well let's end. it is that just after five pm on thursday here in moscow this is with me research showing signs of discontent are still evident in stable syria even after thousands of regime supporters crowded the streets of the capital activists say fresh clashes between government troops and demand in the north of the country that left three people dead president assad meantime has promised to establish a special committee to draw up a new constitution while international pressure builds on him to step down. now has the latest from the heart 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 fact that the fear and kept it was that gathered show their support for the government that is going is a far cry from the images we've been seeing in other cities in the country where there have been reporting watches with me the kurdish north haven't had a government protests an issue however one thing it's an hour about where in this country political discourse and sometimes can tell that that was the very way for you that everybody. all of her husband and young children one of many families who braved the heat and joy 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 aside 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. i think most of us maybe books we watch the news media articles you know based on the no one pick up and then you have the right background and all the issues about your country you've got the. yeah 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 implored me to dissent. activism has evolved in syria for me i feel that my voice goes further now back then it started with stating an opinion that i'm going to jail that hitting

and no one would even know about it that his changed now 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 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 yet it was easy. to get on with. it. 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. that's our cilia r.t. damascus. and i don't forget twitter page to get the latest news on our team of

correspondents so you can easily follow tester also the other was in syria for us and just hours ago into the central time of. five days of clashes between protesters and security forces have taken place. she tweets the evidence of fighting is clear on the buildings and that the mood is. the very latest from the heart of the arab oil. volatility it's good to have you come by. digging deep coals to regulate the e.u. banking sector viewed by some as desperate measures banks are told to find more money and to find it. the ultimate life is not cut out what's the way above your head up in space. well the process of course makes. it's coming up. they have been beaten pepper sprayed and arrested but the determination of the

occupy wall street protesters is only growing along with the numbers i was 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. to put nairobi points. 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 for their for democracy what they say for democracy for fair treatment for 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 and forty one protesters that were taking part in occupy boston and were arrested more than a thousand turned out to demonstrate in conjunction with occupy wall street probably the most disturbing video that was seen were police getting quite aggressive with us 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 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 door 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 and and going door to door to the to the wealthiest new yorkers holmes is because at the end. 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 any more come two thousand 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 tox 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. reporting right out on the streets of american cities that just fed up with the break in the bucks well corporations grow on the profits however the call to end the big banks mentality seems to be falling on deaf ears so if you're in the white house that's what he's going to teach you can explain washington 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 lobbying can bring your company billions in bailout loan guarantees tax refunds and other stimulus all of the expense of the every american taxpayer it's both in the election system and 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 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 intact and finding loopholes for getting billions of dollars in refunds the us government of the 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 how can i moderate income terry better or worse a hundred nine file and the people there doesn't arrest

a single one of these bankers or the people what caused this collapse of 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 celebrity 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 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 other cities 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. . and a lot is coming to you live from the heart of moscow top european banks have spoken against the e.u. commission's demands to increase saying they would rather. than be recapitalized

chief. said the. plans would not solve the underlying problem on wednesday the e.u. commission chief called on banks to use the funds to withstand the possible fallout from greece and many are exposed to it as they hold billions in greek debt. 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 banks raising the market british euro m.p.'s says the euro commission's actions are designed to grab more power over the region. what it is it's a way of preparing the banks for the inevitable deforms that that are going to come from those eurozone countries and that's why they're recapitalizing the banks and i've 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 totally

unemployed it's crappy they don't care about the tide of human misery misery that they cause they have got their political goals all these bailouts helping the people in greece and portugal are to know who they're not what they're actually doing is they're 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 is mad what least countries need who are trapped inside this economic prison called the euro is they need to do you value 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 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 my old friend herman van ryn poyet should govern five hundred million people it is not acceptable. exactly quarter past the hour now here in

moscow a new criminal case has been 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 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 tymoshenko 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 sparked outrage on the streets of kiev and a flood of criticism from the russia the us and the e.u. should also have to pay two hundred million dollars in damage. just 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 for scientific chefs at home he must prepare a space safe menu that's both nutritional and tasty so we sent our artie's 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 soyuz rocket cosmonauts arriving at the international space station going to be packaged how do you eat in zero gravity. pretty 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 so it is that's what the deal is 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 and zero gravity it can have grieved 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. is the chief designer of space food twenty three years of experience in the space food industry and i can proudly say that russia's place food provides healthiest sleepiest the most nutrition rich diet for a cause an. 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

ready for all but it is almost as high tech as the i assess itself. there is no mold in this bread no 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 gingerbread white bread 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 three 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. and all tastes pretty good. after a hard day's work. it's nice to see the humanities finest minds still have time to

play with their food. good. you really ready good yummy here we'll move a couple this make it three. these are all of the arts. and you can always i hear more voices in orbit of our teeth on comets i will find the interviews with cosmonauts that i'm plenty more stories to explore there at r.t. dot com a couple of them waiting for you there right now americans could soon see their speech rhythms. breathing patterns under cia scrutiny as the latest scheme to track terrorists comes under fire. and one of saddam hussein's wrongs says going under the hammer before you get carried away with yourself we're talking about a part of his famous statue of course find out what happened after it was torn down to don't. i don't let's get to some other world news for you in brief this hour

here on r.t. libya's troops claiming they're in control of most of stronghold city of sirte making their final push for 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. 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 and has called for the abuse to stop. a plane carrying thirty two people has crashed 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 at 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 indonesia 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 to map just how far the contamination has spread as both cities are more than two hundred kilometers away from the disaster zone this comes seven months after an earthquake and tsunami brought fukushima close to a nuclear meltdown. and the shock waves from japan's a radioactive disaster reached as far as europe germany was one of the first to react by 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 but as artist on barton discovered it could be jumping the gun. germany has long had a strong green nuclear movement but it was one accident that finally turned the tide against nuclear power that. by twenty twenty two we 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 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 but a closer look at the rush 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 we have new. fire power plants here in order not to have that kind of blackout germans have long been world leaders in their enthusiasm for a new about energy and their disdain for nuclear power now they've taken their 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 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 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 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. already massive opposition is emerging to the massive power grid lines and infrastructure that will have to be built all over the country haptic acceptance i think it's a more concern is the greatest danger not the economics not pointed to policies support but it's public acceptance all of which could leave germany very far from its green dreams of a renewable energy system. in around five minutes time here on r.t. we discussed the fate of american soldiers who went missing during overseas campaigns first however a look at the business news with korea. care

about them to business despite the rules a roller coster last loss of russian lenders have seen no hike in the conversion of ruble deposits of foreign currency on the other hand top lenders barebacked 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. that are stabilization in the global economy i think there is a scope for the rouble gave the lost ground in the remainder of the year also we see that the policy of the central bank is more active and supporting so this is why i believe that there will bill is more likely to appreciate from the current level than we can. in the remainder of this year. in the minority shareholders of

tanky b.p. have increased their claims against british partner b.p. they now want thirteen billion dollars compensation following a collapse of b.p.'s tie up with ross now after the initial request was a quarter that at the beginning of the year all sniffed and b.p. agreed to join to develop the rich arctic feels good b.p.'s russian partners in b.p. blocked a deal saying it violated their rights and part of the tie up 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 to us gasoline demand fell the most in more than five years in china exports climbed since february last month and imports slowed light sweet is dropping a dollar a dollar and twenty cents and is trading at eighty four dollars fifty four cents and brant is that just over one hundred ten dollars per barrel. european stocks

dropping choppy trading on thursday led by losses from banks that says mining companies declined following the report of a slowing export growth in china and america has dropped five percent and five point two percent respectively. in russia the markets are generally lower as oil's dropped to the international energy agency reduced its global demand forecast put two thousand and twelve the odds he has is losing less than half a percent in the mines it's down point one percent with our now let's have a look at some individual channels on my effects 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. among the gainers the company has reported a forty percent increase in revenues for the first nine months of the year. to diamonds now russian diamond producer is considering growing its big. as for

overseas acquisitions come on sunday he reports that the firm's consultant in v.t. be capitalism encouraging it to purchase cannabis it cuts the mines the company accounts for three percent of global diamond production is the key dominant asset of b.h.p. billiton and will strain in mining major controls eighty percent of all also potential acquisition target it's not yet know whether b.h.p. billiton would agree to sell the line but maybe capital says the price could be as much as one and a half billion dollars. well that's all for now but remember you can always find law stories just log on to website dot com slash.

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