you're watching are two you know top stories for the week and she called for marches in new york and chicago beat her fierce response from police as the nationwide rally makes its biggest push yet. to be thom yorke by wall street movements gave support across the world to the tens of thousands letting loose their anger against big banks and wealthy bankers as we report this hour. plus ukraine's former prime minister feels the strong arm of the law after being sentenced to seven years for abuse of power put a sum to cry of nation shattered democracy the noose is tightening still further as she faces even more charges but also. if you feel the heat. if.

you think syria's president promises to meet protesters demands of a new constitution and multi-party elections as the number killed in the civil conflict rises to three thousand. welcome it's midnight here in moscow you're watching the weekly on our road to the top stories for the last seven days with me kevin owen and first dozens of arrests of made across the u.s. as police move to contain was thought to be the biggest wave of occupy wall street demonstrations so far the ongoing city campout against big banks has already lasted for five weeks all these lucy cuff an office in new york to follow it for us must warn you the report does contain some footage of strong strobe light. but we know that about a hundred and seventy five protesters were arrested early in the morning in chicago

there are several hundred there at camp gallup in 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 have given the order to be hit by eleven pm they had not. done so and so we witnessed police officers coming in and 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 stand ups between police officers and protesters we stuck police officers on horseback riding and right up really quick close to where the protesters were scaring people a 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 peaceful sitting down not really trying to do anything to interfere with the police and yet they were taken and very forcefully slammed down onto the ground face first and cocked

and then led away and the other incidents that we know of that place is actually beatings by the police with the times we know that there was a proximately 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 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 with they decide whether or not to occupy that park as well or not about a dozen or two dozen or so of them decided to stay and what we saw was president to use a 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 film a incident to sort of capture what's going on and bring that information to the world and the police officers actually started using the stranger strobe lights flashlights to blind our cameras this is despite the fact that i can. we said it was journalist 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 a story very very fortunate son of a very tedious confrontations between the police and the protesters who again in a large part working and mostly peaceful were difficult for lucy's twitter feed to get the latest on those there across the us and the un's remove it attracts more attention to as reports of allegedly groundless the rest emerge and some predicts even more violence in 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 are going to see violence or rather we could already do we already have the

violence in this country with the police pepper spraying protesters with you know innocent teenagers really being you know but turned you know want to hear 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 project miss 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 it was streets now spread worldwide this weekend galvanized into action and one of the largest collective movements of its kind tens of thousands of spilled on the city streets across the world and the great protests have already taken hold in more than eighty countries and with europe becoming more the main targets of public theory against banks and politicians let's take a look in rome these are the pictures from there riot police using tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent crowds as those protests to smash back windows and torched cars plumes of smoke was seen billowing into the sky into the coliseum

in other parts of the city trouble too in britain where police thought of protesters efforts to set up camp outside the stock exchange in london several hundred activists heckled offices were prevented more people from joining the rally the end of this k.b. the scuffles out in front of the german parliament building when police removed demonstrators temps and food stalls well our correspondents are continuing to keep their eyes on how people are making their feelings felt around the world give to follow them online. these people who are on the streets of madrid today they believe that their voices aren't being heard the demonstrations here in israel will continue to grow until the government meet face demands the police have been trying to disperse the last few remaining hundred hardcore protesters. on scene reports from across the globe just click on to our website odyssey. the truth by slowing poverty. by the country's ways and.

cutting jobs and social spending people who rise up against the government's economic policies follow the worldwide action against austerity like carcassi. on thursday the struggling 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 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 increasingly expensive sovereign debt ratio and pay nigel farage believes it's the vakeel was forced into changing its mind. that was not good enough no is not acceptable in the modern european union if you say you know your major 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 are chucked out of the unemployment strappy they don't care about the tide of human is 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 not what they're actually doing is they're giving money to these countries to give back to our banks who over lend the money in the first place i mean the whole thing is that what these countries need who are trapped inside this economic prison. is they need to devalue. thanks for being with r.t. tonight we're over your watching still plenty ahead for you of course as well and ultimatum for the. serbs later demands the removal of road blocks of disputed border crossing the serbia to stay with us to learn if it has the right to make

that kind of request. and for ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko feels the law is icy grip just two days after being sentenced to seven years behind bars for abuses that's not a record in gas deals she sided with russia and you settle for charges lined up against the international verdict for international anger from russia the e.u. and also the united states could report that now 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 alleged shady dealings in a gas deal with russia who supporters took to the streets in her defense before being dispersed by the police. three months of nonstop protests surrounding the case communicated in the biggest reminder yet of the orange revolution the two thousand and four uprising which made him

a shango household name. now as then there were tens of thousands in the streets and 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 uli of law do not of not to mention who is guilty under article three six five hundred three of the criminal code of a crime and sentences her to seven years imprisonment under neither the right to work and civil service for three years just last year a team of shankar was one of the most influential female quality asians in the world but having lost her power and now her liberty to go was furious. with our italian regime or its magic to move tell 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 we have to protect ukraine against the all

story tarion 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 but we cannot accept that a legitimate. contract which remains in force which was never. used. could become the reason. for the good decision. which took place to the e.u. also doubted president's victory on approaches 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 to once the countries in europe seems to know how 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 him a shank or two days after the verdict was announced accusing her of shifting her own doubt 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 mustang cause fate has been sealed as aspirins 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 see the tensions and tempers running high are called after yulia timoshenko is guilty verdict was announced and of course quite a luxury jet ski documented exactly what happened one of i think of it throughout we got the pictures to facebook dot com slash our team news they want to see the footage of the angry response i got that for you to from here on our you tube channel. this is gas field drama is all over the news at the moment later in the program to find out what e.u. regulations were looking for when they raided the european offices of the russian energy giant gazprom. next the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has dismissed claims by washington that turnaround plotted to assassinate the saudi arabian ambassador to the u.s. and american delegation is now heading to china and russia and turkey to provide evidence to back up their suspicions washington's war that it's committed to

holding to ram to account but it ran says that the claims are an attempt to isolate it from the international community and those within the country say any u.s. action will not 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 away away from its problems at home such as the economic hardship of people are facing its decline in the middle east it helps israel come out of isolation it

helps the saudis route the saudi regime and try to unite its people against some theoretical hypothetical for an enemy. moves towards reform have started in syria where a new constitution is being drafted after months of anti-government protests raftery complete within four months prison the serbs called for multi-party elections in february after months of protesters have been on the streets so since march this returns the thousands of assad supporters have been cheering for the government in the syrian capital the unrest has claimed over three thousand right so far but the u.n. warning the country might be heading for a full blown civil war of these tests are sort of spoke to people who both sides were 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 where near the syrian capital was the gathering their support for the

government is going far brighter be images we've been seeing in other cities a country where there have been reporting watches with me because the force of the government approach i was shocked by what they get about where this country was all the forces outside tripoli. very safe every night of the. her husband and young children were one of many families who braved the heat and joy the crowds the 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 mark 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 the news i never hear. you know i never never had any interest in politics. i think of us baby books watch the news but it was cold and always wanna know a lot of people and then you have the right back around the issues that i can't get because. if there are those like you 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 but hitting a dead and no one would even know about it that has changed now that people are more politically aware and sane 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 in the streets are doing so asking for the regime to fall color staunchly opposed by those on the other side. because if. you think. what political career you also see 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 the future is firmly in their own hands. that's our cilia r.t. damascus. libya now for a minute there civil war still raging the national transitional government faced new resistance in tripoli this week too for first time since the capital was taken in august several rigid in gun battles with gadhafi supporters for

a time to raise the ousted regime's green flag on a city rooftop meantime the town of such a powerful loyalist mounted a fierce counterattack forcing back revolutionary fighters have been trying to take control of the colonel's key stronghold for months now the n.c.c. says it will only defend full liberation once it falls but investigative journalist simon assaf told me that pursuing that goal is to go with the hifi. 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 in 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 with doing

a few months ago and you have to begin to ask a couple 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 it's going to be a war crime it's a concert 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 allow the civilians to flee and they're not and they're not doing that. when we go to war top stories on our website as well if not buy a t.v. and a lot more as well for sides including the president obama sends troops into central africa but is concerned that america's growing global military presence is turning the military pressure more background they're on the run and i want to try and keep up to date with it also to mortal enemies russia's last czar and the icon of the communist revolution they seem to have put their differences aside the mark

the friendship with the drink but police didn't think that was funny they would appreciate the move to rewrite history is it r t dot com if you want to back story there are two. recent raids by e.u. regulators of 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 artie's europe correspondent daniel bushell reports. this even still to be one reason behind the e.u. raids on girls from offices at the beginning of october european energy giants electricity de france and b a s f a said to join russia sell stream pipeline to europe and they're said to be the this world for the bucco and e.u. banks rival their successive. top throng 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 agree negotiate any contract brussels must prove irregularities in its deals with gazprom the european subsidiaries and that seems unlikely nobody really believes 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 his strategy may have one crucial flaw i'm going they say sell our gas to another company when it gets to europe that company must make a profit on the deal and that will immediately raise the price the e.u. homestay 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 peak energy ventures especially baltic nations which the north three point five bypasses taking russian gas straight to germany instead of complaining because experts say they could have moved on the world with russia. this way is anti russian inertia will

undermine their society politically and economically at the moment when it is pursuing a one dimensional policy that given the problems in the euro zone will leave it regretting it did not pursue a more constructive policy with russia nogueira for example signed a new deal with gazprom which will generate income and contribute taken out of stability emotions that are also running hoyer my. some european politicians who want to end their reliance on russian gas this point if it's to diversify routes. for governments. to think thinkable in. russian gas at all. fortunately. for their. 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 the border crossing in the breakaway regions north they're ordered to remove the obstructions or monday all peacekeepers will step in and clear the road themselves the serbs are complaining they have been given too little time to comply the road blocks and have been in place for nearly a month set up in protest at nato with the u. forces taking over the checkpoint and allowing costs of the customs officers to be placed there late last month some of the barricades were bulldozed resulting in violence which peacekeepers then used rubber bullets and tear gas against the serbs made his actions would be illegitimate if not for the fact they also serve the interests of course of course of officials so says to nicola tenacity she's a political analyst for the magazine you said political thought. well legally you have a right to as they say. in for its freedom of movement on

the whole territory of cost of war but the problem with a legitimate thing because the serbian authorities are proud serbs in kosovo do you recognize nato is right and people is right q enforce the law you can cause what the problem is that most need a country the need to tell recognize the independence of kosovo of visual and are currently trying to implement their laws and to establish their own checkpoint border between northern parts of moore and central thirty and that is what is an acceptable for the third cape or in itself should it be only nato convoys there will be no problem whatsoever the problem is they carry in themselves meaning officials from the possible government. the trial of russian business victor boot accused of illegal arms sales got underway in new york this week he was arrested in thailand three years ago the extradited to the u.s. last year if found guilty of trafficking weapons he could face life behind bars

investigative journalist journalist student believes america's determined to get a guilty verdict and think the book is called little chance of a trial. the united states government is going to have a very very hard time proving the exhibit is guilty and is going to a very difficult time of 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 of us here say most of it he should since he said she said about things which no one has ever seen and this is something that again unfortunately the bush 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 be the evidence to you how can give you a fair trial the united states government has done everything in their power to bring him to the united states up to two years in thailand another put him up on trial in the united states only to avoid women embarrass the united states i don't think it's going to happen. it's coming up to twenty seven here in moscow still ahead this hour r.t. talks to a veteran observer who explains the long held cultural ties between china and

russia also in the latest in world sport to me to be here with the latest from the artistic. world championships interesting which is finished in tokyo i'm kevin lowe in there so the next looks here on our team from. the.

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