welcome to the program syria's president says he's planning a new constitution just a day after towns of thousands came out in a mass show support for him but shots it is still struggling to quell a nationwide uprising despite promises of reforms but he supporters say the government needs more time to push for change are the steps are cilia has more from the center of damascus. but voices of support was and continuing dissent some and in deadly clashes polar opposites in their demands but in some way united by the newfound zeal to take a stand for here the fence here and kept it was the gather to show their support for the government that is going is a far cry from the images we've been seeing in other cities around the country where there have been reporting live with the kurdish forces that have had a government protests an issue however what they get there are about where in this country with all the forces have tried to tell them that was the very way for you

that everybody. all of her husband and young children who are one of many families who braved the heat and joined the crowds in downtown damascus for god it's true that we knew nothing about politics before but now we take a stand even if i'm a sunni muslim i'm pro this president. ever since most people started revealing their political stance openly some people would mock me and say since when do you know about politics what do you know there are divisions among family members some are pro assad some are anti but that's how it is. it appears that apathy is becoming less of an option for citizens of a nation now under intense international scrutiny i never watched news i never cared you know i never never had any interest in politics but now i think most of us maybe books we watch the news media articles you know baseball we want to know

want to know people and then he's got the right background and all the issues about your country you got sick of them are. you there are those like the new i missing who are no strangers to picking a side and making it known he's long been voicing his discontent of what he calls a repressive regime and today facebook is one of his main tools in cordoning to dissent. coalition activism has evolved in syria for me i feel that my voice goes further down back then it started with stating an opinion that i'm going to jail. and no one would even know about it that his changed people are more politically aware hussein has been thrown in jail says he was tortured and finds himself constantly looking over his shoulder i was detained for spreading the word on the violent crackdown in daraa but i'd feel like a coward if i didn't risk my life while those on the streets are doing so asking for the regime to fall a call staunchly opposed by those on the other side everybody wants to.

get to the truth. while political curiosity and activism among syrians are growing whatever side of the divide they're on people here see the future of their country is at stake but all are adamant that future is firmly in their own hands. r.t. damascus. still have for you this hour here in our team the european way of tackling the debt crisis exercise pressure on the states and regulating the banking sector are among the latest moves by the e.u. which experts say are doomed to failure. and cosmic catering we invite you for a tasting to check out what's being served up in space. to the u.s. now or more people have been arrested following the latest wave of public protests against excessive corporate influence in the country mass demonstrations have

spread to dozens of cities a month after the so-called occupy wall street movement first flared up in the big apple are now looks at how the protests continue to grow despite report of police brutality and hundreds of arrests. activists have been camping out in sleeping and demonstrating for weeks now and they seem as committed to this movement as they ever have been before if anything i think the arrests have inspired them to to fight harder and stronger for their for democracy what they say for democracy for fair treatment for balance and equality for all americans because that's at the core of what their movement is about these demonstrators are very committed to not acting violently they want to demonstrate as peacefully as possible members of occupy wall street walked through. particularly down park avenue and they

went door to door to the homes of the five wealthiest new york city residents and that includes the c.e.o. of news corp rupert murdoch and also the c.e.o. of j.p. morgan chase diamond and these protesters were walking through the streets men standing outside of the buildings were cheering them on when they got to the hole jamie diamond there was a police barricade there but they continued to demonstrate and the reason they were demonstrating and and going door to door to the to the wealthiest new yorkers homes is because at the end of this year two percent millionaire tax will expire meaning the two percent that was required for millionaires to pay they won't have to pay any more complain and twelve and a lot of these new yorkers say that this is an indication of how the wealthiest americans reap the largest rewards and if they're paying if they're going to be paying that mandatory talks

a lot less revenue is going to be coming to new york city and new york state and the ninety nine percent of the majority of those living here are going to suffer and they say that's just an indication of the richest always reaping the benefits and the rewards and the common american always you. suffering the consequences. not reporting their public distrust towards the u.s. government's also growing according to the latest polls more than two thirds of americans now say they are unhappy with washington and if he's going to count reports the white house and congress are heavily influenced by it will be unpopular powerful corporations. investing in politics has proved to be good business in america just a few million dollars in contributions and some lobbying can bring it company billions in bailout loan guarantees tax refunds another stimulus all of the expense of the every american taxpayer to both in the election system it's in the ongoing lobbying and service influence industry these are powerful powerful businesses

their whole business model is around using influence to break the rules of the game in their favor so far u.s. corporations have been successful in ensuring that the loss introduced to regulate wall street after the financial meltdown of two thousand and eight don't function those measures were effectively scuppered by u.s. lawmakers the corporations were also successful in keeping their tax cuts intact and finding loopholes for getting billions of dollars in refunds the government over one percent for the one percent by the one percent perpetuates itself passes rules that allows the banks to get deregulated it restricts our democracy three years after washington gave almost a trillion dollars of taxpayers' money to bail out corporate giants unemployment in the country is over nine percent the national debt is well past the tipping point and the congress is looking to cut essential social programs for her thousands of

americans took to the streets to ask where is their bailout and how can i love going to country that arrests a hundred nine filing the people that doesn't arrest a single one of these bankers or the people would cause this to us just boggles the mind in the meantime goldman sachs one of the main architects of the current crisis is richer than ever it is a now seventeen billion dollars in bonuses alone for its stance when asked about the impunity enjoyed by the corporations president obama said a lot of that stuff wasn't necessarily illegal it was just. immoral and many agree it pretty much stays that way but not only do the lawmakers come under fire for accepting generous contributions from corporations and then acting to return the favor but the president himself was accused of bias and thrown is mona number of occasions one of the most recent scandals involves a solar energy company cylindrical which went bankrupt and cost taxpayers almost

six hundred million dollars that's the amount that the government approved in loan guarantees despite receiving persistent boor names about the company's financial stability the deal was pushed through by a foundation which in turn was a major donor to president obama's election campaign since last year corporations have been allowed to funnel as much money as they want into political campaigns now they don't even have to disclose the amounts they spend their time trying to violations is very serious the new law effectively gives the corporations even more influence in washington leaving many americans in fear that their voice might no longer count or draw all these people onto the streets of washington and other cities in the u.s. is the understanding that their government and their legislators represent the interests of the top one percent as they call them the very wealthy corporations that can afford influence in washington to skew the system in their favor. going to check on our team washington d.c.

. rapper immoral technique who is taking part in the occupy wall street movement as the u.s. government is too preoccupied with wars and promoting democracy in other nations so watch is full interview in around twenty minutes time but here's a preview. would people look at this nation they see republicans completely in the hands of corporations democrats pandering to them nonstop we see them also involved now to the president as part of expanding was expanding occupations not standing up for human rights you know being blind about several global issues that are important to people here because they reflect on our democracy what we do outside of america defines our democracy here. european bank should increase their reserves to withstand market turmoil that's a new plan put forward by the head of the european commission to solve the debt crisis the move is designed to force banks to set aside more assets to save the

system from collapse and the eurozone is pushing ahead with its own rescue plan for a member state slovakia has become the last country to greenline an expansion of the bailout fund despite initially rejecting it the change of heart was the result of the pressure it was put under says british m.p. nigel for osh. sixteen parliaments stuff with career politicians have voted for it not sixteen countries because if you put this bailout package to a referendum across europe the vast majority of countries would say no the baqir said no last night but of course no isn't good enough no is not acceptable in the modern european union if you say no as the irish did a couple of years ago it was a slow backs did last night you are made to vote again until you get the right answer which gives you a true measure of what this project's really like i've just been in this parliamentary chamber with mr barroso these people are absolutely intent on creating a united states of europe they don't care how many millions of people unemployed

it's crappy they don't care about the tide of human is misery that they cause they have got their political if. they get a need a couple of trillion to bail it out what is the point actually of bailing these countries or one of the bailouts all these bailouts helping the people in greece and portugal are not what they're actually doing is they giving money to these countries to give back to our banks who over lent the money in the first place i mean the whole thing. what these countries need who are trapped inside this economic prison. is they need to devalue without devaluation having austerity packages pushed upon them which is forcing them into a downward deflationary spiral which in my opinion in greece and possibly in portugal could lead to revolution what we're doing is stupid and very very dangerous indeed. more news videos and the latest updates are waiting for you on line right now iron lady turned to joan of arc the jailing of ukraine's former

prime minister has sparked outrage on the streets of kiev and a lot of criticism from russia the u.s. the e.u. read more at our t.v. dot com. and also go to our you tube channel to watch fruitage of a cargo ship that hit a reef and started leaking oil in toxic materials off the coast of new zealand. more news today. game flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing up for a show to rule the day. for the adventure of spending a long and lonely months in orbit mealtimes on the international space station are

a highlight but eating in zero gravity is a challenge both for the diners and high tech chaps who have to plan the many on earth and peed all over along for a tasting. after traveling at phenomenal speed for two days cramped in the small space of a so you cosmonauts arriving at the international space station going to be. that how do you eat in zero gravity. well you have to be a bit more careful than down here a nerd every little piece of food that gets out of your group will float away and you will not be able to keep track of it. to make sure cosmonauts enjoy their lunch without worrying that a rogue morsel will disappear into the inner workings of some potentially lifesaving computer equipment the russian space agency designed this special table so it is a threat to the others you know there are two heating compartments here and this area in between is a trap for crumbs it works like

a regular vacuum cleaner this is important because choking on a crumb is very risky in zero gravity it can have grieve consequences. all the food eaten in space has to be specially prepared here on earth that preparation doesn't come cheap cosmonauts need three thousand calories a day the same as an olympic sprinter and providing that cost over six hundred dollars a day with most missions lasting for six months each cosmonauts grocery bill comes in at a hefty one hundred ten thousand dollars per mission and at those prices it's no wonder that the people behind cosmic catering a proud of their product. as the chief designer of space food twenty three years of experience in the space food industry i can proudly say that russia's place food provides healthiest sleepiest most nutrition rich diet and. even the most simple food requires special care and attention this tree in moscow

produces stay spirit and the work which goes into making it ready for all that is almost as high tech as the i assess itself. there is no mold in this bread you know mold spores we've developed the recipe which stops mold growth the bread doesn't go bad for fifteen months thanks to the special recipe and technologies we use when baking it. even when it comes to something simple like bread there's still plenty of choice for your hungry cosmonaut. all in all we make five types of bread ginger red white red that's what i have here on the table now right bread with caraway bread moscow style and didn't read those currently around one hundred sixty options for cosmonauts on board the international space station including all of the taste from home from soups to main courses and desserts and even the basics from salt and pepper the bread. alters pretty good. after

a hard day's work. it's nice to see that some of humanity's finest minds still have time to play with the food the book go to yellow in full you good color you ready ready good yummy. it's make you three keep them coming. these are all over auntie. while some take a look at some other stories from around the world there are unconfirmed reports from libya that one of the sons has been captured in the city of syria some officials from the national transitional council say more to seem cut off he was taken to benghazi for questioning and there is no official proof to confirm the claims yet what i've seen was a senior army officer as well as national security advisor and his capture will be seen as a major victory for the anti seen. shooting rampage at a hair salon in a small city near los angeles has left eight people dead

a ninth victim is in a critical condition police caught the suspect as he was trying to flee the scene finding several weapons on him the motive of the shooting remains unclear by there are reports the gunman was targeting his ex-wife. agents ruling military council has blamed christian religious leaders for sunday's violence which left twenty six debt general i don't know mara said the minority of protesters were peaceful bought an armed crowd joined the group and began attacking soldiers officials deny troops opened fire with live ammunition or ran over there with armored vehicles sixteen drivers were in a state of panic trying to escape. small radiation hotspots have been detected in the japanese cities of tokyo and yokohama the levels are actually higher than in some areas that were evacuated around the crippled fukushima nuclear plant scientists say the radiation poses no danger to health but more checks are being made the discovery comes seven months after an earthquake and

tsunami brought fukushima close to a nuclear meltdown. the consequences of the near nuclear disaster in japan were far reaching germany has taken the lead in europe promising to give up nuclear power by twenty twenty two and fill the gap with renewable sources but it's not all positive an eco friendly future of the well be one of blackouts disappearing industry and huge electricity costs thirty stone barton reports. germany has long had a strong green nuclear movement but it was one accident that finally turned the tide against nuclear power there. by twenty twenty two will and the use of nuclear energy in germany so what now the green movement and its hopes for renewable energy have been given a huge boost renewables mostly wind turbines and photovoltaics better known as

solar panels currently supply eighteen percent of germany's electricity indeed germany has big plans for green energy aiming to go from eighteen to eighty percent renewables after the nuclear switch off some say it's crazy to do it this way but others say second option is to say when somebody can make it happen it will be the germans but a closer look at the russia out of nuclear reveals there's more hope riding on its renewable replacements the natural readiness that planned eighty percent will take forty years at least and with nuclear electricity disappearing in germany in eleven years that will leave a decades long energy gap. that's the view of energy expert claudia canford who sees only one way to bridge the energy gap and it's not agreement we have new. fire power plants here in order not to have such kind of blackout germans have long

been world leaders in their enthusiasm for renewal energy and their disdain for nuclear power now they've taken the leap of faith but it's far from when technologies like this will be able to take over or whether in fact germany will have to resort back to the fossil fuel way ironic seeing as the nuclear switch off was pushed by an anti emissions green lobby and it gets worse as any replacement power green or not will require billions of dollars of construction expense pushing up the cost of electricity that's not good in a country like germany with such a large industrial base energy and electricity prices in germany are pretty high compared to our competitors in europe now if they go further up then we think we'll lose competitive noise that could lead to major industries relocating production out of germany but perhaps the greatest problem facing renewable efforts comes from

the same public the back to nuclear shutdown in the first place it's easy to say you want renewables but already massive opposition is emerging to the massive power grid lines and infrastructure that will have to be built all over the country public acceptance i think it's a more concern as the greatest danger not economics not to policy is support for the public acceptance all of which could leave germany very far from its green dreams of a renewable energy system. r.t. . well you're up to date from more remember there is our website r.t. darker more back shortly with more updates for you the mentality of having a world of business. thanks martin it's time to delve into the world of business and despite the rubles rollercoaster last month russian lenders have seen no hike in the conversion of

ruble deposits into foreign currency on the other hand top lenders burbank managed to double new calls it's to over two billion dollars given the fact that oil prices are holding up very well above one hundred dollars per barrel given the fact that we're seeing signs. that are stabilization in the global economy i think the risk go for the ruble again the laws around the remainder of the year. also we see that the policy of the central bank is more active and supporting the so this is why i believe that the ruble is more likely to appreciate from the current level than we can. in the remainder of this year. russian diamond producer also is considering growing its business by overseas acquisitions the commerce on data reports the firm's consultancy to be capital are encouraging it to purchase

cannot just be mines the company comes for three percent of global diamond production and is the key diamond beach p. billiton glaus trial in mining major controls eighty percent of all voices potential acquisition target it's not yet known whether b.h.p. billiton would agree to sell the mine but we should be capital says the price could be as much as one home but in dollars. let's have a look at the markets now or this trading in the red after the american petroleum institute reported you as gasoline demand fell the most in more than five years in china exports climbed to the least since february last month as inputs slowed light switches dropping over a half a dollar while branch is trading at one hundred and eleven dollars per barrel. and there's markets were high as european leaders edged closer to a plan for taming the debt crisis investors were also upbeat as the u.s. federal reserve said it discussed more asset purchases reducing concern about the

global economy. and europe stocks are fluctuating between gains and losses footsie is flat after it rallied to a two month high on wednesday and that texas also watched two polls just. in russia the markets generally lower as world dropped after the international energy agency reduced its global do want full cost for twenty twelfth the r.t.s. is up five point two percent and the my six is one. let's have a look at some of the individual share moves on the minus six the decline on the index is like finding a look at steel companies share as a down more than two percent as you can see the country's biggest oil producer also nafta is shedding more than one percent dragged by decreasing oil such lies make up little carly is losing to. santa it's a western from a turn capital still says chances for us this rally to continue. commodity prices have been firming up. so again it looks like this relief rally can continue and we

should probably expect that to be led by again by banks and materials as was the case yesterday. i would though say that in this market it doesn't take much to bring it back down again because you know yesterday we saw many sellers actually on our floor although we know the summer was buying. but it doesn't look like we have a strong conviction for for the russian market us and yet. it's all the latest business news from all stores check our website archies off com slash business.

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welcome back you're with r t these are the top stories syrian president pledges to draft a new constitution and they offer the capital hosted a massive show of support for him that's activists report violent clashes with police outside the mask is joining opposition protests. because some celebrate germany's move from nuclear power to renewable energy others fear it could lead to higher alex tricity costs and blackouts. angry anti-corporate activists knock on the doors of some of america's richest as a wave of demonstrations critical of washington's loyalty to big business gathers momentum nationwide washington's approval rating ratings taken a hit with the public demanding an account.