answer the 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 r.t.r. rather for the top stories for the last seven days with me kevin now in and first dozens of arrests have been 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 campaign against big banks has already lasted for five weeks are these lucy cuffing of seeing new york to follow it forests must warn you the report does contain some footage of strong strobe lighting. 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 out 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 now 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 offs 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 onto the ground face first and cocked and then led away another incidents that we know of that took place is

actually beatings by the police with but tons 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 in 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 a 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 officer surround the entire park. just to clear this area from these twenty protesters or so they kicked ass out as journalists we were trying to tell them they 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 cameras this is despite the fact that i clearly said that i was a 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 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 with a good full of these two to for you to get the latest on those demonstrations across the u.s. and the underground movement talks more attention to as the reports of allegedly grown rests emerged some predict more violence in the streets of american cities as the much is 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 be you know but

a ton 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 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 to city streets across the world and the great protests have already taken hold in more than eighty countries now with europe becoming were 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 by windows and torched cars plumes of smoke we're seeing billowing into the sky in the coliseum in other parts of the city trouble too in britain the police sort of protest as

efforts to set up camp outside the stock exchange in london several hundred activists heckled offices that prevented more people from joining the rally but linda this gave me 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 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 their demands the police have been trying to disperse the last few remaining hundred hardcore protesters you don't see reports from across the globe just click onto our web site odyssey. by slowing poverty. and by the countries waiting for. cutting jobs and social spending people across the globe rise up against the

government's economic policies followed a worldwide action against austerity live. on thursday the struggling breathe a sigh of relief to 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 to. be 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 he 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 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 and 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 book politically it's failing and what is the point actually of bailing these countries out what all the bailouts all these bailouts helping the people in greece and portugal 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. what we use countries need who are trapped inside this economic prison called the euro is they need to devalue. thanks for being with r.t. tonight wherever you're watching still plenty ahead for you of course as well and ultimatum for the. service later demands the removal of road blocks of disputed border crossing this it will 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 and gas deal she sighed with russia's new set of four charges lined up against the international verdict or international anger from russia the e.u. and also the united states got a report that now. 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 her 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 you'll have the demeanor of an attention to who is guilty under article three six five hundred 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 or two machines i 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 retiree and regime or its verdict will stop me the trial showed that the constitution and justice had been trampled underfoot i urge you to begin the struggle it's a very difficult and important moment we have to protect ukraine against the authoritarian regime don't give up. the prosecution claims 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 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 its 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 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. 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 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 we see the tensions and tempers running higher court after yulia timoshenko is guilty verdict was announced and of course what alexia jet ski documented exactly what happened before the pick 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 we got that for you to on are you cheap china. and it seems gas deal drummers all over the news at the moment later in our program to find out what e.u. regulators 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 iran plotted to assassinate the saudi arabian ambassador to the u.s. an american delegation is now heading to china and russia and turkey to provide evidence to back up their suspicions washington's warned that it's committed to holding to ground to account but iran's 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 an 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 he united people against some theoretical pipe with radical foreign enemy. moves towards reform have started

in syria or a new constitution is being drafted after months of anti-government protests the draft to be complete within four months president assad called for multi-party elections in february after months of protesters have been on the streets so since march this week terms of thousands of assad supporters have been cheering for the government in the syrian capital the rest has claimed over three thousand lives so far but the u.n. warning that the country might be heading for food bloody civil war of these tests are still a spoke to people who both sides which 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 the center of the syrian capital was gathered show their support for the government that is coming up far cry from the images we've been seeing in other

cities in the country where there have been reported righteously security force has ever had any government protesters should however while they get through matter where in this country when it comes of course it is sometimes telling that was the very way for you know i think 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 west 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 care.

you know i never never had any interest in politics but. i think most of us hated books to watch the news with god because it always with the no one i don't think that and then you had the right back around and other issues about kids until you got the. you know there are those like the new i was saying 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 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 of the wheel. we just get the gist. of the thing. 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. so action on libya and for a minute there civil war still raging the national transitional government's faced new resistance in tripoli this week to first time since the capital was taken in august several were injured in gun battles with gadhafi supporters after attempt to raise the ousted regime's green flag on a city rooftop meantime the town of sirte gadhafi loyalists mounted

a fierce counterattack forcing back revolutionary fighters have been trying to take control of the colonel's key stronghold for months now and he says it will only do for liberation once that falls but investigative journalist simon of south told me that pursuing that goal with the high. thing was 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 attacks and now we have if you like the allies of nato doing what their enemies were doing a few months ago and you have to begin to ask 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 time to reemergence of the double standards 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 allow the civilians to flee and they're not and they're not doing that. remember go to war top stories on our website as well if not buy a t.v. and a lot more as well including the president obama sends troops into central africa but is concerned that america's growing global military presence is turning to military pressure background their online tonight 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 put their differences aside to mark their friendship with a drink but police didn't think that was funny that it didn't 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. 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 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 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 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's three point one point policy is seeking russian gas straight to germany instead of complaining gas exposed 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 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. brussels. government's european union all 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 supplier

the new bushel of brussels nato forces in kosovo 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 or peacekeepers will step in and clear the road themselves now the serbs are complaining they have been given too little time to comply the road blocks that have been in place for nearly a month set up in protest at nato and e.u. forces taking over the checkpoint and allowing costs of a customs officer 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 legitimate if not for the fact they also serve the interests of course of course of an officials so says to nicola tenacity she's a political analyst for the magazine you said political thought. legally they do 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 legitimacy because the

serbian authorities are followed and served in kosovo do you recognise nato is right and gave for the right to enforce the law in cost of war but the problem is that most need a country the need to recognise that the independence of kosovo a visual and are currently trying to implement their laws and to establish their checkpoint at the border between northern parts of moore and central and that is what is an acceptable for the service so cape or in itself should it be only nato convoys there would be no problem whatsoever to get all part of the problem is that they carry in themselves meaning officials from the possible government. the trial of russian business of the accused of illegal arms sales got underway in new york this week he was arrested in thailand for years ago the extradited to the u.s. last year if found guilty of trafficking weapons he could face life behind bars investigative journalist and a student believes america's determined to get a guilty verdict and think boots got little chance of

a trial. the united states government is going to have very very hard time proving that their tribute is guilty and is 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 it is hearsay 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 team representing him right now was and i 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 be the evidence to you how can you get a fair trial well 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 tell baldwin and 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 our team talks to a veteran observer who explains the long held cultural ties between china and russia also in the latest the world sport to be here with the latest from the

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it's midnight third here in moscow when i'm kevin and you're watching the news of the week the week the top stories the marches in new york and chicago fierce response from police as the nationwide rally makes its biggest push yet. this is the occupy wall street movement gave support to across the world the tens of thousands letting loose their anger against wealthy banks and banks. and other top stories this week ukraine's former prime minister feels a strong arm of the law after being sentenced to seven years for abuse of power but a sub to cry a nation shattered democracy the noose is tightening still further she faces even more charges. and syria's president probably.