world has been seeing from the streets of canada as. the hope for a shelter the day. syria gripped by deadlock sound the alarm of a new crackdowns despite loyalist crowds in the capital all the while president assad battles of global pressure on his role. in the us protesters determined to stamp out corporate greed take their grievances to the doors of the wealthy as they accuse big business of trying to buy elections . ukraine's former prime minister now faces new charges two days after she got seven years behind bars for abusing power while signing gas contracts with moscow.

is out just after six pm on thursday here in moscow this is r.t. with me will research showing signs of discontent just still evident in unstable syria you can offer thousands of regime supporters crowded the streets of capital activists say fresh clashes between government troops and armed men in the north of the country have killed at least three president assad meantime has promised to establish a special committee to draw up a new constitution international pressure builds on him to step down. as the latest from the very heart of damascus. voices of support. and continued in dissent some and in deadly clashes polar opposites in their demands but in some way united by the newfound zeal concerned we're going to separate the syrian capital was they've gathered their support for the government

to give up our images we've been seeing in other cities like my place where they have been reporting live at least because the force of that government protests additional calabro why don't they get. no matter where in this country was the forces have five health. care if you know everybody with the the her husband and young children were one of many families who braved the heat and joined the crowds to downtown damascus was 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 a side some are anti but that's how it is. 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 i never never had any interest in politics but. i think most of us media books watch the news media articles you know based on the run of the and then you have the right background and other issues about your country when you've got people. you know there are those like you who are you saying who are no strangers to picking a side 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 now back then it started with stating an opinion but i'm going to jail it here to get there and no one would even know about it that has changed now that people are more politically aware and same has been thrown in jail says he was

tortured and finds himself constantly looking over his shoulder i knew i was detained for spreading the word on the violent crackdown in daraa but i feel like a coward if i didn't risk why a life while those. streets are doing so asking for the regime to fall called staunchly opposed by those on the other side. of the street. we. think. your political career also be 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 are still your party damascus. and i don't forget to check out twitter page to get the latest news and updates a reality of r.t. correspondent so you can easily follow test our syria who's in syria for r.t. just hours ago she entered at the center of town about us than

a couple ok you can see some updates it's a five days of clashes between protesters and security forces she tweeted evidence of fighting it's clear on buildings that the mood is tense but use their own life for the very latest from the heart of the hour. they have been beaten pepper sprayed and arrested but the determination of the occupy wall street protesters is growing along with the numbers and what started with a small group of activists camping outside the new york stock exchange in mid september as it quickly spread nationwide and despite hundreds of arrests and claims of police brutality people are not giving up on their fight against corporate greed is more important as these details. 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 fight harder and stronger for their for democracy what they say

for democracy for fair treatment. for balance and to 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 great guy out in boston a hundred and forty one protesters that were taking part in occupy boston were arrested more than a thousands turned out to demonstrate in conjunction with occupy wall street probably the most disturbing video was seen 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 of 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 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 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 painting or 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 in their pay if they're going to be paying that mandatory caps a lot less revenue is going to be coming to new york city and new york state and then 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. of the streets of american cities are fed up with breaking their backs well wolf street corporations growth on the profits however the big bang mentality seems to be falling on deaf ears certainly in the white house is going to reports washington isn't 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 it company billions in bailout loan guarantees tax refunds another stimulus all of the expense of the

every american taxpayer sloth in the election system it's in the ongoing lobbying in 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 last week after the financial meltdown of two thousand and eight don't function those measures were effectively suffered 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 compared to a success of it passes rules that allows the banks to get 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. thousands of americans took to the streets to ask where is their be a large and how current country there were so hundred nine filing people and doesn't arrest the single one of these bankers or the people which caused this collapse of models not 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 stamps 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 prone is

munna number of occasions one of the most recent scandals involves a solar energy company selling grit 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 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 u.s. is the understanding that their government and their legislators represent the interests of the top one percent as they call them the very wealthy corporations

that can afford influence in washington to skew the system in their favor. going to check on our team washington d.c. . and are in tune with the occupy wall street frustration over the power of the banks is an outspoken new york artist immortal technique he told us if you got any of put a price tag on politicians but on a democracy itself. when we start forcing the money and we start bleeding them down that's when they get the message that's when they get it through their heads oh my god 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 war was explaining 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.

and you can hear more more what the hip hop artists have to say in about fifteen minutes time. well before we go there are digging deep close to regulate the e.u. banking sector viewed by some as a desperate measure as banks that's all to find more money and find it fast. and the ultimate light snack trick on what's being said of the way above your head up in space as we unveil the process of course making catering scumming your wish. i knew 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 this comes just two days after too much anger was sentenced to seven years behind bars over her gas contracts with russia let's get the latest now from our correspondent alessio

shifty live in kiev good to see you so what are these latest charges all about. yes we have it confirmed from the ukrainian security service the as be you that another criminal case has been launched against the country's former prime minister uniter sankoh and in fact this story is very complicated and pretty dark because this case in fact refers to fifteen years ago when the unit was sent to was. i was the head of the united energy systems of ukraine company she signed several contracts with the russian foreign with the russian defense ministry story and according to the prosecutors and key of she owes the four hundred million u.s. dollars to the russian foreign ministry and the essence of this new criminal case is that she tried to put this debt on to the ukrainian side shouldn't this violates the ukrainian law this is of course a very interesting new twist in this saga with the trial of you look so much and go to days ago she was sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing the power during

the signing of contracts of gas deals with russia back in two thousand and nine but it's really too early and too hard to say where this new case will go and what punishment could bring for you later much sankoh certainly it's very early stages and it's unclear in fact what punishment according to the crane legislation may fulfill the country's former prime minister alexey how do you think this latest case will be perceived in ukraine and abroad a bearing in mind the massive wave of criticism of the tuesday sentencing. well certainly this new accusation this new case may only add fuel to the fire off a very tense and very furious activity furious reactions from all over the world we've heard reactions from the united states which condemns the presenting of you that we heard reactions from the european union which said that a possible agreement on association between the european union and ukraine could be canceled and even an invitation for mystery on a college to visit

a meeting in brussels in a short future may also be canceled because of the verdict signed on tuesday we also heard very harsh reactions from moscow which claimed that all those gas deal signed in two thousand and nine were completely legitimate and the vertical the pitch and scored the fact neglected the russians warning that all those deals were legitimate and had some russian anti russian pretext in this verdict so this new case it's really hard to say a word will go but we've already heard. a very interesting statement from president bush who said that in fact this particular punishment this law under which prison could be a bullish in ukraine decriminalised by the korean parliament and thus. could be set free also said that the criminal system in ukraine is outdated and he's to be reformed so these three four can in fact set free but still shoo as far as i understand according to many experts she will still be unable to run for president

to run for parliament and will still have to repay almost two hundred million u.s. dollars in damages which she inflicted to the korean budget certainly we're following the situation and waiting for more reaction on this developing story. here thank you. top european banks have spoken against the e.u. commission's demands to increase their reserves saying they would rather sell assets than be recapitalized the chief of deutsche bank said that as a manual barrage his plan would not solve the underlying problem on wednesday the e.u. commission chief was called on banks to boost their funds to withstand the possible fallout from greece many are exposed to it as they hold billions in greek debt as a manual barroso also wants to see dividends and bonuses frozen that is until banks of propped up their buffers are also noted that some of the cash may need to come from governments if banks cannot raise it on the market meantime british euro m.p.

nigel farage 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 day thoughts that have 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 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 misery that they calls they have got there are 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 the money in the first place i mean the whole thing is mad what these countries need who are trapped inside this economic prison . is they need to devalue without devaluation having austerity packages pushed on them which is forcing them into a downward deflationary spiral which in my opinion in greece and possibly in

portugal could lead to revolution what we're doing is stupid and very very dangerous indeed 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 bad boy should govern five hundred million people it is not acceptable. and a few more on our viewer europe's financial troubles just head over to r.t. dot com plenty more stories for you to explore there as well here's a taste of what's waiting for you americans could soon see that speech rhythms linking rates and breathing patterns under siege i aced scrutiny as the latest scheme to track terrorists comes on the via. on one of a saddam hussein's bronze buffet says going under the hammer but it's only part of his famous statue of course find out what happened after it was torn down and our teams on. it as good as another world news for you in brief this hour

libya's troops claiming they are in control of most of gadhafi stronghold city of sirte making their final push but still pockets of heavy resistance from the colonel's loyalists libyan leaders have denied earlier reports that one of gadhafi sons. a senior officer and security advisor has been captured in that besieged city meanwhile human rights group amnesty international has accused the country's interim leadership of torturing thousands of detainees and they called for the abuse to stop. a plane carrying a thirty two people has crashed near the north coast of papua new guinea a spokesman for the country's accident investigation commission said there are casualties the figures currently are unclear australia has meantime scrambled helicopters to help with search and rescue efforts at the scene of the crash. the u.s. and south korean leaders of pleasure closer trade and security ties in washington

d.c. after their two countries struck a long sought free trade deal president lee myung bak says it comes as opposition continues in his home against south korea's plans to build a naval base which many believe will be politically and environmentally harmful u.s. warships will be able to use the facility on jay do island although solved denies it is being built to strengthen america's presence in the region. for cosmonauts ensuring 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 scientists get started except at home you muster up a space say from a new that's both nutritional and safety so we send our peter all over for a lunch that is 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

package but 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 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 designed this special table . for the others there are two heating compartments here in 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 you can have grief 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 of the same as an olympic sprinter and providing that cost over six hundred

dollars a day with the most emissions lasting for six months each cosmonauts grocery bill comes in at a hefty one hundred ten thousand dollars a mission and at those prices it's no wonder the people behind cosmic catering a proud of their product. as the chief designer to twenty three years of experience in the space food industry i can probably say that russia's space food provides health used so the first and most nutritious rich diet and microcosm and. even the most simple food requires special care and attention his factory in moscow juices space spirit and the work which goes into making it ready for all that is almost as high tech as the i assess itself. there is no mold in this bread no mold spores weave to build the recipe which starts small growth the bread doesn't go bad for fifteen months thanks to the special recipe and technologies we use when 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 arrive bread with caraway bread moscow's time and didn't read those currently around one hundred sixty called options for cosmonauts 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 bread. pretty good after a hard day's work on board the six nice to see that some of humanity's finest minds still have time to play with the food. ok i've got a yellow one for you good bright you ready ready good job yummy beer a couple more this make it three people coming. these are all of the party.

type of business news from korea. our country of business thanks for doing europe's biggest banks must raise billions of dollars in capital to withstand financial turmoil on the markets. commission to contain the escalating debt contagion the growing fears bank banks may take losses on the bonds from countries with finances like greece. says that even the worst scenario or having serious russia. limited for exposure true leader. so there are steps there are efforts for such as requirements for russia to have a potentially impact through crisis if for commodity prices goes down we will keep

exporting rail to resave one of the sort of crude oil products even in the case of some slowdown in europe for. the major effect comes from prices a little over is the case. i see no reason for the price of gold sitters here consider that because liquidity being injected will be injected was injected. or it's also remarkable that despite all the haters in the process the month will didn't go below one hundred dollars per barrel. let's have a look at the markets now oil is trading in the red after the american petroleum institute reported that u.s. gasoline's a month fell the most in more than five years in china last month like sports climbed the least since february and february as employed slowed light sweet is dropping two dollars forty cents trading under eighty four dollars per barrel while bread is at one hundred nine dollars about. stocks in the u.s. open lower pre-treating after a three day rise the negative sentiment is mainly supported by disappointing

earnings from j.p. morgan and try to use economic data european stocks drop in choppy trading on thursday led by losses for banks mining companies declined as well following a report of slowing export growth in china anglo-american and cousin mr five percent and five point four percent respect to meet the rolls royce holdings rallied on the footsie after announced a new joint venture and in russia the markets are generally lower as oil dropped after the international energy agency reduced its global demand forecast for two thousand and twelve the r.t.s. is losing one point three percent in the eyes x. is just under four percent let's have a look at some individual shambles of the my six the decline on the indexes led by got strong down over two percent look all is down as well the company says it's going to spend more than ten billion dollars a year over the next decade to develop huge new projects and probably battle it raise the only against it now as it's trading in the in the red sea the company has

reported a forty percent increase in revenues for the first nine months albeit. minority shareholders of tanking repeat have increased their claims against british park and b.p. they now want thirteen billion dollars compensation following a collapse of people's tie up with process and the initial request was a quarter of ask the beginning of the year last year and the agreed to join to develop the rich oxide fields by vickie's russian partners in tank a d.p. block the deal saying it violated their rights and demanded part of the tie up the minority shareholders now want compensation for the revenues they could have made if the deal had come. i'm not so happy at this hour but turning about forty five minutes of walking on the side.

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