well you know. why don't what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to this report. this week's top stories on our t.v. american springs friends across the country with the u.s. government option arms against the protesters by washington support of revolutions overseas. the u.s. led war in afghanistan enters its second decade with victory over the taliban and the pullout of foreign troops scarcely in sight also. that the background very. helpless that's larry. and that's really been my thing police and demonstrators clashed on the streets of athens after the i.m.f. spoke to made a move to the country make cuts or collapse. and

a woman promoted by western media as a victim of bashar al assad's regime in syria says she is alive and well raising concerns that fabricated stories are being used in a bid to topple the country's leadership. live from moscow you're watching r t with me and he's there now we have the weekly for you this sunday a look back at the top stories and you won't street protests that kicked off in new york three weeks ago have now grown into a nationwide rally engulfing a growing number of u.s. cities every day demonstrators inspired by the arab spring demand an end to social inequality and corporate greed and as their calls for revolution get louder the authorities and media are finding them harder to read nor are. reports. the collective voices america of. can 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 dozens of cities nationwide. in the big apple up to fifteen thousand americans flooded lower manhattan leader 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 young people coming up and all of the american people right now are suffering because these hard economic times this seems pretty revolutionary to me and then this period of revolution is here and so i need to be a part of it once you are there 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 and 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 the american people understand that not everybody has been following the rules. that wall street is an example of it these days a lot of folks who are doing the right thing are a lot of folks who are 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 put taunts pepper 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 you can follow me believe our

brothers and sisters all over the world arab spring in greece and spain 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 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 weighed in on the populist uprising and surely i can understand this and the decision not to inject capital into the banks but to effectively. relieve them of their bed that should give the banks. profits as they see can they can sympathize with

the. grievances spearheaded so loud and large that means stream media outlets have been left with no other choice but to cover the protests in a matter of weeks occupy wall street was not only mobilized international attention many believe this ongoing of that would become expiring point in the us were a mass movement towards americans politicians and some working for the majority of the people and that led to demanding democracy from the very leaders that promoted arena or guile artsy new york. former wall street executive richard ask our says protesters to protest their support is being driven by their bid to restore basic democratic values. this is actually for a political protest movement that's so young it's grown and gathered a surprising amount of support from surprising quarters in

a very very short time for example you have several very major unions joining up with this group that's primarily young people and saying that we're on the same side we support them they support 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 the clarity it's 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 enough 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. our correspondents are in the heart of events in the lower manhattan keeping you updated on how the

protests grow with the company of is talking to demonstrators police reporters and this posting the latest pictures from the kampong line you can follow the action on our twitter feed our team progress or car. and later in the program we look at how financial distress is also driving people on to the streets of the greek capital and argue through witnesses police violence in outlands and anger among austerity greeks reaches boiling point. plus history for the victim to political correctness in france with fears the younger generation might lose its fans of national identity we look at what pages are being removed from textbooks and why. but first a fresh wave of violence has swept across syria this weekend with at least fourteen people killed in clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters some of the most severe scenes came out the funeral of a kurdish opposition leader in the north east of the country syrian authorities

insist they are targeting armed terrorist groups not peaceful protesters they also claim the kurdish opposition leader was killed by militants because he was against foreign intervention in the country syria has been in a state of chaos since mid march following protests demanding president step down meanwhile the media break through out the regime forced many into a surprising u. turn this week i've been explained. she was hailed as the flower of syria a symbol of the suffering under president bashar assad sproule regime at least that's what much of the western media said after the apparent butchering of zeinab al hosni we're viewed pictures of what was done to corpses and they are simply too gruesome to air several western media outlets were quick to report salvos of these gruesome deaths apparently the first woman killed in government custody but now it appears she's miraculously back from a date even being interviewed on syrian t.v.

. i came to the police station to see the truth this what i say to those line channels i'm now still alive not dead human rights groups like amnesty international jumped on the bandwagon to reporting health was tortured murdered and mutilated it even claimed a mother found the body in the morgue last month all assertions is now being forced to backtrack on this we will endeavor to be really well cautious and phrase things a little bit more nuanced the state broadcaster says the interviews to dispel what it labels found brick ations by foreign media to serve western interests in stories like this that have been used to prop up calls from the u.s. britain and france for un sanctions to be slapped on syria but their foundations are now looking shakier than ever as footage religiously shows unarmed assad civilians being targeted by gun toting rebels say perhaps not the peaceful

opposition they're often made out to be by the west that only seems to look one way . this notion that you know has is now part of this pro-democracy receipt regime is ridiculous they are jumping on that bandwagon is an opportunity to. create this deceptive appearance while at the same time there's aborting the 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 stahl intervention so it may not be any oil this time but there's always an ulterior motive our partners in the u.n. security council do not rule out a replay of the libyan scenario although they said more than once they clearly understood syria is very different to libya and russia will continue resisting in terms to legitimize unilateral sanctions through the u.n. security council that aim to overthrow political regimes the u.s. was not created for that as opposed to vetoes of followed by 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's r.t. . but your advisor to syria's president told r.t. the country as a party is fully embrace of cost and the bloodshed. with which the majority of laws that should have been passed are now adopted work to amend the constitution is underway the problem is that some states fund and arm terrorist groups operating in our towns intelligence this makes ordinary people's lives very difficult and puts them in real danger the position of the western countries encourages these terrorist groups we share russia and china's view that it's impossible to move forward without trial the alternative is blood spilling civil war into religious crashers. biffle interview with dr siobhan is coming to you next

hour in just ten minutes we report on how the ongoing fighting in libya is affecting the lives of civilians there as revolutionary forces intensify their assault on gadhafi is home town of syria we ask our experts why the human cost of the so-called liberation is often going on noticed in the media. this week struggling european economy for dealt another blow by ratings agencies which downgraded italy and spain fears over the debt crisis were also intensified by the downgrade of several british and portuguese banks greece remains the centerpiece with the international creditors still not sure the country is doing enough to get another a cash injection envoy to the country has delivered an ultimatum round the carts or face total collapse that's after athens in a minute failing to reduce its deficit to the agreed level despite the relentless austerity drive that left the nation's economy in tatters and sarah first reports

the needs of the people are taking second place to big banks. the square once again bearing witness ok clashes between riot police here is very tough these. but. i'm going to pensions really been frightening as the police needed to clear the crowds some shocking scenes one point the police team chasing protest is into the metro station many of the hit kicks by they supposed to be keeping control. of the message being sent by the government when it's repression and fear. scenes like this is raise serious questions about the level of force being used. comprised is a forty three year old journalist he's reported for many conflicts but it was in his own country where he sustained his it was. i just remember thinking is this really happening look at this i took shelter in an enclosure just arsenal and one

policeman who i think was the commander asked in a very rude of me why i was talking pictures i told him i was a journalist and he gave an order and i had one of the flash bangs thrown at me these are some pictures i took not a platy taken shelter five thousand flashbang causing always table death injury which is called. the order after the attack i won't call it an arson it was an attack like a small. investigation was launched into the incident the progress has been slow a finalist tells us the countless cases both against heavy handed police tactics and any kind of results we witness for ourselves the lack of discrimination when the police lash out when journalists along with his camera to the ground the rise in the level of aggression seen by police and the more extreme groups of protesters is causing serious concern with the government continuing to implement their stars

he measures they did to see that bailout cash pensions looks set to keep escalating i think we are approaching fast. and easy to explain in the form of pleasure was the first reaction you face in the short. described from europe. has been experienced. first of the person the impact of the financial crisis is being played out play by play well sometimes in the square right now is the financial crisis turned into an economic recession bring in tiger is a look just to please people today any. greek people are suffering because of mistakes made by politicians and athens only escape wise outside the euro's out so says member of the european parliament paul. basically the money is going to pay off their bill the problem is they're not

reducing that there and it's it's interesting we should never have been allowed to get into the euro in the first place they broke through many rules their own rules to get crease in because this was all about politics it wasn't about economics and i feel very very sure for the greek people the only way that the greek people who get back on their feet are going to come out of the order all together and look at what with the end of the world for greece argentina was the last major countries involved in two thousand and one between two thousand and one and two thousand and six argentina's economy grew by sixty five percent that is the answer to greece if you poll the polls that these people are being made to suffer because of ideological decisions that were taken many miles away in brussels ten years ago. coming up later today crushing the crisis robert frost's or explores the plunging global economy in an unprecedented way throughout our service than it has recession wrap in a brand new show here on r t here's a preview of what's in store for you at six hundred g.m.t.

. seems to come towards global financial to you and it's an interesting claim to be investing much in this enterprise with mr mike units buried in my real economy is something much more to its g.d.p. measured not by our ability to afford but our capacity to really learn to do not please him each is the boss remain on this planet ark pandora. this week the u.s. led war in afghanistan passed its ten year mark with nato troops still no closer to victory over the taliban the chorus of criticism over the occupation gets louder with the latest failure stamp coming from a former german general who planned his nation's role in the operation a decade ago they don't plan on a full withdrawal from the country by the end of twenty fourteen but as jason marlowe reports the evidence on the ground shows there is no rush to leave. if the united states is

a drawing its troops from afghanistan why is its largest base getting bigger with us live forces overread telepathically two thousand would bug me if you're just a little more than a flight to correct runway since then the 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 time personal fleets of military hardware enough to cause traffic jams if the expansion is no way aided by scores of colored tractors u.s. military engineers are constructing new housing and storage facilities to make room for even more building workers 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 been less will even planned and bases like this ones are going to shrink any time soon. at least there are plenty of home comforts for soldiers staying on for tough you know long deployments they can shop for everything from flat screen t.v.'s to fine jewelry enjoy a cappuccino grab some take out

a new pizza hut for insurance and if they're tired of working out in june 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 them and these are strangely. realities leave the latter an advocate they have the right. local afghan merchants are also glad to have the extra business both inside and outside the wire without agreement a soldier's my business 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 the threat to those living inside multiplies no matter how high it smells because every rock is a close call when you this can just get this much equipment personnel it's all into one tight spot get 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 muckler embargoed for

a team. oh i doubt official has suggested the cia and special forces could stay in afghanistan long after the troops have left and according to brian becker of the answer coalition there's no way the u.s. would abandon a region that's 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 strategic 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 spirit 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 i for it's 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. and the war sentiment is growing in britain which has the second largest number of troops in afghanistan in london's trafalgar square big crowds mark the decade of war with a defiant get out now message our correspondent is there you can watch his reports at r.t. dot com. it's. well fierce fighting for gadhafi as hometown of syria continues in libya where revolutionary forces claim they've seized parts of convention center which is the

main base of the courage of the colonel's loyalists for over two days now libya's in terms have been waging one of the biggest assaults yet on the most important remaining stronghold of the ousted leader revolutionary forces claim they control most of the town that's been under siege for three weeks now libya's interim leaders say failure to take third is the only thing keeping them from formally declare liberation and scheduling elections but author and journalist option return of the says pursuing this aim cannot justify atrocities often ignored i mean free media this is what nato are involved in the action which is obviously contrary to the u.n. resolution which is supposedly mandated to go in and overthrow the government of gadhafi we're getting reports of electric torture electric shock torture being used by these revolutionaries who exactly are the people that are fighting nato because they may not like get their fee they may not like the nato troops it's very interesting that the most advanced arsenal in the world of nato is six months on

and they still haven't won the country this is all about the idea that these great powers as of all can divide up the resources and the future of the libyan people why they're quiet about it the media kind of got bored after the initial explosions and we so-called attack the not even reporting the bombing of hospitals in certain . and we've got more stories available for you on our website log on to argue dot com for more details here's a quick look at what's available for you right now an unexpected x. fuel show at euro twenty twelve opening ceremony in the ukrainian capital after a controversial feminist group gate crash the event that r.t. dot com for you. and a coffin of creativity looking at this it's easy to join the people of ghana in their belief that death is just a step into another of life the works of an african craftsman will be on display in moscow later this month. no two napoleon school textbooks are

being revised in france to avoid insulting minority pupils opponents of the move toward political correctness is running amok through french society threatening to personal country of its past and not only through its classrooms refuse daniel bushell exploits. twenty pages on the history of black slavery and just six on the time of the polian shown here sitting on the toilet france's new history school books are inbreeding parents and teachers who call it a little correctness gone mad this author's bestseller on the banned because of from the worlds of boylan's ahead. they don't teach aaron 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 son king louis the fourteenth to imperial and the. as because. they focus is now on the

previously little known king. of sentry west africa. the purge even extends to grow to study the world including les miserables look north of victor hugo france is already breaking up thanks professor casale because it's young people have no sense of identity parents are concerned but we have the third even the worth pages of our history because you can't understand what happened but it is now in france you could all understand the history. they want to understand and divide properly legal action scene is the only way to stop the removal of national history. schools now give ten percent of their share the old to the medieval african moline point i 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 water park which many say they've never heard of the ministry of education refused to be interviewed but gave us this statement. we're changing the school curriculum to reflect globalization one amount of cars being taught because it's important to have a view on other world cultures such as egypt joining and india a new european parliament report backed 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 paws they say consigned themselves to history. the new bush will all see paris. so great now here in our city and i'll be back with a recap of our weekly top stories stay with us. for

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