you're watching r.t. live from moscow ten pm here on marina joshing welcome to the program ari to factories have reportedly crossed over to fight alongside opposition forces and northern syria but the government insists they are armed gangs threatening the public not revolutionaries and reaction to the state's crackdown on protesters the e.u. has opposed new sanctions on the country's largest state bank which holds a majority of syria's foreign reserves are just as are celia has more. about one hundred eighty kilometers north of damascus is a city of under a stun the site of five days of recent deadly clashes between security forces and protesters in which at least thirty died it's close to the cities of homs and hama where most anti assad protests have been taking place evidence of fighting in the last on his plane to see there was an air of suspicion the tense mood only broken by children now smiling but only two weeks ago these youngsters were witness to violence in their hometown 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 of us on locals we met 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 arrived 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 armed themselves we saw the situation had become a threat to the people and that's when we decided an intervention should take place in. the inside seems to me for you to hear directly from the son in the army probably this is their way of what the police work needs to see here this is what this is what you see. what what they see the thing. the iraqi army

here. but opposition activists insist that these were not on gas or terrorists but army defectors so far the government has said little on the subject of decisions from the military i think it's a kind of first strategy by the government to weakening the. divorces so if they talk about the friction then it became a signal that it would be there would be more of the friction so. it was with this kind of this would serve the purpose but under the circumstances the morale of most affected by the violence and understand is that a ruthless. all this time in syria. moscow still had for you this hour twenty one years of stagnation the self-proclaimed republic of transnistria remains one of the poorest in europe with an ethnic conflict still

on so many believe its leader has to play. an arctic attraction we report on why hospitable archipelago in 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 growing 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 moms even brushes to clean the every square inch of. the park but the. reason why the demonstrators are doing this

is because new york city mayor michael bloomberg paid a visit to the park personally on wednesday evening walk through and told all the protesters that they would have 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 it from the grounds that they have been camping out so they decided to take the initiative and clean the park on their own now 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 according to reports is worse than it's been in the past twenty five years at its worst level 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 reef synopsis of what you. think about corporate greed possibly or were they off about. economic disparities within the united states. now reporting there from new york the ends of big business movements now preparing to go international protests are due to take place in canada the u.k.

and are even spreading to asia artist chris ritter explains why people in india are preparing to join the occupied a gatherer club that energy that's happening in new york city and across the united states is definitely spread here to asia and actually the youth movement here has mobilized on facebook and on twitter and they're planning an actual occupy type a whole hong kong mumbai jakarta even if lama baad so the movement in asia is growing there's a lot of support for and here in india you know and there are a lot of similarities between the goals and the mass ijaz 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 i know hugs are

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 compare 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 specifically american companies you see it happen a lot here while india's 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 workforce. british media 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 so go online to get more coverage.

news today. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations to rule 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 a rating i should say by one notch due to we growth high unemployment and massive private sector debt the fitch agency has also downgraded spain's rating as well as the credit worthiness of several u.k. and spain and portugal is warning its deficit cutting efforts are well off trap the country's prime minister warns of deepening hardship next year with more pay cuts

and tax increases at parties or 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 that. things are going to be like they are in greece right now people and. they are not going to be able to to have a good life to have a piece of the simpler solution is an active member of the portuguese indignados delish movement its participants believe the government is hell bent on pleasing the rich and powerful and ignores the needs of the people they have to truly have to realise that we are. we're not going to be bad for any longer probably and we do know it's happening and it's happening everywhere inspiring. agrees. the worst rate of unemployment in thirty years at over twelve percent rising taxes

and falling wages are the reality of portugal's a bleak. present situation things are so bad people are no making comparisons with cataclysmic periods in their history and looking to them for inspiration in a few centuries ago was in a situation similar to its present state. of the capital was all but destroyed by. one mad marquis to. 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 monumental to. the portuguese in the not saying the solution is to create more jobs and cut unnecessary 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 paid back to have been introduced which will see longer working hours less holidays and even an end to the christmas bonuses which most workers enjoyed at the age when you

are meant to start your life to have your own space your own. to have kids. if you can you can't do it you can't do it because you can't afford to do it and how of noxious is that. system and the political system that is. it is so completely twisted that condition. 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. forget. the democratic. national governments that. ravaged.

the right. they called for a global day of action 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 goes. well there's much more news in videos waiting for you on line so had to r.t. dot com and there you'll find adding insult to injury x. ukrainian pm jailed for seven years on tuesday now faces new charges of attempting to embezzle millions of dollars fourteen years ago. and the secret life of the russian president's son is more of field as tabloids discovered this sixteen year old or is it a fact a t.v. personality an aspiring screen star.

now in the self-proclaimed republic of trans mr a breakaway territory in the republic of moldova not much has changed since it announced in a pan's and nine hundred ninety there is still no solution to the ethnic and territorial conflict with and some believe the current leadership is to blame are just more e.f. and reports. one of the poorest regions in europe and recognized as a country across the world holds presidential elections in early december but already there is serious dispute before the can paint is even started the current leader of the self-proclaimed breakaway moved over in republic of trees nice terry igudesman of 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 at

a citizen criticized by moscow as a mistake. smearing of has 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 in spirit of inner circle who are only getting richer. the republic is certain its independence in one thousand nine hundred ninety from mulled over which is south split from the soviet union a year later life has been tough there ever since the breakaway region is a tiny strip of land with a half million population bordering ukraine it acts as if it's a real state with its own government military currency and constitution but transnistria has always been viewed by moldova as part of its own territory meaning continued political tension. in one nine hundred ninety two war broke out in which hundreds died as moldova 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 and transnistria 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 unemployment make the area one of the poorest in europe opponents say that in the run up to the election there is a heightened climate of political fear with the current regime in no mood to relinquish power. we live in an atmosphere of fear and thread run many cases of political pressure blackmailing in violation of laws in an attempt to discredit other candidates people and parties openly criticizing the current authorities by

being put on the run although this is placed in serious danger all democratic election process. just under two months before the poll it's clear the struggle for power will be far from a kid glove had some even warned it could be a flash point the latest twist in the difficult history of this troubled region a group of russian observers it had interest in easter to monitor the elections following a request from the authorities there what are the ballot his free and fair or not the votes not expected to resolve these areas last stand in problems meaning the need for a lost and political resolution will remain. written off r.t. moscow. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world at least sixteen people have been killed and almost fifteen in the twin blast in iraq the capital baghdad the bombs were detonated at a local market one after another as people gathered 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 the iraqi capital suffered its worst attacks since august which took the lives of twenty two people. to leave you now where several hundred could be loyalists have reportedly pushed back interim government forces after a day of fierce street fighting in syria could obvious hometown is the last major major city not in the full control of revolutionary forces although they do now hold most of it amnesty international has urged the country's new rulers to and the human rights abuses common under the ousted leader. who knew there was connie's facing a confidence vote in parliament which could spell the end of his time as italy's prime minister the opposition has challenge him to prove his governing coalition still has a majority after it lost a budget vote there was carney says yes no intention of stepping down but if he loses it would almost certainly mean new elections is faced 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 it plotted to kill the saudi ambassador to washington obama says he has evidence proving iran's guilt and insists he will continue to mobilize the international community to ensure a 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. . weather wise it's one of the most inhospitable places in europe. with summer is colder than some continental winters located in the arctic ocean for centuries spitzbergen archipelago was considered and sit for year round habitation but there was a growing and surprising ethnic community making it home there are six on

a boy who went to see for herself. surrounded by the arctic ocean spitzbergen has no roads leading out instead these pointers serves as a tribute to the archipelagos multi ethnic nature and well gaspar muskaan london africa and here the city that sounds the largest number of immigrants to the archipelago is the one furthers their way. with no re 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 archipelago is foreign population all things to the east with the lady of the modern mean and i think ties 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're one of if you political implications some paul hawken met here future norwegian has burned in the early one nine hundred eighty s.

in bangkok when he brought her to spitzbergen the couple were a local oddity and since then many more full load in their footsteps and more time remain brutal up to be more abused and more accommodating of a man's needs i guess that's why no region manchu like to marriage die girls many of some punk 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 but the main reason thai people come to make money and you can earn a pretty good living here but what's more is that we are not treated like immigrants 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 there are regions that spitzbergen say there's absolutely

no place for ethnic tensions on the archipelago they're all guest here and many. many. people from all kind of nations norway has responsibility for small but we have the server and the tea but everyone in the treaty 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 archipelago spies 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 required that you have. to be able to provide for so loved work. for you and your family most times 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 he's all about mixing traditional thai recipes with norwegian staples like steel and beer you know we just walk this may seem like an oxymoron but it's actually a very good recipe for the cultural fusion that one can find here it's busy berg and now we can composure a couple things sometimes hot temper has so far proven a much better recipe for peaceful coexistence than any of those melting pot policies tend to go sour in our country at some point you are the only real kids are going on now with. all of brings us up to date here on r t and business news is next. thanks mario that's right time to delve into the world of business and one of the top silicon valley's in could be

a plug in play have chosen five russian startups to be part of its innovation hub plug n play which was the birthplace of google and paypal have set up a technical center a moscow to go with the global venture alliance the founder of the community says the russian innovative companies now have access to unlimited foreign venture capital. we invest small amount of money we are. like a super angel but important is not the money that being the best is the important is who invest it does and because we are a part in our most major the seizing california be have unlimited money but it's for us to add defied the best project and introduce it. and then if the project is worth the thing that money is the least problem. let's

have a look at the markets now oil is flat and wait for a slew of us a commentator indicators late to entertain basters we'll be closely watching the latest data about u.s. retail sales consumer sentiment and business inventories brand blunt is trading at one hundred eleven dollars per barrel while the w. is that eighty four dollars per barrel. and asian markets all lower on friday following a weak session on wall street europe exposed exporters i among the worst performers as investors are concerned by ass and decreasing spain's sovereign credit rating in hong kong resource companies remain in the next of territory just watch chinese inflation cooled slightly in september china coal energy is losing almost one hopes and energy shares are also trading in the red. so far. and finally here in russia the market's up posting strong gains in early trading as you can see the r.t.s. is gaining one point three percent while the my six is climbing more than hundred

percent michael sign from us pretty outlines what investors what how a close look out on friday today the domestic given schedule is very light we aren't expecting much in the way of news flow domestically but that said we will be watching commodity prices and 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 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 the meeting among g twenty finance ministers which will be attended also by u.s. treasury secretary timothy geithner. the russian market has seen mergers and acquisitions grow close to the highest levels in a decade research company alone chicks as the total volume reached sixty billion dollars in the first nine months of the year only two thousand and seven so more details being to analysts say the majority were signed in the resource industries

among them because a gold seventy percent of all those gold for the six billion dollars and francisco told to a twelve percent stake in russian company novacek. the world's second largest maker of consumer goods unilever is plenty to buy a stake in russia medics make a clean up the wall street journal says the deal is worth eight hundred fifty million dollars with an official announcement to be made on friday the move a spot of you know of a strategy to conquer cost of growing march in markets and in the house a thirty percent in russia scheme can market. that's all we have time for know you are up to date for more stories and analysis log on to our website r t dot com slash business.

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here's a look at the top stories activists claim soldiers in northern syria are. the government's . armed gangs posing a threat to the public is putting more sanctions in place after a day of clashes left at least nineteen deaths. to gather and. movement that began in new york goes and are continental. canada u.k. . other cities across the globe. spain's credit takes a hit from the international rating agencies with warnings of a further sly debts as its neighbor portugal announces tough astaire and measureless the people accusing the government of working for a.