the media reported as being a butchered by bashar al assad's regime and syria is in television saying it is alive and well forcing an embarrassing guitar by easing out that. hello and welcome to our weekly review i mean and we start in the u.s. where the occupy wall street protest movement is gaining momentum across the country previously ignored by the mainstream media it's now making headline news with u.s. politicians lining up to have their say protesters who blame wall street for corporate greed and rampant unemployment comparing that matters to those of the arab spring that led to a revolution in the middle east and north africa auntie's marina partner reports. 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 policed 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 but the young people coming up and all of the american people right now are suffering through these hard economic times this seems pretty revolutionary to me and the spirit of revolution is here and so i need to be a part of that once you are not afraid to be arrested anymore the whole entire control of the police state disappears and when that happens there are times 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 that 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 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 or were awarded a lot of folks who are doing the right thing are rewarded while the u.s. has encouraged and supported democratic uprisings in the arab world the same events playing out at home have been met with baton pepper spray and the arrests of nearly eight hundred peaceful protesters on the brooklyn bridge a scene that reminded some of egypt's two here square you can follow me believe

over our brothers and sisters all over the world be careful 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 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 that's the only mobilized international expansion many believe this ongoing that that would become i turning point in the u.s. where a mass movement towards american politicians can still work for the majority of the people in the collective demanding democracy from the very leader this that from zero to bring up or die out artsy new york. and formal truth executive richard asco says that the lack of concrete demands is actually a strength of the article for movement that striving he says terrorists talking democratic landings. 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. and our correspondents in america at the very heart of the protests in new york and you can follow what they

see as it happens about follow our twitter streams and they are actually underscore calm and also r.c. underscore america and there you can find a link to our you tube channel where artie's lucy couple of discusses the latest events with some celebrities also in one of her tweets she says people like coming to the big apple to protest from all over the states along with their families. also later this hour the polish prime minister donald to sky is already celebrating victory before the votes are counted as exit polls adjusts his party's one parliamentary elections all the details later here on r.c. . plus some pages are being torn from history textbooks in france with critics saying younger generations will end up not knowing enough about their own country's heart. but first gyptian military authorities have imposed a five hour curfew in tahrir 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 policeman started as a peaceful city and turned to violence with military vehicles set on fire and more than one hundred eighty protesters and police injured thousands of christians were demonstrating against the recent spate of attacks on that churches fearing that post revolution egypt could see ultraconservative islam is to 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 university in turkey's demarest shows egypt's state as a secular state is under threat. the development of the situation is becoming very roman and it's alarming because of religious tradition but it also has a woman. in six weeks. late last year will be. between cult and islamic. pressuring is in cities like an exam and at the time when people were really expecting

a revolution this didn't get much attention then when the revolution came when it seemed at least in 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 really big question is he symbolically is egypt going to go from being a secular dictatorship if you like to being an islamic dictatorship and may well be many more people who will be happy to live islamic rule and there are significant groups of ten percent of the population questions that there are many secular egyptians many who would find themselves probably could be much less free than they had been for her birth if such an islamic group and. syria has warned it will retaliate against any country that formally recognizes the recent last august opposition national council then birla group is seeking international support for the six month long uprising against the assad regime a fresh wave of violence creswell across the country with at least forcing people

repressing carol. terrorist groups not peaceful protesters the country has been in a state of chaos since mid march protests demanding president assad steps down while many civilians have been killed a report about why i led the whole t. has forced major western media outlets into a surprising he turned this week as r.t. as either. 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. we viewed pictures of what was done to xena corpses and they are simply too gruesome to air several western media outlets were quick to report al gore's news gruesome death apparently the first woman killed in government custody but now it appears she's miraculously back from the dead even being interviewed on syrian t.v.

. i came to the police station to see the truth this what i see to those line channels i'm now still alive not dead human rights groups like amnesty international jumped on the bandwagon to reporting out hosni was tortured murdered and mutilated it even claimed mother found the body in a morgue last month all assertions is now being forced to backtrack on this we will endeavor to be more cautious and phrase things a little bit more nuanced the state broadcaster says the interviews to dispel what it labels fabrications by foreign media to serve western interests in stories like this that have been used to prop up calls from the u.s. britain and france for un sanctions to be slapped on syria but their foundations are now looking shakier than ever this footage illegibly 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 u.s. is now part of this pro-democracy receipt 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.n. was not created for that purpose the vetoes of followed by security council war count 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. . and later in the program a report on how the ongoing libyan fighting is affecting the lives of civilians there i think trim government forces edged closer to a symbolic triumph in their possible cannell good thought his hometown of sirte they also ask the experts why the human cost of this so called liberation goes unnoticed in. the u.s. led we would have gotten his son and his decade to do with the white house policy a complete pullout of troops that went to fourteen reports from a base in the country however with the chance which the just the opposite. parliamentary elections have been taking place in poland with results expected late on monday as if paul suggests that the pro e.u. probably headed by prime minister donald leading with around forty percent of the votes ahead of his opponent also conservatives estimated to have thirty percent

correspondent. the late. we received the exit poll results suggest that the policy of the current prime minister the state a 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 it also his party the lone justice party has managed to gone something about thirty percent of the vote this is certainly a victory for them. as 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 aspirants have any doubts about the fact that some don't want to school be able to garner another a 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 and this is 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 that poland has managed to survive the global recession the era in the polish power circles signified the warm spell in the russian polish relations 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 missile but also for the strengthening ties between moscow and warsaw. german and french leaders have

agreed on measures to save european banks that amazing in berlin translate merkel and president sarkozy declared they were united on plans for recapitalization injecting more cash into ailing banks saying an economy come to be prosperous without stable and reliable financial institutions a potential greek default has intensified fears about this sector due to exposure to the country's massive debt and an automated from the i.m.f. warns that greece must impose more budget cuts will face total collapse the stark message to athens admitted failing to reduce the fees deficit to levels previously agreed in pledges for a bailout is despite approving a deeply unpopular austerity program that artie's correspondents report angry greeks feel the needs of the people are being neglected to satisfy the demands of. anger in syntagma square once again bearing witness ok clashes between riot police and furious protest is sorry go. back to. the right

you know. i mentioned really been my thing as a police moved in to clear the crowds some shocking scenes one point the police chasing protesters into the metro station many others hit and kicked 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 please i took shelter in an enclosure just all syntagma and one policeman who i think was a commander in a very. taking pictures i told him i was a journalist but he gave an order and i had one of the flash bangs thrown at me these are some sliced. pictures are to. the place he taken shelter amplified the

sound of the flash bang causing almost tasteful deafness an injury which has cost me less his job. after which i would call it an accident it was an attack my life's been like a small. investigation was launched into the incident the progress has been slow a fireman a list tells the countless cases against heavy handed police tactics to have any kind of result we witness for ourselves the lack of discrimination when the police lash out when journalist 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 further bailout cash pensions looks set to keep escalating i think . to explain.

the impact of the financial crisis is being played out blow by blow on syntagma square there are now fears that the financial crisis turn into an economic recession could bring the entire usa not just the greek people to their. surface r.t. . and paul not a member of the european parliament or the u.k. in dependence party told us that leaving the euro zone is the only option for the greek people. basically the money is going to pay off debt but the problem is they're not reducing. its interest should never have been allowed to get into the euro in the first place many moves their own rooms to decrease 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 again is

to come out of the order altogether and look it will be the end of the world for greece argentina was the last major countries to fall to in two thousand and one between two thousand and one and two thousand and six argentina's economy grew by sixty 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 this week the u.s. led war in afghanistan passed its ten year mark with nato troops nowhere close to defeating the taliban allies plans to quit the country by the end of twenty fourteen but as jason not like reports evidence of the ground suggests there's no rush to meet. if the united states is drawing its troops from afghanistan why is its largest base getting bigger were you asleep forces over in the teleport of late two thousand would feel it was 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 itself over twenty five thousand full time personnel fleets of military hardware craft and enough vehicles 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 even planned and bases like this one aren't going to shrink any time soon. at least there are plenty of home comforts for soldiers staying on for tough you know long deployments he can shop for everything from flat screen t.v.'s to fine jewelry enjoy a cappuccino to grab some takeout 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 hair cut in the side which although some officials have tried to limit such amenities calling them a distraction from the war the troops are happy to have these years. but you know

if enough with the latter then i have a case that you're right. michael 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 its most become everyone gets a close call when you this can just get this much equipment personnel can solve it 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 worse. in bar for. telly bear now and fierce fighting continues in calcutta his hometown of that interim government forces claim the main base of loyalists of the ousted leader the convention center and hospital that price of is one of the biggest yet with leaving

as national transitional council saying it will only declare liberation of the country are moving towards democracy want the cities captured have been fleeing the violence by the have been many three hundred casualties and a half times correspondent beth about an effect of the bottom line through leaving ignoring my theme and. the only coverage that you see in western mainstream media corporate media is about the advances of this so-called true revolutionary forces this is not a resolution this is a civil war which was adopted by the nato powers in the us so in terms of its decision population searches a city be there more than a hundred thousand in insert six if ten thousand lets not twenty thousand there still most of the civilian population still dish they were bombed by nato nato bomb at least half of the city including what they said was scattering installations all across town this is the cluster vol the gulf are to peak responsibility to protect

was theoretically the reason for nato so you made each area an intervention in libya so if the good guys are being attacked by qaddafi's forces are to be up lax but if the bad guys are ensconced and seriously sure is since r two p. does not apply so in terms of you know this beats anything else in the market. to france now aren't controversial chapters in history textbooks he is then schools that are being subjected to revisionism with critics saying that political correctness has armand bushell has been thumbing through what's left of some of the darker pages of french history 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 or even parents and teachers who call it

political correctness gone mad this author's bestseller on the figures of front of boylan's ahead it's all these are we doing teacher and minorities the history of their adopted country they don't feel french we are already seeing riots in our streets. the crusades the called insulting to muslims the sun king louis the fourteenth to imperial and the podiums mocked as the colonel gadhafi of his day focus is now on the previously little known king came kumu thought of thirteenth century west africa. the purge even extends to reuters studied round the world including les miserables all to victor hugo france is already breaking up things professor casale because it's young people have no sense of identity parents are concerned we have the study of and the worth pages of our history because you can't understand what happened for politics now in france if you don't understand the

history. they want to understand and to avoid properly legal action seen as the only way to stop the removal of national history of all of our schools now give ten percent of their share the old to the medieval african mali empire i've studied it and what exactly is it contribution to world development. thousands of signed a petition of the french revolution lessons were replaced by the african kingdom of more than once upon which many say they've never heard of the ministry of education refused to be interviewed but gave us this statement. which changing the school curriculum to reflect globalization monumental plans being taught because it's important to have a view on the world cultures such as egypt join 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 learning less and less about their own country

states which stop teaching their poles they say consigned themselves to history. then you push you all to paris. and that's the news for now we're back with the headlines in just a few months. if .

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these are the week's top stories this spring has come to the. street greed and economic depression the pine trees of american cities but the authorities have been backing down on the demonstrations despite washington support for revolutions of the seems. at least twenty three people were killed and one hundred eighty injured as thousands of protesters clashed with police in the streets of cairo in the months of transcends the country's revolution between radical muslims and christians. a woman in western media reported. in syria appears on television say live and well i'm embarrassing to be tied by eating.