party time. syria gripped by deadlock activists. crackdowns just wide loyalists crowds in the capital all the while president assad battles global pressure on his role. in the u.s. protesters determined to stamp out corporate greed to take their grievances to the doors of the wealthy as they accuse big business of trying to buy elections. and with germany turning its back on nuclear reactors whether it's bitten off more than it can chew as many say could see livelihoods lost in the country forced back to fossil fuels. then in business the minority shareholders of tanking b.p.

increased their claims against police department b.p. and i want compensation following the collapse because time with ross and me for four. it is just after five pm on thursday here in moscow this is with me recently showing signs of discontent are still. stable syria even after thousands of regime supporters crowded the streets of the capital activists say fresh clashes between government troops and army men in the north of the country that left three that president assad meantime has promised to establish a special committee to drop a new constitution while international pressure built on him to step down. now has the latest from the heart of damascus. but the voices of

support. and continuing dissent some fans of the deadly clashes polar opposites and their demands but in some way united by a newfound zeal to take a stand for here the fence here and kept it was the gathered show their support for the government that is kind of a far cry from pm it has been seeing in other cities that the country where there have been reporting was with me because the force of energy of government approach has a wish for what they get was about where and this country was like all the forces have such a trip to africa that was the very. night it was all on her husband and young children one of many families who braved the heat to enjoy 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 progress sad some are anti but that's how it is. it appears that apathy is becoming less of an option for citizens of this 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 read it books we watch the news media articles you know based on the run up and then you have the right background and other issues about your country you can take . you there are those like you who 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 coordinating

descent. coalition activism has evolved in syria for me i feel that by always goes further down back then it started with stating an opinion that is going to jail get hit again and there one would even know about it that has changed now that people are 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 violent crackdown in daraa but i feel like a coward if i didn't risk my life while those on the streets are doing so asking for the regime thought i call staunchly opposed by those on the other side yes it was. we are. going to tell. you. what political career nasty and activism among syrians are growing whatever side of the divide they're on people here are saying the future of their country is at stake but all are adamant that future is firmly in their own hands. that's arsenal

r.t. damascus. and i forget to watch aussies twitter page to get the latest news and updates from our team of correspondents where you can easily follow chester australia who is in syria for us and just hours ago into the central town of all of us dan it's well five days of clashes between protesters and security forces are taking place have a look here as she tweets that evidence of fighting is clear on the buildings there but the mood is tense and i do still like the very latest from the heart of the arab world. but with our tickets for time to come here today i still have to get a solid digging deep calls to regulate the e.u. banking sector viewed by some as desperate measures as banks are told to find out more money and to find it. the ultimate life is not cut you got what's being served a way above your head up and says faced. process of course make. its coming up.

and they have been pepper sprayed and arrested for their determination of the occupy wall street protesters is only growing along with their numbers and what started with a small group of activists camping outside the new york stock exchange in mid september quickly spread nationwide and despite hundreds of arrests and claims of police brutality people are not giving up our season report night reports. activists have been camping out and sleeping in demonstrating for weeks now and they see him 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 who are for their for democracy what they say for democracy for fair treatment or 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 because they don't want any violence to overtake their movement but of course we did see the violence break out in boston one hundred forty one protesters that were taking part in occupy boston and were arrested more than a thousands turned out to demonstrate in conjunction with occupy wall street probably the most disturbing video that we're seeing were police getting quite aggressive with u.s. veterans that were taking part in the movement against corporate interests and corporate influence over u.s. politics members of occupy wall street walked through manhattan particularly down park avenue and they went 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 hole jamie diamond there was a police barricade out there but they continued to demonstrate and the reason they were demonstrating it and going door to door to get to the wealthiest new yorkers holmes is because at the end. this is the year two percent. will expire meaning the two percent i 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 tax a lot less revenue is going to be coming to new york city and new york state and

the ninety nine percent what they call the ninety nine percent 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. if he is reporting our reporting right that would hurt thousands on the streets of american cities that just fed up with the great swell wall street corporations grow from the profits of the call to big mentality seems to be falling on deaf ears so if you're in the white house and something is going to each account explains what you're doing is not ready to turn its back on old friends. investing in politics has proved to be good business in america just a few million dollars in contributions and some law they can bring a company billions in bailout loan guarantees tax refunds another stimulus all of the expense of the every american taxpayer exposed in the election system and it's in the ongoing lobbying and 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 laws 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 us government over one percent for the one percent one percent picturing self passes rules that allows the banks to get the regulator it restricts our democracy three years after washington gave almost a trillion dollars of taxpayers' money to bail out corporate giants unemployment in the countries 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 how could i i don't recall the jury there were so hundred nonviolent people and doesn't arrest a single one of these bankers or the people because it was quiet just boggles the mind in the meantime goldman sachs one of the main architects of the current crisis is richer than ever it is now 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 only is money number of occasions one of the most recent scandals involves the solar energy companies lingering 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 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 to into political campaigns now they don't even have to disclose the amounts they spend their time trying to buy 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 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 involved big corporations that can afford influence in washington to skew the system in their favor. going to check on our team in d.c.

. there are a lot of things coming to you live from the heart of moscow top european banks have spoken against the e.u. commission's demands to increase the reserves saying they would rather sell assets than be recapitalized chief buying said there's a man well but also his plans would not solve the underlying problem on wednesday the e.u. commission chief called on bias to boost their funds to withstand the possible fallout from greece when they are exposed to it as they hold billions in greek debt . so also wants to see dividends and bonuses frozen until banks are propped up their buffers are also noted that some of the cash may need to come from governments buying stuff raising the. british euro m.p.'s nigel farage says the euro commission's actions are designed to grab more power over that region. what it is it's a way of preparing the banks for the inevitable day thoughts that are going to come from the euro zone countries the bats why they're recapitalizing the banks and i

put in this parliamentary chamber with mr barroso these people are absolutely intent on creating a united states of europe care how many millions of people are chucked out of the unemployment strappy they don't care about the tide of human is misery that they cause they have got their political goals all these bailouts helping the people in greece and portugal are not what they're actually doing is they're giving money to these countries to give back to our banks in the first place i mean the whole thing is mad what these countries need who are trapped inside this economic prison because they need to do the value without the evaluation they're having austerity packages pushed the 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 rompuy oyo should govern five hundred million people it is not acceptable. exactly quarter past the hour now here in moscow a new criminal case as we launched against ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko she has been charged with laying the burden of debts from an energy corporation she headed on to the ukrainian budget the united energy systems of ukraine owed russia over four hundred million dollars in the one nine hundred ninety s. the latest accusations come just two days after too much shankar was sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing her powers are signing gas contracts with moscow jailing of ukraine's former prime minister has outrage on the streets of kiev and a flood of criticism from the russia the us and you should also have to pay two hundred million dollars in damages to ukraine's state gas company. well for cosmonauts enjoying a long stay aboard the international space station food is one of the few

distractions from their day to day routine but preparing a meal is no easy task a scientific chef so he must prepare a space safe menu that's both nutritional and tasty so we sent our cheese critter over for a lunch that's out of this world. after traveling at phenomenal speed for two days cramped in the small space of a so you rocket cosmonauts arriving at the international space station going for. the how do you eat in zero gravity. but it 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 or 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 life saving computer equipment the russian space agency designed this special table as i thought the deal is you know so there are two heating compartments here and this

area in between is a trap for crohn's it works like a regular vacuum cleaner this is important because choking on a crumb is very risky and zero gravity it can have a real consequences. all the food eaten in space has to be specially prepared here on earth and that preparation person come cheap cosmonauts need three thousand calories a day and for the same isn't a lympics printer 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 a mission and it goes prices it's no wonder that the people behind cosmic catering a proud of their product. as the chief designer space food twenty three years of experience in the space food industry i can proudly say that russian space food provides the healthiest. well most nutritional rich diet for

a cause an. even the most simple food requires special care and attention they stacked three in moscow produces space spirit and the work which goes into making it great for all that is almost as high tech as the i assess itself we're going to grad school. there is no mold in this bread no mold spores we've developed a recipe which stops mold growth and bread doesn't go bad for fifteen months thanks to the special recipe and technologies we use going taking it. even when it comes to something simple like bridge there's still plenty of choice for your hungry cosmonaut. all in all 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 called options because north on 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.

that alters pretty good after a hard day's work. it's nice to see the humanity's finest minds still have time to play with their food. good right you really ready good yummy here the couple this make you three keep them coming. these are all of the artsy. you can always i hear more voices in orbit of our teeth dot com it's over you'll find interviews with cosmonauts on that and plenty more stories for explore there at r.t. dot com a couple of them waiting for you there right now americans could soon see their speech rhythms blinking braids and breathing patterns under cia scrutiny as the latest scheme to track terrorists comes under fire. and one of saddam hussein's braun's of by folks is going under the hammer if we get carried away with

yourself we're talking about a part of his famous that you were of course find out what happened after it was torn down to don. i was given some other world news for you brief this hour here on r.t. libya's troops claiming they're in control of most of could have a stronghold city of sirte making their final push but there are still some pockets of heavy resistance from the colonels and loyalists libyan leaders have denied earlier reports that one of the sons that of tustin a senior army officer and security advisor had been captured in the besieged city meanwhile human rights group amnesty international has accused the country's interim leadership of torturing thousands of detainees has called for the abuse to stop. a plane carrying thirty two people this crash near the north coast of papua new guinea exposed for the country's accident investigation commission said there are casualties the figures are still unknown australia has scrambled helicopters to

help with search and rescue efforts the scene of the crash. at least fifty have been injured after a powerful earthquake rocked the indonesian island of bali the six point one magnitude quake damaged several buildings across the island which is famous for its resorts and sandy beaches the territories that make up in an easier approach to volcanic and seismic activity in two thousand and four a massive earthquake killed over one hundred thousand people in the country's western most province. stringent tests are being carried out in japan after high levels of radiation were found in the cities of tokyo and yokohama the levels there are higher than in some areas that were evacuated around the crippled fukushima nuclear plant scientists are working in just how far the contamination has spread as both cities are more than two hundred kilometers away from the disaster zone and it's come seven months after an earthquake and tsunami brought fukushima close to a nuclear meltdown. and shock waves from japan's

a radioactive disaster reached as far as europe germany was one of the first to react deciding to stop all of all of the use of nuclear power in just eleven years time the country hopes to get most of its energy from renewable sources it was artists on board and discovered it could be jumping the gun. 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 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 renewable after the nuclear

switch off but a closer look at the russia out of nuclear reveals there is more hope riding on its for nubile 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 we have new all and their fire departments here in order not to have such kind of blackout germans have long been a world leaders in their enthusiasm for renewable energy and that is staying for nuclear power now they've taken the leap of faith but it's far from where 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 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 to. duction 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 what already massive opposition is emerging from the massive power grid lines and infrastructure that will have to be built all over the country except those i think it's a more concern is the greatest danger not economic it's not pointed to a policy you support it's a problem except all of which could leave germany very far from its green dreams of a renewable energy system. i mean around five minutes time here on r.t.

we discussed the fate of american soldiers who went missing during overseas campaigns but first however the business news with korea. to business despite the rules a roller coster last loss of russian lenders have seen no hike in the conversion of both positons the foreign currency on the other hand lenders their bank managed to double your closets 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 better stabilization and in the global economy i think there is hope for the whole ball game the last round and the remainder of the year . also we see that the policy of the central bank is more active and supporting the

world so this is why believe that there will is more likely to appreciate from the current level than we can. and the winner of this year. and the minority shareholders of tanking b.p. have increased their claims against british partner b.p. he now wants thirteen billion dollars compensation following a collapse of b.p.'s tie up with ross now after the initial request was a quarter of that at the beginning of the year also may have been b.p. agreed to join to develop the rich arctic fields would be russian partners in saying g.d.p. block the deal saying it violated their rights and part of the tarp the minority shareholders now want compensation for the revenues they could have made if the deal had gone through. now let's have a look at the markets oil is trading in the red out to the american petroleum institute reported u.s. gasoline demand fell the most in more than five years in china exports climbed least since bunbury last month as imports rose heights wheat is dropping

a dollar how can a dollar and twenty cents and it's trading at eighty four dollars fifty four sons and brant is at just over one hundred ten dollars per barrel. european stocks drop in choppy trading on thursday led by losses from banks that says nineteen companies declined following the report of a slowing export growth in china anglo-american and cousin has dropped five percent and five point two percent respectively here in russia the markets are generally lower spoils the drop in the international energy agency reduce its global demand forecast put two thousand and twelve the r.t.s. is losing less than half a percent of them isaacs is down twenty one percent with our now let's have a look at some individual channels mindsets the decline only indexes led by gazprom it's down over one percent look oil is in the red as well the company says it's going to spend more than ten billion dollars a year over the next decade to develop new huge projects full metal among gamers

the company has reported a forty percent increase in revenues for the first nine months i'll be here. to diamonds now a diamond producer is considering growing its. as for overseas acquisitions come on sunday any reports of the firm's consultants in the t.v. calcutta hours and encouraging it to purchase calendars it can see mines the company accounts for three percent of global government production is the key of b.h.p. billiton and the australian mining major controls eighty percent of all says potential acquisition target it's not yet know whether b.h.p. billiton would agree to sell the mine but need to be capital says the price could be as much as one day and ups. well that's all for now but remember you can always find more stories does not want all that side r.t. dot com.

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