anti-corporate protests in new york face 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 lash out over being the broad cuts while the banks continue to profit. ukraine's former prime minister faces new charges soon after being sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing her power when citing gas still look at russia. plus signs of change in the face of a civil war syria's president promises a new constitution as the number killed in the drawn out conflict exceeds three

thousand. noon in moscow i match reza good to have you with us as we bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week that was here on our team tens of thousands of people out of hundreds of cities across the globe have been venting their fury against what they see as the greed of the big banks and the debt management inflicted by their governments inspired by the occupy wall street movement in manhattan protester cold in europe asia and around the u.s. with some turning violent in new york there were dozens of arrests as police moved in to contain the rally or he's losing count of has more from times square. 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 peaceful 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 standoff between the police and the protesters we saw all kinds of police officers out here riot police police on calgary we saw in fact here at city police counterterrorism unit officers which was very confusing for the crowd again this was a peaceful demonstration several thousand protesters have marched here when we came here down to about forty six street we were essentially blocked off by the n.y.p.d. corralled in an area we 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 to protesters and sitting down peacefully the police said handcuff them slammed them to the ground then their faces in the ground 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 got extremely tense

when the police officers doubled up the barricades we were prevented from moving left or right we couldn't go up or down we couldn't 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 we saw a group of protesters reciting of 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 catherine. well it started in wall street spread worldwide this weekend europe's major cities saw hundreds of thousands echo the protest against the government's austerity measures in a row riot police used tear gas and water cannons after

a violent protesters hijacked a peaceful demonstration smashing back windows unfortunate part of smoke were seen in a building near the coliseum and other parts of the city in britain police in london forded protesters efforts to set up a camp outside the stock exchange several hundred activists have told officers for preventing that more people from joining the rally in berlin scuffles broke out outside the german bundestag when police removed demonstrators tents and foodstuffs . arky correspondents are watching developments in europe's hotspots you can follow them online. the police have been trying to disperse the last few remaining hundred holland school process says these people who are on the streets out madrid today they believe that their place is hard and that the watch are on the spot reports here it's toppled by logging on to our web site r.t. dot com the. public fury over what's being thought of as corporate gluttony looks set to grow even further for some that means more of violence may

also be likely there is going to be some kind of martyrdom in the near future we are going to see violence are rough 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 be you know but ton to you on 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. commentary from blogger christopher greene well earlier i spoke with an occupy wall street activist in the u.s. who tells us it's high time for changes to how major corporations are treated because she says people's patience is running out right we're placing valid the united states is a critical situation that bankers inflation political appointments are

truly driving the country there are signs there inflating layout pollak their friends and that's why we're out on the streets all over america after the failure to do its own corruption and graft within the business community get on with it 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 all of 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 here more greedy pigs that are taking billions for their personal wealth and don't care when we have homeless all over the world that we have kids don't have a good education that we have road sort of and we have to green the pigs at the trough just keep sucking up more and more billions of dollars just for their pockets. our correspondents are continuing to keep their eyes on how people are

making their feelings felt around the world the latest tweets from marcie's music out in new york says people are continuing their downtown demonstrations and the police have stopped journalists over filming. the pain is not over for former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko new charges have been raised against her only two days after being sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing power and gas deals with russia her convictions through international condemnation from russia the u.s. and the e.u. artie's alexei arshad ski has more from here. judgment day for ukraine's democracy that was how some dubbed events in a key of court this week where former prime minister yulia timoshenko was awaiting the verdict over her a legit shady dealings in a gas deal with russia her 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 shango a 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 herschel verdict is what the good has ruled that julia commission can is guilty under three six five three of the criminal code of ukraine and sentences have to seven years imprisonment and the nice of the right to hold positions in government for three years just last year to a shank it 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. with only carrying regime arithmetic to tell me the trial showed that the constitution

and justice had been trampled underfoot i need you to begin the struggle it's a very difficult and important moment 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 we cannot accept that a legitimate. contract which remains in force which was never legally challenged. could become the reason. for the good decision. which took place today the e.u. also doubted president's victory on the coach's 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 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 yanukovych to come here on the twentieth of october 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 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 simmering tension in central kiev it is back to quiet and normal again it is unclear where the unity must and course fate has been sealed as experts are now

speculating that a presidential pardon is still have possibility but these protesters here i did tell him to stay here for at least another week in any case let's see russia state party reporting from kiev in ukraine. as alexei reported tempers ran a high outside before the judge read out the gym ashame cosentino is a documented what happened right in the thick of the crowd his pictures all online facebook dot com slash news and is also putting your response and yet on our. violence toward syria's slow move toward reform has taken a step closer this week and president assad started the process of drafting a new constitution within the next four months it's been one of the key demands of anti-rejection protests that have been arranging since march claiming more than three thousand rides you were in ruins the country might be headed toward a full blown civil war assad still enjoys the backing though with tens of thousands rally in support of the governor missing the top of this week o'keefe test or so

you spoke with people on both sides and filed this report on the last. voices of support. and continuing dissent some ended in deadly clashes polar opposites and their demands but in some way united by a newfound zeal to take a stance per year the fact that the period after it was that gathered show their support for the government i didn't think was not part of the images we've been seeing in other cities in the country where there have been reporting laughed at me for thirty plus i think about eleven minutes has a list of about one thing it's really about where in this country illegally the forces outside think that's a. very basic you every night. her husband and young children one of many families who braved the heat to enjoy the crowds in downtown damascus. 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 pro this president. ever since most people started revealing their. well stands 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 progress time some are anti but that's how it is. it appears that apathy is becoming less of an option for citizens of a nation now under intense international scrutiny i 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 always want to go on and this is we have the right back around the issues about your country if you think. you have there are those like you who are hussein who are no strangers to picking

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 coordinating dissent catalyst 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 it had a good bed and no one would even know about it that has changed now that people are more politically aware that hussein 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 by a 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 yet everybody was asking. me to get on with. the fight. for political curiosity and 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. does arsenal r.t. the. mascot's in libya's civil war is more of a reality than a threat resistance against the 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 gadhafi supporters and former rebels after an attempt to raise the ousted regimes green flag over inserts get off the loyalist mounted a fierce counterattack forcing back revolutionary fighters who were trying to take control of the for those in the remaining stronghold for a month now the national transitional council says the only to their own liberation of one so called but investigative journalist simon tells our t.v. that pursuing that goal means ignoring the high human costs. 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 see is a full scale assault. 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 imposed the no fly zone at the beginning of the from fixed let's precisely to defend civilian against military attacks and 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 where is nato now why is nato not saying these are civilians under attack by a military force we have to stop 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 time that what's happening in libya now is he going to be a war crime if it is a will cry and i think that has to stop immediately has to be

a 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 flee and they're not and they're not doing that. stay with us here on r t still to come the businessman behind bars if there was a running trial starts in new york week your opinion is suggesting america's determination the airwaves the evidence be a fair hearings like what's. worked for you was chaos for russia's gas problem but this european officer or whether it's stoking fuel for action. but first russia and china's relations got a seven billion dollar boost this week and huge trade deals come during prime minister putin this visit to beijing the first since declaring her run for president next year investment specialist francis lund believes strengthening their ties could pave the way for a new axis of global economic influence the u.s. and europe. this really told me anything global politics and i think that china and

russia can join to get to. wait and not let them dictate the. world. and you would not be happy i don't think we'll be a political power we've probably be a economic power because india is china's no really get even. with china they have been essentially. china and russia this for teaching interest and political interest and would not let i'm going. to mount mistaking i do this is very important for countries. the connection between china and russia goes deeper than only economic deals r.t. here is later this hour from a veteran observer explaining the country's long held cultural ties.

trial of russian businessman and suspected arms dealer victor boot got underway in new york this week he's accused of trafficking weapons to terrorists and those arrested in thailand three years ago before being extradited to the u.s. in two thousand and ten if they could face life behind bars investigative journalist daniel as still and believes america's determination and means boot has little chance of a fair trial even though the evidence against him is thin the united states government is going to a very very hard time proving that their job is guilty it is going to very difficult time making the label of merchant of death stick in the court of law and unfortunately for the united states government there is very little verifiable evidence they will be able to present the most which is hearsay most of what he should say it's he said she said about things which no one has ever seen and this is something that again unfortunately the book you were presenting right now was and is 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 how can we get a fair trial well 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 up on trial in the united states only to have women embarrass the united states i don't think it's going to happen u.s. officials are scrambling to clarify their claims of what they call terrorist plot by iran today america said it had uncovered an iranian government plan to assassinate the saudi arabia saudi arabian ambassador to the u.s. delegation is now headed to russia china and turkey to provide evidence backing up the suspicions tehran denies the accusations the washington says it is committed to hold in the country palatable those within iran say the u.s. action headed their way won't go unanswered. the more pressure that the united states tries to impose upon iran the iranians will push back as well. as being 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 would 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 way away from its problems such as the economic hardship that people are facing is declining in the middle east it helps israel come out of isolation it helps the saudis the saudi regime tried united against some theoretical hypothetical foreign enemy. today on our team we document the chase to capture and kill the world's most notorious drug lord. the longest b j how did she strike. she was trying still that's great it's. what sprung the traps they laid for him. from the raid you would have the the surge walks around the.

always feel like you've always missed. one shot trying to take. out the global drug industry's godfather became the most once a trophy of the world's nazi hunters. pablo escobar to grace hunt and parties. well just when europe supplies of russian gas started warming up a chill set in with e.u. regulators rating gazprom as european offices moscow says it could be forced to review its energy cooperation with the e.u. which could prove a major setback in europe getting the fuel it needs are his daniel bushell reports . this event still to be one reason behind the e.u. raids on gazprom offices and the beginning of october european energy giants electricity to france and b a s f said to join russia sell stream pipeline to

europe and they're said to be the this world for the bucco and e.u. pipes rival their successive. thong miles and the commission for example it's a 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 the e.u. 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 it gets to europe with that company must make a profit on the deal and that will immediately raise the price of the ag. analysts say the being influenced by several anti russian hardliners many of whom are upset

about missing out on the opportunity to take part in big energy ventures is pushing the baltic nations which the north's three point line bypasses say conversion gas straight to germany instead of complaining gas expose say they could have moved on the world with russia. with the way he is and how russian inertia will undermine their society politically and economically at the moment little one is pursuing a one dimensional policy that given the problems in the euro zone will leave it regretting it did not pursue a more constructive policy with russia noguera for example signed a new deal with gazprom which will generate income and contribute taken up next ability emotions that are also running hoyer among. some european politicians who want to end their reliance on russian gas this point efforts by moscow to diversify routes. the

european union. seem to think thinkable. russian gas. unfortunately. which with no immediate alternative to russian gas those stereotypes could only affect the long term relations between the european energy markets and its biggest supply of the new bushel brussels. out of some other stories making headlines across the globe israel has published a list of palestinians to be released as part of a historic prisoner swap with hamas which will see israeli soldier gilad shalit returning home president shimon peres will sign pardons for a thousand people all together half of them due for release later sunday the rest will be freed in december. will be returned home tuesday after being held captive by hamas for five years. thailand is a corrected by the worst flooding in almost half a century we nearly three hundred people confirmed dead in the disaster about

lasted for two months more rain predicted later sunday in many regions including the capital bangkok authorities say the city of twelve million it won't be severely affected by the flooding as specially installed flood barriers are holding strong still the city has been put on high alert. be back with headlines shortly stay with us here on alt.

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