if you remove the song from feinstein. he starts on t.v. dot com. syria gripped by deadlock activists have a new crackdowns despite lawless crowds in the capital president assad battles global pressure on his rule. in the u.s. protesters determined to stump up corporate greed take their grievances to the doings of the wealthy as a huge big business of trying to buy elections. ukraine's former prime minister faces new charges two days after he got seven years behind bars for abusing gas contracts with moscow. and our top story in business european banks must raise billions of dollars in capital to withstand financial turmoil but analysts say

roughly you know boy this commodities are strong journey for a full bit of business for them and it's. international news and comment live from moscow this is signs of discontent still evident in unstable syria even after thousands of regime supporters crowd of the streets of the capital activists say fresh clashes between government troops and men in the north of the country and thirteen the president said promised to establish a special committee to draw up a new constitution well international pressure builds on him to step down tessa cilia has the latest from damascus. voices of support. continuing dissent some and in deadly clashes

polar opposites in their demands but in some way united by a newfound zeal to take a stance where the fact that occurred after with our list of gathered their support for the government is going to the far cry from the images we've been seeing in other cities around the country where there have been reported clashes with the kurdish north of that is a government that's not the issue however what they get there are about where and this country was of course this web site that said that that was very brave yet everybody was. her husband and young children were one of many families a brave behaves enjoy the crowds in downtown damascus. it's true that we knew nothing about politics before but now we take a stand even if i'm a sunni muslim i'm pro this president. ever since most people started revealing their political stance openly some people

would mock me and say since when do you know about politics which is you know there are divisions among family members some are growing 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 watched 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 know. how this is you have the right background the issues of a kid and you got the. you know there are those like you who are you saying we're no strangers to thinking aside 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 dissent coalition activism has evolved in syria for me i feel that my voice goes further and our. back then it started with skating in

a period of going to jail it hit again and no one would even know about it that his changed now 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 feel like a coward if i didn't respond to 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 yes because we speak. because. it's. all 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. r.t. damascus. and we're also asking you on our website hartley dot com why president

assad is still in power while duffy is not the majority of us believe that it's because china and russia have opposed outside military action against syria a little less than a quarter say bashar al assad has more popularity and national support than colonel gadhafi is he that eighty percent of you think that the syrian opposition movement is clueless all the rest for me. is down to his ruthless reputation i have your say i don't see. all the time. but being beaten pepper sprayed and arrested at the determination of the occupy wall street protesters is growing along with their numbers well it started with a small group of activists camping outside the new york stock exchange in mid september quickly spread nationwide like thousands of americans are fed up with breaking their street corporations grow fast on the profits whatever the call to end the big bank mentality seems to be for want their fears in the white house.

explains 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 exposed in the election system and it's in the ongoing lobbying and serving 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 us government over one percent for the one percent by the one percent perpetuates itself it

passes rules that allows the banks to get the regulator and restrict our democracy three years after washington gave almost a trillion dollars of cash payers 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 by thousands of americans to the streets to ask where is their bailout how are you learning the country there were so hundred nonviolent people and doesn't arrest a single one of these bankers or the people or was this who it's just mine is not mine 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 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 phone is mona number of occasions one of the most recent scandals involves a solar energy company sling brick which 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 money trying to grab 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 or draw 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 you know or influence in washington to skew the system in their favor. going to check on our team lost in b.c. . there are two special rights activists of the occupy wall street movement in washington d.c. and she really is the protest to funnel a shed light on corporations leeching off the american people. what we're facing now in the united states is a critical situation a dangerous situation where slow play friends are truly running the country there are very few lately out politicians and that's why we're out on the streets all over america have to face you know that this corruption and graft within the

business community that was over into the political situation it's a creative time it's a time for people to really look closely at what the pressure points are on these politicians and on the corporation says as a mama said you know he said some of the things they're doing is not illegal but they are immoral and that's really the the crux of when you have these immoral the greedy is that are taking billions for their personal wealth and don't care when we have homeless all over the world that we have kids that don't have good education anymore that we have ruined several and yet the grieving period separate just keep sucking up more and more of their audience of dollars just for their pockets. this is also you know if you're still ahead for you this digging deep eurozone rescue fund gets the green light for more money but cash strapped greece sees no light at the end of the story teller. and the ultimate light snack check out what's

being served up in space is real bell the process of close make a free that's coming your way very soon here on earth. first a new criminal case has been ordered to get ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko she's been charged with the burden of debts from an energy corporation she headed to the ukrainian budget this comes just two days after two machine code was sentenced to seven years behind bars gas contracts with russia is a correspondent in kiev and she had a shift. this story is very complicated and pretty dark because this case in fact refers to fifteen years ago when the unit i'm ashamed to was a was the head of the united energy systems of ukraine company she signed several contracts with the russian defense ministry and according to prosecutors in kiev she owes four hundred million u.s. dollars to the russian defense ministry and the essence of this new criminal case is that she tried to put this debt on to the cranium but shouldn't this violates

the ukrainian law this is of course a very interesting new twist in this saga with the trial of you little shango indeed two days ago she was sentenced to seven years in prison who are abusing the power during the signing of contracts of gas deals with russia back in two thousand and nine this new case may only add fuel to the fire off a very tense and very furious act is a very furious reactions from all over the world we've heard reactions from the united states which condemns of the prison and of you to a wish 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 coach to visit a meeting in brussels in a short future may also be cancelled we also heard very harsh reactions from moscow wish claim that all those gas deal signed in two thousand and were completely legitimate we've already heard very interesting statements from president bush has said that in fact this particular law under which he was present could be a bullish in ukraine decriminalised by the korean parliament and thus you could be

set free you look at it you also said that the criminal system in ukraine is outdated and it's to be reformed so these three four can in fact set you free but 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. for cosmonauts and during 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 and must stir up a space safe menu that's both nutritional and tasty peter all of a for lunch that's out of this world. after travelling at phenomenal speed for two days cramped in a small space that he so use rockets cosmonauts arriving at the international space station going to be. how do you eat in zero gravity. well you have to be

a bit more careful than down here alert every little piece of food the gets out of your grip 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 . or through to the other. 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 in zero gravity it 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 the same isn't a lympics printer and providing that cost over six hundred dollars a day with most missions lasting persists months each cosmonauts grocery bill comes

in at a hefty one hundred ten thousand dollars a mission and those prices it's no wonder that the people behind cosmic catering a proud of their product. is the chief designer. twenty three years of experience in the space food industry you can probably say that russian space food provides healthiest sleep just the most nutrition rich diet for a cause an. even the most simple food requires special care and attention this type 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. 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 taking 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 brownies gingerbread white red that's what i have here on the table now right bread with caraway right bread moscow style and a great. those currently around one hundred sixty called options because a lot on board the international space station including all of the tastes 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 on board the i assess it's nice to see that salute humanity's finest minds still have time to play with their food little. yellow one for you good colonise soup right you ready ready good joy yummy here a couple this make it three coming. these are all of a party. or probably more stories with r.t.

dot com here's a taste of what's online right now all the consequences of the so-called war on terror human rights groups call on the canadian government for rest former u.s. president george w. bush when he visits the country later this month. and most of them hussein's brawls politics is going under the hammer that's part of his famous statue of course you can find out what happened after it was torn down a dot com. exploded eurozone bailout fund has been given the final go ahead slovakia's parliament has approved a four hundred forty billion euro facility after tuesday's vote against it saw the country's ruling coalition collapse the increased cash will go to struggling nations such as greece and says that ins grinds to a halt in a forty eight hour strike against the government's austerity policies demonstrators marched and waved flags and the latest in a series of rallies and protests to hit the cash strapped country cash strapped country i should say leaders are seeking to prop up the banking sector fearing the

debt crisis could spread their next but top european banks have spoken against him to increase their reserves british m.p. nigel farrar says the e.u. commission is seeking to grab more power in the region. what it is it's a way of preparing the banks for the inevitable deep thoughts that are going to come from those eurozone countries the bats why they're recapitalizing the banks i mean i played 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. 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 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 man what these countries need who are trapped inside this economic prison called the euro is they need to de value

without devaluation they're having austerity packages pushed a problem which is forcing them into a downward deflationary spiral which in my opinion in greece and possibly in portugal too could lead to revolution what we're doing is stupid and very very dangerous indeed there is now a split in europe from north to south and in the north we are witnessing a democratic revolution against the whole concept of the euro and the idea that people like mr brown and my old friend herman bad boy could govern five hundred million people it is not acceptable. in other world news in brief this world updated very nearly three minutes past the hour here in moscow french officials have dropped their inquiry into sexual assault claims against former i.m.f. chief dominique strauss the prosecutor's office says strauss kahn admitted to section of france's writer tristan there isn't sufficient evidence to support rape allegations and the french politician resigned as head of the international monetary fund after facing similar charges which were later dropped in.

libya's troops claiming they are in control of most of it at the stronghold city of sirte are still facing pockets of heavy resistance from the colonel's loyalists libyan leaders have denied earlier reports that one of gadhafi sons metacity a senior army officer and security advisor has been captured in the city anymore human rights group amnesty international has accused the country's interim leadership of torturing detainees and called for the abuse to stop. the 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 to visit comes as opposition continues in his home country 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 and show you aren't sold the night that is being built to strengthen america's presence in the region. interests are being

carried out in japan after high levels of radiation were found in the cities of tokyo and your home and levels there are higher than in some areas that were evacuated around the crippled fukushima nuclear plant scientists are working to map health thought the contamination is 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 close to a nuclear meltdown. and the shock waves from japan's radioactive disaster reached as far as europe germany was one of the first to react deciding to stop all use of nuclear power in just eleven years from now the country hopes to get most of its energy from renewable sources others time but discovered it may be jumping the gun . germany has long had a strong green anti new clear movement but it was one accident that finally turned the tide against nuclear power than. by twenty twenty two and the use of nuclear

energy in germany in that 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 and heat germany has big plans for green energy ending to go from eighteen to eighty percent renewables after the nuclear switch off with 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 coal and gas fired power plants here and other not to have such 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 the 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 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 competitiveness 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 but already massive opposition

is emerging to the massive power grid lines and infrastructure that will have to be built all over the country public acceptance i think it's a more concern is the greatest danger not economics not volunteer policies support of public acceptance all of which could lead germany very far from its green dreams of a renewable energy system thomason r.t. i'm just turning twenty four minutes past the hour now here in moscow the business update with kareena is coming away in just a few moments stay with us after this short break.

the. mission. which brightened if you knew me by phone from funds to. here comes on t.v. don't come. her welcome to our business update this hour europe's biggest banks must raise billions of dollars in capital to withstand financial turmoil on the markets that's the plan by the e.u. commission to contain the escalating debt contagion now the growing fears banks may take losses on bonds from countries with shaky finances like greece if any going to

lend call from troika dialog kind of says that even the worst scenario won't have any serious effect on russia while commodities are strong. russia has limited exposure. of those troops the current efforts such as the greek ones so russia may have a potentially. but through crisis if for a commodity prices go up don't look for that we will keep exporting relatively the same one of the cast of crude oil for that even in the case of some slowdown in europe for. a major effect from from prices before that is the case i see no reason for the price of will seriously consider that. the public really think being injected would be to them was injected. or it's also remarkable that despite all the heroes in the process the month will didn't go below one hundred dollars per barrel. let's take a look at the markets now all is trading in the red after the american petroleum

institute reported u.s. gasoline demand from the most in more than five years in china last month exports climbed to lisa is that your area as it imports loads like wheat is trading at eighty three dollars a barrel and brant is a one hundred ten dollars a barrel this hour and u.s. dogs bounce off their lows of the session led by tech shares up with a lot here i was reported to have approved europe's bailout fund taking some pressure of all three year old bank stocks are dragging the markets down however after j.p. morgan chase reported that a slowdown in investment banking its income bank of america is also down both losing over five percent and european stocks well on thursday led by banks as well lloyds banking group and world bank of scotland dropped the foot tradings downgraded both companies to a from double a nine s. b.n.p. probably bought was among the biggest decline is in europe rocking six point seven percent mining companies were also down following a report of slowing export growth in china while rolls royce rallied ten percent on

the footsie after it announced a new drug venture would you not coincidence. and turning to russia now here markets finished the trading day lower wage i energy stocks that's as oil dropped after the international energy agency reduced its global forecast to twenty twelve let's have a look at some individual channels on my six the decline on the vix is like i was like i gasp on i was down two percent. one point one percent the company says it's going to spend more than ten billion dollars a year over the next decade to develop new projects and political you raised earlier games the company has reported a forty percent increase in revenues for the first month and. that's all i have for you this hour but don't forget you can always find most stories just log on to our website called business headlines and next i'm going. an. instant.

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