this week's top stories here on our t.v. american spring spreads across the country with the u.s. government up in arms against the protesters despite washington supported revolutions over see. the u.s. led war in afghanistan enters its second decade with victory over the taliban in the pullout of foreign troops scarcely in sight also. the background here. and it's really been writing police and demonstrators clash on the streets of athens after the ultimatum to the country cuts or collapse. kind of woman a western media report that is being put should by bashar al assad's regime in

syria says she's alive and well raising concerns that fabricated stories are being used in a bid to topple the country's leadership. eleven pm sunday evening here in moscow you're watching the weekly iran r.t.o. roundup of the week's top stories with me kevin having and first i'm see wall street protesters they've kicked off in new york three weeks ago 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 the social inequality and corporate greed and as their calls for revolution get louder the authorities and media are finding them harder to ignore his report is got the latest from new york for. 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 police to 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 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 and not agree 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 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 has been following the rules. that wall street is an example of that these days a lot of folks were doing the right thing or awarded 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 the tongs 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 sway you can follow. the leader of our brothers and sisters all over the world arab 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 giving up 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 actually i can understand their sentiments the decision not to inject capital into the banks but to effectively. leave them out of bed that sense gave the banks. profits as they see i can sympathize with

the census grievances spearheaded so loud and large that means free media outlets have been left with no other choice but to cover the protests in a matter of weeks occupy wall street the only mobilized international expansion many believe this ongoing of that economic spawning point everything rats were a mass movement towards americans politicians and so for the majority of the people passing the buck to demanding democracy from the very leaders that. were in accord artsy new york. one former u.s. intelligence officer told us about see that washington needs to watch his back right now because he doesn't listen to the people that 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 in 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 than people 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 dark winter in the united states and on less government we stores its own integrity and starts paying attention to the public interests rather than to the special interests i believe that we will have a formal for evolution initially nonviolent but with the potential to become violent. us correspondents are of course at the heart of events in lower manhattan keeping your data on how those protests go to see can file off tweeted the unofficial geysers of the rally tell of the protests are now being held in more than a thousand cities across the u.s.

follow the action on our twitter feed our team under still can't get ahead later in the program to look at how financial distress is also driving people on the streets of the greek capital and r.t. crews in the week witnessed police violence in athens as anger among austerity greeks reached boiling point our cameras caught it also history fall victim to political correctness in france with fears the younger generation might lose its sense of national identity we look at what pages of being removed from textbooks and why. for protestors and to soldiers have been killed in riots which have erupted in cairo tonight a number of military vehicles have been set alight as thousands of christians demonstrated against a recent attack on a church reports say soldiers are fired shots to disperse the protesters let's get more on this developing story from professor marc ullman is from the bill came university in turkey going to get some pictures as well coming through from nile t.v. international believe the egyptian state television company will be showing you that

the minute mark could see this evening i mean just reiterating their reports that the army are using firearms against the protesters how do you assess the situation tonight what is a brisk this serious development or crawl field marshal tantawi is supposed to have said at the trial of the guard a principle that we all remember demonstrations and he. collapsed and. so the development of the situation is becoming very alarming and it's alarming because of the religious division but it also has a woman from political future shortfalls in selection in six weeks time. and let's focus on the religious divide. you're talking about is a missive become more assertive in post revolutionary if there is tension between muslims and christians grow what is your take on that and where is this situation going to go well in some ways right late last year we began to sort of see violence

between cops and islamic courts american pressure and coptic churches in cities like the exam and at the time when people were religious voting revolution this didn't get much attention then when the revolution came when it's based in central cairo to brutally peaceful. crowds and we'll have a look that will be tensions across egypt in the room. with the local christian community and it's a real big question is symbolically is egypt going to go from being a secular dictatorship to being an islamic dictatorship a rule of the many more people who would be happy to move. but there are significant groups ten percent of the population christians but there are many secular addictions many who would find themselves probably pretty much less free will they have. such an islamic group and have her so what is it with timelines going to be here egypt's military rulers have recently called them a as you mentioned as well for unity to achieve a democratic state do you think that is achievable any time soon. well irony

is that there would be elections and last months had mubarak not for the national kind look what the what the federales actually thought back a parliamentary election starch lation i will incentives still general. trouble for fiddling with the ballot papers was the way to. three months and there is this question about restylane some people say the islamicists are getting assertive. in state shari'a law renard up magically unconcerned about the monarchy and other similar kind of hidden hand they often used to say that under mubarak government would try to distract attention while letting a little silence questions and a lot of people think that. i suspect it's all the form of the letter but the problem is there's a lot of people who didn't trust it were official knew you don't trust what they're told and so you move on with this now it is very difficult to build democracy when people go out with only the stroller when you distrust between different

communities what is the general feeling i wonder of the people there were also the scenes that were beginning of the sheer the of the elation when mubarak finally when they got rid of his dictatorship of course the generals that took over of now drawing criticism of cells for their hearts rule and censorship on opposition articles is this really what the paper on the streets wanted to achieve what i think that that's it we have to first of all look people that will be current in major cities so you can a crowd of several players and is an integral part of the whole region and secondly one problem with all revolutions is you get all of the diners and little protests on the streets and then people go home it's a bit like a party comes to an end and. and really in the last eight to nine months we've been seeing situation where there are those egyptians for certain types. but those who. remember for a more islamics type of democracy and then there are those in the old system were

happy to get rid of mubarak because they thought he was dead a little bit of our character that ought to be our influence. which it hurts and so a little bit tensions between these groups and there are those who think those who . feel that a little bit of trouble are in makes it easier to keep informed decisions that if you had simple a right to elections to democracy nobody would vote for them in large numbers of people. if you got instability in trouble people turned out to be running. underneath and these people were doing mark could leave it there as a talking when take a look at those live pictures from l.t.v. over your shoulder there was saying a flare. on the streets there. are a lot of people out about just telling our viewers again the developing news tonight for two soldiers killed in riots the current tonight marc prensky good to see you tonight. mark i'm on there from the university in turkey. where protests

are also getting remember syria where further violence or at least fourteen people killed in clashes between security forces and anti-government supporters some of the most severe scenes came with the funeral of a kurdish opposition leader in the northeast of the country syrian authorities insist the targeting armed terrorist groups only not peaceful protesters they also claim a kurdish opposition leader was killed by militants because he was against foreign intervention in the country syria's been in a state of chaos no since mid march following protests demanding president assad step meanwhile the media race to put the regime out of business forced barely into a surprising new turn this week as our teaser bennett explained. she was hailed as the flower of syria a symbol of the suffering under president bush brutal regime at least that's what much of the western media said after the apparent butchering zeinab we have you

pictures of what was done to that square ups and they are simply too gruesome to aerate several western media outlets were quick to report al gore's unease gruesome death apparently the first woman killed in government custody but now it appears she's miraculously back from the dead even being interviewed on syrian t.v. . i came to the police station to see the truth this what i see to those line channels i'm now still alive not dead human rights groups like amnesty international jumped on the bandwagon to reporting out hosni was tortured murdered and mutilated it even claimed a mother found the body in a morgue last month all assertions is now being forced to backtrack on this we will endeavor to be more cautious. and phrase things a little bit more nuanced the state broadcaster says the interview to dispel what it labels fan 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 for their foundations are now looking shaky than ever this footage religiously shows an armed assad civilians being targeted by gun toting rebels say perhaps not the peaceful opposition there are made out to be by the west that only seems to look one way this notion that the u.s. is now part of this pro-democracy series is ridiculous they are jumping on that beret and is an opportunity to get out front of it and create this deceptive appearance while at the same time there is a dictatorship that are aligned with their many 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 they may not be any oil this time but there's always one theory of 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 that they clearly

understood syria is very different to libya because you will continue resisting in terms to legitimize unilateral sanctions through the u.n. security council the danger overthrow political regimes the ul was not created for that purpose the vetoes are 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 that drive the point home other than it r.t. . if you're vital to syria's president who told r.t. the country with already fully embrace russia's and china's calls to end the bloodshed through dialogue. in the majority of lives that should have been cast are now it up to were. to amend the constitution is underway the problem is that some states fund and armed terrorist groups operating in our towns and villages 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 as you said it's impossible to move forward without dying are the alternative is blood spilling civil war into religious clashes. the full interview with dr siobhan coming your way next plus lead with a progress report on how the ongoing fighting in libya is affecting the lives of civilians there a revolutionary for fifty cents a father who sold the things home town of sirte we are says why the human cost of the so-called liberation of peers to be often going on noticed in the media that's coming up. so last week struggling european economies were dealt another blow by ratings agencies have downgraded italy and spain fears over the debt crisis are also intensified by the great of several british and portuguese banks greece remains the biggest concern there with international creditors still not sure it's doing enough to get another injection of cash the i.m.f. voice of the country has delivered an ultimatum ramp up the cuts will face total collapse that's after athens admitted failing to reduce its deficit to the agreed

level despite the relentless austerity drive that is out to sara first reports know the needs of the people taking second place to big bag. anger in athens syntagma square once again bearing witness to the clashes between riot police here is a protest is so i don't think that background here in. the right i mean that you know i think for larry. and the tensions really been writing as the police moved in to clear the crowds and shocking things one point the police seem chasing playtest is into the next station many others hit and kicked by they supposed to be keeping control of the message being sent by the government as. and for oppression and fear . scenes like this raise serious questions about the level of force being used when a kid priors is a forty three year old journalist he's reported from many conflicts it was in his

own country where he sustained his worst injury. i just remember thinking is this really happening could use to shelter in an enclosure just wasn't and one policeman who i think was a commander asked in a very rude of me why i was taking pictures i told him i was a journalist but he gave an order and i heard one of the flash bangs these are some of the pictures i took you know the platy taken shelter amplified the sound of the flash bang causing almost hate. and injury which is causing his job. after the truck i won't call it an accident it was an attack my life's been like a small hill. an investigation was launched into the incident the progress has been slow a finalist tells us the countless cases against heavy handed police tactics. 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 rise in the level of aggression seen by the police and the more extreme groups the protest is causing

serious concern. with the government continuing to implement severe austerity measures in a bid to receive cash pensions looks set to keep escalating. and fast. explaining. you know the first reaction. from your. experience. of 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 turned into an economic recession bring in taipei year is a just the greek people to their knees. cover stories online. or conversely we got there for you well first of all this was

expected that steals the show at a euro two thousand and twelve opening ceremony in the capital is reported by us online after a controversial federalist group gave crush the high profile event to see more pictures online checking out to in style the creative coffin carpenter who braces life for flying in the face of controversial funerals taps the works of the african cross response on display in moscow this month some amazing work pictures. this week of u.s. led war in afghanistan past the ten year mark with nato troops still no closer to victory over the taliban the call. criticism of the occupation gets a louder with the latest failure coming from a former german general who planned his nation's role in the operation a decade ago nato plans on a full withdrawal from the country by the end of twenty four table is just a model of reports the evidence on the ground so there's no rush to leave. if the united states is drawing its troops from afghanistan why is its largest base

getting bigger with us live forces over at the telephone in late two thousand and one bugbear field is little more the deflates the correct roadway since then the former soviet base in the plains north of the afghan capital has grown into a small city let's go over twenty five thousand full time personal fleets of military cargo aircraft and enough vehicles to cause traffic jams in the expansion is 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 where 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 even plant in places like this ones are going to shrink in time so. at least there are plenty of home comforts for soldiers staying on for tell a few more deployments they can shop for everything from flat screen t.v.'s to fine jewelry enjoy a cappuccino and grab some take out the new pizza hut for interns and if i'm 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 him a distraction from the war the troops are happy to have them and these are extremely serious life even if the latter then have a case that the right. local afghan merchants are also glad to have the extra business both inside and outside the wire without agreement the soldiers might just as would be nothing we like having them here but not everyone agrees deadly 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 consolidate into one tight spot get close it's going to destroy something or someone easy as it may be to forget the times this is still a war zone jason mcclurg in order for our team. and you also it was growing in

britain which shows the largest number of troops in afghanistan and in london's trafalgar square the crowds marked a decade of war with a defiant get out now message a correspondent was there you can watch his reports by the article called. fierce fighting for gadhafi hometown of sirte continues in libya were revolutionary forces claim they have no seize the main base of the colonel's loyalists for over two days libya's interim rulers have been waging one of the biggest assaults yet on the most important remaining stronghold of the ousted leader revolutionary forces claim that they now control most of the town that's been under siege for three weeks but suddenly street battles are still raging and it is interim leaders say failure to take said is the only thing keeping them from formally declare in

liberation and shedding elections later times correspondent pepe escobar told me he believes that while focusing on the objective the mainstream media is ignoring the high human cost. the only coverage to actually see in western a stream media corporate media is about the advances of this so-called true revolutionary forces this is not a revolution this is a civil war which was taught by the nato powers in the us so in terms of this is really an populists it is acidic be there more than a hundred thousand of them in syria six. ten thousand level twenty thousand there still most of the civilian population is still there they were bombed by nato needlewoman at least half of this city including what they said were scouting installations all across town this is the cluster who are to keep responsibility to protect was theoretically the reason for nato so you mean each aerial

intervention in libya so if the good guy are being attacked by cut off if forces are to be up last but if the bad guys are ensconced in seriously for instance are to be does not apply so in terms of a progress it you know this beats anything else in the market. and other world news tonight both here poland's parliamentary elections now closed according to exit polls the current prime minister donald tusk of his. leading a right is facing a tough challenge for. the. elected members of both of the house and the fact that the party that wins the most seats will form a government. so they have it all fate a golf course near the city of brisbane australia is giving its members a new challenge to overcome you see reading outside right killer sharks a dozen credit is apparently washed into the club lake there from a nearby river during heavy flooding despite being stranded the sharks seem to be thriving some are even breeding but the presence of the sharks hasn't scared the

gulf as they say the publicity has boosted the popularity of of course but of course no t. shirts or is towards the po. coming up in a few minutes here now to exploring the lie in the news all special report exposes how big business influences public opinion in america seizing control of radio and t.v. that's coming up it's a night off the headlines of me kevin zero in on r t international.

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