anti-corporate protests in new york face of a fierce response from the police in the manhattan standoff leads to more than seventy arrests. america's rallies inspire worldwide action scuffles break out in several european cities as people there a lockout over bearing the brunt of a lot of bags profiting. other news ukraine's former prime minister faces new charges soon after being sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing the power when signing gas deals with russia. plus signs of change in the face of a civil war syria's president promises a new constitution is the number killed in the drawn out conflict exceeds three

thousand and. eight am in moscow i mad treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t thousands of people in hundreds of cities around the world have been venting their fury against the greed of the big banks and the debt management inflicted by their governments inspired by the occupy wall street movement in manhattan protests took hold in europe asia and around the u.s. some turning violent in new york there were dozens of arrests as police moved to contain the rally artie's lucy captain of a small. i'm here in times square in new york city where this was the scene of a massive stand off by the occupy wall street protesters who were here on a useful demonstration trying to take their message nationwide as other cities have joined in the protests now what we saw here over the past few hours was

a massive stand up between the police and the protesters we saw all kinds of police officers out here riot police police on calgary we saw in fact york city police counterterrorism unit officers which was very confusing for the crowd again this was a peaceful demonstration several thousand protesters had marched here when we came here down through up forty sixth street were essentially blocked off by the n.y.p.d. corralled in an area moved weren't able to move for several hours i saw several protesters arrested reportedly by the police department there was approximately seventy arrests this evening three of them i witnessed right here on forty seven forty six and seven protesters are sitting down peacefully the police said handcuff them slam them to the ground spam their bases in the grounds they were not moving not really resisting arrest so it's confusing why the actions were so severe so tough. the standoff between protesters and police but it stream lead times when the

police officers doubled up the barricades we were prevented from moving left or right we couldn't go up or down we could meet up with the bigger march which was actually taking place on forty second street now while things have calmed down there were several arrests as i said earlier it's very unclear what will develop from now but the police again extremely tense extremely aggressive with the protesters at one point which shabu the protesters were citing the first amendment to the police and still still we were told to get out of here even though there was no place to actually go things have calmed down now but we will be on the ground reporting for our team from times square this is lucy crapper. and what started in wall street spread worldwide this weekend europe's major cities saw hundreds of thousands echo the protests against their government's austerity measures iran riot police used tear gas and water cannons after a violent protesters hijacked

a peaceful demonstration smashing bank windows and torching cars plumes of smoke were seen belittling near the coliseum in other parts of the city in britain police in london thwarted protesters efforts to set up happen outside the stock exchange several hundred activists heckled officers for preventing them or people from joining the rally in berlin scuffles broke out outside the german parliament building when police were demonstrators tense and if you would stalls. both the global protests are a clear sign of citizen anger at having to endure pain over the painful cuts and tax hikes in order to keep the wealthy banks from having to suffer will take a closer look at government policies that sparked such a massive outcry in the heart of the ongoing and. public theory over what's being thought of as corporate gluttony looks set to grow even further for some that means more of violence may be likely there is going to be some kind of martyrdom in the near future we are going to see violence in iraq we

could argue that we already have the violence in this country with the police pepper spraying protesters with you know innocent teenage women and b. you know but sundin you know on camera this is what the alternative media is showcasing right now again this is a revolution this is this is a change in psychology this is an evolution in human consciousness the people are waking up and we're demanding change this is no different from what we saw overseas in the middle east and northern africa the revolution has now come to the united states of america. but earlier i spoke to an occupy wall street activist in the u.s. who tells us it's high time for changes in how major corporations are treated because he says people's patience is running out. what we're placing valid the united states is a critical situation i think or a situation where corporations are truly running the country there are very few lately out pollock's their friends and that's why we're out on the streets all over

america that the thank you note of bits of corruption and draft within the business community that runs over into the political situation it's a creative time it's a time for people to really look closely at what the pressure points are on these politicians and on the corporation says as obama said you know he said some of the things they're doing is not illegal but they are immoral and that's really the the crux of it when you have these him more greedy kids that are taking billions for their personal wealth and don't care when we have homeless all over the world that we have kids that don't have a good education and that we have room set up and yet the greedy pigs that the just keep sucking up more and more billions of dollars just for their pockets. our correspondents are keeping on top of developments as people make their feelings to build around the world parties lucie county in albany new york has tweeted that there are hundreds of people camping out right now in the city center and hundreds of police have been lined up for watch them we'll bring you the latest on the

rallies from across the world throughout the day so stay with us for. all the pain is not over her former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko new charges were raised against her only two days after being sentenced to seven years in prison for abuse of power and gas deals with russia her conviction of drew international anger from russia the e.u. and the united states or she's like sarah showed she was following the case. judgment day for ukraine's democracy that was how some dubbed events in a key of course this week where former prime minister yulia timoshenko was awaiting the verdict over her a legit shady dealings and a gas deal with russia supporters took to the streets in her defense before being dispersed by the police. three months of nonstop protests surrounding the case culminated in the biggest reminder yet of the all right revolution the two thousand and four uprising which made him

a shank zero zero household name. now as then there were tens of thousands in the streets and they could anger and even naked activists this group staging another topless demonstration against all sides in the dispute but the main drama was inside the court especially after the judges country were shellenberger what the group has ruled that yulia tymoshenko is guilty under three six find three of the criminal code of ukraine and sentences her to seven years imprisonment and the nice of the right to hold positions in government for three years just last year to a shanghai was one of the most influential female politicians in the world but having lost her power and now her liberty to machine go was furious. now also retiring regime or it's pretty close to me the trial showed that the constitution and justice had been trampled underfoot i urge you to begin the struggle if you very difficult and important and we have to protect ukraine again feel free tarion

regime don't give up. the prosecution claimed she abused power while signing gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine the accusation has raised eyebrows in moscow which insists the contracts were completely legitimate. except that the legitimate. contract which remains in force which was never legally challenged. could become the reason. for the court decision. which took place today the e.u. also doubted president viktor yanukovych assurances that the case had not been politicized and lashed out at ukraine's leadership experts say kiev now finds itself in a very difficult position as potential membership the european union is some years away and i think we shouldn't pretend otherwise but we do once the countries in europe cease to neighborhood to get closer to europe not just in terms of

membership in terms of european values like the rule of justice and this is clearly an extraordinary setback and i do think it is quite possible that the invitation for president. to come here on the transit will now be withdrawn another criminal case was launched against him a shank or two days after the verdict was announced accusing her of shifting her own desire to russia's defense ministry onto ukraine's budget fifteen years ago this only added to her image of a martyr a symbol of freedom supported by the masses and few doubt she would hesitate to capitalize on that status even if she has to wait seven years to do so just hours after a simmering tension in central kiev it is back to quiet and normal again it is unclear where the unity must and course stay has been sealed as aspirants are now speculating that a presidential pardon is still a possibility but these protesters here are determined to stay here for at least

another week in any case let's see russia party reporting from kiev in ukraine. preselect ses reporting tempers ran high outside the court as the judge read out to mission to finishing those sentences and he's documented what happened right in that they could be actionist pictures online at facebook dot com slash r g views we have footage of the angry response in kiev on our you travel as well. violence toward syria's slow moving towards reform has taken another step closer this weekend president assad has started the process of drafting a new constitution within the next four months as one of the key demands of anti-rejection protests that have been since march and clean more than three thousand lives and un warns the country might be headed for a full blown civil war assad still seemingly enjoys big support with tens of thousands rally in support of the government in the syrian capital both parties tests are so you spoke to people from both camps in this report.

voices that supports. continuing dissent some cans of deadly clashes polar opposites and their demands but in some way united by the newfound zeal to ten percent per year the fact that the syrian capital palace have gathered show their support for the government that is part part of the images we've been seeing in other cities around the country where there have been reported last at least the kurdish north of that is the government protests however what i think if i want to know about it where in this country of political discourse and stuff like that i've said that over the very basics you know everybody. her husband and children one of many families braved the heat enjoy the crowds in downtown damascus right now it's true that we knew nothing about politics before but now we take a stand even if i'm

a sunni muslim i'm proud this president. ever since most people started revealing their political stance openly some people would mock me and say since when do you know about politics what do you know there are divisions among family members some are paralysed side some are anti but that's how it is. it appears that apathy is becoming less of an option for citizens of the nation now under intense international scrutiny but never watched news i never cared you know i never never had any interest in politics but. i think most of us get it books we watch the news media articles and on facebook but i know i know that and then you have the right back around and other issues about camp until you got the. yeah there are those like you knew i was saying we're no strangers to taking a side and making it known he's long been voicing his discontent of what he calls a repressive regime and today facebook is one of his main tools in order me to

dissent coalition activism has evolved in syria for me i feel that my voice goes further down back then it started with stating an opinion but i'm going to jail that here to get there and no one would even know about it that has changed now the people who are politically aware of the same has been thrown in jail says he was tortured and finds himself constantly looking over his shoulder. i was detained for spreading the word on the violent crackdown in daraa but i feel like a coward if i didn't risk my life while those on the streets are doing so asking for the regime to fall a call staunchly opposed by those on the other side yes it was below for. me it was good to. get. more political career also he added activism among syrians are growing whatever side of the divide they're on people here see the future of their country is at stake but all are adamant that

future is firmly in their own hands. yes there are still yeah r.t.d. mascot's. turning to libya's civil war as more of a reality then a threat resistance against new leaders flared in tripoli this week for the first time since revolutionary forces seized the capital in august several people were injured in gun battles between khadafi supporters and former rebels after an attempt to raise the ousted regime's green flag over in serious could be loyalist mounted a fierce counterattack forcing back revolutionary fighters who were trying to take control of the colonel's key remaining stronghold for a month now the national transitional council says a baldly declare full liberation when sirte falls but investigative journalist simon a soft tells r t that pursuing that goal may mean even nouri in the high heating talks. i think what's happening in sirte is really quite shocking i mean if you remove yourself from saying i support one side or support the other side what we're

seeing is a full scale assault on. you know very densely populated area in which civilians are paying a very very heavy price now the reason why this is important is because the whole basis on which nato impose the no fly zone at the beginning of the conflict let's precisely to defend civilians against military attack so now we have if you like the allies of nato doing what their enemies were doing a few months ago and you have to begin to ask yourself well where is nato now why is nato not saying he's out there billions under attack by the ministry force we have to start we have to stop this attack and i think what we're beginning to see is if you like is that kind of reemergence of the double standards what's happening in libya now is his to going to be a war crime if it is a war crime and i think it has to start immediately has to be negotiation they have to be allowed to surrender but more importantly i think if they don't surrender

then you put the city under siege and allow the civilians to free and they're not and they're not doing that. egypt also endured an outbreak of violence this week the worst since the february revolution that toppled president hosni mubarak more than twenty four killed and hundreds injured as clashes erupted between coptic christians and security forces in the capital cairo it started as a peaceful rally calling for justice over attacks on christian churches by muslim extremists military vehicles were seen charging through the crowds plowing into the protesters while troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas state controlled media blamed christian protesters who despite witnesses saying that unconnected troublemakers were behind the violence middle east blogger paul shara says the country's military rulers are scapegoating the religious minority. this is a very cynical attempt by the fact the rulers of the country the military to portray a. minority of the population and religious minority as troublemakers when in fact

all they're doing are trying to seek some justice over thirty institutionalized discrimination that's the. residue from the time of war barak and his policies so this is absolutely cynical of the kind of the way it's covered by the military council and its media let's look at what the bucket on that we're looking at that is here in egypt because some people got carried away after mubarak stepped down and declared their evolution over in fact what we are facing is a popular uprising that was aborted aborted by a military coup leaving a pretty much a political and security vacuum in place and that's the context of what's happening in egypt and all the kind of sides involved from the emerging secular parties to the more established parties to the military to the civil administration president administration don't seem to have enough authority to control the

emergence to ation egypt so that void would then die vacuum i mean thing is the. at the moment. for more outline and analysis on the trouble still resonating through the arab world r t dot com footage and video reports from the region including a historic swap as a thousand palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails are due to be freed in the coming days in exchange for one israeli soldier gilad schalit. also online president obama sends troops to central africa but there is a growing concern that the u.s. growing global military presence may be turning into military pressure. to russia and china are boosting their cooperation to balance out the economic and

political dominance of western countries prime minister vladimir putin's visit to beijing was the first since declaring he'll run for president next year deals worth seven billion dollars were assigned on the trip investment specialist francis run things that strengthening their alliance could pave a new way for a lot for a new axis of global economic influence. the u.s. and europe. trying to get this really taught me think global politics and i think that china and russia can join to get to. wait and not let them dictate the. world of course europe and you would not be happy i don't think the brits we'll be a political power even though most probably be a economic power because india is china so there is no way even the corporate china their hand is sent to asia

china and russia can put can't teach interest in political interest there and would not let. to mount mistaking pulls for i've got to step out so this is going to be important for both countries the connection between china and russia goes deeper than just economic deals are key here is that about ten minutes from a veteran observer who explains the country's long held cultural ties. trial of russian businessman and suspected arms dealer got underway in new york this week he's accused of trafficking weapons to terrorists and was arrested in thailand three years ago before being extradited to the u.s. in two thousand and ten if guilty boot could face life behind bars investigative journalist daniel estulin though believes the u.s. germination it means that boot may have a little chance of a fair trial even though the ever get evidence against him is. the united states

government is going to go very very hard time proving the victor of it is guilty and he's got a very difficult time making the label of merchant of death stick in a court of law and unfortunately for the united states government there is very little verifiable evidence they will be able to present most of it is hearsay most what he should say it's a he said she said about things which no one has ever seen and this is something that again unfortunately the book team representing right now was not in the position to deal with because they're simply not up to scratch he's not going to get a fair trial he's in the united states. the evidence the you know how can we get a fair trial well the united states government is not everything in their power to bring him to the united states after two years in thailand and now they put him on trial in the united states only to have both women embarrass the united states i don't think it's going to happen later today on our team we document the chase to capture and kill the world's most infamous drug baron. the longest beginning to history. he was trying still play to.

put spring into traps they laid for him. in the raid you would have the the search dogs around the. dog was missing. when shots turned the tail. of the global drug industry's gold father became the most wanted trophy of the world's plants and hunters. of the west to grace homes and parties. the e.u. is investigating whether russian gas giant gazprom violated competition laws despite the distrust brussels says it wants a free flow of gas supplies into the e.u. something observers see as somewhat contradictory or he's daniel bushell reports. this even still to be one reason behind the e.u. raids on gazprom offices at the beginning of october european energy giants

electricity de france and b a s f i said to join russia sell stream pipeline to europe and they're said to be the this world for the bucco and e.u. bugs rival their successive. wrong miles and the commission of law for example it's their pet project but why would the e.u. want these raids to spook russia a reliable supplier to renegotiate any contracts brussels must prove irregularities in its deals with gazprom the european subsidiaries and that seems unlikely nobody really believes that you has a strong case for proving their point we see this more as a measure to increase pressure on gazprom in russia the e.u. says it wants cheaper gas and more players on the market but his strategy may have one crucial flaw i'm going they say sell our gas to another company when he goes to europe but that company must make a profit on the deal and that will immediately raise the price. analysts say the

being influenced by several anti russian hardliners many of whom are upset at missing out on the opportunity to take part in big energy ventures especially baltic nations which the north's three point line bypasses taking russian gas straight to germany instead of complaining experts say they could have moved on the world from with russia. lithuania is anti russian inertia will undermine their society politically and economically at the moment with when is pursuing a one dimensional policy that given the problems in the euro zone will live to regret and they did not pursue a more constructive policy with russia well gary for example signed a new deal with gazprom which will generate income and contribute to canonic stability emotions that are also running hoya. in sum to european politicians who want to end their reliance on russian gas disappoints efforts by moscow to diversify routes.

the european union. seem to think i think. we don't. we unfortunately. but with no immediate alternative to russian gas those stereotypes can only affect the long term relations between european energy markets and its biggest supply of the new bushel r.t. brussels. back with adeline's in a few minutes stay with us here on r.t. . if. you.

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