the syrian capital hosts a massive show of support for president assad but calls for him to be given more time to make the promise of reform a reality. it's not on the doors of some of america's richest the wave of demonstrations critical of washington's loyalties to big business gathers momentum nationwide. some believe that germany's move from a nuclear power to renewable energy could see millions approach job in.

live from the center of moscow this is our team with me. syria's president says he's planning a new constitution just a day after tens of thousands came out in a mass show of support for him but shot assad is still struggling to quell a nationwide uprising despite ongoing promises of reforms but his supporters say the government needs more time to push through change parties to sausalito has more from the center of damascus. voices of support. and continuing dissent some and in deadly clashes polar opposites in their demands but in some way united by a newfound zeal to take the stand they're going to separate the syrian capital our lives have gathered their support for the government not to give up part of the images have been seeing in other cities that a country where there have been reported lack of sleep security forces that have

government protests additional about one think it's about where in this country political discourse and sometimes i think that i should find out in the very least as the mighty. close ally. her husband and young children one of many families who braved the heat enjoy the crowds in downtown damascus. 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 knock me and say since when do you know about politics what do you know there are divisions among family members some are are less sad summer antiques but that's how it ends. it appears that apathy is becoming less of an option for citizens of the nation now under intense international scrutiny i never watch news i never cared you know i never never had any interest in politics. i think most of

us baby books we watch the news media articles on facebook and i know i know that and then you have the right back around the issues that i can think you can think. if there are those like you knew i was saying we're no strangers to thinking aside and making it known he's long been voicing his discontent and 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 is going to jail it hitting bad and no one would even know about it that has changed now the people more politically aware the same 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 vollard practically in daraa but i feel like

a coward if i didn't respond to life while those on the streets are doing so asking for the regime to fall the call staunchly opposed by those on the other side yes it was to. meet. yeah city and activism among syrians are growing whatever side of the divide there are people who are saying the future of their country is that state that all are adamant that future is firmly in their own hands. r.t. mascot's. i want to know your chance to get involved with us here at r.t. we're asking what you think about the situation in syria in today's vote on r.t. dot com why is it the president assad is still in power well could after he has been toppled over half of the respondents say it's due to russia and china opposing the bombing of syria around a third believe assad has more public support in his country nine percent say the

opposition isn't united enough well there are meaning few things seriously there is just more ruthless your voice now and r.t. dot com. but i still have for you this hour here on r.t. european way of tackling the debt crisis exercising pressure on member states and regulating the banking sector among the latest moves by the e.u. projects for doomed to failure. and of course meet catering we invite you for a tasting to check out what's being served all the way up the streets. to the u.s. now where more people have been arrested following the latest wave of public protests against excessive corporate influence in the country now mass demonstrations have spread to dozens of cities a month after the so-called occupy wall street movement first flared up in the break up that marina port ironed out looks at how the protests continue to grow despite reported police brutality and hundreds of arrests. activists have been

camping out and sleeping in demonstrating for weeks now and they seem 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 or for balance and equality for all americans because that's not the horror of what their movement is about these demonstrators are very committed to not acting violently they want to demonstrate as peacefully as possible numbers of occupy wall street walked through manhattan particularly down park avenue and they went door to do work 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 were men standing outside of the buildings were cheering them on when they got to the whole . time and there was a police barricade out there but they continued to demonstrate and the reason they were demonstrating and and going door to door to get to the wealthiest new yorkers homes is because at the end of this year two percent millionaire tax will expire meaning that two percent that was required for millionaires to pay they won't have to pay them 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 a lot less revenue is going to be coming to new york city and new york state and the ninety nine percent with 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 common american always you know suffering the consequences.

what is more important reporting right there are public distrust towards the u.s. government also growing this according to the latest polls and more than two thirds of americans now say they are unhappy with washington and its arteries and nature can reports the white house and congress are heavily influenced by equally 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 your company billions in bailout loan guarantees tax refunds another stimulus all of the expense of the average american taxpayer supposin 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 go in 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 us government over one percent for the one percent by the one percent perpetuates itself passes rules that allows the banks to get be regulated 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 her thousands of americans took to the streets to ask where is their bailout and how could our immigrant country there were so hundred nine why aren't people there doesn't arrest a single one of these bankers for going to work was this question just because the

market in the meantime goldman sachs one of the main architects of the current crisis is richer than ever it is announced seventeen billion dollars in bonuses alone for its staff 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 cronyism on a number of occasions one of the most recent scandals involves a solar energy company cylindrica bush went bankrupt and cost taxpayers almost six hundred million dollars that's the amount of the government approving loan guarantees despite receiving persistent warnings 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 upcoming trying to value elections 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 these people onto the streets of washington and of the city is in the us 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. . in time a rapper immortal technique who's taking part in the occupy wall street movement says the u.s. government is too preoccupied with wars and promoting democracy in other nations and watches our full interview in about twenty minutes time but for now

a preview. when people look at this nation they see republicans completely in the hands of corporations democrats pandering to them now we see them also involved now to the president as part of expanding the war was expanding occupations nasty any love for human rights bill 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. all right another twelve minutes past the hour here in the russian capital european banks should increase their reserves to withstand market. performed by the head of the european commission to solve the debt crisis but the move is designed to force banks to set aside more assets to save the system from collapse jose manuel barroso also wants no diffidence or bonuses paid until they've done it but british euro m.p. nigel farage told r.t.

the real aim is to save the banks. what it is it's a way of preparing the banks for the inevitable the falls that could come from those eurozone countries that that's why they're recapitalizing the banks i mean 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 are chucked out of the unemployment scrap heap they don't care about the tide of human is misery that because they have got their political goals in the first place i mean the whole thing is what we use countries only who are trapped inside this economic prison. is they need to devalue without devaluation having austerity packages pushed a problem which is forcing them into a downward. the spiral which in my opinion in greece and possibly in portugal too could lead to revolution what we're doing is stupid and very very dangerous indeed there is now a split in europe from north to south and in the north we are witnessing

a democratic revolution against the whole concept of the euro and the idea that people like mr gross so my old friend herman bad boy should govern five hundred million people it is not acceptable. from moscow more news videos and of course are the latest updates waiting for you online right now for example iron lady turned journal jailing of ukraine's former prime minister has sparked outrage on the streets of kiev and a flood of criticism from russia the u.s. and the e.u. to make sure we can read more of our dot com. also or go to our you tube channel this startling footage here it's a cargo ship hit a reef and it started leaking toxic materials all off the coast of new zealand but again the. trouble for the.

today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. of the day. past the hour here in the russian capital. spending long and lonely months in orbit mealtimes on the international space station are certainly a highlight but eating in zero gravity is a challenge both for the diners and the high tech chefs who have to plan the menu on earth so r.t. we. long for a small taste. after traveling at phenomenal speed for two days cramped in the small space of a so huge rocket cosmonauts arriving at the international space station going to be packing the how do you eat in zero gravity . well you have to be a bit more careful than down here on earth 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 the rogue morsel will disappear into the inner workings of some potentially lifesaving computer equipment the russian space agency designed this special table is the hope of the others there are two heating compartments here and this area in between is a trap for crumbs it works like a regular vacuum cleaner is important because choking on a crumb is very risky in zero gravity if you have a real consequences. but all the food eaten in steaks has to be specially prepared here on earth and that preparation doesn't come cheap cosmonauts need three thousand calories a day of the same isn't a lympics printer and providing that cost over six hundred dollars a day with most emissions lasting for six months each cosmonauts grocery bill comes in at a hefty one hundred ten thousand dollars per mission and those prices it's no wonder

the people behind cosmic catering a proud of their product. as the chief designer of. twenty three years of experience in the space food industry i can probably say that russia's space food provides the healthiest. and the most nutrition reached guyot for a cause and. even the most simple food requires special care and attention this factory in moscow produces a spirit and the work which goes into making it really for all that is almost as high tech as the i assess itself. there is no mold in this bread no mold spores we've developed a recipe which starts small growth and bread doesn't go bad for fifteen months thanks to the special recipe in 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. now we make five types of bread gingerbread white bread that's what i

have here on the table now right bread with caraway bread moscow style and did a grid but it's currently around one hundred sixty color options because north 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 good bread. pretty good after a hard day's work on the i assess it's nice to see that some of humanity's finest minds still have time to play with their food. ok i've got a yellow one for you good color noise and bright you ready ready good job yeah me here one more a couple more this make you three i'm coming. these are all over artie. all right it's come to you live from moscow now to the world update here on our

three times some headlines from around the world for you this hour but there are unconfirmed reports from libya the one of moammar gadhafi sons has been captured in the city of sirte some officials from the national transitional council say khadafi was taken at benghazi for questioning and is no official proof yet firm claims tarsem was a senior army officer as well as national security adviser and his capture would be seen as a major victory for the n t s. a shooting rampage at a hair salon in a small city near los angeles has left eight people dead and one thinks i'm currently in a critical condition police call the suspect as he was trying to flee the scene finding several weapons on him the motive of the shooting remains unclear but there are reports the gunman was targeting his ex-wife. egypt's ruling military council has blamed christian religious leaders for sunday's violence which left twenty six dead general abdel said the minority of protesters were peaceful but an armed crowd

eventually joined the group and began attacking soldiers officials deny troops opened fire with live ammunition all ran over them with armored cars insisting drivers were in a state of mind trying to just. small radiation hotspots have been detected in the japanese cities of tokyo and. other levels are actually higher than in some areas that were evacuated around the crippled fukushima nuclear plant so to 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. but 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 two thousand and twenty two and fill the gap with renewable sources but it's not all positive an eco friendly future could well be one of blackouts disappearing industry and huge electricity costs so at least one bottom reports.

germany has long had a strong green anti nuclear movement but it was one accident that finally turned the tide against nuclear power there. by twenty twenty two 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 i mean 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 determined was a closer look at the russia out of nuclear reveals there's more hope riding on its renewal replacements the natural readiness that climbed 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 comfort 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 those kind of germans have long been a world leaders in their enthusiasm for renewable energy and their disdain for nuclear power now they've taken the leap of faith but it's far from certain when technologies like this will be able to take over or whether in fact germany will have to resort back to the fossil fuel age 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. 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 all competitors in europe now if they go for the rock then we think we lose competitiveness that could lead to major industries relocating production out of germany but perhaps the greatest problem facing renewable efforts comes from the same public back to the nuclear shut down 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 the bill had to be built all over the country public acceptance i think it's a more concern as the greatest danger not the economics not only to policy is support of its public acceptance all of which could lead germany very far from its

green dreams of a renewable energy system thomason r.t. . right on up to business news are you here. thanks rory welcome to the business update despite the rules rollercoaster last month that russian lenders have seen no hike in the conversion of rebel deposits into foreign currency on the other hand lenders burbank managed to double new deposits to over two billion dollars. given the fact that will prices are holding up very well above one hundred dollars per barrel given the fact that we're seeing signs of. stabilization in the global economy i think there is scope for the rouble to regain some of the laws ground in the remainder of the year also we see that the policy of the central bank is more active and supporting the

war so this is why i believe that the ruble is more likely to appreciate from the current level than we can. and the winner of this year. the minority shareholders of team key b.p. have increased claims that british partner b.p. they now want to search in billion dollars compensation following a collapse a piece tie up with ross net the initial request was a quarter of that at the beginning of the year all snuffed and the peer group to jointly develop the rich arctic fills russian partisan team he blocked the deal saying it's violated their rights and demanded part of the tie up minority shareholders now want compensation for the revenues they could have made if the deal had gone ahead. that's a look at the markets oil is trading in the red after the american petroleum institute reported to you as gasoline demand fell the most in more than five years

in china exports climbed the least since every last month as imports might which is dropping a dollar and a half trading at eighty four dollars a barrel while grant is that one hundred ten dollars per barrel. in europe stocks are lower the footsie falling from a two month high that says mining companies declined following reports of slowing export growth in china and germany's dax to shedding more than one percent. in russia the markets are generally lower as oil dropped after the international energy agency reduced its global demand forecast for twenty twelve both the r.t.s. and the white suits losing more than one percent this hour or so have a look at some of the individual moves in the mice it's called the decline here is led by gasp wrong one and a half percent lower all the quill is losing one percent become please says it's going to spend more than ten billion dollars a year over the next decade to develop new future projects and on

a much all is the trend of small gainers the company has reported a forty percent increase in revenues for the first nine months of again it's a western front on capitol highlights his favorite stocks. if you believe in a relatively new then you should be in financial should probably be in. metal stocks if you believe that we just seen sort of a relief rally we continue to go down further on we should probably ask the friends of us who care and russ telecom which we. haven't really had a difference of characteristics the more was the same. trade in the u.s. listed in the us sort of become the russian proxy in the u.s. so there could be selected utilities maybe maybe. but i think that the universe is quite small. russian diamond producing all that also is considering growing its business by overseas a causations the commerce on down or imports the firms consultants need to be

capital out encouraging it to purchase cannot just be cut she minds the company accounts for three percent of global diamond production and just to keep diamond assets of beach prevention angles trial and mining major controls eighty percent of all time shell acquisition targets it's not yet known whether b.h.p. billiton would agree to sell the mine but the capital says the price could be as not just want to help and all its. that's all we have time for now your options eight more analysis on our website r g dot com slash business.