coming to you live now with the weekly what began as a citizen standoff against the big banks on wall street has grown into a nationwide rally in just a couple of weeks having handed police tactics against the protesters in manhattan catapulted into the have binds and inspired people in other cities to join in and as 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 but this week protests have blazed 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 more just society for the young people coming up and all of the american people right now are suffering through these hard economic times this seems pretty revolutionary to me and the spirit of revolution is here and so i need to be a part of what you are not agreed 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 certainly you can imagine a different world if 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. you know the protesters are. giving voice to a more broad based frustration. about how our financial system works but 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 who are doing the right thing are rewarded 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 baton pepper spray and the arrests of nearly eight hundred peaceful protesters on the brooklyn bridge a scene that reminded some of egypt's two here square we can volunteer believe our brothers and sisters all over the world care of spring in greece and spain and we can see that it did send a powerful message for dinner people are not going to stand for corporate greed anymore and now we're getting up and we're doing something about it three weeks into the anti 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 actually i can understand their sentiments. frankly. because the. decision not to inject capital into the. banks but to effectively relieve them of the bed. and then allow the. gave the banks. profits and allowed them to pay. bonuses as they see can i can sympathize with. his 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 that's the only mobilized. international

expansion many believe this ongoing event would become a burning point anyway that's were not smooth made merican politicians instead working for the majority of the people cynical elected demanding democracy from the very leader this that promoting green up or not artsy in new york. the former wall street executive richard ask ourselves the protesters are just trying to restore democratic basic values and that's helping to draw the crowds this is actually for a political protest movement that so young it's grown and gathered a surprising amount of support from surprising and quarters in a very very short time for example you would have several very major unions joining up with this group that's primarily young people and saying we're on the same side we support them they support us i think what they're doing is reasserting

a set of values you know everybody who watches job should get a job business people and their customers should deal with one another fairly and honestly crimes including corporate crime should be punished and so on so if you think of it as the early stage of a movement where it's declaring its fundamental values and principles then i think it's actually although it's probably intuitive or accidental it's actually pretty smart of them not to get pinned down in saying we want a financial transactions tax or we want a blue ribbon investigation of wall street crime there really and this is why they've been able i think to start to get some attention. up out on r t there is no resting for grease while bankers demand more and more are starting from apple but outside parliament police turn on a public that's had enough of the conflict tax hikes that have driven many into poverty. politically correct it is three parents and teachers across france last

out at a new book which we're going to support which provides this historical accounts so they don't insult minorities. and the supposed syrian regime big jim who is back from the dad after making global headlines raising questions of accuracy and agenda in the conflicts coverage in the west. but first america's war in afghanistan reached into its second decade this week and the worldwide chorus calling for the occupation to end is growing louder about a white house official has suggested that it may be far from over saying the cia and special forces could stay indefinitely as part of the global war on terror and as jason mattera reports the evidence on the ground shows there is no rush to leave . if the united states is drawing its troops from afghanistan what is its largest base getting bigger with u.s. led forces over in the telephone of late two thousand and one bugbear field is little more than a flight to correct runway since then the former soviet base in the plains north of

the capital has grown into a small city but still do over twenty five thousand full time personal fleets of military cargo aircraft enough to cause traffic jams in the expansion there's no way it is by scores of contractors u.s. military engineers are constructing new housing and storage facilities to make room for even more bidding war were after sending an extra thirty thousand troops to afghanistan last year president obama started bringing them home this summer but with afghan forces struggling to stand alone it's likely that less will leave than planned and bases like this one just aren't going to shrink anytime soon. at least there are plenty of home comforts for soldiers staying on for tell a few more. appointments we can shop for everything from flat screen t.v.'s to find joy joy a cappuccino to grab some takeout for insurance and if they're tired of working. they're free to go to the salon for a hair cut. all have some officials have tried to limit such movies calling them

a distraction from the war the troops are happy to have and these are strangely. enough. and have it take you right. local afghan merchants are also glad to have the extra business both inside and outside. without a group of the soldiers my business would be nothing we like having them here but not everyone agrees deadly taliban rocket attacks are on the. it is the base becomes more and more crowded the threat to those living inside multiplies no matter how high its walls become everyone gets a close call when you this can just get this much equipment person no one tight spot it 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 muslim from. washington's announcement of a protracted stay in afghanistan came as little surprise to prime backer of the pro

peace answer coalition he says there's no way the u.s. would abandon a region that's so strategically important if the u.s. military were to leave afghanistan altogether or if it were to leave iraq altogether and 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 strategic clean resource rich part of the world 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 sphere of influence i think the karzai government really is the knicks. tension of american power which has a masquerade the fiction of a nato cover but really it's an american power cards 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. an

unintended consequence of u.s. led operation in afghanistan has been the country's meteoric rise in the world's lead as the world's leading heroin producer exports to europe russia and asia have sparked a new app adamic but nato troops are doing little to stop it a former chief of staff to the u.s. secretary of state says that's because the u.s. is less than eager to make more enemies who benefits from this is who benefits from it in mexico and colombia and other places it's people who are heavily invested in the drug trade and i don't necessarily mean those who are taking it there is a connection and that connection is very simple it is that the troops don't want to attack those people who are raising drugs not even the blatant overwhelming comprehensive way because that just adds to the enemy list that they have to fight they are fighting all manner of taliban now different groups of taliban they're fighting people who are just pashtun and want them out of the country who may

identify as taliban they don't want to add to that enemies list all the people who are raising drugs in afghanistan and making a profit from their. in london's trafalgar square big crowds market a decade in afghanistan with a fine get out now in that sense you can watch our reports from the heart of the british capital as well as our expert opinion and analysis. europe's finances felt the chill of autumn this week with spain italy and british banks all having their credit ratings chopped as the crisis swirls around them greece remains the centerpiece where the i.m.f. and boy to the country giving it all to made them to ramp up the cards face total collapse. comes in the face of growing investor and market certainty that

a greek default is now inevitable something not helped earlier this week by up and admitting it's failed to reduce its deficit level quite the reverse austerity drive that's left the nation's economy in tatters and disarm furthermore the needs of the people are taking second place big bank demands. anger in athens syntagma square once again bearing witness ok clashes between what police and furious protest is so we go to take that back right here in. the right thank you for larry. and the pensions really be my thing as a police moved in to clear the crowds some shocking scenes one point the police chasing protesters into the metro station many others hit 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 was. i just remember thinking is this really happening increase 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 pictures i took. the place he taken shelter amplified the sound of the flash bang causing always tasteful deafness an injury which is called his job that the order after the attack i won't call it an accident it was an attack on my life be like a small house. an investigation was launched into the incident the progress has been slow a fireman a list tells us the countless cases against heavy handed police tactics and need to have any kind of results we witness for ourselves the lack of discrimination when

the police lash out when journalists 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. from europe. has been expressed in july. the impact of the financial crisis is being played out blow by blow on syntagma square there are now fears that the financial crisis turn into an economic recession could bring the entire usa not just the

greek people to their knees surf city. investment adviser patrick young says that the lack of direction at the top of the e.u. is a major factor in the spread of the pain which threatens to destroy the currency. the european union are trying to tick 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 doing it there's too little leadership and there is a big headed intransigence amongst the leaders of the european union ations 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 out because greece is leading the contagion that is going to kill the euro by the end of the year if we don't see an rapid action because the problem is we cannot leave citizens of the european union to starve to death because it suits

the troika of international lenders were doesn't british banks are their credit ratings drop this week moody's decision came after the government said it's unlikely to valid giants like lloyd's in r.b.s. if they get into trouble again just days later fit another of the big three ratings for gave the thumbs down to italy and took spain scored down to not it but as a columnist mark little word says it's a wake up call for spoiled banks. what we've got to get away from in the united kingdom and actually right across the western world more generally is they saw idea that every single bank is copper bottomed because if they get into trouble the times will kill them out and one of the key things that the u.k. government is struggling with is how do we allow our banks to go through the wall when to fail without actually destroying the wider economy and i think that these the these downgrades of banks actually reflect the fact that we are beginning to move away from what was

a hopeless and helpless situation in which basically every bank you that if you crash then the time when the government would come to the right so it's a grim warning but in the same way as you would wish to have an almost a toy 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 fallout with our expert opinions and blogs at r.t. dot com and if you have there right now we're also tackling some monster meths is bigfoot busted we joined a group of russian yeti ologists who believe they have on earth a cave that may have shelters the super sized snowman for years. and bloomberg big bullets new york's mayor takes on the terror threat with a new some arsenal a gun that can bring down a plane check out our t. dot com for 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 and

wounding several others since the uprising against president assad began in march an estimated twenty nine hundred people have died in syria's defense minister stated that terrorist groups are active there and targeting military officials scientists and intellectuals he also said those calling for foreign intervention in syria want to ruin the country and its principles and the media race to root the regime out forced many into it surprising u. turn this week as artie's explained 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 child holes 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 mother found the body in a morgue last month all assertions is now being forced to backtrack on this we will endeavor to be more cautious and phrase things a little bit more nuanced the state broadcaster says the interviews to dispel what it labels fabrications by foreign media to serve western interests in stories like this that have been used to prop up calls from the u.s. britain and france for un sanctions to be slapped on syria but their foundations are now looking shakier than ever this footage religiously shows an armed pro sound 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 russi 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 through it as a potential cover for another libyan style intervention so it may not be any oil this time but there's always an ulterior motive it's important to use 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 altar into a political motive for 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 either bennett r.t. . but russia believes there is a better way to solve serious problems that imposing get more tough sanctions president medvedev says it's not up to the united nations 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 that they clearly understood syria is very different to libya because you will continue resisting attempts to legitimize unilateral sanctions through the u.n. security council that aim to overthrow political regimes the u.n. was not created for that. we'll discuss what's happening in syria with a key adviser to president here's some of what's to come up at two pm g.m.t. . well that. the majority of laws that should have been passed are now adopted all work to amend the constitution is underway the problem is that some states fund and

arm terrorist groups operating in our towns and villages this makes ordinary people's lives very difficult and puts them in a real danger the position of the western countries encourages these terrorist groups we share russia and china's you know that it's impossible to move forward without dialogue but the alternative as blood spilling civil war into really just. libyan revolutionary forces claim they've seized parts of convention center would serve as a key base for gadhafi loyalists in his hometown of syria for over two days not the be as into rulers have been waging one of the biggest assaults yet on the most important remaining gadhafi stronghold revolutionary forces say they now control most of the town but still face fierce resistance from boil the fighters thousands of people have left here but many remain behind meaning there is a high risk of civilian casualties but for peace campaigners the fact that nato is

protecting civilians by shelling fear so the alliances approach is very selective. the whole idea of the bombing was that it was meant to protect the civilians and bang goes thank you so why does he was anybody inside up to the idea that they were main killing civilians in another city or town in there and that's exactly what's happening so many times very selective about walks williams it supports it doesn't support those civilians who might oppose it does support the other one and of course we know what this war was about it was about regime change i wanted to get rid of gadhafi if they could dress this up as helping civilians in libya so they would if not they. they don't care about civilians apart that's what's actually happening so the world make a terrible killings and so i'm sure and her really this is a response well this is what we do now run live. in france the power of political

correctness seems to be teaching a serious lassen for school kids parents and teachers are angry and new textbooks which carry revised historical accounts to avoid insulting minority pupils as artie's daniel bushell reports many french fear their identity will soon be consigned to history as well twenty pages on the history of black slavery and just six on the time of napoleon shown here sitting on a toilet for a new history school books are in breach parents and teachers who cool it's political correctness gone mad this bestseller on the figures of from boylan's ahead. if we doing teach our 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 sun king louis the fourteenth to imperial and the pony and smoked 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 reuters studied the world including les miserables all to victor hugo france is already breaking up things professor casale because it's young people have no sense of identity parents are concerned we have to study even the worth pages of our history because you can't understand what happened for politics now in france if you don't understand the history. they want to understand and to avoid properly legal actions seen as the only way to stop the removal of national history of all of our schools now give ten percent of their share you'll to the medieval african moline point i've studied it and what exactly is it contribution to world development. thousands of signed a petition of the french revolution lessons were replaced by the african kingdom of

more than once upon which many say they've never heard of the ministry of education refused to be interviewed but gave us this statement. which changing the school curriculum to reflect globalisation one of multiples being taught because it's important to have a view on the world cultures such as egypt and india the new european parliament reports 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 concern themselves to history. the new bush or altie paris. we're going to take a serb regular an artsy and i'll be back with a recap of our top stories. a

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have. eaten canceling your chance to choose to get the status of the human experiment it's not. please she will sing this rap music or dixie goes to the movies allegedly trying to make sense of global economy and it's all came trillions of us financial templates each of the reasons clambering to maintain all confidence in long kids and things you don't want to be seen trade imbalances recession fifty nations close to collapsing in some plane loans to close ones that seem to fail super late banks again sealevel i think is us question seven and smashed a ceiling change being just like ultimate in the transition from st the i.m.f. imports portrayal just programs increase in the total economy. ok.

today's news of the week's top stories on our t.v. no withdrawal from wall street the anti-bank protesters harden their resolve as their movement grows nationwide and become difficult for the government to ignore the heavy handed police tactics against the rallies are seeing more be both joining the protests. the u.s. led war in afghanistan enters decade two with the white house and dashing hopes of a total pullout think the cia and special forces are there to stay as as violence reaches a peak where two thousand and eleven looking to become the deadliest year yet. russia and china vetoed the un resolution on syria calling for political dialogue instead of tough sanctions on president assad regime meanwhile the syrian government says the terrorist groups are active in the country and targeting military be.