it's three pm here in moscow this is r t coming to you live nice and now with our top story and police in the u.s. have been films beating back protesters at a mass demonstration in new york in the biggest event yet in the three week war rally called occupy wall street there are also reports pepper sprays being used and police have confirmed 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 of work while the wall street bankers bonuses keep flowing apart and i has more from new york. about ten to twenty thousand demonstrators were out on this 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 wall street surged past barricades around the new york stock

exchange and officers moved in to contain the protesters from what we saw on the video officers swatted protesters with the times sprayed them with made use of her spray a warning to some reports even one local news reporter who is sprayed with pepper spray his how her man who was hit with a baton things clearly getting violent down by 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 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 these officers and the 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 group called occupy wall street they were me stood in the face by a police officer police officers have used orange 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 precedented it was the biggest warned us far ah but i occupy wall street that now it's because it doesn't to labor unions joined occupy wall street we saw transport workers we saw in nurses we saw teachers students from universities in new york

city and throughout 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 and 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 u.s. system is structured and the way the economy is in decline and not benefiting from the common day america. we're getting your thoughts on those protests in new york here's how votes are stacking up at our dot com we're asking today what will be the

biggest result of wall street protest almost half so far believe it will be all noise and no action over a quarter think this will seal obama's fate as a one term president and around a fifth of voters think the anger will boil over and provoke clashes with the national guard wrestling real actually problem some kind of book for hide your voice now on the our teeth dot com told. in syria at least six people are reported to have been 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 ivor bennett reports on the media's quickfire reactions at the expense of fact checking. she was hailed as the flower of syria the 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 butchering of zeinab al hosni we view pictures of what was done to xena corpse and they are simply too gruesome to air several western media outlets were quick to report hellholes in 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 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 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 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 almond sand 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 out front of it and create this deceptive appearance while at the same time there's supporting the dictatorships that are aligned with them in the united nations and as 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 it may not be any oil this time but there's always an ulterior 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 political motive the vetoes 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 on the bennetts r.t. london. well the syrian president's political adviser has been speaking to r.t. and says syrians want talks not western interference other than decisions taken by the western countries are based not on real events in syria but rather on a task of suppressing syria as an arabic state the problem is that some states fund and harm terrorist groups operating in our towns and villages this makes originary people's lives very difficult and puts them in real danger it's up to the syrian

opposition to protest against foreign interference good position should bridges succeed in dialogue for the goal of reform and building a new better syria he shouldn't nurture itself all this into provokers or turn it against dialogue with the government. for the on the way for you one step closer to being part of the un the palestinian bid for full recognition of the world body where they've just been given the nod to join its. but first greece's latest twenty four hour national 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 that the country can try and plug the massive three hundred and fifty billion euro debt or to sarah ferguson the greek capital tempers flaring. anger in athens syntagma square once again bearing witness to oakley clashes between riot police here as

protesters so it was ok but back to. the right. thanks larry. and the pensions really be my thing as a police moved in to clear the crowds some shocking scenes one point the police seem chasing protesters into the station many others hit in 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 prior's is a forty three year old journalist who's reported for 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 or syntagma 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 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 called. after that i won't call it an accident it was an attack like a small. an investigation was launched into the incident but progress has been slow a fireman a list tells us the countless cases both 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 journalist flung 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 receive that bailout cash tensions looks set to keep escalating i think we are forced. to explain.

the first reaction. of the. impact to the financial crisis is being played out blow by blow on syntagma square there are now fears that the financial crisis turned into an economic recession it could bring the entire usa and not just the greek people to their knees. this financial paralysis is being worsened by the admission it won't hit its budget targets economic analyst martin hannett thinks the only way for greece to survive is to default and start fresh. if they default it may actually not be the thing and not just greece i would think if you deleted falls it 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 devalue

their currency is have low taxes become more competitive again so. that may actually be potentially the best solution on the other hand if they bear out everything you would sacrifice and their currency stability of the euro to all 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 currency stability in order to avoid this uncontrolled collapse which would be quite difficult for politicians to tear people your money in the bank is gone. well still ahead for you this hour keeping fit officially for a report from russia's penza region where the governor's exercise montra is spurring the population to stay healthy by law. the new leader of the former georgia republic of a process that the kremlin president alexander has been meeting to meet three

mid-range if arena is following the visit and now joins us live arena what are the two leaders discussing during this trip. well this looks like this is the first visit unless you have said by the president president after his inauguration which took place just ten days ago now during the reign of the previous uprising presidents again who has passed away earlier this year all of the contenders for the presidential post have assured that they will continue on the friendly course with moscow and judging by the number of documents signed and if the kremlin today this indeed will be the case under the new a president president and now documents and fields in various fields including so she can all make mental preparation had been signed most have also agreed to upgrade their border checkpoints and today was also the day when russian president has also ratified the agreements with the president and another breakaway republic south the station with the republic of

south the city on the on the establishment of russian military bases on the territory so both republics with the duration of the next forty nine years now you have to what you have to keep in mind that i'm most going to posit have been very closely connected over the past several years russian peacekeepers have been stationed in a positive following following roomies. after sukhumi how declared independence from georgia following the rule in the one nine hundred ninety s. russia has also been by president's side during doing it the standoff with georgia in two. eight and judging you know by the efforts that russia has been making in the. aging of. its infrastructure and its and its stand as a tourist destination for russian tourists judging by all of the cooperation agreements which have been signed in prevalent today the friendly relations will continue on their boards to cope with the new president as well. parties are

reporting live from the kremlin thanks for that update. in other news the palestinians have made another inroad into the u.n. by moving a step closer to joining the herd group you know asco they can now submit their bid for approval by the end of the month it would ban allow palestinians to try and get their monuments listed as world heritage sites but it was given the green light despite fierce opposition from the united states it's a kick diplomatic victory for the palestinians at the u.n. and comes ahead of the vote over its full statehood palestinian leader mahmoud abbas applying to the security council for full u.n. membership in september it's now working its way through the process. a look now at some more world news in brief for you this hour the iconic co-founder of apple steve jobs has died after an eight year battle with pancreatic cancer he let out will to become the world's biggest computer firm and presided over an empire that

revolutionized computing mobile phones and how we listen to music jobs who was fifty six only step down from apple a few weeks ago leaving the company with a bigger cash pile than the u.s. government built on the backs of pioneering products from the i pad pod to the i phone and 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 weapons and gadhafi loyalists in tripoli the new government's fighters are now. towards the center of syria the car colonel's hometown and one of his last stronghold of the conflict has taken over thirty thousand lives since it began in february. and russia says it's concerned over america's move to deploy four warships with ballistic missile defenses on the spanish coast the u.s. has also sealed deals with poland turkey and romania to say some ground based

missile defense elements washington claims its to counter threats from iran and north korea but russia feels it could neutralize its nuclear arsenal moscow's repeatedly asked for written nato guarantees but has received nothing so far time now to take a closer look at russia and on a health kick today. where in the pens a region on the east european plane although most of its territory lies on the volga plans the capital is also called penza it 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. went to find out why. almost every day the government is telling

us that we should eat more fruits 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 and forcing it you know what would happen if you could actually make people follow through be more healthy well officials overall 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 at ten am the tannoy in state institutions across pens are begins a familiar announcement. the nonimmigrant cheerful voice recites what are by now familiar exercises of the governor's instructions no one is allowed to slack off some go beyond what's required. all this has returned me to my youth and my youth to me we all of our governors initiatives. officials in this district have

been told to leave the company car and the garridge and get on their bikes now all government business is before him from the saddle the head of the local administration says initiative has not only improved health but brought officials closer to the people. i asked the governor can we have one more car to help us with her and she sees he said you can have three to scooters and to buy some of the tree officials can observe people see who's up to what who's 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 and i abusing human rights but the only way i'm abusing human rights is by not giving people the opportunity to do even more physical exercise. as the clock strikes them.

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 tell those children was arrested and returned to their homes we haven't seen them out on the streets again and in this day there are no violators at all as the youth patrol wraps up its final round the citizens of pens they can sleep well at last safe in the knowledge that with each passing day their healthier more country and friends and their streets are increasingly free of feral youths i'm here with cullen hinchey he's been living here for fourteen years and we've just heard about all these health measures and everything else that the governor is suggesting now with somebody with an outsider perspective what's what's your take on this can you take that seriously absolutely i mean the governor's been very proactive a lot of investment going into new sports complexes sports programs particularly

companies as well. so yeah it's been very active and this policy of hospitals been built and diagnostics and you know there's been some real results it's very active governor one of the things that the governor. did tell me is that the reason he's introducing this is to make the area more attractive for investment at a healthier workforce as a more attractive one mean do you think that that's one of the criteria in which your body weight your people you ask them about their drinking habits their smoking habits and so on when you when you take people are absolutely i mean drinking so it's a very serious thing and if anybody drinks at work or comes in drunk then they're fired immediately so the strict rule from our perspective. in terms of you know active in a sport it's always good for the mind that's good and healthy so people with a good regime and an active regime is used to produce better work and so yeah i'm all for it thank you colin hinchey talking about the government's health

initiatives. well staging the olympics is a big box event but among the grassroots preparations in the russian resort of sochi is an army of volunteers that winter games are still a way off but already a band of intrepid interpreters are warming up to welcome the thousands of visitors to the games to his boss has been to meet some of them. greetings quite an introduction. over the sochi winter olympics these people will be on russia's special dream team and army of enthusiasm will provide guidance and translation for all visitors. to ben hughes will be. here say they're going to see their first meeting. great a chance to get to the each other to share their stories sleepover their new exciting and they're still using chips in the games to move under. from southern russia he's new to the volunteer movement she started doing do nine hundred eighty

more schoolin picks and even though there are generations apart they're equally excited about the job the the the. the i'm. next year part of this group will go to london for the twenty twelve summer games i think one of the panels of the of the i.o.c. and what they're trying to is. from came from the organizing committee talk and i think. fully expect the phone to is a huge amount from being possible on the twenty top of. the cowboy greetings is likely to remain a secret handshake for sochi volunteers they say it won't be used to greet guests but chanting and dancing apart the voluntary helpers are taking on the task of making the games unforgettable event for all. but we have more on the american banker backlash a few minutes when max and stacey take on the global insurrection against greed but

the latest business headlines are up next with kareena. hello and welcome to business with good to have you with me prime minister putin has been making the key address at the russia calling investment forum in last go it's part of an effort to attract foreign investment this comes at a time when the country is suffering heavy capital outflow due to global financial uncertainty this is artie's money because. right now hello to marina so what are the main points that prime minister putin highlighted in his speech. micro well prime minister vladimir putin was pretty much a very optimistic about russia's economic outlook this about the after effects of the financial downturn are still of course not they're fully aware that risks are increasing but he said that russia is better prepared than it was in two thousand and eight to handle a brush recession in europe or in the us you mentioned that russia's government debt is smaller compared to other countries domestic that's less than ten percent

of g.d.p. why is the external that is reaper saying that next year russia will not be boring i mean money you also said that there privatization plans are on track and that they want to see less government participation in companies they want to see more independent professionals of course modernization of infrastructure is definitely a go on. from that and then you said that the merger between the russia's two main bourses the r.t.s. and m i six or ten steps towards boosting trade and establishing mosco as a global financial center this is of course a very difficult time to convince investors to target russia we've seen what's been happening with the russian markets plus. ruble about sort of a drop to its a level against the us dollar more than two years with it they get reports that russia an eighteen percent increase in foreign direct investment last year which was equal to thirty five billion dollars but at the same time if the bill. dollars

i have but more interesting is the beginning of this year and that was already three times more today and two thousand and seven so it's a difficult task to convince investors right now through consider russia factory korea ok thanks for enough thanks for this update that was marina course we're reporting from russia calling investments for now let's take a look at some markets oil is trading near a four day high festers but the flow of crude stockpiles in the u.s. indicate that fuel to the crease in the world's largest prentiss trading read on the phone while w.t.r. as it hoovered eighty dollars european stocks are in the black with banks leading to gains investments and waiting for the latest rate decisions from the european central bank and bank of england in other sectors carmakers also high ash as a result of. growth six point four percent in paris and b.m.w. climbed nearly three percent in frankfurt and that helped lead the dax up now in

other news fame raised six billion dollars in debt option as investors show good appetite despite the agency years grossing markets are in the black following strong gains in asia and the line on wall street both the objects in my eyes it's are up over three and a half percent and let's take a look at some individual shermans on the mark six energy majors are on the rise gazprom is gaining over four and a half percent this hour the company has delayed its euro bond listing due to market uncertainty coal miner a spot sky is up ten percent as you have russ says it has stopped negotiating the sale of its forty percent stake a company on banking stocks are also gaining with bad bank over four percent in the black. that's all we have for you this hour but you can always find most stories if you log on to our web site that's r t dot com slash business thanks for.

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words you are to live from moscow our top stories new york police get heavy handed on crowds of angry protesters who are demanding social and economic reform in the u.s. thousands gathered for the biggest rally of a three week long demonstration called occupy wall street. back from the dead the syrian woman reported as the first female victim of the government's pro-democracy crackdown turns off alive and well it's for several media into backtracking after giving her suppose a death and saturation coverage. and violence flares up during a twenty four hour nationwide strike in greece with police resorting to tear gas to disperse crowds in athens the latest protest camas workers are growing increasingly angry.