no source of. the. syrian activists report but more victims of the regime of crackdowns claim opposition forces are being joined by only defectors these being dismissed by the government as. here goes up among the new york and see corporate protestors who win the right to continue campaigning with the movement set to go grow. artists here you can see how the park in downtown new york city where there are not conflicts with your city these department will continue remains to be seen as the occupation grows. and the european central bank says it's done all it can now it's time for governments to

take the lead in saving the region's economy. and our business bulletin as russian markets and with the best weekly gain more than four and a half years boosted by a rally in oil and metal stocks join me for the details in time. it is now at seven o'clock friday night here in the russian capital this is here with me rory scene showing the total number of those killed in the syrian conflict now stands at over three thousand and that's prompted the un human rights chief to call for international action to avoid a full blown civil war were killed in fresh incidents on friday after security forces fired on protesters claimed to have been joined by army defectors who were killed in clashes on thursday after fighting alongside. opposition to the

government as much as the idea branding the former soldiers as nothing more than gangs that are still here. about one hundred eighty kilometers north of the mass this is a city under a stun a site of five days of recent deadly clashes between security forces and protesters and which at least thirty died it's close of the cities of homs and hama where most anti assad protests have been seen in place evidence of fighting you know where i stand it's plain 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 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 to most of us some locals remapped 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 started the situation i become a threat to the people and that's why we decided intervention should take place in . the inside six we were. going to be this. way and what the way i'm working with me here. was what. was basically. our here. but opposition activists insist that these were not armed gangs or terrorists but army defectors so far the government has said little on the subject of the surgeons from the military i think it's kind of a strategy by the government and the. weakening the moral of the.

moral of. the forces so if they talk about the friction. similarly there could be there would be more of the friction so instead. all was well with this kind of this will serve the purpose remember the circumstances the morale of most affected by the violence understand is that a ruthless dozen or so we are understand in syria. five minutes past the hour here in moscow occupy wall street protesters have won their first battle so after a massive cleanup effort by new york city officials was consoled activists against corporate greed considered an attempt to undermine the month long rally r.t. said lucy capital is in the midst of events in new york. thousands of these two to three thousand ended up turning out here inside cody park behind me the crowd is

a little bit smaller now they have gone on a protest stand out a march near wall street we actually just got reports of a clash with police but the massive massive turnout is really fueled i guess speculation by the police department by this administration the mayors of ministration here in new york that with so much media attention so many people they really couldn't afford another instance like what we saw two weeks ago where unprecedented number of new yorkers were arrested as part of the wall street occupy wall street occupation so i think there was a lot of fear that flashes could happen and part of all of this is the fact that these protesters most of the ones i've spoken to are determined to stay regardless of what the police does one man who was spoke to us yesterday when we were really expecting some c.t.'s clashes had this to say take a lesson it's a pretext. to come here and move people out and then said new conditions are bad moving back in it's just

a good move to dislodge this group so we pretty much understand what's going on here we have twenty four seven. around here all the time and there aren't really any issues but we're going to make a big effort to get because we had rain everything so you know we were cardboard and it's. a good clean up you know and that really has been the attitude from most of the people that we've spoken to here protesters first scrubbing the floors on hands and knees but really it's not about sanitation it's not about the funding of the park it's about the fact that these movements are spreading across america they're popping up in hundreds of cities across the country and folks simply the the establishment the police departments the politicians they're nervous they have not seen this kind of unprecedented movement in the united states and at this point it does not show any sign of dwindling we do know that it took her fifteen point to be the big data was. this is where the situation's expected to spread to europe but massive protests planned all across the country including here in new york the

occupiers plan on staying here in zuccotti park they plan on up the merging in times square in the evening which should be very interesting to watch on a lot of these present in times square bomb or potential for clashes because we have to keep in mind most of the arrests most of the confrontations with the police have been when protesters leave this area and walk down the streets that gives the police here a lot more of an excuse so to speak to. put people in corners and try to stop the movement that way but for now while the folks here are determined to say we've seen terrible weather rino holes they have not been deterred by that so be very interesting to see how this plays out and whether you can play out peacefully or whether we'll see further crackdowns like we've seen for example in denver yesterday in seattle and across the country. as the occupy wall street movement prepares to go global we are closely watching the race taking place in europe for us our special coverage on saturday with the fifteenth.

like. the. countries waiting for hours. in social spending people who are. against their government's economic policies follow the worldwide action against austerity. is coming here live from moscow the central bank has called on national. finance ministers who are gathering in paris tomorrow solutions to the crisis i want you of course want to join a bushel. patience of european central bank does seem to be running out it says that it can't really take the whole burden on itself it really needs the governments to come through the european governments to come through and take some

action because the latest country problems with spain it's seeing problems with its solidarity or failure solidarity it's had a downgrade of its rating again which is going to make it even harder for it to raise money and pay off its debts we're expecting protests tomorrow perhaps the biggest protests so far over new austerity measures in spain now russia's prime minister has come out and said that europe's governments could solve this problem if they wanted to. crises more political than a financial issue according to different estimates between one and one and a trillion dollars is needed a number is big but the eurozone can handle it it's a political issue because in order to counter those resources in countries must go through a shield it's a village in trouble and that takes political courage so governments in europe are accused of passing the blame no one wants to take responsibility but russia is one of many countries which is concerned by this because of course when the european

economies are suffering the rest of the world has a knock on effect told to go is the latest country. new austerity measures that means more taxes potentially education health costing more and we are expecting coordinated action coordinated protests across europe including in lisbon over those austerity measures over the cuts which are thought to be extremely painful for the population now we've also seen the tree shape saying that he does expect those governments to come through with those cuts in order to balance his budget but there is a meeting today and some or all of the world's leading finance ministers as they try to tackle this crisis has been in court. just been too painful for the people to take these austerity measures michel. has spoken to some of those victims of the cross and i'm afraid i'm afraid of a future i'm afraid that people. feel is going to be like they are in greece right

now people aren't here we've used magic they're not going to be able to. have a good life to have a piece of decent life lucia's an active member of the portuguese indignados delusion or movement its participants believe the government is hell bent on pleasing the rich and powerful and ignores the needs of the people there can truly help to realize that we are not. we are not we are not going to thank god for any longer progress in people aren't meeting up it's happening and it's happening everywhere and spraying here. in england the worst three different employment in thirty years and over twelve percent rise in 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 leads the century portugal was in a situation similar to its present state because it was lagging the capital was all but destroyed by an earthquake but one market of all this is

a cracking them that's his stature right there managed to pull the country out of the crisis three hundred years on however if you believe everybody will be able to perform a similar bloody battle to. the portuguese in the united was saying the solution is to create more jobs and cuts are necessary expenditure but the government for sports interest 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 your life to you know have your own space your own you know. tap kid stuff you know to feel. build a life you can't you can't do it you can't do it because you can't afford to do it and howard noxious is that it's. a natural system and the political system that is

intertwined with the financial system we've got is so completely twisted that conditions are life so this this to me is the personally the biggest thing and as the crisis grows so too do the reins of the outraged members of the indignados people who will unite forget you for. the national review. well. then build another europe not because they're not democratic national governments are not democratic. ravitch that your problem is the system and off the crises is the call for global direction and october 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 and it. was. and of course our more coverage of the

unfolding debt crisis in europe is available on our website r.t. dot com but also a life for you there right now a wave of criticism and fears of cold war like tension on the korean peninsula as washington plans a new base for its navy in south korea also. imagine a job where you do nothing about sleep and get paid one hundred fifty dollars a day for doing it really is on offer right here in moscow you can find the full story at artsy dot com. the u.s. president has taken a firm stance against iran promising tough sanctions against the country over claims it was plotting to kill the saudi ambassador to washington barack obama says there's enough evidence of iran's guilt and is calling on the international community to make it pay for its behavior right further isolating iran well for more on this we are joined by professor stayed behind morandi from the university of tehran that's crossed lives of now under professor thank you for coming on the

program today washington is accusing elements of the iranian regime of being behind the alleged plot promising measures to hold iran accountable is it possible that these measures could go beyond sanctions. everything is possible but the whole point really is that the united states is being part of the design this iran has absolutely no motive to carry out such an operation the prince is not a senior prince he's not very important so iran gains nothing of such an operation here on good hypothetically want to carry out this operation they could have done it in the middle east in an area where there are more high profile figures and where it could be carried out much easier and of course the sea is one of the most well protected places in the world and why would iran want to create an extra sensitivity with the united states so it's it's it's an absolute nonsense and obviously iran gains nothing from it the only people who do gain is the united

states by distracting attention away away from its problems at home such as the economic hardship that people are facing its decline in the middle east it helps israel come out of isolation it helps the saudis the saudi regime and you try to unite its people against some theoretical but as you as you say if i want to i'm sorry to interrupt you but as you say washington is the only city the only place benefit from these so-called allegations iran as you mentioned earlier saying the accusations are baseless but some of us reports do suggest credible evidence of iranian involvement here including claims of payments from iranian bank accounts i just hear and you think of any case you want to hear. no not at all first of all this is interesting that this payment from accounts if iran wanted to assassinate someone would you run wire money i mean if the people who had made up this story already a couple of spy novels they know that the last thing that you would do would be to

wire money you have cash especially iran which is under the iranian banking system into and it's through financial transactions or under u.s. scrutiny and the same is true with the mexican drug war of as well why would iran give them have events like that or for example this iranian who supposedly went in spoke spoke to a drug runner he told them that my cousin is a general big time general in the iranian military why would he give that sort of information to a mercenary to a hit man i would assume that he went there to to use proxy for deniability i mean why would we have certainly we spoke certainly spoken to some cia analysts or former cia officers who say there are do appear to be a lot of holes in these so-called allegations of the so-called story of what you mentioned a moment ago due to of banks now the u.s. has many might say the u.s. is fond of imposing sanctions on iran but now washington is considering sanctions on iran's central bank and what impact could that happens around. at the end of

the day the iranians will deal with any new pressure and move forward the sanctions so far that have been imposed on iran have not had this sort of effect the united states the united states was looking for at the end of the day right now according to the i.m.f. iran's growth is is is is it is ok it has i think roughly three percent growth whereas the united states is not growing at all and neither is europe but the more pressure that the united states tries to impose upon iran the iranians will push back as well but the iranian regime in our audience will push back in what manner would they push back you talking all prices or. no i think that the iranians have many we need to put pressure on the united states look how this situation in the region is unfolding already you have all america's allies in the region are becoming more and more unstable and the only country really in the region that is

stable is is iran. but if i could go back to a couple of more holes in accusations because i think it's very important for people to recognize that the united states is being dishonest because this is the united states is threatening rule of peace through its dishonesty. in addition to the two that i mentioned the third is that this iranian who was in the raf he was in u.s. custody here allegedly contacted his cousin who is this big general and the head of this operation and he told him on the phone to carry out the operation would a senior intelligence officer say that on a phone on an international line to the united states or for example why would. the mexican drug cartels which make tens of billions of dollars on drugs. put themselves at risk by carrying out an operation for a million and a half dollars randi i somehow doubt this is the last we're going to hear of this whole story up of society for us all the time we have it's

a very frank thank you for having me. you would r.t. you know moscow is reportedly preparing a response to washington's planned missile defense system in europe it follows comments by the incoming u.s. ambassador to moscow who said that washington cannot guarantee the system it won't target russia europe is going off. washington is speeding up its plans for its aging missile defense system in europe despite all these alarming questions coming out of russia spain paltrow meenie and turkey have agreed to host elements of the system longer at syria treasonist plan that the shield will be finished by twenty eight team i fish really it's supposed to protect washington's allies in europe from potential threats coming out of iran and north korea but it's moscow has been sounding the alarm saying that the system could be a potential threat to its national security and moscow has been proposing that this

project should be a unified shield which would include russia and the united states where all would share the responsibility for the cd of each other but washington and some nato officials have been saying this is not possible since russia is not part of the alliance moscow then started asking for legal guarantees from washington that this is no will not be against russia but the newly appointed u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul was quoted saying that his country has no plans of making these illegal guarantees we've already heard from russia's employee to nato would meet our boys who said that if this is the case then moscow will have to start thinking about making its own efforts to every store of the strategic balance of forces in europe and now there are also reports in the russian media from a source from the kremlin which says that russia will. be cheaper but

affected way too and one. of the prime suppliers in europe so we'll see how the situation develops but it's definitely a fact that washington is not planning to back down on its anti missile defense plans. that want to tie. if you are going to now i would like to know what you think of the issues we're covering here at our look onto our web site r.t. dot com to take part in our latest online poll where we're asking why you think the talks between russia and the u.s. missile defense of they are checking out your numbers right now sort of thought thirty eight percent say the u.s. is to blame because it would never compromise thirty five percent are convinced it's all because arms makers need to sell their weapons but out of this believe russia and the u.s. are just natural enemies who would never agree on anything and a minority think it's because russia has demands our own reasonable you tell us what you think cast your vote now at r.t. dot com. ok let's check out the world operator and r.t.

some other headlines from around the world for you this hour in libya fierce fighting continues in colonel gadhafi his hometown of sirte while gun battles of broken out in tripoli for the first time in two months revolutionary forces have opened fire at suspected snipers loyal to gadhafi. fighters as shooting began after a man was spotted raising the green flag symbolizing the ousted regime it's the first serious outbreak of violence in the capital since the rebels seized control tripoli just. italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has survived a decisive a parliamentary vote on confidence which was key to his continuing political career he faced calls for his for his resignation by political rivals and members of the business community all of it a series of damaging sex scandals and a weakening economy the securing of the vote of confidence allows the polish going into the now stay in power through to the end of his term in two thousand and

thirteen. police have reportedly fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters in the capital tunis islamic demonstrators gathered outside a local t.v. station which they criticized for including an image of god in an animated film the clash comes just a week before officials hold the first polls in tunisia since long time president ben ali was overthrown at the start of the arab spring. in the thai capital a huge effort is underway by the military and volunteers to strengthen the city's anti flood defenses authorities fear rain and high tides which of course the chief legislation across the country could now move into bangkok flash floods of killed two hundred and eighty three people and devastated cities in sixty one promises just since july. i view up to date on the news and outside of the business of korea . hello welcome to

business the cell the world's second largest maker of consumer goods unilever is buying an eighty two percent stake in russia's leading cosmetics maker colleen that it is worth four hundred million euros of the move is part of unilever strategy to conquer a fast growing emerging markets colleen it has a thirty percent share of russia's skin can market the company's stock price should up forty percent today's trade is a pretty up. rusher actually is one of the last consumer markets in europe which are able to assure double digit growth every year and this is why we will be and company has. spent a lot of money here invest a lot. let's have a look at the markets now all is rising reversing earlier losses after a group of twenty and i'm an official said that washington based lend may increase resources to help stem the new tech crisis run blandest trading at one hundred fourteen dollars a barrel while doubling t.-i is at eighty six dollars per hour u.s.

retail sales data gave stocks a boost as investors await european debt crisis response retail sales rose one point one percent in september boosted by strong auto purchases also giving stocks a lift our earnings reported by search engine google shares rising six point three percent and european markets were higher on friday miners of the quality stocks helped offset further losses for some banks following a series of downgrades and warnings from brokers and credit rating agencies shares erik said rose two point four percent after its mobile handset joint venture sony ericsson broke even in the third quarter and said it still expects modest industry growth in two thousand and eleven. but here in russia markets and with the best weekly gain in more than one and a half years boosted by world and metal stocks they rallied on meds you had said prices were to contain the r.t.s. game three point eight percent bottom isaacs ended well with three percent in the

drop as a look at some individual shambles otherwise its most of the blue chips were trading in the black goods fair buying soaring over a seven percent the london has announced is going to increase the share of foreign activity and its profit to seven percent three years coleen has jumped more than forty percent its highest on record on the deal with the new leader and the company's share price wise has been capped because of my zits training rules and north make it was also on the rise that's despite the company's first half net profit plunging twenty two percent to one point eight billion dollars. west says new european energy legislation could create problems for the gas corporation that's called the third energy package and bans energy suppliers like gas from going to repeat fortunately a number of events of happened of late we pose some problems to our gas corporation

i mean the legal basis their contractual basis and finally the organization of the process i'd like the energy minister i'm to get from chief to submit proposals on how we can build our relations with the european partners taking into account the observance of the rules of the so-called third energy package. that's ahead for you this hour but don't forget you can always find. dot com slash business and five. to. six the be. the be.

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