the. price of the. moon and the sun from feinstein. starts on t.v. . hundreds arrested in new york and chicago as protesters taking part in occupy wall street marches that meet a 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 sapping the public purse 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 the court finds her guilty of abuse of power there's no end in sight as new charges are brought against her despite the e.u. and the us condemning the ruling. the.

president assad of syria tries to appease protesters by promising multi-party elections and of the drafting of a new constitution while the u.s. puts the death toll after months of more than three thousand. in broadcasting live from the heart of moscow this is our. top stories. hundreds have been arrested across the u.s. says police moved 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 for almost five weeks. in new york to follow it for

us her report contains some footage of strong struggling so be warned 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 but police officers there have given the order to vacate by eleven pm they have not done so and so we witnessed we saw officers coming in putting down tents and of course unfortunately arresting those who would not be and this is very similar to what we saw it 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 well opposed to where the processor is where scaring people are stomping on some people we saw you had a nice arm scooters sort of going into the crowd or hurting some individuals several

protesters were arrested or 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 with but taunts we know that there was approximately a total of ninety eight 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 here a college campus in new york city some of the occupy wall street protesters have gone down they are they held what they call the general assembly which is their big meeting where they decide whether or not to occupy that park as well or not it's about a dozen or two dozen of so of them decided to stay and what we saw was and i'm precedent to use of force to east we started riot police regular officers around the entire.

hard just to clear this area of previous twenty protesters or so they kicked out a salad 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 and this is just my packet clearly said there was a journalist one that we were clearly marked as reporters to several other reporters next to me at the time we had our press and ran still they were pushing us alex and essentially using force to keep us from acquiring a story very very unfortunate side of a very tedious i'm pretty sure it's between the police and the protesters who again in a large part working on mostly peaceful you can follow lucy's twitter feed to get the latest on those demonstrations from the heart of the action and the anti greed 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 that we already have the violence in this country with the police pepper spraying protesters with you know innocent teenage women and b. you know what funded you know on here oh this is what the alternative media showcasing right now i mean 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 was started as a one determined to protest in wall street has this weekend become a worldwide phenomenon galvanized into action into one of the largest 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 fury against the banks and politicians in rome riot police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent crowds as protesters smashed bank windows and torched cars plumes of smoke were seen it billowing into the sky and near the coliseum and other parts of the city as well as on the britain police wanted protesters efforts to set up camp outside the stock exchange in london several hundred activists called officers for preventing more people from joining the rally in berlin stouffer's broke out in front of the german parliament building when police removed demonstrators tents and food stalls of course 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 that hard demonstrations given its wealth will continue to grow until the government makes

a demand the police have been trying to disperse the last few remaining hundred to call the protesters. don't miss our. seen reports from across the globe just quit on to our website. structures by throwing poverty into other. countries waiting for. jobs and social spending people across the globe rise up against their government's economic policies follow the worldwide action against austerity live. on thursday the struggling at the. relief as slovakia one of its smallest members finally voted in favor of the expanded european bailout fund and was the only e.u. member still startling eurozone plans when lawmakers rejected the proposal on tuesday in a vote that brought down the country's ruling coalition graded it 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 and euro m.p. nigel for raj 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 are 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 read in this parliamentary chamber with mr barroso these people are absolutely in creating a united states of europe they don't care how many millions of people probably are employed scrapheap they don't care about the tide of humanism misery that they calls they have got their political selves 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 out 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 lent the money in the first place i mean the whole thing is man what leads come to. is made who are trapped inside this economic prison for these they need to do you value and of course you are with our teeth and we've got plenty ahead for you. and ultimatum for kosovo's serbs nato demands the removal of roadblocks at a disputed border crossing with serbia and stay with us to learn if it has the right to make that kind of request. to us officials claim they have for oil to any rounding in the plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the united states a case that tehran says it was fabricated by the americans themselves more on this story in a few minutes. former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko feels that the law excuse me feels 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 is lined up against her guilty verdict to 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 where former prime minister yulia timoshenko was awaiting the verdict over her a legit 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 and they could 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 judges country were shelled murdered. because has ruled

that the demand of nutrition co is guilty under article three six five hundred three of the criminal code of ukraine and sentences has a seven years imprisonment under neither the right to work in civil service for three years just last year a jewish ankle was one of the most influential female politicians in the world for having lost her power and now her liberty to machine go was furious. that the riparian regime it's not equal taught me the trial showed the constitution and justice hundred trampled underfoot i need you to begin the struggle it's a very difficult and important time 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 in moscow which insists the contracts were completely legitimate because the herself that illegitimate eckstein contract which remains in force which

was never legally challenged. could be. the reason. for the good decision. was to do the e.u. also gauss's president speak to the other colleges 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 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 neighborhood to get closer to europe not just in terms of membership in terms of european values like the rule of trust states 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 dad 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 is back to quiet and normal again it is unclear whether unity mustang course face has been sealed as experts are now speculating that a presidential pardon is still have possibility but these protesters here i did tell him 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. documented what happened right in the face of it is the pictures are online at

facebook dot com slash archly news we have footage of the angry response m.p.'s on our you tube channel as well. and it seems that gas a deal drama is all over the news at the moment later in the program we find out what the 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 two members of a drug cartel from mexico who were in fact informants to the f.b.i. the u.s. has it warned of that it's committed to holding tehran to account an american delegation is now heading to russia china and turkey to be provide evidence to back up their case but iran 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 and 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 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 ry 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 he tried to unite its people against theoretical hypothetical foreign enemy. moves towards reform have started in syria were

a new constitution is being drafted following months of anti-government protests is due to be completed within four months president assad has called for multi-party elections in february after the mansour 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 the unrest has claimed over three thousand lives with the u.n. a warning that the country might be heading for a full blown civil war at least as are so we spoke to people from both sides and sent us this report. but voices of support. continuing dissent some and deadly clashes polar opposites in their demands but in some way united by a newfound zeal to take a stand for here the fact that the syrian capital our lives have gathered at the show their support for the government that is being built up are part of the images

we've been seeing in other cities that the country where there have been reporting a lot of difficulties or for that matter being a government protest however what they are about where in this country the medical discourse is outside the town that was a very safe yet as the night it was all on her husband and young children one of many families who braved the heat and joined 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 some are paralysed 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 on. the intense international scrutiny i never watched news i never

cared you know i never never had any interest in politics. i think most of us baby bumps watch the news media articles and always running out right now and then we have the right background on the issues and i can see you got it. in there are those like a new wife saying we're no strangers to taking 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 name tools in cordoning 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 but i'm going to jail it here to get there 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 respond to life while those on the streets are doing so asking for the regime to fall because staunchly opposed by those on the other side yes it was the street. because. it's. your political career also me and activism among syrians are growing whatever side of the divide there are people who are saying the future of their country is at stake but all are adamant that future is firmly in their own hands and that's arsenal r.t. damascus on to libya now where a military official from the transitional government claims they have liberated bani walid one of the two remaining khadafi strongholds after weeks of heavy fighting with he has a new flag has been raised in the city center earlier this week and he faced resistance in tripoli from. first time since the capital was taken in august

several were injured in gun battles with khadafi supporters after an attempt to raise the altitude of the green flag on a city rooftop and in the town of c. it could off email lists mounted a fierce counter attack forcing a back revolutionary fighters the m.d.c. says it will only declare full liberation once syria files but investigative journalist simon a soft told r.t. that pursuing that goal means ignoring the high human costs. i think what's happening in sirte is really quite shocking i mean if you if you remove yourself from saying i support one side or support the other side what we're seeing in is a full scale a so. 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 write

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 from a reemergence of the double standards what's happening in libya now is is going to be a war crime 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 under siege allow the civilians to flee and they're not and they're not doing that. well 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 is some of us there for you right now. more attention on the west bank as israeli police used tear gas to disperse palestinians are protesting against security checks. and

a near miss doomsday comedy makes its closest approach to earth find out why scientists were so concerned on our website page of r g dot com. recent raids by e.u. regulators on of the european offices of russian energy giant gazprom may force moscow to review supply deals to europe and history analysts say the searches were a desperate acts to pressure russia to sell gas on better terms europe correspondent daniel bushell has the story. 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 are set to join russia sell stream pipeline to europe and said to be the this warrant for the bucco an e.u. backed rival that's accessible. to the throne miles and the commission for example it's a project but why would the e.u.

want these raids to spook russia a reliable supplier to be negotiated 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 and 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 with 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 by missing out on the opportunity to take part in big energy ventures especially baltic nations which the north three point nine bypasses taking russian gas straight to germany instead of complaining experts say they could have

moved on the world from with russia. that's the way it is and how 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 bulgaria for example signed a new deal with gazprom which will generate income and contribute taken omics to belittle. emotions that are also running hoya. some pure opinion politicians who want to end their reliance on russian gas disappoints efforts by moscow to diversify routes. the european union. seem to think the i think. we. all. fortunately. know we need you

to turn to russian gas those stereotypes could only affect the long term relations between the european energy markets and its biggest supply of unusual r t brussels . 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 road themselves the serbs complain of that they've been given too little time to comply the road blocks have now been in place for nearly a month set up in protests that may go into forces taking over the checkpoint and allowing kosovan customs officers to be placed there late last month some of the barricades were bald those resulting in violence with peacekeepers using rubber bullets and tear gas against the serbs actions would be considered legitimate if not for the fact they also serve the interests of course of an official's nicol are tons of a political analyst for the magazine serbian political sponsor. legally they do

have a right to as they see. it in for its freedom of movement on the whole territory of course the world but the problem is legitimate think because the therapy and authority that brought a certain class of what do you recognized need to was right and people is right to enforce the law and possible but the problem is that most need a country they need to tell recognize independent thought because there would be chilled and apparently trying to implement their laws and to establish their checkpoints at the border between northern parts of more intent of the area and that is what is an acceptable part of third phil cape or in itself should it be only nato convoys there would be no problem whatsoever it would all part of the problem in carrying themselves out meaning an official from the possible government . egypt's military rulers have this week issued a decree banning all forms of discrimination that's after the worst violence there

since the february revolution which toppled president mubarak more than twenty five people were killed and hundreds injured in clashes between compter christians and security forces in cairo military vehicles were seen charging through the crowds while troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas and it started as a peaceful demo for just for justice after tracks on christian churches by muslim extremists state owned media blamed the christian protesters despite witnesses saying that unconnected troublemakers were behind the violence middle east blogger karl charlotte says the country's military rules are scapegoating the religious minority. this is a very cynical attempt by the rulers of the country their military to portray a. minority of the population and religious minority troublemakers when in fact all they're doing are trying to seek some justice over institutionalized

discrimination that still residue from them time before barak and his policies what we are facing is a popular uprising that was aboard aborted by a military coup leaving pretty much a political and security vacuum in place and that's the context for what's happening in egypt. all the time of sides involved don't seem to have enough authority to control the emergency situation in egypt so that void will then dodge vacuum i anything is possible double mints. and i'll be back with a recap of our top headlines in just a few minutes.