multiparty elections as the number killed of the civil conflict rises now to three thousand. welcome it's nine pm sunday night here in moscow you're watching the weekly here on our team around to put the top stories for the last seven days with me kevin know it and first 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 but says thousands crowded into the iconic times square during the ongoing city campaign against big banks that's already lasted for almost five weeks while our correspondent on the scene has been updating us on the latest reports now she's artie's lucy cough an elf. 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 calvary and we saw in fact new 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 at reportedly by the police department there was approximately seventy arrests three of them i witnessed right here on forty seven forty sixth and seventh two protesters were sitting down peacefully the police had to handcuff them slam them to the ground slam 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 a 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 but the protesters have 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 well the antique remove the trucks were attention is reports of allegedly groundless arrests and some predict to you who violence on the streets of american cities is the munches spread from coast to

coast. there is going to be some kind of martyrdom in the near future we're 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 b. you know what thailand you know on here oh this is what the alternative media 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 so what started a war six now spread worldwide this week can galvanize into action in one of the largest collective movements of its kind tens of thousands of spilled on to city streets across the world and the great protests have already taken hold in more than eighty countries with europe becoming one of the main targets for a public fury against banks and politicians let's take a look at them in rome riot police there used tear gas and water cannon to dispose

of violent crowds as protesters smashed bank windows and torched cars plumes of smoke were seen billowing into the sky near the coliseum in other parts of the city trouble two of britain there police thoughted 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 and berlin didn't escape either scuffles broke out in front of the german parliament building when police removed demonstrators tents and food stalls we've got correspondents continue to keep their eyes on how people are making their feelings felt around the world you can keep up to date with them what they see as they report it online. these people who are on the streets of madrid today they believe that their voices are in fact being heard the demonstrations here in israel will continue to grow until the government meet their demands the police have been trying to disperse the last few remaining hundred hardcore protesters. and well don't miss our own scene reports from around

the globe just. called a website saying dot com. sponsored by growing poverty and unemployment. anger is by the country's waging fallen as well cutting jobs and social spending people across the globe rise up against their government's economic policies follow the worldwide action against austerity night on cartoon. on thursday the struggling you breathe a sigh of relief here one of its smallest members finally voted in favor of the expanded european bailout fund it was the only member still stalling euro zone plans when lawmakers rejected a proposal on tuesday in a vote that brought down the country's ruling coalition the upgraded four hundred forty billion euro rescue fund will now be able to offer cheap credit to beleaguered banks and increasingly expensive sovereign debt british m.p. nigel farage believes that slovakia was forced into changing its mind. you know

isn't good enough no is not acceptable in the modern european union if you say no you're 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 train but with mr barroso these people are absolutely intent on creating a united states of europe where they don't care how many millions of people are chucked out of the unemployment strappy 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 the 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'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 we use countries only who are trapped inside this economic prison called the euro is they need to devalued. this is r.t.

we have of course and i've got plenty more for you this hour plenty of time for that after the u.s. claims that they've uncovered an assassination plot by a rand we've got a report for you on how analysts who question the evidence and why so rather whatever motive in the first place to try and dig into that story a bit for you. before the 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 deals that you sound is russia now a new set of fraud charges lined up against the guilty verdict the international anger from russia the e.u. and the united states in the week. 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 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 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. the court has ruled that the demand of an attention to is guilty under article three six five pounds three of the criminal code of ukraine and sentences her to seven years imprisonment under noise of the right to work in civil service for three years just last year 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 its verdict 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 we 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 of accept the legitimate. contract which remains in force which was never. used. could become the reason. for the good decision. which took place 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 seems to know to get closer to 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. to come here on the twenty eighth 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 death 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 it is back to quiet and normal again it is unclear whether unity much sankoh say 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 party reporting from kiev in ukraine. well as going see their tempers were really high outside court after you left him a shank is guilty verdict was announced in our correspondent documented exactly what out there was what the thick of it we got more pictures to show you facebook dot com slash r t news and we've also got the footage of the angry response if you haven't a you tube channel for you too. it seems if gas deal drummer is all over the news at the moment later in our program tonight we find out what e.u. regulators were looking for when they raided the european offices of the russian energy giant gazprom. next though nato forces in kosovo have delivered an ultimatum to ethnic serbs manning the barricades at the border crossing the region's breakaway north and they've ordered to remove the of structures monday or

peacekeepers will step in and clear the road themselves the serbs complain that they've been given too little time to comply the road blocks of no been in place for nearly a month set up in protest at nato any forces taking over the checkpoint and allowing kosovo customs officers to be placed in there late last month you may recall some of the barricades were bulldozed resulting in violence with peacekeepers using rubber bullets and tear gas than against the serbs natives actions would be legitimate if not for the fact that they also serve the interests of course of an official says nicola tenacity he's a political analyst for the magazine new serbian political thought who spoke to me . legally they do have a right to as they say. they see it in for its freedom of movement on the whole territory of cost of war but the problem is with legitimacy because the serbian authorities are thought to serve and possible to recognize nato is right and paid for and right to enforce the law and possible but the problem is that most

need a country the nato itself recognizes the independence of possible officials and is currently trying to implement their laws and to establish their checkpoint at the border between north and got some one central serbia and that is what is an acceptable for the service so cape or in a self and should it be only nato convoys there would be no problem whatsoever they could all cause the problem is that they carry in themselves meaning in officials from the possible government. already in prison most of it within the shadows dismissed claims by washington that 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 round to account for it but iran says the claims are an attempt to isolate it from the international community and those within the country say any u.s. actually will not go unanswered. 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 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 he tried to united people against some theoretical hypothetical foreign enemy. moves towards reform of starting to syria where a new constitution is being drafted after months of on to government protests the

draft due to be completed within four months president assad called for multi-party elections in february after the monks from protesters have been on the streets now since march this week tens of thousands of assad's supporters have been cheering for the government in the syrian capital the rest has claimed over three thousand lives with the u.n. warning that the country might be heading for a full blown civil war parties test recidivist go to people from both sides and sent us this report. but voices of support. and continuing dissent some ending in deadly clashes polar opposites in their demands but in some way united by a newfound zeal to take a stand or here the fact that the syrian capital was have gathered show their support for the government is going up far cry from being images we've been seeing in other cities in the country where there have been reported clashes with me security force has ever had any government protests an issue however one would

think it's a matter where in this country political discourse things have time to tell. you the very way for you that everybody with. her husband and young children were one of many families who braved the heat and joy 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 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 a less of an option for citizens of a 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 baby

books watch the news pretty god because you know baseball wanna know what i don't think and then you have the right back around and other issues about your country you can take the. yeah there are those like the new i'm saying who are no strangers to picking a side and making it known he's long been voicing his discontent at 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 now back then it started with stating an opinion 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. do 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. does are cilia r.t. damascus. egypt's military rulers have this week issued a decree banning all forms of discrimination itself the worst violence that since the federal revenue sion which toppled president mubarak more than twenty five people were killed and hundreds injured in clashes between coptic christians and security forces in cairo military vehicles missing charging through the crowds well troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas and have started. a peaceful demo for justice after attacks on christian churches by muslim extremists say told media

blame the christian protesters despite witnesses saying that unconnected troublemakers were behind the violence mideast blog told me the country's military rulers are scapegoating religious minority. 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 what barak and his policies to 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 for what's happening in egypt and all the kind of sides involved don't seem to have enough authority to control the emergence to

a show in egypt so that void within that vacuum anything is possible at the moment we should raise by you regulators of the european office of russian energy giant gazprom may force moscow to review supply deals to europe industry analysts say the searchers were desperate to pressure russia to sell gas on better terms than a bushel picks up the story. 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 that this warrant for the bucco an e.u. bugs rival their successive. 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 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. 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 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 about missing out on the opportunity to take part in big energy ventures especially baltic nations which the north stream point followed by policies taking russian gas straight to germany instead of complaining gas expose say they could have moved on the world with russia. lithuania's and our russian inertia will undermine their society politically and economically at the moment

little when it is pursuing a one dimensional policy that given the problems in the euro zone will live 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 cannot mixed ability emotions that are also running hoyer my. some european politicians who want to end their reliance on russian gas disappoint efforts by moscow to diversify routes. governments european union. seem to think thinkable. we don't need russian gas at all. fortunately. there are. war boots 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 of brussels. around the world tonight israel has published a list of the palestinians to be free to change for the country soldier gilad shalit is part of that historic prison this what with a man half of the way to be released on tuesday while the rest are said to be freed in december but how mass leader is said no agreements been reached with israel about the date of when the soldier will be handed over he was expected to be returned home during the first phase of the swap. the worst flooding in thailand for half a century has left almost three hundred people dead continuing to wreak havoc heavy downpours and overflowing rivers have destroyed more than seven hundred thousand homes and swarmed ancient buddhist temples the country's capital bangkok being fortified with defense walls water pumps and canals as more rain is predicted to keep across that story for you. folks in libya where civil war still raging the national transitional government's faced new resistance in tripoli this last week 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 ousted regime's green flag on a city rooftop over in the town of sirte meanwhile gadhafi loyalists mounted a fierce counterattack forcing back revolution fighters have been trying to control take control of the colonel's key stronghold for months now the n.t. says it will only declare full liberation once fulls but investigative journalism itself told r.t. that pursuing that goal means ignoring the high cost. i think what's happening in sirte is really quite shocking i mean if you remove yourself from saying i support one side or support the other side what we're seeing is a full scale assault on. you know very densely populated area in which civilians are paying a very very heavy price now the reason why this is important is because the whole basis on which nato imposed the no fly zone at the beginning of this conflict was precisely to defend civilians against military attack so now we have if you like

the allies of nato doing what their enemies were doing a few months ago and you have to begin to ask this of all 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 the kind of reemergence of the double standard what's happening in libya now is. a war crime. is a war crime and i think it has to stop immediately has to be negotiation they have to be allowed to surrender but more importantly i think if i 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 force of assignment us off investigative journalist talking to me here on r.t. in the week when we go to our top stories in our website to. president obama sends troops into central africa but there's concern that america's growing global delivery presence is turning into military pressure. line to mortal enemy russia's

last saw the icon of the communist revolution for them put their differences aside to mock their relationship with a drink but police didn't appreciate the move to rewrite history oh no more a bad line to. kevin thanks for being with us rob you're watching around the world tonight so i'll be back with a recap of our main news headlines just a moment then after that because special report from investigating the industry. to fossil fuels the next thirty minutes if you.

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ties with the nation's nuclear weapons program. this is off the wall street watching the news or through the weekly kevin owens and the top stories from us and. he called for marches in new york and chicago a fierce response from police to the nation wide body making the biggest push yet. the day the occupy wall street movement gained support now across the world with tens of thousands letting loose their anger against wealthy banks and bankers. under the new stories for most of the week ukraine's former prime minister feels a strong arm of the law being sentenced to seven years for a piece of but a sum to cry a nation shot to democracy it seems the noose is tightening still further on it faces even more charges. and so.