on thursday here in moscow this is off with me will research showing signs of discontent is still evident and unstable syria you can often thousands of regime supporters crowded the streets so if the capital activists say fresh clashes between government troops and demand 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 while international pressure builds on him to step down. has the latest from the very heart of damascus. yet but voices of support was and continuing dissent some and in deadly clashes polar opposites in their demands but in some way united by a newfound zeal to take a stand where the center of the syrian capital was have gathered to show their support for the government that is going up far cry from the images we've been seeing in other cities that the country where there have been reported righteously security forces that without any government protests additional however one would

think it's a real matter where in this country political discourse is sometimes cut it out because that was the very way for fear that somebody would go out the her husband and young children were one of many families who braved the heat and joy 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 there are divisions among family members some are pro assad some are anti but that's how it is. it appears that apathy is becoming a 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. i never had any interest in politics but. i think most of

us baby books we watched news video hard to close it on facebook want to know what i don't think and then you have the right background and other issues about kids until you can think of them or. yeah there are those like the new i was saying who are no strangers to picking a side and making it known he's long been voicing his discontent at what he calls a repressive regime and today facebook is one of his main tools in coordinating dissent catalyst 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 dead and no one would even know about it that his changed 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 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 everybody wants to. get to the gym. and. 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. does our cilia r.t. damascus. now i don't forget to check our twitter page to get the latest news and updates. of correspondents you can easily follow test our syria who's in a syria. just hours ago she entered to the center of town about a stunning have been ok you can see some updates it's five days of clashes between protesters and security forces she tweets an evidence of fighting is clear on buildings. that the mood is tense that you stay on line 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 their numbers i was 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. as these details. 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 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 where 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 that was seen. 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 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 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 is the year two percent millionaire tax will expire meaning the 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 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 the richest always reaping the benefits and the rewards and the common american always you know suffering the consequences. right the thousands out on the streets of american cities are fed up with breaking the box wall street corporations growth on the profits however the cold and the big bang mentality seems to be falling on deaf ears certainly in the white house that's gone and 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 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 loss 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 government over 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 and how can i live in

a country that arrests a hundred and nine while in the pool and doesn't arrest a single one of these bankers for the people which 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 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 thrown is mona number of occasions one of the most recent scandals involves a solar energy company cylindrica 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 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 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 the interior with the occupy wall street frustration over the power of the banks is an outspoken new york artist immortal technique he told r.t. if you not only have put a price tag on politicians but on the democracy itself. when we start costing them money when we start bleeding them down that's when they get the mess 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 wars. 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. and you can hear more of 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 are told to find more money and find it fast. and the ultimate light snow check on what's being said of the way above your head up in space as we unveil the process of cosmic catering coming your way. a new criminal case has been launched against ukraine's former prime minister yulia tymoshenko she's been charged with laying the burden of debts from an energy corporation she headed to the ukrainian budget now this comes just two days after a team of shanker was sentenced to seven years behind bars over her gas contracts with russia let's get the latest now from our correspondent. live in kiev to see what it 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 units of sango 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 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 in kiev she oversees the four hundred million us dollars to the russian foreign ministry and the essence of this new criminal case is that she tried to put. this debt onto the ukrainian sergeant this violates the ukrainian law this is of course a very interesting new twist in this saga with the trial of you. indeed two 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 it bring for. its very early stages and it's unclear in fact what punishment according to the crane legislation may fall for the country's former prime minister how do you think that this latest case will be perceived in ukraine and abroad bearing in mind the massive wave of criticism off the tuesday sentencing . will certainly this new accusation this new case may only add fuel to the fire off a very tense and very furious ak is a very furious reactions from all over the world we've heard reactions from the united states which condemned the prison in the view 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 me to visit a meeting in brussels in a short future may also be council because of the verdict. 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 vertigo the fact neglected russia's 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. very interesting statements from president bush who said that in fact this particular punishment this law under which he was present could be a bullish in ukraine decriminalised by the ukrainian parliament and thus. could be set free also said. the criminal system in ukraine is outdated a need to be reformed so this reform can in fact set you free but still shew as far as i understand according to many experts she will still be unable to run for president or 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. as planned 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. also wants to see dividends on bonuses frozen that is until banks have propped up there but was also noted that some of the cash may need to come from governments if banks cannot raise it on the market meantime british 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 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 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 all these bailouts helping the people in greece and portugal to the know 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 countries may. they were trapped inside this economic prison. is they need to deal. without devaluation having packages pushed a problem which is forcing them into a downward deflation which in my opinion possibly in portugal could lead to revolution what we're doing is stupid and very very dangerous indeed there is now a split from the south and. a democratic revolution against the whole concept of

the euro and the idea that people like mr brown my old friend herman should govern five hundred million people it is not acceptable. and a few more on the europe's financial troubles just head over to 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 blinking rates and breathing patterns undersea i aced scrutiny as the latest scheme to track terrorists comes on the via. and one of saddam hussein's a bronze buffet says going on about how much but it's only part of his famous statue of course find out what happened after it was torn down. and as good as some other world news for you in brief this hour libya's troops claiming they are in control of most of the gadhafi stronghold city of sirte making their final push but there are still pockets of heavy resistance from the colonels

loyalists libyan leaders have denied earlier reports that one of gadhafi a son. 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 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. u.s. and south korean leaders have pledged 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 a jew island although solved denies it is being built to strengthen america's presence in the region. for cosmonauts and during our 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 starts if except at home you muster up a space safe menu that's both nutritional and tasty so we send artie's critter 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. 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 life saving computer equipment the russian space agency designed this special table so it is worth what the deal is there are two heating compartments here in 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 in zero gravity you 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. as the chief designer of space food twenty three years of experience in the space food industry i can proudly say that russia's space food provides healthiest city first and the most nutrition rich diet. even the most simple food requires special care and attention this tree 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 you know 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's style and didn't read those currently around one hundred sixty 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. taste pretty good. after a hard day's work on board the i.s.a.'s it's nice to see that some of humanity's finest minds still have time to play with their food the book ok i've got a yellow one for you good color noise from bright you ready ready good yummy here a couple more is make it three keep on coming. these are all of the party. time for the business news from korea.

business the south thanks for joining me europe's biggest banks must raise billions of dollars in capital to withstand turmoil on the markets that's the plan by the e.u. commission to contain the escalating debt contagion the growing fears bank banks may take losses on the bonds from countries with shaky finances like greece. says that even the worst scenario won't have any serious effect on russia while commodities are strong. have limited exposure. to toxic assets such as the greek bonds so russia may have a potential. impact so prices through for commodity prices goes down we will keep exporting to save one of those of crude oil products even in the case of some slowdown in europe for. the major effect comes from prices but all of this is the

case i see no reason for the prices to go to consider that. because liquidity being injected will be injected and was injected. it's also remarkable that despite all those years in the past two months it 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 demand fell the most in more than five years in china last month exports climbed the least since february and february as imports 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 to retreating after a three day rise in negative sentiment is mainly supported by disappointing earnings from j.p. morgan and chinese 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 respectively while 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 and the mines exit is just under a percent let's have a look at some individual shovels on the my six the decline on the indexes led by gazprom down over two percent call 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 battle it raised early against it now it's trading in the in the red the company has reported a forty percent increase in revenues for the first nine months i'll be.

the minority shareholders of thinking b.p. has 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 knew that the initial request was a quarter that at the beginning of the year rosneft and b.p. agreed to jointly develop the rich arctic fields but b.p.'s russian partners in take a b.p. blocked 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 called for. well that's why i have. about forty five minutes. to.

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to. go six thirty pm here in moscow you with dogs in the headlines now despite loyalist crowds in syria's capital activists sound the alarm of a new crackdowns saying the clashes in the north of the country left at least three people dead so last week president assad has promised to establish a committee to draw up a new constitution. pressure continues to play. in the us protesters determined to stamp out corporate greed taking their grievances to the doors of the wealthy as they accuse big business of trying to buy elections despite having been beaten pepper sprayed and arrested the determination is only spreading. and ukraine's former prime minister faces new charged.