this week's top stories here now see this period of the arab spring has come to the west so it's a protest as angry at wall street greed and economic depression on his side the streets of american cities that the authorities have been cracking down on the demonstrations despite washington's support for the revolution is on the scene. at least twenty three people are killed and one hundred eighty injured as thousands of christian pretenses clashed with police on the streets of cairo the ride's follow months of rising tension since the country's revolution between radical muslims and christians including at times some. call to take but the background there is. no such thing i mean the tensions really been

writing. republic down you continues at boiling point the absence government gets an ultimatum from b. international monetary fund bringing more stary to cause or face total canards. and a woman who western media reported as being betrayed by by charlatans regime in syria is on television saying his alive and well for six hundred barassi you tell it by leading that. kind of welcome to aussies weekly review. and we start in the us where occupy wall street protests have changed their slogan to a single word occupy as aren't equal part of rallies spread to the north it is across the u.s. angry protesters say their prayers are with a growing unemployment and corporate greed that have come under attack from police riot scores as well as some politicians as aussies maria and i reports protesters

say the spirit of the arab spring has come to new. 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 and. 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 then the spirit of revolution is here and so i need to be a part of what you are i did not agree to be arrested anymore because whole entire

control of the police state disappears and when that happens there are a predicate possibilities that are open to us and suddenly you can imagine a different world you believe you can be an agent of change the occupy movement has gained such momentum even the president who promised change was forced to address the issue i think people are frustrated and 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 that these days a lot of folks who are doing the right thing are rewarded a lot 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 volunteer believe our brothers and sisters all over the world the arab spring in greece and spain 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 out we're doing something about it three weeks into the end how wall street demonstrations the new york city police department has pumped two million dollars into overtime pay fines some critics say are being used to repress freedom two miles from the chaos of the united nations even financier and billionaire george soros weighed in on the populist uprising and. i can understand this and the decision not to inject capital into the banks but to effectively relieve them of that bad that should give

the banks. profits as they can they can sympathize with the. 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 has not only mobilized international expansion many believe this ongoing over the complex turning point in the us were a mass movement towards american politicians it's a work for the majority of the people in the collective demanding democracy from the very leaders that promote. arena arts in new york. it's the wall street executives should ask us as that big of concrete demands is action at trying for they aren't equal partners men are trying to restore peace and i think. this is actually for

a political protest movement that's so young it's grown and gathered a surprising amount of support from surprising orders in a very very short time for example of 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. 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 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. and our correspondents in america at the very heart of the protests in new york providing you with the latest sunday and also he's in six months no time tweeted that the unofficial divers of the by telescope protest and how the hell did more than the father fishies follow the action on our twitter feed that i'll see on the scorecard. also polish prime minister donald tusk is already celebrating victory before the pirates are counted as exit polls suggest this party is one parliamentary elections all the details later here on r.t. . plus some pages are being torn to the streets have splits in france with critics saying younger generations will end up not knowing enough about their own countries . right now egyptian military authorities have imposed

a five hour curfew on square and downtown cairo this follows violent clashes between christians and security forces that have left at least twenty three people dead two of them policemen or started as a peaceful sitting turned to violence was military vehicles that and fired more than one hundred eighty protesters and police injured thousands of christians were demonstrating against a recent spate of attacks on their charges fearing that post revolution egypt would see ultra conservative islamists rise to power witnesses claim the violence was instigated by a provocateurs security forces eventually fired shots and tear gas to disperse the protesters and mark almond from build has university in turkey says then the rest rose egypt's status as a secular state as on the threats. the development of the situation. and it's alarming because of religious tradition but it also. can only last you will be. violence between. pressure in.

a time when people were religious their general. then when the revolution train when it seemed at least it was and. who will be. in the room. with the local christian community and rubin questions is symbolically. grew from being a secular occasion to being an islamic the place where it will be many people who live. there are significant in this and corporation questions but there are many secular. and who would probably have been much less through her before her birth. and. syria has warned it will retaliate against any country that formally recognizes the recent let's not just opposition national council member of the

group is seeking international support for that six month long uprising against the assad regime a fresh wave of violence that swept across the country with at least thirteen people reported killed. there targeting armed terrorist groups not peaceful protests that began three has been in a state of chaos since mid march growing protests demanding president as step down while mr lives have been killed a report about how he has forced major western media outlets into a surprising turn this week as our cities either got its name. 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 as you pictures of what was done to zenit square ups and they are simply too gruesome to eric several western media outlets who quits a report salvos news gruesome death 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 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 mother found the body in a morgue last month all assertions is now being forced to backtrack on this we will endeavor to be in what 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 and 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 pro a sad 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 the un has is now part of the pro demarc were really serious game is ridiculous they are jumping on their way again is an opportunity to get out front of it and create this errant while at the same time there's a dictatorship that are aligned with them and the united nations and it's part of their empire russia and china vetoed a u.n. resolution for syria seeing through it as a potential cover for another libyan style intervention they may not be any oil this time but there's always an ulterior motive for our partners in the un 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 russia will continue resisting attempts to legitimize unilateral sanctions through the u.n. security council that aim to overthrow political regimes the u.s. was not created for that purpose the 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 on down slightly more dramatic evidence to drive the point home on the minutes. and later in the program we'll report on how the ongoing lead in fighting is affecting the lives of civilians there in the interim government is actually goes into a symbolic triumph and balance of a kind of daddy's home town and so we are tense but what if you meant most of the so-called liberation goes unnoticed in the media. parliamentary elections have been taking place in poland with the results expected late on monday exit polls address that the pro you party headed by prime minister donald to escape leading with around forty percent of the votes ahead of his opponent you also have good please conservatives that's generated to have thirty percent of our correspondents election years and eight. we received the exit poll

results suggest that the party of the current prime minister the most of 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 president kaczynski and also his party the law and justice party has managed on something about thirty percent of the vote this is not suddenly a victory for the mental state it's 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 asterisk any doubts about the fact that saddam hussein will be able to garner another a coalition and be able to take his government for a second spell in power circles in poland and this in fact will become the first time since the communist regime just as the communist times in poland the party some party 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 the poll has managed to survive the global recession the era in the polish power circles signified the warm spell in the russian postal a sense in particular after this new landscape 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 aspects credit missed the missile both for the strengthening ties between moscow and warsaw . german and french leaders have agreed on measures to save european banks that are meeting in berlin chancellor merkel and president sarkozy declared they were united on plans for recapitalization or injecting more cash into

a bind saying an economy can be prosperous without stable and reliable financial institutions and i'm sure greek default has intensified fears about the specter juta exposure to the country's massive debt and ultimatum from the one that greece has imposed council face total collapse the stock price was after athens admitted failing to reduce the deficit to levels a previously agreed in pledges for brain lights despite a raging. approving rather deeply unpopular austerity program of his correspondents are particles angry appeal to me that the people are being neglected to satisfy the demands of the fun. anger in athens syntagma square once again bearing witness ok clashes between rightly furious protest is so was i think that. you know. i mean pensions really been writing as the police moved in to clear the

crowds and shocking scenes at one point the police seem chasing protesters into the metro station many others hit and kicks by they supposed to be keeping control of the message being sent by the government is one of suppression and the fear. seems like there's a very serious questions about the level of force being used. to priors 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 this is really happening please go to shelter in an enclosure just awesome toward me and one policeman who i think was a commander in a very rude of me was taking pictures i told him i was a journalist if you give an order and i had one of those washburn's these. some of the pictures i took. place he'd taken shelter amplify the sound of the flash bang causing always takes all deafness injury which is causing a less his job. after the attack i won't call it an accident it was an attack my

waist being like a small. an investigation was launched into the incident the progress has been slowly find the nameless tells of the countless cases against heavy handed police tactics and need to report 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 cash pensions like sets to keep escalating i think we are. using me to explain. the first reaction. from europe. has been expressed in july. and the

impact of the financial crisis has been played out play by blow on some tightness where there are now fears that the financial crisis turn into an economic recession could bring in time a year is a not just the greek people to their knees so r.t. . and investment advisor patrick european leaders have been too slow in tackling the greek crisis meeting the. european union are trying to keep the school control of greece because they think that's the only way they can actually control the crisis essential what is being fought at the moment is a battle for the sovereignty of greece the european union is true should do you push too little leadership and there is a pig headed incremental particularly amongst the finance ministers the bush specially amongst the leaders of the european union asians in terms of

understanding that they needed to move a lot faster on this crisis they still need to move on. faster ultimately time is running out because greece is leading the contingent that is going to kill the euro by the end of the year if we don't see positive and rough production realistically but action means that greece needs to leave the euro because the problem is we cannot leave citizens of the european union to starve to death because it suits a troika of international lenders. and this week the u.s. led war in afghanistan passed that ten year mark with nato troops nowhere close to defeating the time. to quit the country by the end of twenty fourteen but as jason la trappe reports evidence of the ground such as russia and. if the united states is drawing its troops from afghanistan why is its largest space getting bigger with u.s. led forces overread telepathically two thousand and one blogger near field is little

more than a flake telling the correct runway since then the former soviet base in the plains north of the afghan capital has grown into a small city but so do over twenty five thousand full time personnel fleets of military cargo aircraft and enough equals to cause traffic jams and an expansion is now under way and by scores of closed tractors 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 a bit less will even plant bases like this one start going to shrink in time so. at least there are plenty of home comforts for soldiers staying on for tell a few long deployments they can shop for everything from flat screen t.v.'s to fine jewelry enjoy a cappuccino or grab some take on the new prince not for insurance and if they're tired of working out of the gym they're free to go to the salon for a haircut

a massage although some officials have tried to limit such a man and he's calling them a distraction from the war the troops are happy to have them and these are it's. your choice leave leave leave leave them 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 of soldiers 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 everyone it's a close call when you this can just get this much equipment personnel it's all lead 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 muckluck involved for our team. and sentiment is also growing in britain which is the second largest military

contributor to the war in afghanistan in london's trafalgar square big crowds marks the tenth anniversary with a defined get out now message to the poor marching on the downing street our correspondent was that startled is reported also you know. to libya now and fierce fighting continues in cairo could not his hometown of interim government forces claim they seized the main base of loyalists of the ousted leader a convention center i've also thought of as one of the biggest yet to relieve is national transitional council saying it will only declare liberation of the country and start moving towards democracy on the city's countered thousands have been leaving the violence but there have been many civilian casualties and asia times

correspondent i have to ask about believes that in focusing on the fossil mainstream media is ignoring a human calls. the only coverage that you see in western mainstream media corporate media is about the advances of the so-called true revolutionary forces this is not a revolution this is a civil war which was at the top to close by the nato powers in the us so in terms of decision population six is acidic be there more than a hundred thousand in inserting. ten thousand level twenty thousand there still most of the civilian population is still there they were bombed by nato needlepoint at least half of the city including what they said was scattering solutions all across town this is the cluster of all these are two people responsibility to protect weeks was theoretically the reason for nato's who made each area intervention in libya so if the good guys are being attacked by the other few

forces are to be up plus what if the bad guys are ensconced and seriously sure is since r two p. does not apply so in terms of people receive you know this beats anything else in the market. the dark a chance is a french being revived in a tenth of what insulting because minority of things have been made of political correctness that compassionate actually have a pov and indeed. i think. twenty pages on the history of black slavery and just six on the time of napoleon shown here sitting on a toilet france's new history school books are ingredient parents and teachers a little correctness gone mad this author's bestseller on the banned because of from words of violence ahead. if we didn't teach our own minorities the history of their adopted country they don't feel french we are already seeing riots in our

streets the crusades the called insulting to muslims the thunking louis the fourteenth to him and. as the colonel gadhafi of his day focus is now on the previously little known king ken kumu thought of thirteenth century west africa. the purge even extends to grow it is the world including les miserables author victor hugo france is already breaking things professor casale because it's young people have no sense of identity parents are concerned we have the third even the worth of our history because you can't understand that what happens now in france if you don't understand the history. they want to understand and provide properly legal actions seen as the only way to stop the grim move of national history. schools now give ten percent of their share you'll to the needy will african moline

point i studied it and what exactly that contribution to world development. thousands of signed a petition of the french revolution lessons were replaced by the african kingdom of more than multiple which many say they've never heard of the ministry of education refused to be interviewed but gave us this statement. we're changing the school curriculum to reflect globalization monomer past being taught because it's important to have a view on the world cultures such as egypt china 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 polls they say consigned themselves to history the new bush will see paris. and online from us this hour

it's on c dot com and expected and it's still the shot i think you are trying to throw out the opening ceremony in the ukrainian capital after a controversial palin is approved gatecrashed the high profile event. done checking out of style the current according to compensate him phrases like right flying in the place of conventional funerals ashton wards of the african craftsman responsible on display last monday for this month. that these this hour we're back with our with our recap of our top stories after a very short break that fifteen.