as you call promoters in new york meet a fierce response from police as the protest rally makes its biggest push yet. and the occupy wall street movement gained support across the world with tens of thousands letting loose their anger against wealthy banks and bankers. crane's former prime minister feels a strong arm of the door after being sentenced to seven years for abuse of power but it's something crime nation is sure to democracy the noose is tightening still further as she faces even more charges also. keep people keep. looking syria's president promises to meet protesters demands with a new constitution

a multi-party elections plus the number of killed in the civil conflict rises to three thousand. with an attack at the past week's top stories and the latest developments this is r.t. could have you with us this hour dozens of arrests are made in new york because police moved to contain what was thought to be the largest occupy wall street demonstration in the u.s. so far but says thousands crowded into the iconic times square during the ongoing city come out against big banks that's already lost almost five weeks. and i 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 are here on a peaceful demonstration trying to take their message nationwide as other cities

have joined in the protests now what we saw here was a massive standoff between the police and the protesters we saw all kinds of police officers out here riot police police on calvary and 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 to a 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 three of them i witnessed right here on forty seven forty six and seven two protesters were sitting down peacefully the police had handcuffs them slammed them to the ground bam their faces and 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 is actually taking place on forty second street but the police again extremely tense extremely aggressive with the protesters 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 if it's a foreigner who she's trying to feed to get the latest on those demonstrations and of the couple and where you can also find a first time videos from toys. swearin you can follow all of our other correspondents at twitter dot com specialty. the anti greed movement attracts more attention is reports of allegedly groundless arrests in the edge and some predict that even more violence on the streets of american cities as

the marches spread from coast to coast there is going to be some kind of martyrdom in the near future we're 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 in a city an age when a and b. you know but tonga you know on here oh 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 the evolution of 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 he spoke in los angeles based political blogger. who believes the protesters can bring change if they are given enough time. i actually heard one of the protesters here you're exactly right he said we've been here 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 it's

something that as people spend more time in the open competing in these troubled times they were able to come up with real workable solutions now where there's the the political will to deal with those you know 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 and it's. what started them all street is now spread worldwide this weekend galvanized into action in one of the largest collective movements of its kind tens of thousands of spilled on to city streets across the world protests have already taken hold in more than eighty countries with europe becoming one of the main targets of public theory against banks and politicians. in rome right police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent crowds tessa's smashed bank windows and torched cars. the same billowing

into the sky in the coliseum and other parts of the city in britain police want to protest as efforts to set up camp outside the stock exchange in london several hundred activists heckled officers for preventing more people joining the ranks in berlin scuffles broke out in front of the german parliament building when police removed demonstrators tents and food street correspondents 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 who are on the streets of madrid today they believe that their voices are in fact being hurt the demonstrations here in israel will continue to grow until the government meet the monster that police have been trying to disperse the last few remaining hundred hardcore protesters. on the scene reports from across the globe that would have to do is just click onto our web sites online all the time all the t.v. . sponsored by throwing poverty into.

angers by their countries ways in florida as well cutting jobs and social spending and people across the globe can rise up against their government's economic policies follow the worldwide actions against austerity live on our country. on thursday the struggling could breathe a sigh of relief as slovakia 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 lawmakers rejected the proposal on tuesday in a vote that brought down the two countries you really coalition rated four hundred forty billion euro rescue fund will now be able to offer cheap credit to beleaguered banks and increasingly expensive suffering that this european nigel farage believes that slid back it was forced into changing its mind. no isn't good enough no is 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 just read in this parliamentary chamber with mr barroso these people are absolutely intent on creating a united states of europe they don't care how many millions of people unemployment scrapie they don't care about the tide of human is miserable because they have got their political goals but the reality is that not only economically is this failing book politically it's failing what is the point actually of bailing these countries or one of the bailouts all these bailouts helping the people in greece and portugal are to know who they are not what they're actually doing is they giving money to these countries to give back to our banks who were lent the money in the first place i mean the whole thing is what these countries need who are trapped inside this economic prison called euro is they need to devalued. it with r.t. and we got plenty more ahead this hour after the u.s.

claims that they are covered in an assassination plot by iran. this question the evidence of why ted rowlands would have a motive. for the system to come back to boots gunrunning trial starts in new york here in suggesting that america's determination to convict al ways the evidence we need a fair hearing is unlikely. former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko feels the law's icy grip 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 against her the guilty verdict drew 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 supporters 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 rings revolution in 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 both sides in the dispute up of the main drama was inside the court especially after the judge's country is what the court has ruled that the demand of not to mention to you is guilty under article three six five pounds three of the criminal code of ukraine and sentences her to seven years imprisonment under nizer the right to work in civil service for three years just last year e.g. the shanker 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. the

recounting regime or its not equal stop me the trial showed that the constitution and justice had been trampled underfoot i urge you to begin the struggle it's a very difficult and important moment you have to protect ukraine against terry and regime don't give up. the prosecution claimed she abused power while citing gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine the accusation has raised eyebrows and moscow which insists the contracts were completely legitimate and we cannot accept that the legitimate eckstein contract which remains in force which was never legally challenged. could be. the reason. for the good decision. was that 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 once the countries in europe cease to neighborhood to get questions here 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 a machine called two days after the verdict was announced accusing her of shifting her own dinner to russia's defense ministry on to 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 the simmering tension in central kiev is back to quiet and normal again there

is unclear whether unity mustang cost place has been sealed as experts are now speculating that a presidential pardon is still a possibility but these protesters here are determined to stay here shortly so in other week in any case let's see russia ski party reporting from kiev in ukraine. but as we saw the tempers run high outside court all the year to michel because guilty verdict was announced and of course part of the next year or so to give it documented what happened right in the thick of it these pictures are online and facebook dot com slash news we have footage of that angry response in here you tube channel as well. but it seems got. still drawbar is all over the news of the moment later in the program we find out what the regulators were looking for when they raided the european offices of russian energy giant gazprom. the story still to come for you but first moves towards reform have started in

syria where a new constitution is being drafted following months of anti-government protests the draft is due to be complete within four months president assad has called for multi-party elections in february after demands from protesters to people in the streets since march this week tens of thousands of assad's supporters have been cheering in support of the government in syria. the spade of the three thousand lines with the u.n. warning but the country might be ready for food blown civil war to test a serious spoke to people from both sides and since it's this report. a voice 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 where the fact that the syrian conflict well our lives have gathered show their support for the government is going to look far for b.m. it has been seeing in other cities that

a country where there have been reported was little if the kurdish north of that was a government protagonist however what they get about where in this country was the forces outside the city i suppose that was the very basic idea that everybody was. allowed her husband and young children were one of many families to brave the heat and joy the crowds in downtown damascus but 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 insane since when do you know about polish. chicks want to you know carry divisions among family members some are pro west side some are anti but that's how it ends. it appears that apathy is becoming less of an option for citizens of the nation now under intense international scrutiny i never watch news

i never cared you know i never i never had any interest in politics but. i think most of us read it books to watch the news media articles and always want to go on and on and then you have the right back around and other issues about your country you can think of. if there are those like the new i who sing 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 courteney 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 that is going to jail but hitting it bad and no one would even know about it that has changed now that people are more politically aware 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 why 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. because you can. get to think. what political career you also be 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. that's our cilia r.t. damascus. egypt's military rulers have this week issued a decree. banning all forms of discrimination that's after the worst violence there since the february revolution which toppled president mubarak more than twenty five people were killed and hundreds injured in clashes between coptic christians and security forces in current military vehicles were seen charging through the crowds while troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas and it started as

a peaceful demonstration for justice after attacks on christian churches by use of an extremist state get blamed the christian protesters despite witnesses say that unconnected troublemakers with the highly violence police protocol sherry's says the country's military rule is a state gauging the religious and. this is a very cynical attempt by the defacto 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 and overturn institutionalized discrimination that still residue from them time of war and his policies what we are facing is a popular uprising that was a poor aborted by a military coup leaving 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 don't seem to have enough authority to control the emergency situation in egypt so that void within that vacuum i anything is possible at the moment. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has dismissed claims by washington that iran plotted to assassinate the saudi arabian ambassador to the u.s. an american delegation is now heading to russia china and turkey to revive those stupid back up their suspicions washington as well that it's committed to holding terror to account but iran says the claims are an attempt some isolate it from the international community and those within the country say if you knew any u.s. action gave you a lot to go one says is that a naturalized in the more pressure that the united states tries to impose our pani iran the iranians will push back as well the united states is being utterly 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 can be carried out much easier why would you run want to create extra sensitivity with the united states third 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 so it is the economic hardship that people are facing its decline in the middle east it helps israel come out of isolation it helps the saudis return saudi regime he tried the united states bully get some theoretical hypothetical foreign enemy. 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 a desperate act to pressure russia to sell gas on better terms. went looking for the reasons behind the raids. this event still to be one reason behind the e.u.

results goes from offices of the beginning of october european energy giants electricity to france and b a s f i said to join russia sell stream pipeline to europe and they're said to be the this warrant for the blue co and e.u. bugs rival their success of. cloth wrong last 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 be negotiated any contracts process must prove irregularities in its deals with gazprom the european subsidiaries and that seems unlikely but nobody really believes that that he 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 this strategy may have one crucial flaw number that they say sell our gas another company when it gets to

europe but that company must make a profit on the deal and that will immediately raise the price of the e.u. hones pay analysts say the being influenced by several anti russian hardliners many of whom are upset that missing out on the opportunity to take part in energy ventures is pushing the baltic nations which the north stream point followed by a policy sake of russian gas straight to germany instead of complaining gas expose they could have moved on the world with russia matching and if one is anti russian inertia will undermine their society politically and economically at the moment when is pursuing a one demand. policy that given the problems in the euro zone will leave it regretting it did not pursue a more constructive policy with russia for example signed a new deal with gazprom which will generate income and contribute to a canonic stability emotions that's also running high among some european politicians who want to end their reliance on russian gas despite efforts by moscow

to diversify routes. governments. seem to think we have thinkable. all we unfortunately. there. was no immediate alternative to russian gas those stereotypes could only affect the long term relations between the european energy markets and it's because supply of the new bush will see brussels prime minister putin paid a visit to beijing this weekend thing at the possible direction of his foreign policy should he be elected russia's next president seven billion dollars worth of energy and technology trade deals with sign during the trip that's considerations for us as one believes that strengthening their ties could alter the axis of global politics and economy the u.s. and europe join together is really dominating global politics they think of china

and russia can join to go to. wait and not the dictate the agenda around the world of course in europe. not be happy when he was sent to asia i think china and russia can pose this for teaching interest in political interest there and would not let america cool misstating polls from afghanistan this is very important for both countries. the connection between china and russia goes deeper than just economic deals salatin his later this hour from a veteran observer and explains the country's long held cultural ties. to be in a civil war is still a reality the national transitional government has faced new resistance in tripoli this week for the first time since the capital was taken in august several were injured in gun battles with gadhafi supporters after an attempt to raise the else

had visions green flag on a city rooftop over in the town of sirte gadhafi loyalists mounted a fierce counterattack forcing the fighters who've been trying to take control of the colonel's key stronghold for months now and to see says if you could play a full liberation front so. the genocide in the south told r.t. that pursuing that goal means ignoring the high human cost. of what's happening in sirte is really quite shocking i mean if you 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. a 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 was precisely to defend the billion against military attack 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 yourself where is nato now right 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 on a reemergence of a double standard what's happening in libya now is is to going to be a war crime if our concert is a war crime and i think that has to stop 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 out of civilians to flee and they're not and they're not doing that. the trial of the russian businessman victim who took used of illegal arms sales got underway in new york this week he was arrested in thailand three years ago and extradited to the us in twenty ten if found guilty of trafficking weapons he could face life behind bars and syndicate of the new student believes america is determined to get boots sentence which means he has little chance of a trial even though the evidence against him is thin. the united states government

is going to have a very very hard time proving moving tribute is guilty and very difficult 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 the most who is here say most of what he showed since he said she said about things which no one has ever seen and this is something that again unfortunately the team representing him right now was not 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 to you how can we get a fair trial the united states government is not everything in their power to bring him to the united states after two years of trial and another total not on trial in the united states only trial would win and embarrass the united states i don't think it's going to happen. well that's a brings up a plate full of money i'll be back with a recap of our top stories very shortly don't go away this is all t. life here in moscow.

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