because. the syrian capital hosts a massive show of support for president assad with calls for him to be given more time to make the promise of reform a reality. angry and corporate activists not on the doors of some of america's richest as the wave of demonstrations critical of washington's loyalty to big business gathers momentum nationwide. and how some believe that germany's move from nuclear power to renewable energy could see millions broke jobless sandy left in the dark. and the minority shareholders of t.n.t. b.p. have increased their claims against british partners b.p. will have more business in about twenty minutes.

well why do you live from moscow this is r t with me well received now tens of thousands of come out in support of the embattled syrian president the biggest rally in the capital for months now now bashar assad is still struggling to quell a nationwide uprising despite promises of reforms but its supporters say the government needs more time to push through change syria has more right from the heart of damascus. voices of support. than continuing to send some and in in deadly clashes polar opposites in their demands but in some way united by a newfound zeal to take the stand for here the fact that their encounter with that

was that gathered show their support for the government not to give up our privacy images we've been seeing in other cities around the country where there have been reporting has really figuratively or for that government protesters about what the . if the are about where and this country was all the forces that fight was that was very late at night it was the the her husband and young children were one of many families who braved the heat to 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 mock me and say since when do you know about politics what do you know very divisions among family members some are progress and 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 watch news i never cared you know i never never had any interest in politics but. i think most of us baby books watched news bit odd supposin always funny no i don't think it was good have the right back around the issues about your country you can think of. it there are those like you i who sing 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 name tools and chord meetings assent coalition activism has evolved in syria for me i feel that my voice goes further down back then it started with stating an opinion but i'm going to jail it hitting it bad and no one would even know about it that his change down that 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 to daraa but i feel like a coward if i didn't risk why a life. while those on the streets are doing so asking for the regime to fall. opposed by those on the other side. the. lost city 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. masculists. right now it's time for you to get involved and tell us what you think about the situation in syria today's vote at r.t. dot com we are asking you are president assad is still in power while khadafi has been toppled by looking at the numbers right here half of you say it's due to

russia and china opposing the bombing of syria around a third believe assad has more public support in the country ten percent think the opposition isn't united nuff but the remaining few think serious leader is just a bit more ruthless add your voice now at r.t. dot com and that's the lead for you this hour here on our t.v. the european way of tackling the debt crisis exercising pressure on member 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 the way up above your head all the way in space . right now turning our attention out of the u.s. where more people have been arrested following the latest wave of public protests against excessive corporate influence in the country but mass demonstrations have spread to dozens of cities month after the so-called occupy wall street movement

first furred up and in the big apple but are these really important looks at how the protests continue to grow despite reported police brutality and hundreds of arrests. activists have been camping out and 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 or for balance quality 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 manhattan 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 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. will expire meaning the two percent that was required for millionaires to pay they won't have to pay 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 their pay if they're going to be paying that medical 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 the common american always you know suffering the consequences . reporting right there where the public distrust towards the u.s. government's also growing this according to the latest polls more than two thirds of americans now say they're on happy with washington and assassins going educated 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 it company billions in bailout loan guarantees tax refunds another stimulus all of the expense of the every age american taxpayer both in the election system it's in the ongoing lobbying in sort of 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 last 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 in cash and finding loopholes for getting billions of dollars in refunds the government over one percent for the one percent by the one percent picture wakes and self passes rules that allows the banks to give be regulated and restrict 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. country there were

some hundred nine while and people who doesn't rescue a single one of these bankers or who can quit because those who are so much models never live 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 selling brick bush went bankrupt and cost taxpayers almost six hundred million dollars that's the amount that 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 what drew all these people onto the streets of washington and this it is in big uys 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 t. washington d.c. . one big time a rapper who is taking part in the occupy wall street movement says the u.s.

government is too preoccupied with walls and promoting democracy and other nations exporters and if you're in full next hour you know a preview. when 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. but ok now we're told minutes past the hour here in moscow you with r.t. european banks should increase their reserves to withstand market that's the new plan put forward by the head of the european commission to solve the debt crisis and the move is designed to force banks to set aside more assets to save the system

from collapse. and i well also wants no giver dens or bonuses paid until they've done it but british or euro m.p. nigel farage told us the real aim is just to save the bankers. what it is it's a way of preparing the banks for the inevitable deep falls that have going to come from those eurozone countries that that's why they're recapitalizing the banks i mean i just peed 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 humanism misery that because they have got their political goals in the first place i mean the whole thing is mad what these countries really who are trapped inside this economic prison called these they need to devalued without devaluation having austerity packages pushed a problem which is forcing them into a downward deflationary 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 brown and my old friend herman van room ploy should govern five hundred million people it is not acceptable. more news videos and the latest updates waiting for you all i. thought to call for example i am lady turned joan of arc 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. read more about it at an artsy dot com. you can i go to our you tube channel to watch footage of a cargo ship hit a reef and started leaking all sorts of toxic materials just off the beautiful coast of music.

used today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of. corporations rule the day. you would see an hour for the adventurous spending long and lonely months in albeit meal times on the international space station where your highlight eating in zero gravity is a bit of a challenge for both. chefs you have to plan the menu on earth so. long to see how the corrupt. 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. a 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 the 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 design face table is a flip of the others there are two heating compartments here and this area in between is a trap for crohn's it works like a regular vacuum cleaner is important because chalking on a crumb is very risky in zero gravity you can have grieve consequences. all with food in space has to be specially prepared here on earth and that preparation doesn't come cheap cosmonauts need three thousand calories a day with 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 probably say that russia's space food provides the healthiest sleeves and the most nutrition rich diet for a cause when. even the most simple food requires special care and attention this factory in moscow produces space spirit and the work which goes into making it really for all that is almost as high tech as the eye sets itself. there is no mold in this bread no mold spores we've developed the recipe which starts mold growth and bread doesn't go bad for thirteen months thanks for the special recipe and technologies we use going baking it. even when it comes to something simple

like bread there's still plenty of choice for your hungry cosmonaut. well 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. those currently around one hundred sixty options because north on board the international space station including all of the tastes from coal from soups to main courses and desserts and even the basics from salt and pepper to bread. pretty good after a hard day's work on board 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 nice and bright you really ready good job yummy here a couple more this make you three keep on coming. these are all over arty. let's

get to the world of her ninety's and other headlines from around the world for you this hour libya's national transitional council has denied reports that one of moammar gadhafi sons has been captured in the city of sirte it had been suggested. he was detained in taken into the city of benghazi of a question but n.c.c. officials say there is no confirmation that there have been a number of false reports that members of the khadafi family regime have been captured over the last few months. a shooting rampage at a hair salon in a small city near los angeles has left eight people dead and one figure currently in a critical condition police caught the suspect is he was trying to flee the scene finding weapons on him but the motive of the shooting remains unclear but there are reports the gunman was targeting his effects. egypt's ruling military council has blamed christian religious leaders for sunday's violence which left twenty six dead general abdel and said the minority of protesters were peaceful but an armed crowd

then joined a group and began attacking soldiers denied troops opened fire with live ammunition all that they ran them over with armored vehicles insisted the drivers were in a state of panic and were trying to cause. a small radiation hotspots have been detected in the japanese cities of tokyo and york or hama 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 need to be 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 rather far reaching germany has taken the lead in europe promising to give up all nuclear power by two thousand and twenty to fill the gap with renewable resources but it's not all positive eco friendly future could well be one of blackouts

disappearing industries and huge electricity costs and artie's time but it's. germany has long had a strong green and to nuclear movement but it was one accident that finally turned the tide against nuclear power there. by twenty twenty two who 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 terminal was a closer look at the rush out of nuclear reveals there's more hope of riding on its

renewable 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 canford who sees only one way to bridge the energy gap and it's not green we have new. fire power plants here in order not to have those kind of blackout germans have long been a world leaders in their enthusiasm for a new about 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 wage 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 further up then we think we lose competitive nurses 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 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 the pool have to be built all over the country public acceptance i think it's a more concern as the greatest danger not it can omics not only to policy in

support of public acceptance all of which could leave germany very far from its green dreams of a renewable energy system. r.t. . right out of the below to hear r.t. it's the kaiser report our economics and finance show are always on a mission to expose the fat cat greed in the world the business here. hello and a very warm welcome to the business program despite the rebels' rollercoaster last month russian lenders have seen no hike in the conversion of rebel deposits into foreign currency on the other hand top lenders burbank managed to double new deposits 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 of a better stabilization in the global economy i think there is scope for it will

both be in the laws around the remainder of the year also we see that the policy of the central bank is more active and supporting the world so the so why believe that the real goal is more likely to appreciate from the current level than we can. and the remainder of this year the minority shareholders of tear we have increased their claims against britain spot not be they not want thirteen billion dollars compensation following a collapse of the peace tie up but ross net their initial request was a quarter of that at the beginning of the year us nafta and b.p. agreed to jointly develop the reach arctic fields people his russian partners and saying he b.p. blocked the deal saying it's finally did they are right science demands it's part of the tie up the minority shareholders now got compensation for the revenues they could have made if the deal had gone ahead. let's have

a look at the markets oil is trading lower after the american petroleum institute reported q as gazan demand fell the most in more than five years in china exports climbed to the least since never a lot smaller as imports slowed light switches dropping a dollar and a half trading at eighty four dollars per barrel while brant land is at one hundred nine dollars a barrel. in europe stocks are lower the fruits of falling from a two month high that's us mining companies declined for reports of slowing exports growth in china germany's debts shedding one and a half percent. for the markets are generally low as world dropped after the international energy agency which used its global demand for cost for twenty twelve there are just as lowered just under one percent under my eyes that says losing more than half a percent let's not have a look at some of the individual share moves in the my it's the decline of the

index is led by braun one point three percent lower look will is losing one percent the company says it's going to spend more than ten billion dollars a year over the next decade to develop new huge projects put a natural is bucking the trend since none of the gamers the company has reported a forty percent increase in revenues for the first nine months of the year. russia's second largest pipe maker has decided to do list from the domestic stock market and become a privately held company course some danger of course chilled eyeing its shares from the market as it thinks they are undervalued it early hope to raise more cash for an i.p.o. in london but demand was low and foreign investors didn't want to buy a child by its shares a higher price than on the russian market the company's owners might now sell part of it pretty cheap investment. and russian diamond produce all rosser is

considering growing its business by overseas equations and commerce and data reports from consultancy to be capital are encouraging it to purchase canada's the mines the company accounts for three percent of global diamond production and is the key diamond as that of b.h.p. billiton the angles for all in mining major controls eight percent of all this potential acquisition target well it's not yet known whether it be religion would agree to sell the mine but the to be counted all says that price could be as not just one and a half billion dollars. so we have time for no next our current admin account my colleague will bring you another business update some small stories you can always log on child website arches off com slash business.