protesters demand for the new constitution and multi-party elections as the number killed in the civil conflict rises to three thousand. welcome it's eleven pm sunday night here in moscow you're watching the weekly here on r t it's a roundup of the top stories from the last seven days with me kevin no internet and first dozens of arrests have been made across the u.s. as police move to contain what's thought to be the biggest wave of occupy wall street demonstration so far the ongoing city campaign against big banks has already lasted for almost five weeks lucy caffein of the new york to follow it for us her report contains footage of strong strobe lights. well we know that about one hundred seventy five protesters were arrested early and then in the morning in chicago there were several hundred there were camped allen and what was called a grant park they had ten set up very similar to what's been going on all across

the country the police officers there had given them the order to vacate by eleven pm they had not done so and so we witnessed police officers coming in cutting down tents and of course unfortunately arresting those who would not make it and this is very similar to what we saw develop right here in new york city as we were reporting earlier in times square there were massive standoff between police officers and protesters we saw police officers on horseback ride in right up really quick close to where the protesters were scaring people stomping on some people we saw a unit of police on scooters sort of going into the crowd hurting some individuals several protesters were arrested before my eyes most of them were being peaceful sitting down not really trying to do anything to interfere with the police and yet they were taken and very forcefully slammed down on to the ground face first and cocked and then led away and the other incidents that we know of that took place is

actually beatings by the police with batons we know that there was approximately a total of ninety protesters now that were arrested in new york city during the course of events yesterday now aside from what happened in times square which we've been reporting on a very intensely there was actually a massive stand out in washington square park which is an area near a college campus in new york city some of the occupy wall street protesters had gone down there they held what they call the general assembly which is their big meeting when they decide whether or not to occupy that park as well or not about a dozen or two dozen or so of them just cited to stay and what we saw was an unprecedented use of force by police we saw a riot police regular officers surround the entire park. just to clear this area from these twenty protesters or so they kicked us out as journalists we were trying to tell them the incident to sort of capture what's going on and bring that

information to the world and the police officers actually started using these strange a strobe light flashlights to blind our camera this is despite the fact that i clearly said that i was journalists we were clearly marked as reporters there are several other reporters next to me at the time we had our press that's handy and still they were pushing us out and essentially using force to keep us from recording the story very very unfortunate set of very tedious confrontations between the police and the protesters who again in the large part were being mostly peaceful just like you know difficult fellows. twits who for you to get the latest now with them stretched across the u.s. it's always been updated by the movements to try to get more attention as well as reports of allegedly groundless of arrests of mud some predicting even more violence on the streets of american cities as the much 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 b. you know but tonga 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 and what started it wall street has spread worldwide this weekend to galvanize into action one of the largest collective movements of its kind tens of thousands of spilled out into city streets around the world and see great protests as have already taken hold in more than eighty countries with europe becoming one of the main targets of public theory against bags and politicians let's take a look at pictures from rome first riot police there using tear gas in bor to calendar disposed this weekend as protesters smashed bank windows and torched cars plumes of smoke you're seeing billowing into the sky and the colosseum in other

parts of the city. britain didn't escape me the police there sorted protestors effets a set of a camp outside the stock exchange in london several hundred activists had called officers for preventing more people from joining the rally and in germany scuffles broke out in front of the german parliament building when police removed demonstrators tents and food stalls with a team of correspondents continue to keep their eyes on how people are making their feelings felt around the world you can follow them online. these people who are on the streets of madrid today they believe that their voices are in fact being heard demonstrations here in israel will continue to grow until the government meet they demand the police have been trying to disperse the last few remaining hundred hardcore protesters. seeking reporters from across the globe. on our website too. sponsored by slowing poverty and other.

countries waiting for. cutting jobs and social spending people across the globe rise up against the government's economic policies follow the worldwide action against austerity live. now the big story in a way that rumbles on on first day the struggling aig you breathe a sigh of relief for 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 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 buy a increasingly expensive foreign debt british paid nigel farage believes that hughes forced into changing its mind. now isn't good enough no is not acceptable in the bottom 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 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 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 and what is the point actually of bailing these countries or one of the bailouts all these bailouts helping the people in greece and portugal 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 see countries only who are trapped inside this economic prison called the euro is they need to devalued. thanks for choosing r.t. for your news tonight we've got plenty more ahead for you two from moscow and ultimatum for kossovo serbs nato demands the removal of brogue blocks of the

disputed border crossing the serbian obviously weatherston learned if the right to make that kind of request is actually illegal we got a load at israel's foreign minister says israelis and palestinians should be left to sort out their own problems by themselves again we've got details on that story too a bit later this hour. before both 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 till she signed with russia a new set of fraud charges is lined up against 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 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 to go 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 not to mention who 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 to my shanker 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 although 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 the return of access to 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. 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 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 a simmering tension in central kiev it is back to quiet and normal again it is unclear

whether unity machine called 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 party reporting from kiev in ukraine. well as we saw and heard the tempers running high outside court after you lead to the shank is guilty verdict was announced and our correspondent like seriously documented exactly what happened he was right in the thick of it throughout to get his pictures of facebook dot com slash our t.v. use we've also got footage of the angry response again on our you tube channel four years well. also seems a gas deal drama is all over the news at the moment later in our program we find out what e.u. regulators were looking for when they raided the european offices of russian energy giant gazprom. the arabian president mahmoud dismissed claims by washington that to run 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's warned that it's committed to holding to round to account for it but iran says that claim to the tent to isolate it from the international community or those within the country say any u.s. action 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 away 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 to unite it's people against some theoretical hypothetical foreign enemy. moved toward reform of starting to syria where a new constitution is being drafted after months of on to government protests drafted to be complete within four months of president assad called for multi-party elections in february after demands from protesters who were on the streets and since march this week tens of thousands of assad's supporters were cheering for the government in the syrian capital the rest has claimed over three thousand lives with the u.n. warning that a country might be heading for a full glow civil war parties test for so they spoke to people from both sides as you said this report. was 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 where the center of the syrian capital was gathered and show their support for the government is going up far cry from images we've been seeing in other cities that the country where there have been reported clashes with me because the force has ever had any government protesters should however while they get here about where in this country because of course things have time to tell that was a very very few of the night 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 watched news i never cared. you know i never never had any interest in politics but now i think most of us baby books we watch the news pretty god because you know baseball the no one pick up and then we have the right back around and all the issues about your country you got the. you know there are those like you who are you 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 as 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 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 if. we just get on with. it. 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. has folks on libya now of the civil war still raging the national

transitional government faced new resistance in tripoli to this week for the first time since the capital was taken in august several were injured in gun battles with gadhafi supporters offer attempt to raise the ousted regime's green flag on a city rooftop over the town of sirte meantime definitely lists minded a fierce count. forcing but revolutionary fighters have been trying to take control of the colonel's key stronghold for a month now the n.t. says it will only declare full liberation once foles investigative journalist simon told me that pursuing that goal means ignoring the high human 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. 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 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 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 the kind of reemergence of the double standard what's happening in libya now is going to be a war crime the attack on sirte 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 they don't surrender then you put the city under siege and allow the civilians to flee and they're not and they're not doing that. well remember we go all our top stories in a website as well is what else we got for you without come tonight president obama sending troops into central africa now but this concern that america's growing global military presence is turning into military pressure when i read more about

that you can exclusively on our website and to more fully enemies russia's last czar and the call not all of the communist revolution seem to put their differences aside to mark their friendship with a drink but police didn't appreciate the boundary write history why. again find at our seat on. recent raids by a regulator is on the european offices of russian energy giant gazprom may for small sco to review supply deals to europe industry analysts say the searches were a desperate act to pressure russia to sell gas on better terms europe correspondent daniel bushell picks up the story. this even 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 where tore through long 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 you 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 its 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 homes 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 pipeline point policies taking russian gas straight to germany instead of complaining gas expose they could have moved on the world with russia. lithuania's and her russian inertia will undermine their society politically and economically at the moment little when he 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 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 the european union all seem to think we don't think at all. 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 supplier the new bush will see brussels. nato forces in kosovo have delivered an ultimatum to ethnic serbs manning the barricades at a border crossing in the breakaway regions north they've been ordered to remove the obstructions or monday or peacekeepers will step in and clear the road themselves the serbs complain that they were given too little time to comply the roadblocks that are been in place for nearly a month set up in protested nato and e.u. forces taking over the checkpoint not allowing kosovan customs officers to be placed in there now you may recall late last month some of the barricades were bulldozed that resulted in violence with peacekeepers then using rubber bullets and tear gas against the serbs made his actions would be legitimate if it weren't for the fact they also serve the interests of course of officials too says nicola

tenacity who spoke to me he's a political analyst for the magazine new serbian political thought. legally they do have a right to as they say. in war it's a movement done to hold territory of cost of war but the problem is with legitimacy because the therapy and authorities are followed and served in kosovo do you recognise nato the right and people and right to inforce the law you can cause the war but the problem is that most need a country the need to recognise did the independent possible of the job and currently trying to implement their laws and to establish the area checkpoints that border between northern parts of more internal thirty one and that is what isn't acceptable for the third film cape or in itself should it be only nato convoys there would be no problem whatsoever to get all part of the problem is the big carry in themselves meaning in a fish over from the possible government. the trial of russian business moving to

boot accused of illegal arms sales got underway in new york just last week he was arrested in thailand three years ago and extradited to the u.s. last year if guilty of trafficking weapons he could face life behind bars investigative journalist daniel a student believes america is determined to get a guilty verdict and things but it has little chance of a fair trial in the united states government is going to go very very hard time proving that their target is guilty and it's going to a very difficult time making the label of merchant of that 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 most of us here say most of what he showed suits he said she said about things which no one has ever seen and this is something that again unfortunately the ball team representing him right now was 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 how can we get a fair trial well the united states government has done everything in their power to bring him to the united states after two years in thailand and now they put him

up on trial in the united states only to avoid women embarrass the united states i don't think is going to happen. when i was kevin i went in just a few minutes and i saw t. would take you to a well guarded nature reserve in the silence of russia that's coming up but a sight seeing then of to recap of our top stories in just a few minutes. from

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a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two kinds of reports. also think this. review of the week. in new york to face response from police says the nationwide rally makes its biggest push yet. the occupy wall street movement to oppose the world tens of thousands letting loose their anger against wealthy banks and bankers. also headlining in the wake ukraine's former prime minister feels the strong of the lore of being sentenced to seven years for peace of some to nations shot to democracy the noose is tightening still further issue facing them no charges. and syria's president promises to make protest is. to change the.