would be too much brighter if you moved on from violence to the question is. the stance on t.v. don't come. back to this claim soldiers in northern syria are turning against the regime by the government says they are just armed gangs posing a threat to the public. that. the occupy together anti-corporate protest movement that began in new york goes in a pot of animal with demonstrations being planned and cities across the globe. spain's credit takes a hit from international rating agencies while they are portugal prepares for top stary measures for people accusing the government of working for the rich.

you're watching r t live from moscow teddy and here are marina joshing welcome to the program are you the factories have reportedly crossed over to you file alongside opposition forces and northern syria but the government insists the armed gangs threatening the public not revolutionaries and in reaction to the state's crackdown on protesters the e.u. has impose new sanctions on the country's largest state bank which holds a majority of syria's foreign reserves are ceased as are celia has more. about one hundred eighty kilometers north of damascus is a city under a stun the site of five days of recent deadly clashes between the security forces and protesters in which at least thirty died it's close to the cities of homs and hama where most of the assad protests have been talking points evidence of fighting in oliver stone is plain to see. there was an air of suspicion it's only broken by

children now smiling but only two weeks ago these youngsters were witness to violence in their home town like this eleven year old we heard very heavy fire we heard airplanes but didn't see them it sounded like they were flying high we were really afraid and we were crying the whole time. the child was one of the few to talk most understand locals mean that were hesitant to say anything about what happened telling us they didn't want to get into trouble the areas governor gives his explanation why the military are right there were groups of people who had their own demands they had these demands for a little while and then it all escalated when they arm themselves we saw the situation had become a threat to the people and that's why we decided an intervention should take place in. the inside the sixty four year. study. because this is the way it was the. work release you see here this

was. basically. part of this here. but opposition activists insist that these were not on gas are terrorists man army defectors so far the government has said little on the subject of the search warrants from the military i think it's a kind of first strategy by the government. weakening the morale. of the. forces so if they talk about the first. it became a signal that could be there would be more. so people with. gangs or was this kind of this would serve their purpose but under the circumstances the morale of most attracted by the violence and understand is that of rules. are less than in syria. we're going to be live from moscow still

had for you this hour twenty one years of stagnation the self-proclaimed republican transnistria remains one of the poorest in europe with an ethnic conflict still unsolved and many believe its leader is to blame. and are taking traction we report on why hospitable archipelago of the arctic ocean has become a welcoming home for immigrants from around the world. the latest polls in the u.s. suggest anti-corporate protests sweeping the country have the support of more than fifty percent of the population still there are accusations that politicians and the mainstream media are ignoring the movement it all started in new york a month ago and occupy wall street activists have been camped out there ever since are refusing to be moved very important i have the details. on wall street all the demonstrators hundreds of them that have been camping out there and sleeping there

for weeks are pulling out their brooms their mobs even rushing to clean every square inch body but the. reason why the demonstrators are doing this is because new york city mayor michael bloomberg paid a visit. personally on wednesday evening walk through and told all the protesters that they were to temporarily leave the park on friday so that it could be cleaned up now the protesters believe that this is an effort city officials are making to remove them from the grounds that they have been camping out so they decided to take the initiative and clean the park on their own of course the occupy wall street movement has been referring to themselves and the majority of americans as the ninety nine percent they believe that one percent of americans the richest that live in the u.s.

basically the vast amount of money and that the disparity between rich and poor is growing deeper and deeper some facts were compiled by a variety of different organizations and those statistics include the fact that the top one percent. forty percent of america's wealth now this disparity of forty two reports is worse than it's been in the past twenty five years at its worst level the second point is that the top one percent take home twenty five percent of america's national income and the third point is that the top one percent owns half of the country's stocks bonds and mutual funds this is just a little wreath a synopsis of what you think in the morning they care about corporate greed possibly or they talk about. economic disparities in the united states.

now recording there from new york the ends of a business movements now preparing to go international protests are due to take place in canada the u.k. and are even spreading to asia chris rigorous lines while people in india are preparing to join the occupy to gather. that energy that's happening in new york city and across the united states is definitely spread here to asia and actually a youth movement here has mobilized on facebook and on twitter and they're planning an actual off your pie type a full hong kong by jakarta hyderabad and even if he won the vod so the movement in asia is growing there is a lot of support for a so here in india you know and there are a lot of similarities between the goals and the massive his of the people in the

united states and here in india we saw a massive anti-corruption movement here in india recently that was fronted by on a hug a worth thousands of young people showed up to support his fast against the government so many of those people are said to come out to this movement as well and many people compared that corruption movement here in india to the arab spring and now people are saying it's a very it has very close ties to what's going on on occupy wall street people here are a little bit suspicious of these multinational companies these corporations that they're talking about over in the united states the physically american companies you see that happen a lot here while i guess economy might be growing the rich in india are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer and it's the foreign corporations that are really benefiting from india's young work fourth. british writer reporting there are more countries are joining the protest against fat cats and we are closely

following all the latest developments on our website r.t. dot com and our you tube channel of course open online to get more coverage. today violence has once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to look for asia through the day. and credit crisis europe spain has become the latest victim of a credit downgrade standard and poor's agency ascot madrid's double rating double a rating i should say by one notch a do we growth high unemployment and massive private sector debt the fish agency has also downgraded spain's rating as well as the credit worthiness of several u.k.

and swiss banks and portugal is warning its deficit cutting efforts are well off track the country's prime minister warns of deepening hardship next year with more pay cuts and tax increases ahead are these are really the issue has been asking people in portugal how they are dealing with what's being called a national emergency. i'm afraid i'm afraid of the future i'm afraid of. things going to be like they are in greece right now people here will be symmetric they're not going to be able to have a good while to have a piece of decent. lucia's elected member of the portuguese indignados delish poor movement its participants believe the government is hell bent on pleasing the rich and powerful and ignores the needs of the people there are truly have to realize that we are not. going to be bad for any longer probably and we do know it's happening and it's happening everywhere and spraying here agrees.

the worst rate of unemployment in thirty years at over twelve percent rising taxes and calling wages are the reality of portugal's bleak present situation things are so bad people are no making comparisons with cataclysmic periods in their history and looking to them for inspiration leaves the century portugal was in a situation similar to this present state because it was like in the capital was all but destroyed by an earthquake but one market of all the super kingdom that's his stature right there managed to pull the country out of the crisis three hundred years on however if you believe anybody will be able to perform a similar event up the portuguese another was saying the solution is to create more jobs and cuts are necessary expenditure but the government was forced into seventy eight billion euro i.m.f. bailout earlier this year following in the footsteps of greece and ireland to pay it back up the stairs because have been introduced which will see longer working

hours or less holidays and even an end to the christmas bonuses which most workers enjoyed at the age when you are meant to start life to you know have your own space your own you know. have kids you know to go if you can you can't do it because because you can't afford. and how with noxious is that the. financial system and the political system that is intertwined because finances would not go that is so completely twisted conditions so if you do this this for me. personally the biggest thing and as the crisis grows so too do the ranks of the outraged members of the indignados people who will unite forget you for. the national movement. well. then build another europe

not their number because they're not democratic. national governments they are more than a fair people they're rabid sheep will be forever your problem is deceased i'm not surprised because the call for global direction or looked over the fifteenth from the occupy wall street movement in new york is expected to get a loud response in portugal but for many of those who will fill the streets here it's not so much about revolution as it is about turning it into a simple fight for survival he. was. much more amusing videos waiting for you on line so have to r.t. dot com and there you'll find adding insult to injury x. ukrainian. jailed for seven years on tuesday now faces new charges of attempting to millions of dollars fourteen years ago. and the secret life of the russian president's son is revealed as tabloids discovered the sixteen year old is that

it's a t.v. personality an aspiring screen star. now in the self-proclaimed republic of trans an easter a breakaway territory in the republic of moldova not much has changed since it announced independence and nine hundred ninety there is still no solution to the ethnic and territorial conflict with the delta and some believe the current leadership is to blame artie's morea for the ports. one of the poorest regions in europe and recognized as a country because the world holds presidential elections in early december but already there is serious dispute before the campaign has even started the current leader of the self-proclaimed breakaway muito and republic of transnistria a gives

manav has held the reins of power for the entire twenty one years of its disputed existence far from tiring of office he's running again for a fifth term a decision criticized by moscow as a mistake. smearing of as created an atmosphere of personal power that has put the republic into a state of deep social and economic crisis there's a huge gap between ordinary people who are struggling and some are not inner circle who are only getting richer. the republic is certain its independence in one thousand nine hundred ninety from moldova which is south splits from the soviet union a year later why it has been tough there ever since the breakaway region is a tiny strip of land with a half million population ordering ukraine it acts as if it's a real state with its own government a military currency and constitution address needs to has always been viewed by moldova as part of its own territory when continued political tension.

in one thousand nine hundred two war broke out in which hundreds died as moldova and forces fought separatists before an internationally forged cease fire brought in an easy peace since then continued afterwards by russia and the international community to move the mood over in entries nice to an authority is towards dialogue have not borne fruit leaving tensions dangerously high for ordinary people life is tough average earnings of just three dollars a day for those lucky enough to work with high employment. make the area one of the poorest in europe opponents say you did in the run up to the election there is a heightened climate of political theater with the current regime in no mood to relinquish power which is to look at both of us we live in an atmosphere of road run many cases of political pressure and violation of laws in an attempt to

discredit other candidates people in parliament openly criticizing the current authorities are being put on the run. is placed in series danger all democratic election process. just hundred two months before the poll it's clear a struggle for power will be far from a kid closer than some even rule it could be a flash point the latest twist in the difficult history of this troubled region a group of russian observers his head injuries nice thirty monitor the elections following the requests from the authorities there for the ballots he's free and fair or not if votes not expected to resolve this area's law standing problems meaning the need for a lost and political resolution will remain. r.t. moscow. alice take a look at some other stories from around the world at least sixteen people have been killed and almost fifty in the twin blasts in iraq the capital baghdad the

gardens were detonated at a local market one after another as people gather to help victims of the first explosion a stronger and bigger one to place causing more damage and casualties it comes just a day after of the iraqi capital suffered its worst attacks since august which took the lives of twenty two people. to leave you now were several hundred khadafi loyalists have reportedly pushed back interim government forces after the gay of fierce street fighting in syria could obvious home town is the last major major city not in full control of revolutionary forces although they do now hold most of it amnesty international has urged the country's new rulers to and their human rights abuses common under the ousted leader. to lead their lives connie is facing a confidence vote in parliament which could spell the end of his time as italy's prime minister the opposition has challenged him to prove his governing coalition

still has a majority after it lost a bunch of the vote there was carney says yes no intention of stepping down but if he loses it would almost certainly mean new elections let's face repeated calls to resign from unions and the business community following a string of damaging sex scandals. u.s. president barack obama has promised the toughest sanctions will be placed on iran over allegations of plotting to kill the saudi ambassador to washington obama says he has evidence proving iran's guilt and it's just he will continue to mobilize the international community to ensure further isolation and make it pay for its behavior iran has dismissed the allegation saying the charges are fabricated to deflect attention from problems in the u.s. . otherwise it's one of the most inhospitable places in europe. but summer is colder than some continental winters okayed in the arctic ocean for centuries

spitzbergen archipelago was considered and thick for year round habitation but there is a growing and surprising ethnic community making your home there is a son a boy who went to see for herself. surrounded by the arctic ocean treats bergen has no roads leading out and stab these pointers serves as a tribute to the archaeologists multi ethnic nature and well gas promotes kind london are frequent here i see that sounds the largest number of immigrants to the archipelago is the one furthers their way. with no way holding sovereignty over spitzbergen norwegians are still in the majority of the fastest growing ethnic group here is thais they already make up about a third of the archipelagos foreign population all thanks to basically the lady of the modern me and i think guys in the regions have a lot in common both peoples are very open and warm hearted. it may not have been

love at first sight but they wondered if you political implications some for hard math your future norwegian has been in the early nineties in bangkok where he brought her to peter bergen the cattle were a local oddity and says that many more followed in their footsteps. norm women are brutal up to be more and begin more accommodating of a man's needs i guess that's why no region man cheer like them or die girls many are some pawns siblings cousins friends and very quaint and says now we were norway she's become the unofficial president of the burgeoning thai community with newcomers turning to her for all sort of advice. the main prison kind people come to make money and you can earn a pretty good living here but what's more is that we're not treated like immigrant we have the same lifestyle as no regions we can travel we are treated as equals

while the recent bombing and shooting massacre in norway reaganite a debate over immigration the region such pittsburgh and say there's absolutely no place for athletic tensions on the archipelago there. you know it's all bobbie are many many. people from all kind of nations and norway has responsibility for us all but we have the server anything but everyone in the street could come and live here according to the nine hundred twenty agreement residents of any country can come and live here without applying for a visa or a work permit the only condition is to have a job no reason generous social support system doesn't operate here and according to the occupied response governor that's one of the reasons behind the multi-ethnic harmony plots or intentional to discriminate that's one of the principal symbols for the trip and. what we do though is that it's record of love. to

be able to provide for them so love the work. for you and your family most cars come here for two or three years this young shaft is one of the recent arrivals making around four thousand years dollars a month he hopes to save enough money to buy an apartment in bangkok in the meantime it's all about mixing traditional thai recipes with the region staples like steel and dear no wage and walk basically seem like an oxymoron but it's actually a very good recipe for the call true fusion that one can buy here it's pittsburgh and now we can composure a couple things some thought hot some for soap opera with a much better recipe for peaceful coexistence and a oh there's. all of this country go sour in other countries some point you are the only ok if you're going on now with. all of brings us up to date here on r.t. and business news is next with your.

thanks foreigner that's right time to delve into the world of business and one of the top silicon valley's incubate plug n play have chosen five russian startups to be part of its innovation help plug n play which was the birthplace of google and paypal have set up a technical scenting moscow to go with the global venture alliance the founder of the community side of museums says the russian innovative companies now have access to unlimited foreign banks or capital. we invest small amount of money we are. like a super angel would be important is not the money that being invested is the important is who invest it does and because we are a partner most major seizing california be have unlimited money but it's for us to buy the best projects and introduce the them

and then if a project is worth the money is the least. let's have a look at the markets now oil is flat and wait for a slew of us a commentator indicators later in the day investors will be closely watching the latest data about us retail sales consumer sentiment and business inventories brands lunch is trading at one hundred eleven dollars per barrel while the w.t. is at eighty four dollars per barrel. and asian markets all lower on friday following a weak session on wall street europe exposed exporters i munk the worst performers as investors are concerned by ass and be decreasing sovereign credit rating in hong kong resource companies remain in the negative territory just want chinese inflation cooled slightly as china coal energy is losing almost one hopes and energy shares are also trading in their. so far. and finally here in russia the

markets are closed in strong gains in early trading as you can see the r.g.s. is gaining one point three percent while the my six is climbing more than hundred percent michael signs from his crazy outlines what investors would have a close look out on friday to be the domestic event schedule is very light we aren't expecting much in the way of news flow domestically about said we'll be watching commodity prices in the western markets and also be looking for. u.s. retail sales data to gauge the health of u.s. consumer also be looking at the euro zone the c.p.i. figure to gauge the inflationary pressure in the euro zone and of course the most important event of the day will be meeting among g twenty finance ministers which will be attended also by u.s. treasury secretary timothy geithner. the russian market has soon mergers and acquisitions grow close to their highest levels in a decade research company theologic says the total volume reached sixty billion

dollars in the first nine months of the year only two thousand and seven saw more jails being honest say the majority were assigned in the resource industries among them because a gold record seventy percent of all those gold for six billion dollars and francisco channel took a twelve percent stake in russian company novacek. the world's second largest maker of consumer goods unilever is planning to buy a stake in russia's leading cosmetics make a calling up the wall street try also the deal is worth eight hundred fifty million dollars with an official announcement to be made on friday the move is part of you know of a strategy to conquer cost of growing march in markets can you know how a thirty percent in brush can market. that's all we have time for now you are up to date for more stories and analysis log on to our website our change dot com slash business.

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