around the clock around the world this is r.t. live in moscow the total number killed in the syrian conflict now stands at well over three thousand activists say at least twelve people have died in fresh violence after security forces opened fire protestors were calling for nationwide demonstrations in support of army defectors who've joined the opposition the government says they're not revolutionaries but armed gangs that threaten the public. has more. about one hundred eighty kilometers north of damascus is a city of unrest on the site of five days of recent deadly clashes between security forces and protesters in which at least thirty died it's close of the cities of homs and hama where most anti assad protests have been taking place evidence of fighting in oliver stone is 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 most of us are locals mean that were hesitant to say anything about what happened telling us they didn't want to get into trouble. 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 why we decided an intervention should take place in. the end so i would say it's reality for you to hear this stuff and i mean how many of us this place right here it's always what legally come work needs to see here this was what you said was basically.

right here are still here the last time 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 a strategy by the government and that weakening the morale of the. good of the forces so if they talk about the fracture then. it because. so. it was. but under the circumstances the most affected by the violence. in syria. between protesters from the occupy wall street movement and new york police fourteen people have been arrested. hundreds of activists true

to wall street. in new york just. more. clearly. between these protesters taking part in this. hundreds of demonstrators want to march through. there were. police on scooters. some of the protesters or. their. officers there were. these officers punching some of the.

scene with. his head and there were also reports that some of these demonstrators when they were marching through. throwing some bottles turning over garbage cans police say that. the people taking part in the march. this is just the latest wave of clashes between. police officers and the protesters camped out here for four weeks but it came after what is being dubbed a huge victory for the occupy movement it was early in the morning that the protesters were supposed to be dictated from their park that they've been camped out in for a day while the city said they wanted to clean up the park this was a request that was made by the property owners now there was about two thousand people down in lower manhattan in support of these protesters protecting that

barricading them a human chain was formed around the park because the protesters said they were not going to leave they leave the park on their own and about a half hour before they were to be evacuated or removed the city made an announcement that the police would not remove them that the property owner said that they would deal with the demonstrators directly so it is a huge victory for them because they have been camped out here for four weeks taking part in the occupy wall street movement raising awareness about the dispatches factory felt among the majority of americans when it comes to the gap between the rich and the poor when it comes to corporate influence over u.s. politics and this clearly is being regarded as a huge victory for the op you move it that it continues. to move beyond new york what's next for this movement. well bill this is this

is going to stretch way beyond america's borders with the next twenty four hours because up on saturday this movement is going to global auditing six hundred cities to. seventy countries around the world will be taking part in this type of demonstration protests have been planned everywhere from rome to london to our berlin and people are going to be gathering in different squares the streets throughout the world. they are their right to democracy the way that they would like to see their country in the way that they would like their elected officials to be. the. mantle of the so this is not over by any means it is going to be expanding it is going to be global and of course. a story. thanks very much indeed for that. in. the occupy wall street movement prepares to go global is closely watching the run

is taking place in europe and the u.s. special coverage for you on saturday that's tomorrow october fifteenth. growing poverty in different. countries waiting for hours. and social spending people across the globe against their government's economic policies followed a worldwide action against austerity. the european central bank has called on national governments to do their part to ease the debt burden. spoke ahead of a key meeting of will finance ministers who are gathering in paris to hammer out some lucian's to the crisis our europe correspondent daniel bushell. the 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 come through and take some actions because the latest country

problems with spain it's seeing problems with its solidarity a failure of solidarity is how the 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 you will start to measure in spain now russia's prime minister has come out and said that your government could solve this problem if they wanted to when you might. crises more political than a financial issue according to different estimates between one and one and a half trillion dollars is needed the number is big but the user you can handle it it's a political issue because in order to get out of these resources the leading european countries must offer a shoulder to those in trouble take 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 will trickle is the latest country which is new also there are two 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 joan claude trichet saying that he does expect those governments to come through with those cuts in order to balance his budget there is a meeting today and tomorrow of the world's leading finance ministers as they try to tackle this crisis that has been in portugal might just be too painful for the people to take these austerity measures michel. i'm afraid i'm afraid i'm afraid that.

lucia is in the active member of the portuguese indignados delish and its participants believe the government is hell bent on our full and ignores the needs of the people. we are. it's happening. here. 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 a situation similar to its present state. one.

right there managed to pull the country out of the crisis three hundred years on however if you believe everybody. is similar to. the portuguese or not ows say the solution is to create more jobs and cut unnecessary expenditure but the government. eight billion euro i.m.f. bailout earlier this year following in the footsteps of greece and ireland to paid back. that introduced which will see longer working hours less holidays and even in the end to the christmas bonuses which most workers enjoyed at the. top of kids. you can't do it you can't do it because you can't do it and. it's. system and the political system that is.

it is completely twisted. conditions. personally the biggest thing and does the crisis grows so too do the ranks of the outraged members of the indignados people do not forget. democratic national governments that. ravaged old isn't the problem not the. the call 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 evolution as it is about turning it into a simple fight for survival. lispund. more coverage of the

unfolding debt crisis in europe is available on our website is not dot com also online feud that right now the main suspect in the alleged murder of alexander litvinenko says his lawyers have been denied access to information about the case that there's a month in court starts looking into the death of the former russian agent behind closed doors plus. to get lethal injection. instead if you have a republican politician in the u.s. state of florida who even says people sentenced to death should be thrown off a bridge where you can find the full story but all to. 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 washington cannot guarantee the system would not target russia. has the details. washington is speeding up its plans for its missile defense system in the europe despite all these alarming questions

coming out of russia spain warns romania and turkey have agreed to host elements of the system on their territory and his plan that the shield will be finished by twenty eighteen i fish early it's supposed to protect washington's allies in europe from potential threats coming out of iran and north korea but moscow has been sounding d.-o. larm saying that the system could be a potential threat to its national security 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 safety 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 incident will not be aimed against russia but the newly appointed u.s.

ambassador to russia michael mcfaul is quoted saying that his country has no plans of making these illegal guarantees we've already heard from russia's envoy to nato meeting about 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 think of a cheap but affective way to answer washington's ideas are the fans of clients in europe so we'll see how the situation develops but it's not for the fact that washington is not planning to back down on its anti missile defense plans. u.s. president has taken a firm. against iran promising tough sanctions for the country over claims it was

plotting to kill the saudi ambassador to washington to iranians were charged with trying to harm then let's have a mexican drug cartel to carry out the attack something to iran is dismissed as baseless but 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 by further isolating the u.s. is now considering sanctions on iran central bank promising even more pressure for society mohammad marandi from the university of tehran says he's unconvinced by the claims of involvement. in the more pressure that the united states tries to impose upon iran the iranians will push back as well the united states as being part of the dishonest iran has absolutely no motive to carry out such an operation if you ron did 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 why would iran want to create extra sensitivity

with the united states so it's 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 try to unite its people against some theoretical hypothetical foreign enemy. you're watching our in the program this hour it's two decades since the self-proclaimed republican transistor announced its independence but there's still no sign of progress in solving the breakaway states problems and explore who is to blame in a few minutes. but let's have a quick look at some other news in brief from around the world in libya fierce fighting continues in colonel gadhafi hometown of. gun battles have broken out in tripoli for the first time in two months revolutionary forces have opened fire at suspected snipers loyal to gadhafi. fighters the shooting began after

a man was spotted raising a green flag symbolizing the regime is the first serious outbreak of violence in the capital since the rebels seized control of tripoli in august. britain's defense secretary william fawkes has quit over allegations he gave a close friend access to official meetings and ministry buildings he's admitted that he brought his former best man adam a long one overseas trips and is apologize for allowing a blurring of his public duties with personal. transport minister philip hammond has been appointed as the new defense secretary. the italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has survived a decisive parliamentary vote of confidence which was key to continuing his political career could face calls for his resignation by political rivals and members of the business community amid a series of damaging scandals and a weakening economy the securing of the photo confidence and i was going to school need to stay in power through to the end of his term in thirteen.

in the thai capital a huge effort is underway by the military and volunteers to strengthen the city's flood defenses authorities fear rain and high tides which of course huge devastation across the country could now move into bank or flash floods have killed two hundred eighty three people and devastated cities in sixty one provinces since july. and the self-proclaimed republican. rick. a territory of moldova but much has changed since it announce independence in nine hundred ninety has been a long running ethnic and territorial dispute between the two sides with little in the way of recent progress and some are saying the current leadership is to blame if a national reports. one of the poorest regions in europe and recognised as a country across the world holds presidential elections in early december but already there are a serious dispute before the campaign has even started the current leader of the

self-proclaimed breakaway moved over in republic of transnistria igudesman nor has held the reins of power for the entire twenty one years of its disputed existence far from tiring of office his running again for a fifth term at decision 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 and smirnoff inner circle who are all 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 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 the

transnistria has always been viewed by moldova as part of its own territory meaning continued political tension. in one thousand nine hundred two war broke out in which hundreds died as moldova forces fought separatists before an internationally forged cease fire brought and an easy peace since then continued after is why russia and the international community to me. and transnistria authorities towards dollars. have not been 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. live in an atmosphere of fear run many cases of

political pressure like mailing violations of laws in an attempt to discredit other countries people and parties openly criticizing the current authorities are being put on the run. is placed in serious danger democratic election approaches are pro-choice just under two months before the poll it's clear the struggle for power will be far from the glare of half some even warn it could be a flash point the latest twist in the difficult history of this troubled region a group of russian observers he's had interest nice to to monitor the elections following a request from the authorities that one of the ballots his free and fair are not the votes not expected to resolve these areas longstanding problems meaning the need for a lost and political resolution will remain. moscow we're told he will be delving into the history of russia's film industry but first

it's the business news with kareena. i welcome to the best us updates russia says it's ready to act against new european energy legislation it's called the third energy package and bans energy supplies like gas from from owning gas pipelines president medvedev has ordered energy representatives to submit proposals on how russia can keep good relations with the e.u. and contravene the new laws at the same time however analysts say there's not much russia can do it's the law of european union and of course it's the idea of european union and that is why in the reality it's very difficult to press on european union we can imagine them just for example the supply because through europe but of course it's been dramatic and in my opinion absolutely the real scenario that is why we can only one method i mean only dale of. the my

supporters if you can you know is the decision of brussels but we just want to explain our arguments because if european union will make the mistakes in construction the new energy policy it will be the problem also for us and we want to explain to them that for example if there will be no new investment to the new pipes this is so will not work and that's all we we all may just want to prove this mistakes but as we can see as an intellectual discussion not more. the world's second largest maker of consumer goods unilever is buying an eighty two percent stake in russia's leading cosmetics make a colleen that the deal is worth four hundred million euro and the move is part of unilever strategy to conquer a faster growing emerging markets has a thirty percent share of russia's skincare market the company's stock price shot up forty percent trade on news of the deal. russia actually is one

of the last consumer markets in europe which are able to show double digit growth every year and this is why you'll see in companies. spend a lot of money here invest a lot. but look at the markets now european markets ended high on friday with miners and technology stocks helping offset further losses for some banks that's following a series of downgrades and warnings from brokers and credit rating agencies shares of ericsson rose three point four percent after its mobile handset joint ventures sony ericsson broke even in the third quarter and said it still expects modest industry growth in two thousand and eleven here and russia markets ended with the best weekly gain in more than one and a half years and my zits were boosted by oil and metal stocks let's have a look at some individual channels on the rise six most of the blue chips finished in the black with spare bank climbing over seven and a half percent the lender has announced it's going to increase the share of foreign

activity and its profit to seven percent in three years has jumped more than forty percent on the deal with the lever of the company's share price rise had to be capped because of my six trading rules enormous make it was also off despite the company's first half net profit plunging twenty two percent to one point eight billion dollars. that's all the news i have for you from all check our website. because. if. you.

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comes in and from moscow this is all a team could have you with us now top stories now syrian activists report more crackdowns as the total death toll in the conflict now stands at more than three thousand opposition says it's being joined by the defectors but the government dismisses the claim saying the fight is just gangs. and protest this clash with police in new york as they march for both street he's fourteen of being arrested since the occupy movement looks set to go global. the european central bank says it's now done enough and it's time for governments to take the lead and save the region's economy spain's credit score is slashed. back with another update in about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime russia's relationship with the still.