doesn't. work 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 campout against big banks that's already lasted almost five weeks lucy coming off was there. i'm here in times square in new york city where this was the scene of a massive standoff 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 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 have 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 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 two protesters were sitting down peacefully the police had a hand pump them slam them to the ground and their faces in the ground they were not moving not really resisting arrest so it's confusing why is that 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 could meet up with the bigger

march which is actually taking place on forty second street but the police again extremely tense extremely aggressive but 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 kaplan of. the you can follow the new shoes twitter feed to get the latest on those demonstrations and the big apple will so far have first hand videos from times square. of course you can follow other correspondents don't call them slush. anti greed movement attracts more attention is reports of allegedly groundless arrests in the bush and some predict that even more violence on the streets of american cities is possible as the marches 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 be you know but ton you know on kero 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. what started the more 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 fury against banks and politicians in rome rop police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent crowds of protesters smashed bank

windows and torched cars just like the same billowing into the sky near the coliseum and other parts of the city britain police forty protesters efforts to set up camp outside the stock exchange in london several hundred activists heckled offices to preventing more people from joining the rally in berlin scuffles broke out in front of the german parliament building when police removed demonstrators tents and food still correspondents are continuing to keep their eyes on how people . around the world you can follow them online. these people are on the streets of madrid today they believe that their voices aren't that hard demonstrations here in israel will continue to grow until the government makes a demands the police have been trying to disperse the last few remaining hundred hardcore protesters. don't miss our on scene reports from across the globe just click on to our website it is all. sponsored by growing poverty doesn't feel. anger is by the country's waiting for

hours while cutting jobs and social spending people across the globe lies against their government's economic policies follow the worldwide action against austerity live on our t.v. . 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 is the only e.u. member still stalling eurozone plans where norman has rejected the president's. 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 but it. believes that slovakia was forced into changing its mind. now 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've

just been 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 are chucked out of the unemployment scrap heap they don't care about the tide of humanism misery that 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 out what all the bailouts all these bailouts helping the people in greece and portugal are 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 countries need who are trapped inside this economic prison called the euro is they need to devalue. you with r.t. and we've got plenty ahead for you this hour after the u.s. claims that they uncovered in the nation by iran reported analysts have questioned

the evidence and why tehran would have a motive. still to come in the meantime former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko feels the laws icy grip just two days after being sentenced to seven years behind bars for abuses of power and gas deal she signed with russia a new set of fraud charges lined up against the guilty verdict 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 court this week where former prime minister yulia timoshenko was awaiting the verdict over her alleged shady dealings in 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 orange 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 naked

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 judge's controversial verdict is what the court has ruled that the demand of not to mention too is guilty under article three six five pounds three of the criminal code of ukraine and sentences her to seven years imprisonment and denies of the right to work in civil service for three years just last year and 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 go was furious. now with the retiring regime or it's not it will stop me the trial showed that the constitution and justice had been trampled under throughout i urge you to begin the struggle it's a very difficult and important moment you have to protect ukraine against the authoritarian

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. that the legitimate. contract which remains in force which was never legally challenged. could be. the reason. for the good decision. which took place today the e.u. also doubted president viktor yanukovych was 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 know to get closer to europe not just in terms of membership but 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 dare 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 much sank or space 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 for at least another week in any case let's see russia ski party reporting from kiev in ukraine

. but as we saw that tempers run high outside court after you need to machine because guilty verdict was announced a correspondent alexy in a shop ski who just saw there documented what happened right in the thick of it and his pictures are online at facebook dot com slash news and also we footage of the angry response and you tube channel. and it seems. all over the news at the moment on our program we find out what regulators were looking for when they raided the european offices of russian energy giant. moves towards reform of started in syria where a new constitution is being drafted following months of anti-government protest the draft is due to be complete within four months president assad has called for multi-party elections in february of two months from protesters in the streets since march this week tens of thousands of assad's supporters have been cheering in

support of the government and the syrian capital displayed over three thousand lives with the u.n. warning that the country might be heading for a full blown civil war ots to sort of speak to people from both sides and so just this was. voices of support was and continuing dissent some and in deadly clashes polar opposites in their demands but in some way united by a newfound zeal to take a stand for here the fact that the syrian capital was gathered at the show their support for the government is going up far cry from the images we've been seeing in other cities in the country where there have been reporting watches with a security force has ever had any government protests isha however why would they get so far about where in this country was because of course in the tightly shut circle that was the very way for you that everybody was oh oh her husband and young children were one of many families who braved the heat and joy the crowds in

downtown damascus on friday 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 and say since when do you know about politics what do you know there are divisions among family members some are pro a side 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 watch news. macare you know i never never had any interest in politics but. i think most of us made it books watched news bit odd to close in on facebook with the no one pick up and then you have the right back around and all the issues about your country you can't

think of her. yet 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 and what he calls a repressive regime and today facebook is one of his main tools in coordinating dissent coalition activism has evolved in syria for me i feel that my voice goes further now back then it started with stating an opinion that i'm going to jail that hitting a dead 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'd 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 yet if it was. me to get the job. you think. while 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. that's our cilia r.t. damascus. iranian president muck with an adventure and 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 tehran to account but iran says the claims are an attempt to isolate it from the international community and those within the country say any u.s. action will more go unanswered. the more pressure that the united states tries to impose upon 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 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 route the saudi regime he tried he united people against some theoretical pipe pathetically 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 it is done a bushel when looking for the reasons behind the raids. this event 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 said to join russia sell stream pipeline to europe said to be the death warrant for the bucco an e.u. bugs rival their success of a golf ball tore through long 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 renegotiate any contracts brussels must prove irregularities in its deals with gazprom to 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 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 e.u. homes pay analysts say the being influenced by several and to russian hardliners many of whom are upset about missing out on the opportunity to take part in big energy ventures especially baltic nations which the north stream pipeline point policies taking russian gas straight to germany instead of complaining gas expose say they could have moved on the world with russia mashing all lithuania's and our russian inertia will undermine their society politically and economically at the moment little when he is pursuing a one dimensional power. they say that given the problems in the euro zone will live it regretting it did not perceive a more constructive policy with russia for example signed a new deal with gazprom 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 despite efforts by moscow to diversify routes. governments the european union. into staying thinkable in the we don't. all. fortunately. the cold war 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. to libya now where 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 injured in gun battles with gadhafi supporters after an attempt to raise the ousted

regime's green flank on a city rooftop and even the town of sirte gadhafi lot is not the fierce counterattack forcing about revolutionary fighters he's been trying to take control of those key strongholds for a month now in t.c. says it will only declare full liberation once things but this one general's son in the south told r.t. that the scene at all means ignoring the line even. 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 hold a basis on which nato imposed a no fly zone at the beginning of this conflict was precisely to defend civilians against a 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 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 standards what's happening in libya now is going to be a war crime the attack it 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 allow the civilians to flee and they're not and they're not doing this. time now to update you on some other international developments international headlines now in our world update israel has published a list of the palestinians to be freed in exchange of a country soldier gilad shalit in its modern historic prisoner swap with the most of them are to be released on tuesday while the rest will be freed in december and last leader has said no agreements been reached with israel on the date of when the soldier will be handed over who's expected to be returned home during the first

phase of the swap. the worst flooding in thailand for half a century that's left almost three hundred people dead is continuing to recover heavy downpours and overflowing rivers have destroyed more than seven hundred thousand homes and ancient buddhist temples countries capital bangkok has been ordered filed with defense walls water pumps and canals as more rain is predicted. in search of a new legend a new quest to track down one of the world's most mysterious creatures is kicked off in siberia artie's where if an ocean joined the expedition. the yeti also known as big food manhole sus quote has been exciting scientists and enthusiasts from all the world for more than a century but 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 are among the

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 set out what's never been done before to finally catch the creature. but first we go to get blessing from baselines indigenous inhabitants and a lister spiritual support. shaman a dashed doesn't have any doubts i'm not sure i can tell you that but yes he does exist encouraged we continue our journey the path goes through impassable target thicket in the hunt for the evidence every minor detail becomes important ranch is twisted like this is believed to be a key clue to the his existence the scientists say it could not have been done by

enemies as they don't have heads of fingers to do and humans cannot do it this way either as they are just not strong enough to do evil we go into the forest to more so-called markers we come across to the guards in the middle of the virgin tiger forest are also high interest the participants of the expedition are saying it's not just wind falling trees the branches they say could have been put in this way deliberately by someone and other stroke of luck we meet a local who says he saw a tall man like harry creature nearby thanks for saying it. there's a very high to me to get over there in the cave and shelter or at least discover some traces of this creature so let's go there. and sure enough the clues emerge there is what seems to be needed told me feel like you've been busy just for the pretty certainly not a bad the scientists agree while remaining cautious of jumping to conclusions but

this is a beautiful surface book in which we're tracking it and there's only one interesting line here i'm certain that you are right there is no right. bigfoot playing hopscotch should like to see a left foot. best the left one has never been discovered and celebrations are put on hold these are the real thing or they're convenient props to make a very good story but i wouldn't be quick to determine which of those two alternatives is the truth without further. the study that'll take a while could provide cost iran proof of the yet is existence but there are plenty here who want to be held in their breath. even if you bring them snow men dead or alive the skeptics 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. expedition seems to have those involved going in

circles and so it seems that until concrete evidence is found the discovery of big food remains a big feet. reported from siberia. twenty seven minutes past the hour here in the russian capital i'll be back with a recap of our top stories about three minutes from now stay with us life here in moscow.

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to do for. months cope. with the twenty four hours a day this is the times you've made new stores this. is a new york me to face response from police is the protest rally makes its biggest push yet. the new york movement gained support across the world with tens of thousands letting loose that anger against banks and banks has. ukraine's former prime minister fills a strong all of the lore up to being sentenced to seven news for abuse of power to some to call a nation shot to democracy the noose is tightening still further she faces even more challenges. syria's president promises to meet the test as the mall with a new key.