all. today's news in the week's top stories no withdrawal from wall street anti-bank protesters harden their result as their movement grows and nationwide could become difficult for the government to ignore. the u.s. led war in afghanistan enters decade to with the white house dashing hopes of a total pillowed saying the cia and special forces may be there to stay. russia and china vetoed a u.n. resolution on syria calling for a political dialogue instead of tough sanctions on president assad's regime. a slew of fresh credit rating europe as italy and british banks take

a huge hit from producing we nervous investors. in moscow i mattress are bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news here on r t what started as a citizen stand off against big banks on wall street's grown into a nationwide rally in only a couple of weeks heavy handed police tactics against demonstrators in manhattan catapulted it to the headlines and inspired more people in other cities to join as artie's marina porton i reports campaigners are convinced this is just the start. of the collective voices of american dissent has manifested into a movement impossible to ignore occupy wall street began in the world's financial capital this week protests have blease through dozens of cities nationwide.

in the big apple up to fifteen thousand americans flooded lower manhattan labor unions transport workers teachers nurses and u.s. veterans. standing shoulder to shoulder with young activists spearheading a fight against us wealth inequality and corporate greed young people right now have no hope in our society i just want to see a fairer and more just society for the young people coming up and all of the american public right now are suffering pretty hard economic times this seems pretty revolutionary to me and then the spirit of revolution is here and so i need to be a part of it once you are on the down and free to be arrested anymore the whole entire control of the police state disappears when that happens there are credible possibilities that are open to us and suddenly you can imagine a different world you believe you can be an agent of change the occupy movement has gained such momentum even the president who promised change was forced to address the issue i think people are frustrated and. the protestors

are. giving voice to a more broad based frustration about how our financial system works the american people understand that not everybody's been following the rules. that wall street is an example of that these days a lot of folks who are doing the right thing aren't rewarded and a lot of folks weren't doing the right thing or while the u.s. has encouraged and supported democratic uprisings in the arab world the same events playing out at home have been met with petang spray and the arrests of nearly eight hundred peaceful protesters on the brooklyn bridge a scene that reminded some of egypt's to hear square we can follow. the lead of our brothers and sisters all over the world in the care of spring in greece and spain and we can see that it did send a powerful message ordinary people are not going to stand for corporate greed

anymore and that we're getting out and we're doing something about it three weeks into the end how wall street demonstrations the new york city police department has pumped two million dollars into overtime pay fines some critics say are being used to repress freedom two miles from the chaos of the united nations even financier and billionaire george soros who weighed in on the populist uprising and i can understand this sentiment. frankly. because the. decision not to inject capital in. ranks but to effectively. leave them out of bed. and then allow the. gave the banks. profits and allowed them to pay. bonuses as they

can i can sympathize with the. grievances spearheaded so loud and large that mainstream media outlets have been left with no other choice but to cover the protests in a matter of weeks occupy wall street not only mobilized. it's not about this ongoing attack become more in the last we're not going to darken our decision. for the majority of the people. to come across from the very rigorous. bring up our guy our hearts in new york. one former u.s. intelligence officer tells our to washington needs to watch its back because if it doesn't listen to the people it could face a potentially violent revolution these are not stupid people they're very smart and they understand that at root this is about corruption and government and corruption

on wall street and until you have electoral reform you cannot restore the integrity of the u.s. government so yes there is a common cause but it's a bottom up movement and so that common cause is being voiced in many different ways i think the united states right now is much more desperate to keep will realize we're at twenty two percent unemployment on our way to thirty percent we are at sixteen percent below the poverty line on our way to thirty percent there is no question in my mind that this is going to be a very tar quencher in the united states and on less to government resources its own integrity and starts paying attention to the public interests rather than to the special interests i believe that we will have a swarm over evolution initially nonviolent but with the potential to become violent. up ahead no rest for greece world bankers demand more and more charity from outside parliament police turn on

a public that says it's had enough of the cuts and tax hikes that have driven many into the poor house. politically corrected history parents and teachers across france lash out at new school books revising historical accounts so they don't insult minorities. and the supposed syrian regime victim back from the dead after making global headlines raising questions of accuracy and agenda in the west coverage of the conflict. but first america's war in afghanistan reached into its second decade this week in the worldwide chorus calling for the occupation to end grows louder the white house official suggested that it may be far from over saying cia and special forces could stay indefinitely as part of the global war on terror as jason malard reports the evidence on the ground shows there is no rush to leave . if united states is drawing its troops from afghanistan why is its largest base getting bigger with u.s. led forces over in the teleport at least two thousand one plug of airfield is

little more than a flight to correct runway since that former soviet base in the plains north of the afghan capital has grown into a small city but still do over twenty five thousand full tilt personal fleets and military hardware craft with enough vehicles to cause traffic jams that expansion is no way aided by scores of close reckless u.s. military engineers are constructing new housing and storage facilities to make room for even more getting more work after sending an extra thirty thousand troops after the simplest year president obama started bringing them home this summer but with afghan forces struggling to stand alone it's likely a bit less will even planned and bases like this one are going to shrink anytime soon. at least there are plenty of home comforts for soldiers staying on for tough you know long appointments they can shop for everything from flat screen t.v.'s to fine jewelry enjoy a cappuccino and grab some take on the new kid site for interns and if they're

tired of working out in the gym they're free to go to the salon for a haircut and such although some officials have tried to limit such amenities calling them a distraction from the war the troops are happy to have it leaders namely. your voice leave the line of thought and advocate. the right. local afghan merchants are also glad to have the extra business both inside and outside the wire without beggarman a soldier's why does this would be nothing we like having them here but not everyone agrees diddly taliban rocket attacks are on the rise and as the base becomes more and more crowded and threat to those living inside multiplies no matter how high it's almost become every rock it's a close call when you this can just get this much equipment personnel it's all going into one tight spot to close it's going to destroy something or someone easy as it may be to forget at times this is still a war zone jason mcclurg embargo for example. washington's announcement of

a protracted stay in afghanistan came as little surprise to brian becker of the pro peace answer coalition he says there's no way the u.s. could have bad in a region so strategically important if the us military were to leave afghanistan altogether or if it were to leave iraq altogether those governments would become independent determining governments free of foreign interference or foreign occupation that's what would happen they would form their own natural alliances with their neighbors the united states does not want that this is the great prize this is a geo strategically and resource rich part of the world the united states is there for the long term and i think that's the real goal is to put firmly afghanistan and the surrounding countries into an american spear of influence i think the karzai government really is an extension of american power which has a masquerade the fiction of a nato cover but really it's an american power cards and i of course probably cannot survive without outside support after all the outsiders the occupiers put

him into power i don't think he has any real legitimacy or credibility for his people. for years the u.s. implored pakistan to offer a more support for its war in afghanistan if you blocking taliban supply routes or hunting down al qaeda cells but it's only been token support so far with islam about preferring to stay on the sidelines and even sometimes assist the taliban factions or his military analysts to explore is just what's behind pakistan's apparently two sided policies. back in eighty's it was the most successful cia operation when they promoted islam is ation of pakistan and to the rule of generals for the end i saw the jihad in afghanistan thirty years later the pentagon is fighting with the consequences of that success right here. and they will be doomed to run the vicious circle again and again until their white house will finally

realize they have to prevail they have to dismantle their own legacy in pakistan issue is whether islamabad is their friend or foe. actually it's neither that's why a new definition has been coined the frenemy it means that the countries policy has been torn apart in a contradiction between its past and current islam ization and the new challenges for the whole region. in london's trafalgar square big crowds marks a decade in afghanistan with a defiant get out now message watch our reports from the heart of the british capital as well as our expert opinion and analysis.

europe's finances face. this week with spain italy and british banks having all their credit ratings charged as a crisis continues to swirl around greece remains the centerpiece we are not on board a country giving it all to medium rare cards or face total collapse the dire comes in the face of growing investor and market certainty that greek default is now inevitable something not help. failed to do serious deficit to the agreed this. nation's economy in tatters as artists are of course the fourth of the people are taking a back seat to the big banks and their. anger in syntagma square once again bearing witness to clashes between riot police here is protesting. but.

you know. i mean she's really been writing as the police moved in to clear the crowds some shocking things one point the police chasing playtest is into the station many others hit and kicks by they supposed to be keeping control of the message being sent by the government as one from christian and fear. scenes like this are very serious questions about the level of fools being used. is a forty three year old journalist he'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 listened and one policeman who was a commander in a very. taking pictures i told him i was a journalist but he gave an order. these are some pictures or to.

the place he taken shelter amplified the sound of the flash bang causing almost hateful. injury which is called his job. after the attack i won't call it an accident it was no time my life's been like a small no. an investigation was launched into the incident the progress has been slow a fabulous tells us the countless cases against heavy handed police tactics and. any kind of result 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 further cash pensions looks set to keep escalating i think. he's going to explain the performance of the first reaction to free some of.

them. 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 turn into an economic recession could bring the entire usa not just the greek people to their knees surface r.t. . investment advisor patrick young says the lack of direction at the top of the e.u. is a major factor in the spread of the debt pain threatening to destroy the euro currency. the european union are trying to cheat fiscal control of greece because they think that's the only way they can actually control the crisis the european union is too slow in too little leadership and there is it he headed in crunch

regions amongst the leaders of the european union a chanst in terms of understanding that they needed to move a lot faster on this crisis they still need to move much faster and ultimately time is running because greece is leading that contingent that is going to kill the euro by the end of the year if we don't see positive production because the problem is we cannot leave citizens of the european union just starve to death because it suits the troika of international lenders a dozen british banks are their credit ratings dropped this week moody's decision comes after the government says it's unlikely to belle-isle dry and right lloyds and r.b.s. of big trouble again just days later fairtrade other one of the big three rating for it was it gave the thumbs down to italy and took spain scored out to an arch is british economist mark littlewood says it's a wake up call for us well banks what we've got to get away from in the united kingdom and actually right across the western world more generally is this idea

that every single bank has copper bottomed because if they get into trouble the taxpayer will play all the banks and one of the key things that the u.k. government is struggling with is how do we allow our brain to go for the war to fail without actually discovering the wider economy and i think that these these downgrades of actually reflect the fact that we are beginning to move away from what was a hopeless and helpless situation which basically every bank you know you crashed in the government would come to the right so it's a grim warning put in the sun why as you would wish to have an almost a toy notice from your doctor about your state of health i think it is a welcome warning. you can get a grip on the world's financial problems with our expert opinions and blogs at r.t. dot com and if you head there right now we're also tackling some monster admits he's big foot in phosphate we joined a group of russian in the ideology this who believe on earth they hate but may have

shelter and supersize snowmen for years. bloomberg big bullets new york's mayor takes on a terror threat with a new will some arsenal a gun that can bring down a plane check out our t. dot com for the details. syrian security forces have reportedly opened fire at thousands of mourners at the funeral of a kurdish opposition leader in the north east of the country killing five wounding several others since the uprisings against president assad started in an estimated twenty nine hundred people have died syria's defense minister stated terrorist groups are active there targeting military officials scientists and intellectuals he also said those calling for a foreign intervention in syria want to ruin the country and its principles and the media race to rout the regime forced many into a surprising u. turn this week as art and i for better explained. she was hailed as the flower of syria the symbol of the suffering under president sprue to the regime at least

that's what much of the western media said after the apparent butchering and zeinab al hosni we've pictures of what was done to zeniths corpse and they are simply gruesome take there are several western media outlets who put the reports out holes in these gruesome death apparently the first woman killed in government custody but now it appease she's miraculously 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 report seeing out holes in. he 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 found brick ations by foreign media to serve western interests and stories like this that have been used to prop up calls from the us britain and france for un sanctions to be slapped on syria but their foundations are now looking shakier than ever this footage religiously shows unarmed assad civilians being targeted by gun toting rebels so perhaps not the peaceful opposition there have been made out to be by the west that only seems to look one way this notion that the us is now part of this pro-democracy receipt regime is ridiculous they are jumping on the barrel where again is an opportunity to get out front of it and create this deceptive appearance while at the same time there's the pouring dictatorships that are aligned with them and 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 style intervention they may not be any oil

this time but there's always an ulterior motive it's important as a political 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 geo political motive of 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 bennett r.t. london. russia thinks there is a better way to solve serious problems than imposing yet more tough sanctions president medvedev says it's not up to be you when or nato to decide any country's political course. our partners in the u.n. security council did not rule out a replay of the libyan scenario although they said more than once clearly understood syria is very different to libya she will continue resisting attempts to legitimize unilateral sanctions through the u.n.

security council overthrow political regimes the u.s. was not created for that libyan revolutionary forces claim it sees parts of a convention center that served as a key base for gadhafi loyalists in his hometown of sirte for more than two days now when years interim rulers have been waging one of the biggest assaults yet on the most important remaining stronghold. revolutionary forces say they now control most of the found but still face fierce resistance from loyalist fighters thousands of people have left but many remain meaning there is a high risk of civilian casualties but for peace campaigners the fact that maybe taking civilians shelling sirte shows the alliance is approaching. the whole idea of the bombing it was made to protect the civilians in banco think. anybody inside up to the idea of main killing civilians in another city or town.

and that's exactly what's happening nato is very selective about what civilians it supports it doesn't support those civilians who might have close it does not want to and of course we know this whole. wants to get rid of gadhafi if they could just to stop this helping civilians in libya. if not. actually i think it's a little bit terrible killings and so i'm sure. this is a response well this is the be doing. controversial wiki leaks founder julian assange tells r t that it's a warning for everyone that the libyan intervention was solely about the u.s. and europe taking over the country but the lesson for libya is that there are only two superimpose in the will speaking why one of those united states and europe these two suited. to get up to take over the country the regional justification in

no fly zone over libya has been completely if you think it shows that there is no effective rule of. light in nations it's been so shouldn't be a lesson to us every time that a small mandate is given. military and intelligence will. it is a slippery slope that leads to the takeover of countries must hold and this is the . finally in this news block in france the power of political correctness seems to be teaching a serious lesson for schoolchildren parents and teachers are furious at new textbooks carrying revised historical accounts to avoid insulting when already pupils as are he daniel bush or of course many french fear their identity may soon be consigned to history. twenty pages on the history of black slavery and just six on the time of napoleon shown here sitting on

a toilet france's new history school books are parents and teachers who call it political correctness gone mad this author's bestseller on the banned because of front of boylan's ahead. if we didn't teach our own minorities the history of their adopted country they don't feel french we are already seeing riots in our streets the crusades the called insulting to muslims the thunking louis the fourteenth to imperial and the koreans mocked as the colonel gadhafi of his day focus is now on the previously little known king came kumu thought of thirteenth century west africa. the purge even extends to brighton studied round the world including les miserables all the victim hugo france is already breaking up thanks professor casale because it's young people have no sense of identity parents are concerned we have the third even the worth of our history because you can't understand that what

happened properly it is now in france you cannot understand the history. they want to understand and to avoid properly legal action seen as the only way to stop the green movement of national history. schools now give ten percent of their share your to the needy will african moline point i studied it and what exactly is it contribution to world development. thousands to sign the petition of the french revolution lessons were replaced by the african kingdom of more than multiple which many say they've never heard of the ministry of education refused to be interviewed but gave us this statement. where a change in the school curriculum to reflect globalisation one at a time has been taught because it's important to have a view. another world cultures such as egypt china and india the new european parliament report back to compulsory school lessons on the benefits of the e.u.

from quote a very young age critics want kids are learning less and less about their own country states which stop teaching their poles they say consigned themselves to history. then you will shorty paris. back with a recap of our top stories after a short break stay with us. if. you.

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