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.s. death toll after months of more than three thousand. broadcasting. let's take a look at your top stories hundreds have been arrested across the u.s. as police moved to contain what's thought to be the biggest wave of occupy wall street demonstrations so far the ongoing city demonstration targeting wall street banks has already lasted almost five weeks. off 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 and 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 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 baking 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 standoff between police officers and protesters we saw police officers on horseback riding and right up a really close to where the protesters were scaring people stomping on some people we saw a unit of police i'm scooter's 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 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 took place is actually beatings by the police with the tongs 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 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 was their big meeting where 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 and precedent to use of force by police we saw a riot police out regular officers around the entire park. just to clear this area from these twenty protesters or so they kicked ass 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 our cameras this is just by 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 and second hand and still they were pushing us out and essentially using force to to keep us from acquiring a story very very unfortunate set of events very tedious confrontations between the police and the protesters who again in the large part were being on 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 of more violence 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 in iraq we could already do we already have the violence in this country with the police pepper spraying protesters with you know innocent teenage women and be you know what taunted you know on kiro 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 while 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 movements 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 fieri against banks and politicians in

a rome riot police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent crowds as protesters 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 thwarted 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 horse our correspondents are continuing to keep their eyes on how people are making their feelings felt across the globe 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 may take them on the police have been trying to disperse the last few remaining hundred hardcore protesters. don't miss our on. from across the globe.

poverty. and social. people across the globe. against their government's economic policies. against austerity. on thursday the struggling a you. as one of its smallest members finally voted in favor of the expanded european bailout fund it was the only. tuesday in a vote that brought down the country's. upgraded four hundred forty billion euro rescue fund will now be able to offer cheap credit to beleaguered banks and buy up increasingly expensive. british. believes. forced

into changing its mind. now we know is not acceptable in the bottom european union if you say no. until you get the right which gives you a true measure of what this project's really like you must understand that i've just read in this. these people are absolutely creating a united states of. how many millions of people. they don't care about the tide of human misery that calls. but the reality is not only economically. but politically it's what is the point actually. one of the bailouts all these bailouts helping the people in greece and. what they're actually doing is they're giving money to these countries to give back to our banks. i mean the whole thing. what lead. countries only who are trapped

inside this economic prison called the euro is they need to do you value. and you are with r t 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 boiled an iranian plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the states a case that tehran says was fabricated by the americans themselves more on 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 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 supporters took to the streets in her defense before being dispersed by the police. three months of nonstop protests surrounding the case culminated in the biggest reminder yet of the orange revolution the two thousand and four uprising which made him a shango a household name. now as then there were tens of thousands in the streets naked anger and even naked activists this group staging another topless demonstration against all sides in the dispute ah the main drama was inside the court especially after the judge's controversial verdict is what the court has ruled that yulia timoshenko is guilty under article three six five pound 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 and to the shankill is one of the most influential female politicians in the world but having lost her power and now her liberty to go was furious. that the recount is not include don't mean the trial showed that the constitution and justice hundred trampled under throughout i mean she had to begin the struggle it's a very difficult and important man and we have to protect ukraine against the authoritarian 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 and moscow which insists the contracts were completely legitimate but we cannot accept that illegitimate eckstein contract which remains in force which was never legally challenged. could be. the reason. for the good

decision. to close to the e.u. also dallas's 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 once the countries in europe cease to 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 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 debt to russia's defense ministry on to ukraine's budget fifteen years ago this

only added to her image of a monster 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 is back to quiet and normal again it is unclear whether unity mustang cosplay has been sealed as aspart are now speculating that a presidential pardon is still at 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 the guilty verdict was announced and our correspondent oleksiak chesty documented what happened right in the. pictures are online and facebook dot com slash news. footage of the angry response on our youtube channel as well.

and it seems. gasser deal drama is all over the news of 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. 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 upon the iran the iranians will push back as well the united states is being

utterly dishonest iran has absolutely no motive to carry out such an operation if you ron did hypothetically want to carry out this operation they could have done it in the middle east in an area where there are more high profile figures and where it could be carried out much easier why would iran want to create extra sensitivity with the united states so it's absolute nonsense and obviously iran gains nothing from it the only people who do gain is the united states by distracting attention way away from its problems at home such as the economic hardship that people are facing its decline in the middle east it helps israel come out of isolation it helps the saudis saudi regime tried to unite its people against some theoretical hypothetical foreign 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 completed within four months president assad has called for

multi-party party elections in february after demands from protesters who have been on the streets since march this week tens of thousands of assad's supporters have been cheering for the government in the syrian capital has claimed over three thousand lives with the u.n. warning that the country might be heading for a full blown civil war. spoke to people from both sides and sent us this report. voices of support. continuing dissent some and deadly clashes polar opposites and their demands but in some way united by the newfound zeal to take a stand for here the syrian capital well our lives have gathered at a show their support for the government is far cry from the images we've been seeing in other cities around the country where there have been reported clashes with the kurdish north government protesters however once they get so far about where in this country they call discourses sometimes cutting out settled out of the

very way for you let. her husband and young children one of many families who braved the heat enjoy 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 saying since when do you know about politics what do you know there are divisions among family members some are pro a son 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 i never had any interest in politics but. i think most of us get it books we watch the news media articles and

on facebook and i know i know and then you have the right background and all the issues about your country you can think. yeah there are those like the new i have a 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 is one of his main tools encouraging me to 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 that i'm going to jail that hit a good dad and no one 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 was detained for spreading the word on the violent crackdown in daraa but i feel like a coward if i didn't risk my life while those on the streets are doing so asking

for the regime to fall a call staunchly opposed by those on the other side yet it was. really. good to be with. you. 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 that future is firmly in their own hands and that's our cilia r.t. damascus. now where a military commander from the transitional government claims they have liberated bani walid one of the two remaining khadafi strongholds after weeks of heavy fighting libya's new flag has been raised in the city center earlier this week the m.t.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 ousted regime to the green flag on the city rooftop and in the town of

the sears khadafi loyalists mounted a fierce counterattack forcing back revolutionary fighters t.n.t. c. says it will only declare full liberation once seared falls but investigative journalist simon a soft 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. 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 a 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 oh well 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 on a reemergence of the double standards what's happening in libya now is going to be a war crime the attack it 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 on the siege allow the civilians to flee and they're not and they're not doing this. if you missed 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 doomsday. makes its closest approach to earth to find out why scientists are more concerned.

recent raids by e.u. regulators on the european offices of russian energy giant gazprom may force moscow to room view supply deals to europe industry analysts say the searches were a desperate act to pressure russia to sell gas on better terms. as the story. this even still to be one reason behind the e.u. really goes from offices or the beginning of old european energy giants electricity to france and. to join russia stream pipeline to europe and said to be the. royal. commission for example. project which why would the e.u. want these raids to speak. to renegotiate any contracts brussels must prove irregularities in its deals with 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 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. the company when it gets to europe with that company must make a profit on the deal and that would immediately raise the price. analysts say the u.s 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 bull technicians which the north stream point one point policies taking russian gas straight to germany instead of complaining guess expose say they could have moved on the world with russia. lithuania is anti russian inertia will undermine their society politically and economically and the moment with when 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 taken omics to belittle. emotions that are also running hoyer among some european politicians who want to end their reliance on russian gas despite efforts by moscow to diversify routes. governments european union. seem to think the other think. we don't need all. the fortune. which with no immediate alternatives to russian gas those stereotypes could only affect the long term relations between the europeans and mature markets and if we can supply a new bushel auntie 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 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 at nato and e.u. forces taking over the checkpoint and allowing kosovan customs officers to be placed there. last month some of the barricades were bombed both 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 tuns it's a political analyst for the magazine new serbian political thought. legally they do have a right to as they say. for its freedom of movement on the whole territory of cost of war but the problem is legitimacy because the

serbian authorities are thought to serve and possible do you recognize nato the right and gave for it right to enforce the law in cost of war but the problem is that most need a country the need to tell recognize that the independent cost of all of this show and can currently trying to implement their laws and to establish their own checkpoint at the border between north and got someone to be out and that is what is an acceptable for the third so caper in itself and should it be only nato convoys there would be no problem whatsoever they could all part of the problem is that they carry in themselves meaning an official from the possible government. prime minister putin was in beijing this week signaling growing ties between russia and china it was putin's first trip abroad since he announced his run for presidency seventy billion dollars worth of energy and technology trade deals were signed during the visit investment specialist francis moon believes russia's

shifting focus toward the east could alter the axis of global politics and economy . the u.s. and europe join together is really dominating global politics i think a china and russia can join to get to. wait and not let them dictate around the world of course europe and you would not be happy in. china and russia kempo tat this for teaching interest in political interest there and would not let america to to mount a staging post for afghanistan so 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 before that fellow be back with a recap of our main news headlines in just a moment stay with r.t.

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hundreds arrested in new york and chicago as protesters taking part in occupy wall street marches response from police. this comes as the occupy movement spreads across the world prompting tens of thousands to vent their anger at banks they view as sapping the public purse while people have to endure severe austerity measures and unemployment. and other top stories this week ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko is jailed for seven years. of abuse of power but there's no end in sight his new charges are brought against. you and us. coming your way next our special report about the colombian drug lord pablo escobar who became even more famous.