as of corporate marches in new york it's a fierce response from police as the protest rally makes its biggest push yet. and the occupy wall street movement gain support across the world with tens of thousands letting loose their anger against wealthy banks and bankers. ukraine's former prime minister feels a strong arm of the north after being sentenced to seven years for abuse of power and some decry a nation shattered democracy the noose is tightening still further she faces even more charges also. it was the seat because the to keep. it keep going because syria's president promises to be protesters

demands for the new constitution and multi-party elections as the number killed in the civil conflict rises to three thousand. with a look back at the past week's top stories and the latest developments this is r.t. dozens of arrests are made in new york as police move to contain what was thought to be the largest occupy wall street demonstration in the u.s. so far as thousands crowded into the iconic times square during the ongoing city can power against big banks that's already lasted almost five weeks you see coming off was there. 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 futile demonstration trying to take their message nationwide as other cities have

joined up in the protests now what we saw here was a massive standoff between the police and the protesters with all kinds of police officers out here riot police police on calvary 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 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 three of them i witnessed right here on forty seven forty six and seven to protestors and sitting down peacefully the police had to handcuff them slam them to the ground spend their bases 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 these quite extreme 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 baker march which was actually taking place on forty second street but the police again extremely tense extremely aggressive with the protesters at one point we saw a group of protesters reciting 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 capital. and that they think that you can follow the news he's twitter to get the latest on those demonstrations in the big apple they will say first time videos from times square and of course you can follow all correspondents try to call the politics. he greed

movement attracts more attention is reports of allegedly groundless arrests and merging in some particular more violence on the streets of american cities as the knowledge has spread from coast to coast there is going to be some kind of martyrdom in the near future we are going to see violence or rob 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 we you know but tahn you know on kero this is what the alternative media showcasing right now i mean 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. and not he spoke to los angeles based political program written by ok believes the protesters can bring change if they are given enough time i actually heard one of the protesters here your exact race that you've been here for

thirty days our government's been there for a few hundred years give us a chance to figure it out so i agree that it is an issue but i think that something bad as people spend more time in the open to meeting these profit it will come up with real workable solutions you know whether there's be the political will to deal with this you know it is still a problem but i do think that these people need time to figure out exactly how to solve these problems they're just now becoming aware of. how widespread the anger is how widespread the sort of unfairness it's. what started in wall street is now spread worldwide this weekend galvanized into action and one of the largest collective movements of its kind tens of thousands of spilled on the city streets across the world greed protesters have already taken hold in more than eighty countries with europe becoming one of the main targets of public fury against banks and politicians in rome riot police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse

volley crowds as the testers smashed bank windows and torched cars he's a smoker simply doing its bit sky near the coliseum and other parts of the city and british police thought it protesters efforts to set up camp outside the stock exchange in london several hundred activists heckled offices for preventing more people from joining the rally i mean scuffles broke out in front of the german parliament building when police removed demonstrators tents and school. systems are continuing to keep their eyes on how people are making their feelings felt around the world and you can follow them online. these people are on the streets of madrid today they believe that their voices are in fact the heart of demonstrations here in israel will continue to grow and sell the government meet faith demands the police have been trying to disperse the last few remaining hundred hardcore protesters. don't miss out on the scene reports from across the globe just click on to our website r.t. dot com. sponsored by growing poverty and

children feeling. anger is by their countries waiting for hours while cutting jobs and social spending people across the globe rise up against their government's economic policies follow the worldwide action against austerity live on park street . on thursday the struggling could breathe a sigh of relief as an evacuee one of its smallest members finally voted in favor of the expanded european bailout fund it was the only e.u. member still stalling eurozone plans when will make his reject the proposed on choose day in a vote that brought down the country's ruling coalition created four hundred forty billion euro rescue fund will now be able to offer cheap credit to beleaguered banks and buy up increasingly expensive sovereign debt. believes that slovakia's was forced into changing its mind. now isn't good enough no it's not acceptable in

the modern european union if you say no you are made to vote again until you get the right answer which gives you a true measure of what this project's really like you must understand that i've just been in this parliamentary chamber with mr barroso these people are absolutely intent of creating a united states of europe they don't care how many millions of people probably out of while it's crappy they don't care about the tide of human is misery look because they have got their political goals but the reality is that not only economically is this failing but politically it's failing what is the point actually of bailing these countries or what a lot of bailouts are these bailouts helping the people in greece and portugal are no they're not what they're actually doing is they're giving money to these countries to give back to our banks who over lent the money in the first place i mean the whole thing is mad what these countries need who are trapped inside this economic prison called the euro is they need to devalued. you're with r.t. and we've got plenty ahead for you this hour including. after the u.s.

claims that they uncovered an assassination plot by iran the report on how analysts who question the evidence and why to wrong would have a motive. first former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko feels the law was a secret just two days after being sentenced to seven years behind bars for abuses of power and gas deals she signed with russia a new set of fraud charges lined up against her and guilty verdict and international anger from russia the e.u. and the united states. 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 who supports us to go 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 court has ruled that the only of the do not of not to mention kill is guilty under article three six five hundred three of the criminal code of ukraine and sentence her to seven years imprisonment under nizer the right to work in civil service for three years just last year a team of 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. of marijuana retiring regime or its verdict taught 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 man and we have to protect ukraine again feel free to tarry in regime can 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 and we can look at see if the legitimate extreme control which remains in force which was never legally changed could become the reason. for their good decision. to greece today the e.u. also doubted president viktor yanukovych has 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 to potential membership the european union is some years away and i think we shouldn't pretend otherwise but we do wants the countries in

europe eastern 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 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 dirt 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 is back to quiet and normal again is unclear whether unity must and co say has been sealed as asteroids are now speculating that a presidential pardon is still

a possibility but these protesters here are determined to stay here shortlist another week in any case let's see russia's state party reporting from kiev in ukraine. well it was for their tempers ran high outside court off the unit i'm sure because guilty verdict was announced and of course for the like you got to just keep documented what happened right in the thick of it is pictures online of facebook dot com slash r t news footage of the angry response in here also on our you tube channel. but it seems it just still drama is all over the news of the moment later on our program will be finding out what e.u. regulators were looking for when they raided the european offices of the russian energy giant gazprom. but first moves towards reform has started in syria where a new constitution is being drafted for the months of government protests the draft is due to be complete within four months president assad has called for multi-party

elections in favor of the noise from protesters who've been on the streets since march this week tens of thousands of assad's supporters have been cheering in support of the government in the syrian capital the rest is claimed over three thousand lies with the u.n. warning that the country might be heading for a full blown civil war parties to syria spoke to people from both sides and senses this report. voices of support this law 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 stand where the fabric of their encounter with power let them gathered show their support for the government not to speak up part of the images have been seeing in other cities around the country where there have been reported clashes with me figuratively or for that i don't think of a protest about what i think it's about where this country political discourse is outside the tent city that shut out the very basic yet everybody.

her husband and young children one of many families who braved the heat enjoy the crowds in downtown. damascus was 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 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 progress and 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've never watched news i never cared you know i never never had any interest in politics but. i think most of us baby books watched news media articles and always want to know right now and

then you can have the right back around the issues of a kid i'm sure you can think i hear there are those like i knew i was saying we're no strangers to thinking aside 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 cordoning to dissent coalition activism has evolved in syria for me i feel that my voice goes further down back then it started with stating it acadian but i'm going to jail it here to get bad and no one would even know about it that his changed out the people and more politically aware hussein has been thrown in jail says he was tortured and finds himself constantly looking over his shoulder i knew i was detained for spreading the word on the violent crackdown and daraa but i feel like a coward if i didn't risk while life while those on the streets are doing so asking for the regime to fall the call staunchly opposed by those on the other side yes it

was you know it was to. me to get together with. you to think. while political curiosity and activism among syrians are growing whatever side of the divide there are people here say the future of their country is not state but all are adamant that future is firmly in their own hands. r.t. the mascot's. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has dismissed claims by washington that tehran plotted to assassinate the saudi arabian ambassador to the u.s. an american delegation is now heading to russia china and turkey to provide evidence to back up their suspicions washington has warned that it's committed to holding to roll into account iran says the claims are an attempt to isolate it from the international community within the country saying any u.s. action will not go unanswered. the more pressure that the united states tries to

impose are on iran the iranians will push back as well the united states is being out of the scientists iran has absolutely no motive to carry out such an operation if you run 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 way 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 saudi regime try to unite it's people against some theoretical hypothetical foreign enemy. in a few moments searching for a legend in siberia. thanks for saying chances are very high to me yet still do

their homework a letter or things discover some traces of things so let's go there. on watch for sasquatch the bigfoot hunters in siberia who say they've got big clues of the creature's existence. recent raids by e.u. regulators on the european offices of russian energy giant gazprom may force moscow to review supply deals to europe industry analysts say the searches were desperate to pressure russia to sell gas on better terms how do you tell your bushel went looking for the reasons behind the raids. this event still to be one reason behind the e.u. results goes from offices or the beginning of october european energy giants electricity to france and b a s if said to join russia stream pipeline to europe and the said to be the warrant for the bucco and e.u. banks rival their successors were both wrong 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 process 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 number that they say sell our gas to another company when it gets to europe but that company must make a profit on the deal and that will alleviate the raise the price of the e.u. . analysts say the being influenced by several anti russian hardliners many of whom are upset. missing out on the opportunity to take part in the game e.g. ventures is specially baltic nations which the north's three point one point for

the sake of russian gas straight to germany instead of complaining expose they could have moved on the world with russia. with the way it is and how russian inertia will undermine their society politically and economically at the moment when it 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 bulgaria for example found a new deal of gas problem which will generate income and contribute to canonic stability emotions that are also running high among some european politicians who want to end their reliance on russian gas at this point efforts by moscow to diversify routes. governments. seem to. think. all

fortunately in. all wars but with no immediate alternative to russian gas those stereotypes could only affect the long term relations between the european energy markets and its biggest supplier the new bushel of brussels prime minister putin paid a visit to beijing this weekend thing of the possible direction of his foreign policy should he be elected russia's next president is seven billion dollars worth of energy and technology trade deals were signed during the trip investment specialist francis lund believes that strengthening their ties could alter the axis of global politics and economy. the u.s. and europe. tried to go but it's really really think global politics that i think a china and russia can join to get to. wait and not let them dictate the. world of course in europe and you would not be happy in.

china and russia canpotex their strategic interests in political interests and would not let. this is very important for both countries. the connection between china and russia goes deeper than just economic deals as r.t. hears in the next hour from a veteran observer who explains the country's long held cultural ties. remember we've got all our top stories on our websites and here's what else we have for you to our team the calm president obama sends troops into central africa but there's concern that america's growing global military presence is turning into military pressure. then and russia's laws have been fine for drinking in public got out more about the run in the two look alike soup from inside a red square i've had with the police that's. what the anti felt.

in search of a legend a new quest to track down one of the world's most mysterious creatures is kicked off in siberia artie's maria from the ocean or join the expedition. the yeti also known as big food snowman whole sus quote has been exciting scientists and enthusiastic from all over the world for more than a century explorers have never had enough evidence to determine that this apparently gigantic creature is more than just a big legend these beautiful mountainous forests in russia siberia i remember a few places on earth thought to be roamed by yetis and this is where the scientists from around the globe have come for the largest expedition of its kind since the nineteenth fifties to sort out what's never been done before to finally

catch the creature. but first we go to get blessing from baselines indigenous inhabitants in the list their spiritual support. shaman and doesn't have any doubts i'm not shocking to tell you that actually yes exactly is encouraged we continue our journey the path goes through impassable tyga thicket in the hunt for the evidence every minor detail becomes important ranches twisted life it is believed to be a key clue to the other's existence the scientists say it could not have been down there anymore as they don't have hair and or fingers to do and humans cannot do this way either as they are just not strong enough to jeter we go into the forest

him also cold marco's we come across two cards in the middle of a virgin tiger forest are also high interest the participants of the expedition are saying it's not just falling trees the branches they say could have been cuttin this way deliberately someone. and now the stroke of luck i meet a local who says he saw a tall man like harry creech a nearby explorer saying cancer is a very high to me yet there were there in the cave. or at least discover some traces of this crater so let's go there and sure enough the clues emerge there is what seems to be. told here that this is just a bit of a pretty certainly not a bad as scientists agree while remaining cautious of jumping to conclusions this is a surface book in which for travelling and there's only one interesting mind you i'm

certain you are right there. on the right. foot playing hopscotch sure would like to see a left foot that's the left one has never been discovered and celebrations are put on hold these are the real thing or they're convenient crops to make a very good story but i wouldn't be quick to determine which of those two alternatives is the truth without further. study that will take a while could provide cost i run proof of the yet is existence but there are plenty here who want to be held in their breath. even if. they are alive x. will say that's a pathology or a mutation i think this could be explained by an impotent including financial impotence of the academic science. then bush is expected to have those involved go in in circles and so it seems that until concrete evidence is found the discovery

of big food remains a big feat. for quoting from siberia. when almost twenty eight minutes past the hour now in the russian capital about with a recap of this week's top stories in just a couple of minutes stay with us life here in the sky.

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