close midnight here in moscow you're watching the weekly here on our roundup of the week's top news stories with me kevin allen and first tonight on three wall street protesters 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 but as their calls for revolution get louder the authorities and media are fun even harder to ignore more important as more from. 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 and i just want to see a fair and 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. in this period a revolution is here and so i need to be a part of what you are and not agree to be arrested anymore the whole enjoy or 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 that 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 to hear square you can follow me lead of our brothers and sisters all over the world heritage 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 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 and surely i can understand this sentiment the decision not to inject capital into the banks but to effectively relieve them of bad. gave the banks. profits as they see 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 that's the only mobilized international

expansion many believe this is ongoing and that it would be any point if the us were about currents of american politicians didn't work for the majority of the people absent that demanding democracy from the very leader this capital murder rate up or down artsy in your. soul through executive richard escoto protesters supporters 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 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. for us correspondents from the heart of manhattan as you've seen by keeping you updated and how those protests go now it's easy to see confront tweeted that the official organizers of the rally protests are now being held in more than a thousand cities across the u.s. and people today we actually kind of a twitter feed r.t. to school. it seven is post moscow time bit later in this program we look at how

financial distress is also driving people into the streets of the greek capital now crew witnessed in the week police violence in athens as anger among austerity hit greeks reached boiling point. next though at least nineteen people have reportedly been killed and over one hundred fifty injured in riots tonight that have erupted in cairo a number of military vehicles were set alight as thousands of christians demonstrated against. a recent attack on a church recent report say soldiers have fired the shots into a bid into in a bid there rather to disperse the protesters put up market arm of the for the bill ken university in turkey the time of the unrest shows that egypt as a secular state is under threat now the development of the situation is becoming very alarming and it's alarming because of the religious tradition but it also is alarming for the political future of egypt which i was supposed to start each election in six weeks time to choose

a new column late last year we began to soar see violence between cops and islamic groups islamic groups and pressure and it was in cities like an exam and at the time when people were expecting a revolution this didn't get much attention then when the revolution came when it seemed at least in the central cairo to be peaceful. crowds and chanting people over what will be tensions across egypt around the room and. with the local christian community and it's a real of the question this is symbolically is egypt going to go from being a secular dictatorship if you like to being an islamic dictatorship the main will be many more people who would be happy to live islamic rule and there are significant groups ten percent of the population questions but there are many secular objections many all institutions who would find themselves probably pretty much less free than they have been. if such an islamic group and. and protests are also growing momentum in syria to where further violence are at least fourteen

people killed in clashes between security forces and anti-government supporters some of the most severe scenes came at the funeral of a kurdish opposition leader in the north east of the country syrian authorities insist they're targeting only armed terrorist groups not prescribe protest as they also claim the kurdish opposition leader was killed by militants because he was against foreign intervention in the country syria's creating a sort of chaos no since mid march following protests demanding president assad step down meanwhile the media race throughout the regime forced many into a surprising u. turn this last week is artes of a bennett explains now. 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 have you pictures of what was done to corpse and they are simply too gruesome to air several western media outlets were quick to report al gore's knees 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 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 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 c. syria but their foundations are now looking shaky than ever this footage religiously shows unarmed 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 un 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 they 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 that they clearly understood syria is very different to libya russia will continue resisting attempts to legitimize unilateral sanctions through the u.n. security council that aimed to overthrow political regimes the u.s.

was not created for that. the vetoes of followed by a security council walkout from america over remarks during the syrian envoy speech but the u.s. promised to be back with another resolution and undoubtedly more dramatic evidence to drive the point home either bennett r.t. . or a key advisor to syria's president assad told us that our tape the country's authorities fully embrace russia's and china's calls to end the bloodshed through dialogue. 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 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's view that it's impossible to move forward without dialogue the alternative is blood spilling civil

war and into religious crashers. the full interview as well we don't know if you know paula ready you want to see it's coming your way this hour also to a report later in the program about how the ongoing fighting in the views affecting the lives of civilians there begins as of course you can imagine as revolutionary forces intensify there was sold from gadhafi hometown of we're asking experts now why the human cost of the so-called liberation is something going on notice to the media seems to point which one address it. next voting in potence parliamentary elections now closed tonight according to exit polls the current prime minister don't know to skidoos pro-u. party leading the race however he's facing a tough challenge from former pm ghost of kaczynski let's cross live to eastern europe correspondent next here if you ask he's got my details for us in kiev tonight let's say good evening so what all the latest numbers coming out from those exit polls bring us up to date. indeed the polling stations have closed all across poland and the latest results we received the exit poll results suggest that the

party of the current prime minister the civic platform party has managed to garner almost forty percent of the votes something about thirty nine percent of the votes with his main competitor the twin brother of the late polish president lech kaczynski had also his party the law and justice party has managed to gone something about thirty percent of the vote this is certainly a victory for the. not a single party can hold a majority in parliament he will have to form a coalition with other parties to be able to form the new government but certainly no experts have any doubts about the fact that some don't go to school be able to garner another coalition and be able to take his government for a second spell in the power circles in poland and this in fact will become the first time since the communist regime that this is the communist times in poland. somebody has managed to stay at power for a second spell in

a row and in fact this comes as little surprise to. many political experts this result has been pretty much predictable because the polls have been very much happy with the way the government has been running the country for the last four years according to all the surveys and opinion polls they have been happy with the fact that polling has managed to survive the global recession and climbed out of the crisis pretty well so in fact as long as polls have been happy with the current government this result comes as no surprise to anybody who is going to mean for russian polish relations how do they sit at the moment. well we understand that the error in the polish power circles signified the warm spell in the russian poll was still a sense in particular after this millennium tragedy when the country lost most of its political elite along with the country's president we've seen so much understanding between the two countries so much consensus and this many experts credit mr truth missile but also for the strengthening ties between moscow and

warsaw we understand that is not going to change his foreign policy should he. be elected for a second term in a row and the winter stand that the relations will be good this situation could have been different should your also of christians do that when brother of the late president when the election because his stance has been very harsh still with the same as his brother's late brother stance has been criticizing russ all along in particular in the wake of the tragic plane crash in smolensk so for the rest of us elations as i said the fact that may be coming to power again was certainly be good . to bring us up to date. to all the news now this week struggling european countries namely mid and southern were dealt another blow by right exactly he's the downgraded italy and spain fears over the debt crisis were also intensified the downgrade of several british and

portuguese. banks too but greece remains the biggest concern with international creditors still not sure if doing enough to get another cash injection. into the country is delivered an ultimatum cut or face total collapse after athens admitted failing to reduce its deficit to the level agreed despite the relentless austerity drive others are to use or a further out of the week the needs of the people are taking second place to big bank. anger in athens syntagma square once again bearing witness to oakley clashes between riot police and furious protest is very god i think that. the right. and the pensions really been my thing as a police moved in to clear the crowds and shocking scenes at one point the police chasing protesters into the metro station many others hit by they supposed to be

keeping control. of the message being sent by the government is one of repression and fear. scenes like this are very serious questions about the level of force being used. to prior's is a forty three year old journalist who's reported from many conflicts but it was in his own country where he sustained his worst injury. i just remember thinking is this really happening including us i took shelter in an enclosure just awesome talking and one policeman who i think was a commander in a very rude taking pictures i told him i was a journalist but he gave an order and i had one of the flash bangs thrown at me these are some pictures i took. the place he taken shelter amplified the sound of the flash bang causing always takes all deafness and injury which is his job. after the attack i won't call it an accident it was an attack like a small. an investigation was launched into the incident the progress has been slow

a finalist tells 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 flung with his camera to the ground the 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 see further cash tensions looks set to keep escalating i think we are first. to explain. the first reaction. from europe. has been exposed. to the impact of the financial crisis is being played out play by play on syntagma square there are now fears that the financial

crisis turn into an economic recession could bring the entire usa just to greet people to their knees surf city. life you divide our t. dot com stories and i grab your attention here in the next specter that steals the show or euro twenty twelve opening ceremony. after a controversial feminist group gate crushed a high profile pictures online. also checking out in style the creative coffin carpenter braces life for flying in the face of conventional fuels culture the works of african craftsman responsible for display in moscow later this month preview pictures there. 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 of of course. decision of the occupation gets louder meantime 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 withdraw from the country by the end of twenty fourteen but it's reported in the week the evidence on the ground shows there's no rush to leave. if the united states is withdrawing its troops from afghanistan why is its largest base getting bigger when u.s. led forces overran the taleban of late two thousand and one bug a mere field is little more than a flight in a cracked runway since then the former soviet base in the plains north of the afghan capital has grown into a small city itself over twenty five thousand full time personnel fleets of military cargo aircraft and enough equals to cause traffic jams in the expansion is no way aided by scores of contractors u.s. military engineers are constructing new housing and storage facilities to make room for even more maybe more hardware 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 and

planned bases like this one are going to shrink in time so. 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 or grab some take at the new pizza hut franchise and if they're tired of working out in the gym they're free to go to the salon for a haircut and massage 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 it's. like if you have a fever leave. them have it take that 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 deadly 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's almost become ever rockets a close call when you're this can just get this much equipment personnel consolidated into one tight spot get close it's going to destroy something or someone easy is. maybe to forget the times this is still worse. in bar for. once your center is growing in britain which has the second largest number of troops in afghanistan in london's trafalgar square in the week the crowds marked the decade of war with a defined get out now message a correspondent was there too and our cameras you can watch his reports. this is our team moscow fierce fighting for gadhafi his hometown of sirte continues in libya where revolutionary forces claim they've seized the main base of the

colonel's loyalists for nearly three days now libya's interim leaders have been waging one of the biggest assaults yet on the most important remaining stronghold of the ousted leader revolutionary forces claimed they control most of the town that's been under siege for three weeks now libya's interim leaders say failure to take said it was the only thing keeping them from formally declaring liberation and show during elections i spoke to a few times correspondent pepe escobar told me believes that while focusing on this objective the mainstream media is ignoring a high human cost. the only coverage that you see in western mainstream media corporate media is about the adventures of this so-called true revolutionary forces this is not a resolution this is a civil war which was adopted by jimmy took hours in the us so in terms of just civilian population searches a city be there more than a hundred thousand of an insert six. ten thousand let's not twenty thousand there

still most of the civilian population still there they were bombed by nato nato bomb at least half of this sitting clue thinks what they said was scattering installations all across town this is the cluster of all the soupy responsibility to protect. it was theoretically the reason for nato so you may need cherry and intervention in libya so if the good guys are being attacked michael duffy forces are to be a plus but if the bad guys are ensconced in seriously for instance our two peat does not apply so in terms of people you know this beats anything else in the market. pepe escobar speaking to me there just before when it's away from half past midnight moscow time here with our team my name is kevin irwin thank you for being with us tonight still ahead few this hour interview with a political impressive adviser of the syrian president right after that kate partridge is here with. around the world how the next half hour pans out for you.

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