i protest where you are so you're on top of the building there looking down upon these protesters are seeing the riot police and full riot gear. as you said the spreading of tear gas in the area when you and i spoke one hour ago there certainly were more people there would seem the riot police certainly dispersing the people fairly quickly but again the people are there for one major reason that of the latest round of austerity cuts or the cuts to pensions to salaries to the health benefits as well i would imagine the mood is not going to improve any time soon. but really the namesake is here has been on trying to find a realistic approach to dealing with this crisis and what people have said is as he said they seen these tax hikes they see their salaries cut they had a job losses announced these are the people who are being taxed and this is the money that's the place to plug the deficit and what i'm listening telling me is

really how on earth can the leaders can the greek government expect to plug that is it with money that simply isn't there and as we state you can see the level of discontent on the streets breaking out in these violent clashes that we've seen again with the riot place it's really very sad indeed they cannot cite the parliament building you can see very clearly yourself who widening gap here in the country between the government on the one hand and the people who simply cannot live with these measures they really one of the major challenges is going to be cowed if you can even regain the public support at this time because you're simply not we've been told by many people going to be able to reestablish questions repeat the economy without the public support as we said before you know really make no mistake this isn't just greta's problem anymore and this is the situation it's going to come a little bit closer to home for all of us really because this is going to affect the entire usa in areas you know e.u. leaders have been very aware that say the talks in discussions about this money

coming to greet them pretty expected there we see that because if greece pulls what everyone's been talking a little realises that they're concerned about is this domino effect and you know as we said before this is where the economic crisis really played out this is what ends up with these people on the street with the years of simply untellable measures they said that they can live with and that's the result really these violent clashes breaking out the level of discontent extremely high and really people looking for a solution very soon because it's a very very serious situation that they're in right now. sara we are with you throughout the day to surf life thank you. russia and china have vetoed a u.n. security council resolution on syria but the european backed draft called on damascus to end its crackdown on protesters or face quote targeted measures but they're both moscow and beijing said this could pave the way for a libya style military intervention more important i am now at the latest from new

york. russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin said the draft was too one sided he described the resolution as a confrontational approach taken by the european delegation and against the peaceful settlement to the crisis now this draft resolution was proposed by france with the support of portugal the u.k. and germany but the one part of the text that many countries seem to disagree with was that that called for syria to comply with the resolution within thirty days and if it if not comply then the council would quote consider its options including unspecified quote measures and many council members including china russia brazil south africa interpretive these vague terms as leaving the door open

to sanctions now of course russia's one is one of many countries that has been opposed to international sanctions against syria ambassador churkin says moscow believes the violence should be stopped through internal reforms and political dialogue not external sanctions or military intervention such as the case of libya you put in you can see what you broke with the draft resolution which was not supposed to be was based on an entirely different philosophy the philosophy of confrontation we cannot agree with its one sided accusations against damascus we believe the threat of implementing sanctions against the syrian government is that it suitable for this approach contradicts the principle of peaceful settlement prices based on common serious national going to. brazil india south africa and lebannon of stained from voting on the resolution but it was the united

states that voiced eight. stream disappointment that the security council did not vote to mentally adopt the resolution moving forward russia and china said that they will be working on a resolution to gather that they say will be more balanced in the case of syria now we do know that some council members wanted not only the syrian government condemned for the violence but also a condemnation against all the government protesters that may have been inflaming the violence that has been breaking out over the course of six months but that is a measure that the europeans did not want included in this resolution. to be heard by russia and china for those three months of heated debate in new york but this agreement has split security council but it was sort of like that is it justified the means are going to introduce. it's actually

a rare case of russia using its veto at the u.n. security council russia has only used its power of veto seven times since nine hundred eighty four that is fewer than the u.k. and that's way less than the united states and the fact that low scale has used this last resort shows that it's trying to prevent a similar scenario in yet another arab state to what happened in libya back in march that resolution on libya was passed russia abstained from the vote but the u.n. mandate was quickly picked up by nato which sided with anti gadhafi forces in libya helping them to topple because no and russia insist that in case of libya this u.n. mandate was misused and now it has vowed not to let that happen again actually russia is the only permanent member of the u.n. security council which is actively trying to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the crisis in syria it has hosted representatives so forth

president bashar al assad and members of the opposition trying to notch them into a dialogue and russian lawmakers also want to enough punch finding mission to syria which has concluded that the moscow's beason fab's trying to implement the democratic reforms which it promised but it needs more time to bring them into force the u.s. and its western allies have already imposed a set of sanctions aimed against regime of president assad and they have caused him to step down well russia stands at the point that any one sided approach could only make matters worse and it could be sending a biased signal all strong support for the opposition to keep fighting which could only fuel time shown in that country. while the syrian ambassador was given the floor in new york following a security council vote but. took the chance to have a go at washington. the u.s.

is used to veto fifty times to protect israel and it continues to threaten to use the usual power this could be considered proceeding in genocide. so all the entire u.s. delegation headed by susan rice i walk out of the meeting all in protest the syrian envoy was referring to america's stance on the palestinian bid for full recognition at the u.n. the white house said it will veto any resolution for grants state are saying that such a move can only come through direct talks between israel and the palestinians. want to discuss those developments around syria we speak to our political analyst from the institute of what i mean international relations thank you for joining us on the program today so the veto of resolution was put forward by several european states but it was the u.s. that voice the most satisfaction if i quite an emotional response from america what's what's in all this for washington you know the souls of emperors and cloudless i cast on the same all the same reason makes us wrangles our neighbor

causes war between us so the thing is a few hundred years old but still. i think american reaction to this context was quite emotional you know united states and western european countries. has been pushing through this resolution for quite a long period of time and you see it was basically a total failure because russia and china cost a very rare double the tool the people who choose to work post with it talk to us about the geopolitical implications here because some say we're iraq and libya there were certain motivations or perhaps even you know energy wealth there but syria doesn't have the vast oil fields of libya so are there other geo political motives here you know i don't feel that for russia is political motivation by basically the moral principles here match a lot because you know the. the national law as we have known it for many decades

since the second world war has been completely ignored since one thousand nine hundred one. and now what we're seeing a leading see it. means that international law is meant as nothing now and for russia it's a very important to. united security council one of the pillars of the international stability international law because you see a. former bush administration. there removing those pillars of international stability. peace for over sixty years i'm sorry if i could just jump in just for a moment here as we know just a sideline note as we know the whole palestinian bid of the u.n. israel's very opposed to washington post where israel has a role to play when it comes to this being tonight or. this resolution being viewed regarding syria what israel's role here because there are some geopolitical

implications here it's absolutely because you know now israel is facing a real challenge is first of all the desire to have their nation state move forward as never before relations of the structure are not as perfect as they used to be and of course syria syria's in the region also peril for the very existence. you see israel is pretty interested in regime change in syria even if. you regime that you have a true places. other terrorists. but if the west was able to somehow implement a puppet more proceed in syria if they were able to get rid of the assad regime could that strengthen israel's position because syria is known for having good relations with iran and with hezbollah as well first of all i think it's a complete illusion that a part of democracy is possible in such countries as. syria or libya for instance

and see if they can she is most likely to turn into complete. and haven't for many years or indicates in the past what the west would like us but that's where the west tends to get involved when chaos breaks out how the money breaks how the west goes well here's our excuse or reason to jump in for for a humanitarian intervention you know i guess in this context they're going to the west is going to face a very serious support and like al qaida and other terrorist organisations you have to remember that during the years of saddam hussein in iraq there was not fired in iraq but now terrorist organizations from all of the world came here and they're going to see something workload and i'm all for early eighty's where terrorist organizations from all over the world. and syria could join in thought or one of those fails i think it's a great it's a great danger for even thinking of regime change the regime is not perfectly what you're saying that if indeed there is some sort of regime change all the trouble in

the chaos and pandemonium would continue in syria that it become a hotbed for terrorists now if that is the case russia is the only major power trying to mediate a peaceful solution in syria surely the west should be doing the same if indeed your forecasts could be correct that it could become a hornet's nest with terrorists surely the western be concerned about about and should be more honest in its approach with syria i don't think the worst is a remark concerned first of all a lot of political leaders the worst now there are a bit. of the whole idea that we're going to remove remove those regimes. contras for the kids and then we'll be able to install some kind of part of democracy to continue with colonial policy of. the nineteenth century it's a complete illusion on this situation because i've been to syria been to talking to them those border regions recently and. that there is very different

from what was only ten to fifteen years ago there are many who say when it comes to or trying to implement a public democracy in that part of the world or who would want it in that part of the world certainly when it comes to iraq we've seen ongoing violence even an escalation in violence in recent months in iraq as u.s. troops are preparing for their final withdrawal their iraq lot and hit us all the time we have for your from the institute of world economy and international relations many thanks. well we're always interested in your opinions here in our time for you to have your say i tell us what you think about the situation in syria click onto our website r.t. dot com you can be a part of our latest poll that's bring up the numbers right now and have a look where you stand today we ask what's going to happen now the u.n. security council resolution on syria has gone so far that most aid nato will resort to false flag attacks by the view that syria's enemies will issue a unilateral sanctions that comes in second something diplomats will work on a better resolution and fewer number of you believe that the russia china stance

will see violence come to an end if i do get involved we want your opinion and r.t. dot com. russia as a federal security service has revealed that the arrest of a chinese citizen for espionage the man identified as to an action young faces charges for attempted spying and allegedly trying to obtain information on a system more on this let's cross live now to our correspondent artes are you able to piss going off your details here and good to see you so what do you know about the alleged chinese spy so far. this is a chinese man who worked here in russia as a translator for official chinese delegations and now he's accused of trying to bribe his way into getting access to secret technical documentation on three hundred air defense systems these federal security service says no keys over two or more school boards actually it's reported that he was arrested just around

a year ago but it's not only know that the piece is been passed over for this story into the media at the moment there's been no official reaction from the chinese authorities or from the foreign ministry here in moscow but it's interesting russia used to explore the three hundred air defense systems to china because she's actually sort of to produce them all and so. their production with you're in russia has been fully suspended with the more modern. four hundred and five hundred air defense systems seeking ways. it's going to it's going to thank you very much. are you with us to go to some other major stories from around the world for you this hour government troops have opened fire on tribesmen who are supporting protesters in the southern a yemeni city overtight activists also clashed with security forces in the capital sanaa that's where over one hundred people were

caught up in fighting and killed last month meanwhile thousands took to the streets of yemen protesting the decades long rule of president saleh the uprising in yemen started in february and has reportedly claimed the lives of over fifteen hundred people. today in students continue with demonstrations against the government but calling for better public education it's after president sebastian pinera threatened tougher sentences for protesters who occupy schools or university buildings at least twenty were arrested by riot police who dispersed the rest using tear gas and water cannons in the capital santiago when i was a lot project has been seen by student groups as a provocation which works against five months of negotiations between students and the door for us. to mexico where security forces have arrested eighteen people arrested eighteen police officers accused of working with zetter one of the most powerful drug cartels there along with those captured about nine

inmates who had been part of a recent mass breakout from prison in the state of veracruz a tip off by locals led troops to a small village where the fugitives were hiding out the gang was planning to join the notorious cartel which has ravaged parts of the country with killings kidnapping and extortion since last week and almost two hundred police officers have been arrested for alleged ties with illegal drug dealing. all right it's good to have you with us here on r.t. and we have breaking news coming in from greece where police have been using tear gas on protesters gathering in the center of athens today again a live pictures for you here on r.t. live pictures from central athens just outside the main government building thousands of people have come together to demonstrate their anger at the government's ongoing all stary the measures we continue to have live coverage of the developments in the square of course you can follow these all that our website . as we follow these live pictures here you can see the riot police in the lower

part of your view of your screen over the past hour or so we've seen thousands of people quite forcefully dispersed by riot police as they disperse with the tear gas in the area our correspondent sarah ferguson i will check in with her again live pictures central athens right here on. our let's get to business news here with. welcome to our business update this thanks for joining me russian markets are struggling high as strong record prices and gains in europe are helping russian equities to cover the losses russia took a big hit during the latest market turmoil that's best as pull their cash out of risky developing countries i don't say that. if a double dip recession is recorded and that the markets. emerging markets in general are much stronger fiscally they have much stronger growth that

is expected in europe and u.s. and corporations in emerging markets such as russia and elsewhere are also much stronger so you know i think that once for now investors are simply right on concerns that we could get a catastrophe if we can avoid because hastert now looks more likely and i think once we settle down we will see more money coming back to emerging markets faster than to developed markets. latest market tourists have many investors scratching their heads over where to put their money just announced a from merrill lynch suggests infrastructure projects still offer the prospect of some stability but when you look at a lot of infrastructure projects the trunk she notes it was there may be emerging markets but also believe they'll be great way to global trade whether it's passenger traffic will free traffic around the think a lot of investors say that was a little truancy on the volunteers of these projects or we've probably choice poll companies they tend to be great ways to do a trade and for us to say i'll invest in the rest of infrastructure but most of us

are going to have it was rationed i mean opening of that market to new investors new companies overseas so it's an interesting way to play an emerging market but also the risk you run just to get a company the volume structure to support both of those next week right. let's take a look at the markets now it was in the black for the first day and for us to report that the u.s. custom made stockpiles drop five million barrels last week which is rose almost four percent of the falling eight percent of the past three days now brant blend is trading at one hundred and one dollars. is at seventy almost seventy eight dollars a barrel in europe markets bounce high as investors await data on the labor market and services sector banking stocks are among the main advances following a late rally on wall street among major lenders shares those are bankrolled by a four percent in frankfurt and b. and b. parivar on five point eight percent in paris here in moscow stocks not a stock markets are in the black again after sharply slipping into the red now

let's take a look at some individual shambles on classics right now and as you may just makes this all on point four percent in the red as well look for there is one more than one and a half percent and banking stocks are also getting with the country's biggest lender spare back order to stand up. russia's leading iron ore producer mattel invests has boosted its first half net profit by ninety percent nine hundred. it was strong the alst was as was increased supply on. other russian ruble still feels the pressure of the currency has lost thirteen percent of its value against the u.s. dollar this autumn and radio gain from for its club says this is not due to a fundamental weakness in the domestic economy but right now we see that oil prices are on quite comfortable level for their i should make on the me and the

four ruble it means that. russian ruble has the potential to be a much stronger but. also speculative. trends on the russian com some markets because the. banks buying cipro balls from central bank also take someone from the budget options from you through firearms and then they. would be bad on the stronger dollar. that's it for this hour for more stories check our website. that's all right.

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