it's seven pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live i'm nice now with our top story this evening pepper spray and baton have been used against thousands of occupy wall street protesters in new york people are angry with their government for favoring banks and corporations while doing little to help them and they've been rallying all over the country for a third week running. is monitoring the situation in new york. ever since the wall street protesters have been turning out to take part in demonstrations that what happened most recently is that during a demonstration there was a certain amount of protesters that tried to push through barricades and at that point police started swinging their baton and spraying pepper spray at protesters i mean you could just see that in the video it was a bit of mayhem we heard people in the crowd screaming the officers were telling

protesters get back move back clearly there were injuries and overall from what is being reported so far twenty eight people were arrested arrested but dozens clearly were injured or near people that were injured because it was quite chaotic now this of course is not the first incident that we've seen of clashes between police officers and protesters we know last week nearly eight hundred people were arrested in one day the week before we saw. anti wall street protesters just standing around when a police officer came up and mace those women in the face you know this incident that took place most recently of course came out for five hours of new york city's biggest demonstration thus far to take place. or going to be organized by this group called occupy wall street not only activists out on the street but members of

thirty different unions joined the fight so did students so we saw between ten and twenty thousand people walking through lower manhattan joining this fight against corporate influence over u.s. politics against what they called wall street greed you know i did have a chance to go down to the wall street camp the camp area where these purchasers have been sort of sleeping for nearly three weeks and i will tell you this they are they are well read they are very internet so. and they all feel frustrated and disenfranchised when it comes to what is happening with the economy in their own country their very matter of the corporate influence over u.s. politics the amount of money corporations and financial institutions donate to political candidates presidential candidates and then they say that favors are

returned back and that is why they believe that corporations and banking institutions are profiting now are paying zero taxes or very little taxes and while the common american is struggling three years after the financial crisis what they want right now is accountability they they want the wealth disparity in the u.s. to close for things to become a little bit more balance for not just the richest one percent of the us to reap the rewards they want for this country to be more economically and socially balanced and not see what they're demanding and clearly you see that this is a frustration that's being shared by many people of many ages not just in new york city but all over the country. on our website are two dot com we're asking viewers what the outcome of those u.s. rallies might be so far the majority is sure they'll be a lot of noise but very little action a quarter of think the anger will boil over and provoke clashes with the national

guard one fifth of the voters see it as the and for president obama's hopes of a second term and only seventeen percent believe it will actually be true reform log on and have your say at our dot com. moscow says nato is actions in libya haven't saved civilians but caused more casualties instead russia and china vetoed a u.n. resolution on syria over concerns the men they could pave the way for a libya style military intervention well for more on this we're now joined live by colin powell who is the head of the state duma's foreign affairs committee thanks for being with us mr kasich of the u.s. and some states have criticized russia and china for vetoing the u.n. resolution on syria do you think that's a fair reaction. there's definitely not a fair reaction the right of ease one of the most essential parts

of the u.s. mechanism. taking collective decisions in the most crucial issues is the precondition and i believe that. russia along with some other countries understands better what is going on syria we definitely see that it's not just just black and white with the government or their own and thor it is which are bad and the opposition which is fairly good it's much much more complicated because number one and number two which is equally important is that the really good thought it is of syria are prepared to do more in order to introduce democratic reforms in the country so the syrian nation still has a chance of a proceeding with. revolutions and they believe that they were doing really since taking it step by step is the only way to handle the situation in syria which

may otherwise explode anymore a moment causing much. much more serious troubles for the people of syria you heard rush of learnt a lesson from the libya resolution and so veto that mandate on syria. how close do you think damascus was a repeat of the situation in libya. well the situation in libya was not easy and. complicated. but i believe that the current development is not good at all because of the crisis in libya continuous and even if and when the new government there will be established it will believe this government will be questioned by the coming position for the simple reason this new government will be there just

because to receive. military aid from you brought on this is not good for the country when the faith of its. nation is determined by. foreign factor so i do not think they have the worst time for libya is over unfortunately the country faces new year troubles and i believe that the experiences from this very difficult development should be drawn not just by russia but by all of the countries which should wish prosperity and success to the people of libya. this mission of course in libya started as a humanitarian mission and foreign minister sergei lavrov has recently said that nato is actions in the country didn't save civilians but actually caused more casualties instead what do you think would have happened in the country in libya

without foreign intervention. well nobody knows frankly speaking because. options. were existing at that moment and probably the military action of nato has saved some lives but it's equally all good that many casualties. could have been awarded to this operation never took place so again this question does not have a certain answer about. not seeing that these military operation was the best option for the people of libya and with that said many eyewitnesses are saying that the alliance in fact is targeting hospitals and schools in syria which is of course . his last stronghold and that is humanitarian crisis is developing do you think nato will ever have to to answer for that well as far as

i can see the statement the recent statements by the leadership of nato the are not prepared to finalize this operation to leave immediately though the u.n. security council mandate was just about brewing think. civil war in the in the country by introducing the regime known fly zone nothing else steal nato one still to stay there and i am sure that they will stay there for for many many weeks and many months is ahead and this is definitely not in accordance with the reason it is illusion by the security council this resolution is obviously brutally violated by the need to countries which participate and disappearing constantly in touch of head of the state duma foreign

affairs committee thank you very much for your time this hour thank you. meanwhile several people are reported dead in the latest clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in syria human rights groups continue to sound the alarm over multiple arrests and killings but one high profile of the term has made an amazing reappearance ours is over bennett reports now on the media's quickfire reaction to a dramatic story at the expense of checking facts. 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 in these gruesome deaths 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 claim to 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 shaky or the never this footage religiously shows unarmed sound civilians being targeted by gun toting rebels so perhaps not the peaceful

opposition there from made out to be by the west it only seems to look one way this notion that the u.s. 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 a porting 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. brooches 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 jew 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 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 see london. well there's plenty ahead for you this hour and exercise a day not only keeps the doctor away but also helps you work better i mean that's what authorities say in russia spends a region they've instructed all state workers to do a workout right there in their offices on that coming up in our russian close up series. but first as concern grows that the eurozone is falling deeper into recession finance chiefs are hammering out plans to safeguard the region's banks e.u. commission president jose manuel barroso said there were plans to recapitalize that there's doubts that the next mail out insolvent for greece will actually go ahead and the fallout from the country's resulting to fault would deal a severe blow to europe's banking sector in greece itself the latest twenty four hour nationwide strike turned violent as police fired tear gas on angry crowds of

anti austerity protesters the government is imposing more cuts on its people trying to capture massive debt of some three hundred and fifty billion euros the country ground to a halt as workers walked out in a general strike leaving quite grounded and hospitals relying merchants the staff parties are further witnessed the greek capital as it boiled over. syntagma square once again bearing witness to. clashes between riot police and furious protesters very gothic. back out here in. the right. and the pensions really be my thing as a police moved in to clear the crowds some shocking scenes at one point the police chasing protesters into the metro station many others hit and kicked by they supposed to be keeping control. but 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 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 awesome talking and one policeman who i think was a 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 pictures i took. the place he taken shelter amplified the sound of the flash bang causing almost tehsil deafness injury which is his job. after the attack i won't call it an accident it was an attack my life's been like a small hell. an investigation was launched into the incident but progress is being slowly found in a list tells us the countless cases against heavy handed police tactics to support

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 receive that cash tensions looks set to keep escalating i think we are. in the easy to explain it's a form. of you know the first reaction. from europe. has been expressed in july. the impact of the financial crisis is being played out blow by blow and syntagma square there are now fears that the financial crisis turned into an economic recession

could bring the entire usa just to bring people to their knees so. see. it's eighteen minutes past the hour a look at some world news in brief millions around the world morning co-founding genius steve jobs amount of course behind the iconic mark i pod i phone and i pad he died peacefully age fifty six after years spent battling pancreatic cancer he led our poles who its position as the world's biggest computer firm and presided over an empire that revolutionized computing mobile phones and even listening to music the sad news sparked the biggest online reaction for years reaching ten thousand tweets a second. the nobel prize for literature has gone to a swedish poet tom. was praised by the academy for his condensed lucent images which give fresh access to reality his real books exploring the inner worlds have

been translated into almost fifty languages the eighty year old literary master will receive the award at a ceremony in december. and the death toll from to run chill range that have battered thailand for months has risen to two hundred and thirty seven millions of people in twenty eight type provinces have been displaced by endless flooding overfilled dams and given away i don't know water logged the country's central region more rain is expected to hit the recovering nation in the coming days. russia's help to provide security and revive the across the an economy has dominated talks in moscow between the country's leaders. and alexander are focused on the challenges facing the caucasus republic which is still recovering from its long struggle for independence from georgia president medvedev also ratified a longstanding agreement which regulates the work of russian forces on a cause in territory recognize the country's independence following georgia's

attack on another caucuses republic south the said in two thousand and eight there were fears of causing it could be next in line for an assault and russian troops have since been stationed in the area on the government's request. well for more hard hitting stories and in-depth coverage don't forget to visit our site dot com here's what lined up for you today r.t. talked to the king of talk shows that's larry king of course to discuss the highlights of his career including his exclusive interviews with blades the men from. the russian resort city of sochi prepares to host the twenty fourteen winter olympic games an army of volunteers and interpreters gathers to begin to play their part in the city well ahead of the big event. time now to take in more of russia in close up and today we're on healthcare.

we're taking you six hundred kilometers from moscow to the pen's a region famous for its natural beauty and strong cultural traditions the capital also called panzer was founded in the seventeenth century as a small fortress on a narrow strip of river bank to make the city sets a shining example of a healthy safe and happy lifestyle arts he's never went to learn the secret of their success. 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 and turns out that's exactly what

the government has done. getting health care whether they like it or not every weekday morning attorney 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. all this 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 and the garridge and get on their bikes now all government business spits to form from the saddle. the head of the local administration says the 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 our gc's he said you can have three to scooters under by so 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 mad former 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 them. the police are out in force. looking for bad children the governor has imposed a curfew for unsupervised under sixteen so. as not i think it is a waste of police time tell those children with their arrested 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 troll wraps up with quite all round the citizens of the can sleep well. safe in the knowledge that would pass and they're healthier more hunted and the streets are increasingly free. up next the way to. thank you very much unease but in a person as the economic priorities of the likely next government in a keynote speech to an investment forum in moscow the prime minister reassured investors the country would maintain strict budget discipline and would continue with the process of liberalisation our correspondent in the crosshairs at the forum for business ulti. russia is a tough sell right now for investors especially after what we're seeing happen with

the markets according to the latest reports russia saw an eighteen percent increase in foreign direct investment last week which amounted to a thirty five billion dollars now having said that since the beginning of this year we have seen this be a billion dollars in the country and plug in your personal use this opportunity to pitch russia to investors and lay out this economic policy by all of us in this. strategy is the state should reduce its direct presence in the economy therefore we will gradually withdraw from the capital of state corporations by privatizing stakes belonging to the state we will appoint independent professionals to the boards of directors of companies with state ownership. parts of the prime minister's liberalized nation plan includes allowing foreigners to buy up to twenty five percent in some resource companies without having to deal with lots of red tape as well as the liberalization of gas exports you know some analysts believe

that the differences between prime minister vladimir putin the suggestion and the current administration is not that different that actually the differences are in the details he reiterated but there is a showing digitalisation and muckrake anomic stability remain is the key priority is for for the government for the next several years the only thing is that it probably will be slightly more challenging for the next administration to be serious this is goals because fiscal policies know quite a constraint with the budget deficit and russia is facing the challenge aside from the slower growth so far of the global economy but a mere prudes a ritz a right so that the government was not expecting a second wave all the crisis although it recognizes that the risks had increased and putin went on to reassure investors that if worse came to worse russia would be

able to cope. time for the markets now traditionally we saw it with commodities oil is trading at a four day highs investors are betting that load crude stockpiles in the us indicate fuel demand may increase in the world's largest economy brant is at over one hundred three dollars per barrel light sweet over eighty. u.s. stocks on thursday have turned positive despite u.s. jobless claims are rising to less than expected last week and european central bank of president poetry shade also spoke of increased the downside risks to the region speaking of europe european stocks saw it in the black at the end of the session banks are leading the gains. european central bank is offering new emergency loans to banks to help steady the financial system no new spain raises six billion dollars in debt auctions as investors showed good appetite despite page views. and

there's the closing picture for the russian markets and finally a bounce back in the r.t.s. up for now for some nice x. more than four percent among the main movers is called mind spots it's up more than ten percent actually eleven percent the company is is up on news that you have as this one of its main stakeholders has said it stopped negotiating the sale of its stake and banking stocks when then as you saw it's also looking positive this hour and bad futures this edition of the business news on our take on the banks the headlines with a nice. the

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you're watching r t a live from moscow our top stories new york police get tough on thousands of occupy wall street activists here is their taxes are being used to prop up corporate america protesters have staged their biggest rally in three weeks after being joined by unions. as they're in a woman seen. the symbol of the regimes brutality against its own people reappear is alive and wow after reportedly being beheaded is for several didio tracking after giving her supposed death saturation coverage. and euro zone finance chiefs look to help out banks that may some through blow from greece's burgeoning debt crisis meanwhile the now plans violent protests to rocketed against.