new york police get heavy handed on about thousands of angry protesters who are demanding social and economic reform in the u.s. . back from the dead the syrian woman reported as the first female victim of the government's pro-democracy crackdown turns up alive and well forcing several media into backtracking. greece gripped by her shutdown and a showdown as police around to hang republicans leaders are struggling to stave off a catastrophic default.

noon in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story police in the u.s. have been filmed beating back protesters out of mass demonstration in new york in the biggest event yet in the three week long rally dubbed occupy wall street there are also reports that pepper spray had been used on crowds and police confirm they've made dozens of arrests at the rally thousands have been taking part in sustained protests to demand social and economic change activists say they're fed up with breaking their backs and work while wall street bankers are really big bonuses or he's marina porton i has more from new york. about twenty thousand demonstrators were out on the street but what we're being told may have actually rang on the crowds part of the crowd here in lower manhattan piled wall street surged past the barricades around the new york stock exchange and officers moved

james you can see in the protesters true what we saw on the video officers says waddy protesters with the times story than we may see at first frank. according to some reports even one local news reporter who is a story with pepper spray his camera man was hit with a baton things clearly getting violent down wall street as this demonstration was carrying on all day long cops however arrested dozens of protesters but the final tally is not yet known our 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 police officers and have wall street protesters who saw last saturday nearly eight hundred of them were arrested in one day when i've been working hard and peaceful

protest against corporate influence on u.s. politics against what they call corporate greed wall street greed the week before we thought we also saw several anti wall street protesters that are part of this whole occupy wall street thing were me student face by a police officer police officers have used our initial netting to cop 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 the president it was the biggest one does far up by occupy wall street now it's because it doesn't believe or unions joined occupy wall street we saw transport workers 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 . and maybe cheney your case caught on in cities throughout the country such as paul said it was angeles chicago gets just to name a few we know what is being planned and in in washington d.c. in the next few days now this is this is clearly gaining and norm this momentum it's not just a group of activists these are now fresh treated americans coming together with grievances about the way the q.s. system is structured and it way the economy is in decline and not benefiting from the canidae marriage we're closely following the protests in new york on our web site click on r.t. dot com for the latest articles and our updated blogs and all for all the latest

videos you should check out our you tube shop. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images go in seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule today. in syria at least six people reported killed in the latest clashes between protesters and security forces human rights groups continue to sound the alarm over multiple arrests and killings but one high profile victim has made an amazing reappearance or he's out of revenge or reports on the media's quick reactions at the expense of fact checking. she was hailed as the flower of syria a symbol of the suffering under president bashar assad's brutal regime at least

that's what much of the western media said after the apparent put tshering as zeinab al hosni we have you pictures of what was done to us and they are simply too gruesome to air several western media outlets were quick to report on these gruesome death apparently the first woman killed in government custody but now it appears she's miraculously back from the dead even being interviewed on syrian t.v. . i came to the police station to see the truth and that's what i say to those lines 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 a mother found the body in a morgue last month all assertions is now being forced to backtrack on this we will endeavor to be really more cautious and phrase things a little bit more nuanced the state broadcaster says the interviews to dispel what

it labels found brick ations 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 allegedly shows an armed pro a sad 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 you has is now part of this pro-democracy receipt regime is ridiculous they're jumping on that bandwagon is an opportunity to create this deceptive appearance while the same time there's a morning with dictatorships that are aligned with them we know the nation is part of their empire russia and china vetoed a u.n. resolution for syria seeing through it as a potential cover for another libyan stahl intervention sim a not by any oil this

time but there's always and syria motive it's important as a geopolitical factor right next to israel a country which obviously america and britain and the other western powers strongly support so that would be the ulterior to a political motive to be to use of followed by a security council walkout from 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 other than it's artsy london. stay with us here on r.g.p. still to come a step closer to being part of the un the track the palestinian bid for recognition of the world body where they've just been given a nod to join its cultural or. but first greece's latest twenty four hour national strike turned violent with police firing tear gas and 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 and plug its massive three hundred fifty billion euro debt or two sorry for those in the greek capital as tempered tempers flare. anger in athens syntagma square once again bearing witness ok clashes between riot police here is protesting. the right you know. i mean that things really be my thing as a police moved in to clear the crowds and shocking things one point the police in chasing protests is into the metro station many others hit and kicked by they supposed to be keeping control. the message being sent by the government is one of repression and fear. seems like this is raise serious questions about the level of force being used in a prior 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 this

is really happening please i took shelter in an enclosure just. and one policeman who i think was a commander in a very. taking pictures i told him i was a journalist but he gave an order and i had. these are some slides pictures i took . place he taken shelter amplified the sound of the flash bang causing almost takes all deafness and injury which is cause. after the truck i won't call it an accident it was an attack like a small. investigation was launched into the incident but progress has been slow a finalist tells us the countless cases against heavy handed police tactics in 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 police and the more extreme groups the protest is

causing serious concern. with the government continuing to implement said there were thirty measures in a bid to receive cash suspensions looks set to keep escalating i think. to explain in. the first reaction a new face of. my. experience . from. the impact of the financial crisis is being played out play by play on some tightness where there are now fears that the financial crisis turned into an economic recession bring the entire usa not just to bring people to their knees. greece's financial paralysis is being worsened by the admission it won't hit its budget targets economic analyst martin heinie who thinks the only way for greece to survive this

sort of thought and start fresh. if they default it may actually not be the thing and not just greed i would think if you deleted files there may also not be the same because then they are after that and start again debt free they don't have to increase taxes they can give you their currency is have a lot of says become more competitive again so. that may actually give potentially the best solution on the other hand if they're bad or everything you would sacrifice in their currency stability of the euro the only thing is the most likely cause would be if the leaders for example in germany are managing to sell their tools are to the public. as they are most likely to print and sacrifice concious ability in order to avoid this uncontrolled collapse which would be quite difficult for politicians to tell people your money in the bank is gone. stay with us here on r t still to come and keeping fit officially the report from russia's penza region where the governor's exercise mantra is spurring the population to stay healthy by

law. but first palestinians have made another inroad at the u.n. by moving a step closer to joining the heritage of unesco they can now submit their bid for approval by the end of the month a little out of power it would allow palestinians to try to get their monuments listed as world heritage sites to bid was given the green light despite opposition from the u.s. it's a key diplomatic victory for palestinians out the world body and comes ahead of the vote for its full statehood 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 the iconic co-founder of apple computer steve jobs has died after an eight year battle with pancreatic cancer he led 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 was fifty six only stepped down from the leadership of aapl a few weeks ago leaving the company with a bigger pile of cash on hand that even the u.s. government built on the back of pioneering products from the i pod to the i pad to the i phone. mass graves containing around nine hundred bodies had been discovered by authorities in the libyan capital there believed to be victims of clashes between former rebels and gadhafi loyalists in tripoli the new government's fighters are now pushing toward the center of sirte the colonel's hometown and one of his final strongholds the conflict has taken more than a hole more than thirty thousand lives since it started in february. russia says it's concerned over the u.s. move to deploy four warships with ballistic missile defenses off the spanish coast the u.s. has also sealed deals with poland turkey and romania the station ground based missile defense elements washington claims it's to counter threats from iran and north korea russia feels it could neutralize its nuclear deterrent moscow has

repeatedly asked for written nato guarantees but received nothing so far time to take in more of russia close up and today we're in a health care. or in the pens a region on the east european plane although most of its territory lies in the boulder highlands the capital is also called pan's it was founded as a small fortress in the seventeenth century and has been growing ever since city today is striving to be one of russia's safest and healthiest iota of the governor and he's eager on the road and to find out why. home is that every day the government is telling is that we should eat small fruits and vegetables drink less exercise more of course many people in all of these recommendations in fact are working for the government be very frustrating always telling people to do stuff with having no way of enforcing it now what would happen if you could actually make

people follow through and be more healthy well officials that would no longer have to wonder because in penza that's exactly what the government has done. getting healthier whether they like it or not every weekday morning attorney am the tannoy in state institutions across pens or begins a familiar announcement. cheerful voice or so i thought of my 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 to my youth and my youth to me we all have our governor's initiatives if you like. the fishers in this district have been told to leave the company car and garridge and get on their bikes now all government business has performed from the saddle. but head of the

local administration says the 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 her and she sees he said you can have three to scooters under by the tree officials can observe their 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 metaphor motorbike rider denies the accusations. of using human rights 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 sixteen i do not think it is

a waste of police time target those children were arrested and returned to their homes i haven't seen them out on the streets again and in this day there are no violators at all as the. final round the citizens of the can sleep well. safe in the knowledge that often they are healthier more from fear and their screen time free. i'm here with colin and he's been living here for fourteen years and we've just heard about all these health measures and everything else the big government suggesting there was somebody with an outside perspective what what's your take on this can you take that seriously absolutely i mean they give us been very proactive a lot of investment going into new sports complex sports programs particularly companies as well. so yeah it has been very active and this policy of hospitals been built a dog not. he said it's as though there's been some real results there's

a practical one of the things that the governor. did tell me is not the reason he's introducing this is to make the area more attractive for investment to a healthier workforce is a more attractive one. do you think that that's one of the criteria which you about your people you ask them about their drinking habits their smoking habits and so on when you when you take people on absolutely i mean drinking it was a very serious thing and if anybody drinks at work or comes and drove them i thought immediately set us a strict rule from our perspective. from terms of you know active in a school it's always good for the mind is good healthy so people with a good regime and an active regime leases a music producer that's the word is so they'll move for him he called in history talking about the government's health initiatives. or a brochure for you to discover on our web site r g dot com here's what's a click away right now. thinking of talk american larry king speaks with r t about

one of his final primetime interviews with russia's prime minister vladimir putin. and why a conflict over job could see the world's longest running sitcom the simpsons draw to a close. if . i leave this news block staging the olympics is a big bucks event but among the grass roots preparations for the russian resort of sochi is an army of volunteers winter games are still far off but already a band of intrepid interpreters were warming up to welcome thousands of visitors to the games artie's spots and he went to meet some of the. but. greetings quite an introduction. the cinci winter olympics these people will be on russia's special dream team an army of enthusiasm will provide guidance and

translation for all visitors. eleven families will be goes missing. here say to mr hurst me how great a chance to get to know each other to share their stories from their native son and their sneezing chips begins to move on the screen mostly from southern russia he's new to the volunteer movement she started during the nine hundred eighty most school in pics and even though there are generations apart they're equally excited about the job ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah next here part of this group will go to london for the transit world summer games i think one of the palace of the of the i assume what i try and save us pass on knowledge from games from organizing committee talk and isaac newton extra expect the phone to his plan a huge amount from being possible on the transfer of. the cowboy greetings is

likely to remain a secret handshake for so she volunteers they say it won't be used to greet gas but chanting and dancing apart the voluntary helpers are taking on the task of making the games unforgettable event for all denis law r t sochi. now they all get ready for the twenty fourteen we've got today sports with their retreat later this hour including the details of a big week ahead for russia's national football squad but first corrina joins us with a business news. oh welcome to business the south thanks for joining me russia's second largest lender of e.c.b. cake self it's russia calling investment forum it's part of russia's efforts to attract foreign investment this comes at a time when the country suffering heavy capital outflow due to the global financial uncertainty business our season is up for us so arena is the financial uncertainty making life difficult for events such as this to attract new calcutta. convincing

investors right now is definitely a difficult task russia already saw difficulty with the markets plunging but also what is the latest reports of russia so an eighteen percent increase in foreign direct investment last year and that's equal to thirty five billion dollars at the same time since the beginning of this higher fifty billion dollars has already left the country and that's three times more than in two thousand and seven also the ruble talked to the greek disclose against the u.s. dollar in over it sue years but the c.e.o. although you could be capital says there are grants it is a slow thing. because vendors we have compared to because of me is that the sum for a bank has moved to be flown in exchange rate so they've allowed to build it and the prevented the big going to british it showed up in the interest rates this is actually overall positive this actually allows the government among the electorate a number that's the billet in. this forum brings together businessmen from all over

the world and all this stuff and not only potential business deals but how to improve the market conditions here in russia and earlier i spoke today about girls the new school of economics and they give us a message i suppose of how it's improved the investment climate here and fighting corruption providing protection for investors joining w two. billion bill doing the fact of the judiciary. your government going to use as again has been announced for many many years now and eventually will cumulate from state capitalism. well later in the very prime minister vladimir putin will also be making a statement and this will in fact be his first major speech after announcing his candidacy and he also praised president hu i liked him so moved all the updates on madison as we got them ok thank you marina we hope you'll keep us posted on what's happening on that russian calling investment fund thanks very much for that ok now

let's take a look at how the markets are doing all of those trading year four day high investors bet that lower crude stockpiles in the u.s. indicate that fields amount may increase and the world's largest economy brant is trading at one hundred and three dollars per barrel. is eighty two dollars a barrel this hour ok now let's cross over to asia where stocks rallied on thursday helped by positive cues from wall street after a better than expected u.s. jobs figures japan's nikkei end of the day up almost one point seven percent hong kong among the leading imbalances with the hang sang ending over five and a half percent in the black and european stocks are high in early trading with banks leading the gains investors are waiting for the latest rate decisions from the european central bank and the bank of england magnetics is up four point nine percent leading gains for the banking sector while t.n.t. express dropped five percent of the putting its outlook for the year. and here in russia equity markets have opened in the black following strong gains in asia and

on wall street both the r.t.s. and i'm isaac's are currently adding over three percent now let's take a look at some individual shareholders on my thoughts this hour energy majors are on the rise gazprom is gaining over four and a half percent the company has delayed its you're going listing due to market uncertainty loophole is almost three percent up this hour and banking stocks are also gaining with is very buying almost four percent in the book. ok that's our business update is stay with us for headline news coming up next.

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