us have been filmed beating back protesters at a mass demonstration in new york in the biggest event yet in the three week long rally called occupy wall street there are also reports pepper spray was used against the crowd and police have confirmed they've made dozens of arrests at the rally thousands more taking part in sustained protests to demand social and economic change activists say they're fed up with breaking their backs at work while wall street bankers room big bonuses argues marina horton eye has more. about ten to twenty thousand demonstrators were out on the street but from what we're being told may have actually broke out when the crowds part of the crowds that formed in lower manhattan via last street surge has to barricades around the new york stock exchange and officers moved in to contain the protesters trying what we saw on the video officers swatted protesters with the times sprayed them with mates at first for a warning to some reports even one local news reporter who is sprayed with pepper

spray his however man was hit with a big time things clearly getting violent down by wall street as this demonstration was carrying on all day long cops have arrested dozens of protesters but the final tally is not yet known or t. has checked in with the new york city police department and they don't have a final tally yet now let's remind our viewers this is not the first clash between officers and anti wall street protesters we saw last saturday nearly eight hundred of them were arrested in one day when they were taking part in a peaceful protest against corporate influence on u.s. politics against what they call corporate greed wall street greed the week before we we also saw several anti wall street protesters that are part of this. who

called occupy wall street they were me so in the face by a police officer police officers have used our initial netting. how to get to these protesters that they say are acting disobedient civil disobedience is the term the police have used here in new york but before these clashes took place we should inform everyone that this demonstration that took place in new york was on precedented it was the biggest one dose far odd by occupy wall street that now it's because it doesn't to labor unions joined occupy wall street we saw transport workers we saw nurses we saw teachers students from universities in new york city and the country all walked out of class at a certain time to join the movement that is being held in high in new york by occupy wall street now this this movement we should remind our viewers is not just limited to new york it is caught on in cities throughout the country such as the

boss did say angeles chicago on debts just to name a few we know one is being planned in and in washington d.c. in the next few days now this is this is clearly gaining an enormous momentum it's not just a group of activists these are now frustrated americans coming together with grievances about the way the q.s. system is structured and the way the economy is in decline and not benefiting from the common gay marriage. for more perspective on the events in the u.s. from international affairs commentator gregory clark thank you very much for joining us here so how do you expect the police reactions might be influencing the demonstrations in new york and even across the country. well clearly people who are angry right even when it's a bit like this is going to bankers comparison between there will be

all that you are going to have to be the new people in america. the. use of force. who can consume the big institutions the instruments. even the billionaire investor george soros says he understands the protesters anger why do you think they're largely being doored by wall street and in washington well we have a paralysis in america seen this in. its ceilings on economic policy and there are people who believe what you know about these distractions one one of the fact that's enormous is that the mayor you open to women in a multimillionaire. so she could be in a co-operative i guess. thousands have rallied in new york and washington numerous times in the past do you think they managed to achieve anything significant for

their protests. this stuff i think is different. given the fact that. the demonstrations go on so long on nationwide i think this is going. one this will go on and when the. why do you think that. well people are genuine discontent i mean i'm not affected. since i can feel. the whole system is. it's out of kilter it's a. balance between the. enormous salaries the funds and to this president the banks and. companies and the fact that living standards are actually foreign compared to ten years ago who

are the moment when. the demonstrators have lost sight that this is how in many ways capitalism works corporations make decisions while workers bring in profit do you think there is maybe a shift in the moods of americans toward the current system all these different and satisfaction with capitalism in the system you see you have a small number of people who have basically had a monopoly on they believe in the economy in the past that they did not exercise and not easy to do in the. sense that the civil contract was clearly broken. and. there was a competition between people that it's monopoly to abuse the system so they can gain greater personal wealth. some protesters say they drew inspiration from the recent revolutions in the arab world how far do you think that these protests may really go. there is a significant factor. there also the proteins the reefs. and

even great effect. between greece and rome if you have to. go and i think. it's an. american. right gregory clark live from tokyo thank you very much for your insight and to. work closely following the protests in new york on our web site at r.t. dot com you can find latest articles and are constantly updated blogging you can also find latest videos on our you tube channel stay with us. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets and you can see that. operations around.

syria least six people are reported killed in the latest clashes between protesters and security forces human rights groups continue sounding the alarm over multiple arrests and killings but one high profile victim has made an amazing reappearance artie's i've ever been a reports on the media's quickfire reactions at the expense of fact checking of the suffering under president bashar assad's brutal regime at least that's what much of the western media said after the apparent butchering of zeinab alcohols name we have pictures of what was done to corpse and they are simply too gruesome to air several western media outlets were quick to report sal holes in these gruesome death apparently the first woman killed in government custody but now it appears she's miraculously back from the date even being interviewed on syrian t.v. . i came to the police station to see the truth this what i see to those line

channels i'm now still alive not dead human rights groups like amnesty international jumped on the bandwagon to reporting out hosni was tortured murdered and mutilated it even claimed mother found the body in a morgue last month all assertions is now being forced to backtrack on this we will endeavor to be more cautious and phrase things a little bit more nuanced the state broadcaster says the interviews to dispel what it labels fabrications by foreign media to serve western interests in stories like this that have been used to prop up calls from the u.s. britain and france for un sanctions to be slapped on syria but their foundations are now looking shakier than ever this footage religiously shows an armed pro assad civilians being targeted by gun toting rebels so perhaps not the peaceful opposition they're often made out to be by the west that only seems to look one way . this notion that the u.n.

has is now part of this pro-democracy receipt regime is ridiculous they are jumping on that bandwagon is an opportunity to get in front of it and create this deceptive appearance while at the same time there is supporting the dictatorships that are aligned with them in the united nations and it's part of their empire russia and china vetoed a u.n. resolution for syria seeing through it as a potential cover for another libyan stall intervention so they may not be any oil this time but there's always an ulterior motive it's important to use as a political fact right next to israel a country which obviously america and britain and the other western powers strongly support so that would be the altar into a political motive to be to have followed by security council war council america over remarks during the syrian envoy speech but the u.s. promised to be back with another resolution and undoubtedly more dramatic evidence to drive the point home on the bennetts. london. stay with us here on r t still to

come us step closer to being part of the u.n. . bid for full recognition to have the world body where they've just been given the nod to join its culture or. but first greece's latest twenty four hour a nationwide strike turned violent with police firing tear gas on angry crowds of protesters the country all but ground to a halt as greeks made their feelings known about the extra cuts they face so the country can try to plug its massive three hundred fifty billion euro debt arche sorry for thousand more for athens. in syntagma square once again bearing witness to ugly clashes between riot police here is a protest is that i got to take that back about you know. the riot i mean that you know i think for larry. i'm attentions really be my thing as a police moved in to clear the crowds some shocking things at one point the police

. chasing protesters into the metro station many others hit and kicks by they supposed to be keeping control. of the message being sent by the government is one of repression and fear. scenes like this are very serious questions about the level of force being used. to priors is a forty three year old journalist who's reported from many conflicts but it was in his own country where he sustained his worst injury. i just remember thinking is this really happening please i took shelter in an enclosure just off syntagma and one policeman who i think was the commander asked in a very rude taking pictures i told him i was a journalist but he gave an order and i had one of the flash bangs thrown at me these are some of the pictures i took. the place he'd taken shelter amplified the sound of the flash bang causing always takes all deafness and injury which is. after the attack i won't call it an accident it was an attack like

a small. an investigation was launched into the incident the progress has been slow a fireman a list tells us the countless cases against heavy handed police tactics and need to have any kind of results we witness for ourselves the lack of discrimination when the police lash out when journalists along with his camera to the ground the rise in the level of aggression seen by the police and the more extreme groups of protesters is causing serious concern with the government continuing to implement severe austerity measures in a bid to see that cash pensions looks set to keep escalating i think we have. to explain. the first reaction. when we. experienced. the impact of the

financial crisis is being played out play by play well sometimes in the square there are now fears that the financial crisis turn into an economic recession could bring the entire usa not just the greek people to their knees. see that. greece's financial process is being worsened by the admission it won't hit its budget targets economic analyst martin hannett he thinks the only way for the country to survive is to default and start fresh. if they default it may actually not be the thing and not just greed i would think if utility falls it may also not be the same because then they are after they can start again debt free they don't have to increase taxes they can devalue their currency is have lower taxes become more competitive again so. that may actually be potentially the best solution on the other hand if they bail out everything you would sacrifice and their currency stability of the euro will we think is the most likely cause or believe if the

leaders for example in germany are managing to sell that to the public. they are most likely to print and sacrifice currencies the ability in order to avoid this uncontrolled collapse which would be quite difficult for politicians to tear people your money in the bank is gone. stay with us here on r t still to come this hour a keeping fit officially report from russia hands arena where the governor and keep fit monterey's keeping the population healthy by a wall plus. palestinians have made another inroad into the u.n. by moving a step closer to joining the heritage group unesco they can now submit bids for approval by the end of the month it will not allow the palestinians to try to get their monuments listed as world heritage sites the big was green lighted despite opposition from the united states it's a key diplomatic victory for palestinians at the world body and comes ahead of the vote for its full state that palestinian leader mahmoud abbas applied to the security council for full u.n.

membership in september it's now working its way through the process. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe co-founder of the koppel computer steve jobs has died after an eight year battle with pancreatic cancer and he led apple to becoming the world's biggest computer firm and presided over an empire that revolutionized computing mobile communications and even how we listen to music jobs who is fifty six only stepped down from apple a few weeks ago leaving the company with a bigger pile of cash on hand than the u.s. government built on the back of pioneering products from the i phone to the i pod to the i pad. mass graves containing around nine hundred bodies have been discovered by authorities in the libyan capital they're believed to be the victims of clashes between former rebels and gadhafi loyalists in tripoli the new government's fighters are now pushing towards the center of sirte the colonel's hometown and one of his last strongholds the conflict has claimed more than thirty

thousand lives since it began in february. the afghan intelligence agency has arrested six men with conspiring to assassinate president karzai the group which is linked with al qaida had recruited one of cars i was bodyguards for the operation they confessed to training to use guns rockets and suicide attacks and targeting top government officials last month former karzai envoy and former president burhanuddin rabbani was killed by a suicide bomber pretending to be a taliban peace negotiator. time to take in more of russia close up today one health care. or in the pens a region in the east european plane although most of its territory lies in the volga highlands the capital also called panzer was founded as a small fortress in the seventeenth century and has been growing ever since today the city is striving to be one of the healthiest and safest in russia by order of

the governor archy's you are overawed no one to find out why. almost every day the government is telling us that we should eat more fruit and vegetables drink less exercise more of course many people ignore these recommendations in fact working for the government will be very frustrating always telling people to do stuff but having no way of enforcing it now what would happen if you could actually make people follow through and be more healthy well officials are no longer have to wonder because in pens a that's exactly what the government has done is introduced a new ambitious and often compulsory program forcing people to be healthier now for the results even report. getting healthier whether they like it or not every weekday morning at ten am the turmoil in state institutions across plans and begins a familiar announcement a. cheerful voice or so it's worked out by now familiar exercises of the governor's

instructions no one is allowed to slack off some go beyond what's required. so. this has returned me to my youth and my youth to me we love our governors initiatives. officials in this district have been told to leave the company car in the garridge and get on their bikes now all government business space to form from the. the head of the local administration says initiative has not only improved health but brought officials closer to the people. i ask the governor can we have one more car to help us with their duties he said you can have three two scooters under by two of the tree officials can observe people see who is up to what who is leaving rubbish outside for example. some critics have said the government's compulsory initiatives reminiscent of those in soviet times violate people's rights

but a sports form of motorbike rider denies the accusations and my abusing human rights but the only way i am abusing human rights is by not giving people the opportunity to do even more physical exercise. as the clock strikes ten. the police are out in force. looking for bad children the governor has imposed a curfew for unsupervised under six teams i do not think it is a waste of police time tell those children with their arrests and return to their homes we haven't seen them out on the streets again and this day there are no violators at all as the youth patrol wraps up with white all round the certains of pens they can sleep well at the last safe in the knowledge that with each passing day they're healthier more conscientious and the streets are increasingly free for

all you. know. and there is more of a few to discover if you click on our website r.t. dot com here's what's a click away right now. the king of talk shows america in the last king speaks with r t about one of his final prime time interviews with russia's prime minister vladimir putin. and why it could see the world's longest running centcom the simpsons drawing to a close. we have syria's future with a former ambassador to the country in a few minutes but first let's get the business update with kareen. hello welcome to our business update the south thanks for joining me russia's

second largest lender d.t.b. kicks off its rush calling investment forum the road show is a part of russia's effort to attract foreign investment this comes at a time when the country is suffering heavy capital due to financial uncertainty worldwide now business r.t.s. marina costs are a is for us hello to you good morning marina well as i've said the forum is intended to attract foreign capital but that's a tough sell as that. it is a tough sell there's no doubt about it especially after what we've seen with the russian markets plus the ruble were dropped to its weakest level against the u.s. dollar in over two years and this happened just this wednesday and according to the latest report russia certain increase of eighteen percent of foreign direct investment last year and that was equal to thirty five billion dollars but since the beginning of this here fifty billion dollars has left the country and that is already three times more than ensues talisman said and want to discuss this further

i'm now joined by the global c.e.o. of the to be capital mr erlich see you thank you very much for joining us i think it sort of why do you think we're seeing so much capital flight to see here. there's still a need to work here for the use of force to the certain there are still. mysteries right just if you. think of anything during the second first of all the mistakes of political uncertainty that you need up to the elections that has partially and i'll be and will be as the address for this is no doubt something that will be discussed here at the form what do you think can be done to make the market conditions more favorable in russia say the least important domestic factor is the overall improvement in the investment climate people though the government has done if you very important things in the last few years in this direction there's still. a lot of the work that needs to be done. has articulated the fairly ambitious structural reform agenda and investors will be looking to see

whether this is information that will be implemented in the next few years so the mastic structural reform is a key most important factor coming from the exports could balance the capital outflows that i mentioned earlier but at the same time person due to the if and prime minister vladimir putin wants to wean russia off them what's the right balance thing. i think the right balance again is the structural reform agenda is very important. you know fiscal stability is very important and generally monthly magritte comic stability is hugely important but the world is changing very rapidly in the western markets to further trouble russia does look very strong in this context and it's important the russian government the one thing that's the building investors will appreciate that as well. the strong but the ruble has taken a hit that's when the how much longer do you think the central bank will have to defend it i think of it because band that we have compared to two thousand and eight is that the central bank has moved to effectively float an exchange rate so they've allowed for bill flexibility and that prevented the big credit that showed

up in the in the interest rates this is actually overall positive this actually allows the government the one thing macroeconomic stability as clearly as i said for as long as the global uncertainty here persists and obviously depending on the direction of the more you price is there are some that are service to the ruble but generally i do believe that the central bank is in a position to maintain relative herbal stability it should consider in the exchange and deserves a significant over half a trillion and again that's a that's a big it's a big it's just time to that russia is in a better position that it wasn't two thousand and eight well do you think that russia is also better prepared to handle another financial crisis if it of course comes to that i think it is i think with a difference you have now is first of all flexible exchange rate second your corporates are much much better shape to less leverage the effects the composition of that perform is a much more favorable. this year your banking system is much better kept closed the government knows the wave. has actually started to do so so i think all these

factors are actually pulled pretty well our global c.e.o. bits of the capital are selling so you have to risk it thank you very much it was more for joining us thank you very much well later in the day we'll of course also be hearing from prime minister vladimir putin and it will be his first speech after announcing that he'll be run in the upcoming presidential elections and we'll bring you all the latest updates as soon as we get them. ok that was moving the cultural reporting from russia calling investment for now let's take a look at how the markets are doing now all of us trading near forty high as investors bet that lower crude stockpiles in the u.s. indicate that fuel demand increase is largest economy brant is trading at one hundred two dollars about it is that eighty dollars per barrel. in asia japanese stocks jump on thursday on the back of overnight games in the u.s. tech exporters and financials among the leading banks there sony is up over three percent computer memory from elpida gained six point eight percent and tech from

atlanta. sun among financials nomura holding is three point eight percent and type of securities caused by hong kong stocks jumped sharply as well with the banks rising over four percent this hour. markets have opened in the black following strong gains in asia on wall street both the r.t.s. and why is it having almost two percent. while that's all we have time for now i'll be back with more in forty minutes time.

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ten thirty am in moscow these are your headlines new york police get heavy handed out with crowds of angry protesters demanding social and economic reform in the u.s. thousands gathered for the biggest rally of a three week long demonstration dubbed the occupy wall street. back from the dead the syrian woman reported as the first female victim. the government's pro-democracy crackdown turns up alive and well for several media tracking after giving birth supposed death saturation coverage. twenty four hour a nationwide strike in greece with police resorting to tear gas to disperse crowds in athens latest protest workers grow increasingly angry with fighting austerity cuts. and in syria we turn to new.