trying to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause a report on r t. hundreds arrested in new york and chicago as protesters taking part in the occupy wall street marches at fierce response from police. this comes as the occupy movement spreads across the world prompting tens of thousands to vent their anger at the banks they view as sounding the public purse while people have to endure severe austerity measures and unemployment. and in other top stories this week ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko is jailed for seven years after a killer of court finds her guilty of abuse of power but there is no end in sight as a new charges are brought against her despite the e.u. and us condemning the ruling. it seems to.

me. president assad of syria tries to appease the protesters by promising multi-party elections and of the drafting of a new constitution while the u.n. puts the death toll after months of on rest and more than three thousand. broadcasting i direct from the heart of moscow this is r.t. on john thomas let's take a look at your top stories hundreds have been arrested across the u.s. as police move to contain what's thought to be the biggest wave of occupy wall street demonstrations so far the ongoing city campout demonstration targeting wall street banks has already lasted almost five weeks ortiz is in new york to follow it for us her report contains some strong strobe lighting footage so be careful if

you're sensitive. well we know that about a hundred and seventy five protesters were arrested early in the morning in chicago there were several hundred they were camped out 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 had given an 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 and fortunately arresting those who would not baking 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 will close to where the protesters for scaring people a stomping on some people we saw you had a police arm scooters sort of going into the crowd of hurting some individuals several protesters were arrested before my eyes most of them were being peaceful

sitting down not really trying to to do anything to interfere with the police and yet they were taken in very forcefully slammed down onto 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 but 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 in a very intensely there was actually a massive stand up in washington square park which is an area here college campus in new york city some of the occupy wall street protesters had gone down there they held what they called a general assembly which is their big meeting when they decide whether or not to occupy that part as well or not it's about a dozen or two dozen or so of them just wanted to stay and what we saw was and i'm i said and to use of force by police we saw our riot police our regular officers

around the entire park. just to clear this area of abuse twenty processors or so they kicked out as journalists were trying to film the incident to sort of capture what's going on and bring that information to the world and the police officers actually start using these strange a strobe light flashlights to blind their cameras this is despite the clapping nearly said that it was journalists we were clearly marked as reporters there are several other reporters next to me at the time we had our press. and still they were pushing us out and actually using force to to keep us from reporting the story gary very unfortunate set of a very tedious confrontations between the police and the protesters who again in the large part were mostly peaceful. and you can follow lucy's twitter feed to get the latest on those demonstrations from the heart of the action and the anti green movement attracts more attention as reports of allegedly groundless arrests emerge

blogger christopher greene believes american cities are likely to witness even more violence as the marches spread from coast to coast. there is going to be some kind of martyrdom in the near future we're going to see violence in iraq we did already we already have the violence in this country with the police pepper spraying protesters with you know innocent steam age women and be you know but time to you know on kiro this is what the alternative media is showcasing right now again this is a revolution this is this is a change in psychology this is an evolution in human consciousness the people are waking up and we're demanding change this is no different from what we saw overseas in the middle east and northern africa the revolution has now come to the united states of america well it started as one protest in wall street has this weekend become a worldwide phenomenon galvanized into action in one of the largest a collective movement of its kind tens of thousands have come out in cities across the globe protests have already taken hold in more than eighty countries with

europe as one of the focal points of public theory against banks and politicians in a role mariah police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent crowds as protesters clashed bank windows and torched cars plumes of smoke were seen billowing into the sky near the coliseum and other parts of the city in britain police afforded protesters efforts to set up camp outside the stock exchange in london several hundred activists heckled officers for preventing more people from joining a rally in berlin that scuffles broke out in front of the german parliament building when police removed demonstrators tents and food stalls course our correspondents are continuing to keep their eyes on how people are making their feelings felt across the world you can follow them online. these people who are on the streets of madrid today they believe that their voices aren't being heard demonstrations here in israel will continue to grow until the government be take them on the police

have been trying to disperse the last few remaining hundred hardcore protesters. don't miss our own. see reports from across the globe just click on to our website . sponsored by growing poverty in certain. countries waiting for hours while cutting jobs and social spending people across the globe rise up against their government's economic policies follow the worldwide action against austerity live for cartoons. on thursday the struggling a you breathed a sigh of relief as one of its smallest members finally voted in favor of the expanded european bailout fund it wasn't the only e.u. member still stalling euro zone plans when the 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 up increasingly expensive sovereign debt british euro m.p. nigel fries from believes that slovakia was 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 which gives you a true measure of what this project's really like you must understand that i just peed in this parliamentary train but with mr barroso these people are absolutely in times creating a united states of europe they don't care how many millions of people totally unemployment scrapheap they don't care about the tide of human is miserable because they have got their political goals but the reality is that not only economically is this failing but 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 know 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 my what we. countries only who are trapped in so i does economic prison for the right these they need to do you value. and you are with archie and we've got plenty ahead for you this hour. including in the ultimatum for kosovo's serbs nato demands of the removal of roadblocks at a disputed border crossing with serbia stay with us to learn if it has the right to make that kind of request. and u.s. officials claim they have foiled an iranian plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the states a case that tehran says was fabricated by the americans themselves for this in a few minutes. former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko feels that the law is icy grip just two days after being sentenced to seven years behind bars for abuses of power in gas deals she signed with russia

a new set of fraud charges lined up against her 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 the key of course this week were from a prime minister going to the shanghai 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 all writs revolution the two thousand and four uprising which made him a shango i household name. now as then there were tens of thousands in the streets and they could anger and even naked activists this group staging another topless demonstration against all sides in the dispute ah the main drama was inside the court especially after the judges country were shoulder to. the court has ruled

that the debate over the tunisian code is guilty under article three six five point three of the criminal code of ukraine and sentences which is seven years imprisonment and denies of the right to work in civil service for three years just last year into the shackles one of the most influential female politicians in the world but having lost her power and now her liberty to a shango was furious the size of the recount. that includes don't make the trial should the constitution and justice had been trampled on i need you to begin the struggle it's a very difficult and important money and we have to protect ukraine against bill through a tarion regime don't give up. the prosecution claimed she abused power while citing gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine the accusation has raised eyebrows in moscow which insists the contracts were completely legitimate and we kind of accept that illegitimate eckstein contract which remains in force

which was never legally challenged. could be. the reason. for the good decision. which took place today the e.u. also doubted president viktor yanukovych 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 as potential membership of the european union is some years away and i think we shouldn't pretend otherwise but we do once the countries in europe cease to neighborhood to get crisis here at 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 trend will now be withdrawn another criminal case was launched against him a shank of two days after the verdict was announced accusing her of shifting her

own journey 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 mustang or space has been sealed as experts are now speculating that a presidential pardon is still a possibility but these protesters here i determined to stay here for at least another week in any case let's see russia party reporting from kiev in ukraine. and as we saw their tempers ran high outside court after yulia timoshenko the guilty verdict was announced and our correspondent oleksiak chesty documented what happened right in the thick of it is pictures are online and facebook dot com slash

r.t. news we have footage of the angry response on our you tube channel as well. and it seems. gasser deal drama is all over the news of the moment later in our program will we find out what e.u. regulators were looking for when they raided the european offices of russian energy giant gazprom. iran has dismissed american claims that tehran had plotted to kill the saudi arabian ambassador to the u.s. washington insists two men connected with iran's security forces turned to members of the mexican drug cartel who were in fact informants to the f.b.i. the u.s. has warned of that it's committed to holding tehran to account an american delegation is now heading to russia china and turkey to provide evidence to back up their case but he ron says 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 one answered. the more pressure that the united states tries to

impose on iran the iranians will push back as well the united states is being utterly dishonest iran has absolutely no mo to carry out such an operation if you run it with that if they want to carry out this operation they could have done it in the middle east in an area where there are more high profile figures and where it could be carried out much easier why would iran want to create extra sensitivity with the united states so it's absolute nonsense and obviously iran gains nothing from it the only people who do gain is the united states by distracting attention way away from its problems at home such as the economic hardship that people are facing its decline in the middle east it helps israel come out of isolation it helps the saudis route the saudi regime 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 it being drafted following months of anti-government protests

the draft is due to be complete within four months president assad has called for mossad forty eight party elections in february after demands from protesters has been on the streets since march this weekend's of thousands of assad supporters have been cheering for the government in the syrian capital rest has claimed over three thousand lives with the u.n. warning that the country might be heading for a full blown civil war are these tests are serious spoke to people from both sides and sent us this report. of support. and continuing dissent some and deadly clashes polar opposites and their demands but in some way united by a newfound zeal to take a stand burger the fact that their encounter with ballots have gathered at the show their support for the government is being built up our privacy images we've been seeing in other cities around the country where there have been reported clashes

with a figurative loss of evidence of government approach on the list however what they get are about where in this country political discourse is sometimes the toughest i just laid out the very basic idea that everybody was all on her husband and young children one of many families who braved the heat enjoy the crowds in downtown damascus but it's true that we knew nothing about politics before but now we take a stand even if i'm a sunni muslim i'm pro this president. ever since most people started revealing their political stance openly some people would mock me insane since when do you know about politics what do you know there are divisions among family members summer time some are anti but that's how it is. it appears that apathy is becoming less of an option for citizens of this nation now wander into. international scrutiny i never watched news i never cared you know

i never never had any interest in politics but. i think most of us baby books watched news media articles on facebook i know now and then you have the right background the issues about you and you can think. you know there are those like you i who sing who are no strangers to thinking aside and making it known he's long been voicing his discontent and what he calls a repressive regime and today facebook is one of his main tools in pre-ordering to dissent coalition activism has evolved in syria early i feel that my voice goes further now back then it started with stating an opinion i was going to jail that hit a good bit and they would even know about it that his 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 knew i was detained for spreading the word on the violent crackdown in daraa but i feel like

a coward if i didn't wear square 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 he was asking. me. to. get. more 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. to libya now where a military commander from the transitional government claims they have liberated bani walid one of the two remaining gadhafi strongholds after weeks of heavy fighting libya's new flag has been raised in the city center earlier this week the n.p.c. faced resistance in tripoli for the. first time since the council was taken in august several were injured in gun battles with khadafi supporters after an attempt

to raise the ouster of the genes of the green flag on the city rooftop and in the town of the sears khadafi loyalists mounting a fierce counterattack forcing back revolutionary fighters the m.d.c. says it will only declare for liberation once seared falls but investigative journalist simon isaf told our team 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 in is a full scale assault on. up you know 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 attacks and now we have if you're right 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 that kind of reemergence of the double standards what's happening in libya now is is terms you know will crime the attack on such is a war crime i think has to stop immediately has to be negotiation they have to be allowed to surrender what more importantly i think if i 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. and if you miss any of our stories they're just a click away twenty four seven on our website at r.t. dot com here's some of what's there for you right now. more tension on the west bank as israeli police used tear gas to disperse palestinians protesting against security checks. and a near miss doomsday comment. makes its closest approach to earth to find out why

scientists were so concerned on our web page at r.t. dot com. recent raids by easy regulators on the european offices of russian energy giant gazprom may force moscow to review supply deals to europe industry analysts say the searches were a desperate act to pressure russia to sell gas on better terms europe correspondent daniel bushell has the story. this even still to be one reason behind the e.u. raids on goes from offices the beginning of october european energy giants electricity de france and b a s f a set to join russia sell stream pipeline to europe and the city to be the this world for the bucco and e.u. bikes rival accessible. for throng miles and the commission of law for example it's a project that's why would the e.u. want these rates 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 points we see this more as a measure to increase pressure and 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 for 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. . analysts say they use being influenced by several anti russian hardliners many of whom are upset at missing out on the opportunity to take part in big energy ventures especially baltic nations which the north stream point line by policies taking russian gas straight to germany instead of complaining gas experts say they could have moved on the world with russia measuring all miscellaneous anti russian

inertia will undermine their society politically and economically and the moment little one 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 will guarantee for example signed a new deal of gas price which will generate income and contributor economic stability emotions that are also running hoyer my. some pure opinion politicians who want to end their reliance on russian gas despite efforts by moscow to diversify routes. governments european union. saying we don't think couple that we don't need russian gas we fortunately. for. war which we know we need you to turn it into russian gas those stereotypes can only affect the

long term relationship between yes energy markets and the biggest supply of the new bushel auntie rosmer. nato forces in kosovo have delivered an ultimatum to excerpts of manning the barricades at a border crossing in the breakaway regions north they are ordered to remove the obstructions on monday or peacekeepers will step in and clear the roads themselves the serbs complained that they've been given too little time to comply roadblocks have now been in place for nearly a month and set up in protest nato and e.u. forces taking over the checkpoint and allowing close of and customs officers to be placed there last month some of the barricades were bulldozing resulting in violence with peacekeepers using rubber bullets and tear gas against the serbs nato's actions would be legitimate if not for the fact they also serve the interests of course of an officials says nicolo transit a political analyst for the magazine new serbian political thought. that legally you have a right to as they see. for it's been

a movement on the whole territory of cost of war but the problem with legitimacy because the syrian authorities are proud to serve in class that would be recognized nato is right and key important right to enforce the law and possible but a problem in that most needed country the need to recognize the independence possible of the show and current currently trying to implement their laws and to establish their checkpoint at the border between northern parts the more intense and that is what is an acceptable to third fill corps in itself and should it be only nato convoys there would be no problem whatsoever they could all part of the problem in carrying them fell meaning an official from the possible government. prime minister putin was in beijing this week signaling the growing ties between russia and china as was first trip abroad since he announced his run for presidency

seventy billion dollars worth of energy and technology trade deals were signed during a visit investment specialist francis moon believes that russia's shifting focus towards the east could alter the axis of global politics and economy the u.s. and europe join together is really dominating global politics and i think a china and russia can join to get to a counterweight and not let them dictate around the world of course europe and you would not be happy in sent to asia i think china and russia can't teach interest in political interest here and would not lead. to mount a staging post for afghanistan this is very important for both countries. and in a few minutes our documentary about the colombian criminal who was a millionaire by twenty two and went on to become the world's most wanted drug lord

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