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 pounds of. broadcasting live from the heart of moscow. 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 demonstration so far the ongoing city 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 so be warned if you're. 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 or scaring people stomping on some people we saw a unit of police armed scooters sort of going into the crowd and 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 in very forcefully slammed down on to 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 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 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 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 an unprecedented use of force by police we saw a riot police our regular officers around the entire. part just to clear this area

from these twenty protesters or so they kicked ass out as journalists were trying to tell them that 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 and a strobe light flashlights to blind our cameras this is despite the fact that i clearly said that i was a journalist one that we were clearly marked as reporters there are several other reporters next to me at the time we had our press and song and dance and still they were pushing us alex and essentially using force to keep us from acquiring the story very very unfortunate set of events very tedious confrontations between the police and the protesters who again in the large part were being 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 greed movement attracts more attention as the 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 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 but 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 what started as a one determined to protest in wall street has this weekend become a worldwide phenomenon galvanized into action in 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 or seen a billowing into the sky and near the coliseum and other parts of the city as well with on the britain police sward 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 scuffles 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 are being heard demonstrations here and it's well will continue to grow until the government makes a demand the police have been trying to disperse the last few remaining hundred

call protesters. don't miss our. reports from across the globe. and other. countries. and social spending people across the globe against the government's economic policies follow the worldwide action against austerity. on thursday the struggling. relief as one of its smallest members finally voted in favor of the expanded european bailout fund it was the only e.u. member. rejected the proposal on tuesday in a vote that brought down the country's. four hundred forty billion euro rescue fund will now be able to offer cheap credit to beleaguered banks and buy up increasingly

expensive. british and euro. believe it was 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 been in this. these people are absolutely creating a united states of. how many millions of people. they don't care about the tide of misery that they have got but the reality is that 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 portugal. what they're actually doing is they're giving money to these countries to give back to our banks who. i mean the whole thing. what. they were trapped

inside this economic prison called these they need to. and of course you are with our teeth and we've got plenty ahead for you. and ultimatum for. 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 foiled a. plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the united states. 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 as i see grew up just two days after being sentenced to seven years behind bars for abuses of power in gas fields she signed with russia a new set of charges is lined up against the 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 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 all rings 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 but the main drama was inside the court especially after the judge's controversial verdict. 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 shankar was 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 retiring regime it's not easy to stop me the trial showed that the constitution and justice had been trampled under throughout i urge you to begin the struggle it's a very difficult and important man and you have to protect ukraine against the authoritarian regime don't give up. the prosecution claimed she abused power while signing gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine the accusation has raised eyebrows in moscow which insists the contracts were completely legitimate but we cannot accept that 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 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 as 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 twenty 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 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 cause fate 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 see reporting from kiev in ukraine and as we saw their tempers ran high outside court because a guilty verdict was announced and our correspondent. documented what happened right in the thick of it here's the pictures are online at facebook dot com slash our team news we have footage of the angry response in kiev on our youtube channel

as well. and it seems a gas 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 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 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 the more pressure that the united states tries to impose upon iran the iranians will push back as well the united states is being

utterly dishonest iran has absolutely no motive to carry out such an operation if you ron did hypothetically want to carry out this operation they could have done it in the middle east in an area where there are more high profile figures and where it could be carried out much easier why would iran want to create extra sensitivity with the united states so it's absolute nonsense and obviously iran gains nothing from it the only people who do gain is the united states by distracting attention 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 were a new constitution is 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 elections in february after demands from protesters who've been on the streets since march this week tens of thousands of assad 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. spoke to people from both sides and sent us this report. voices of support. and continuing dissent some and in deadly clashes polar opposites in their demands but in some way united by the newfound zeal to take a stand for here the syrian capital well how little they've gathered at the 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 me security forces that have had a government protest however while i think it's only

a matter where in this country political discourse is sometimes cut that was you know very very familiar let's not be. all on her husband and young children who are 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 in 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 on. intense 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 get it books we watch the news media articles it always fun i know i know and then you have the right background and the issues of a kid until you got the. you know there are those like the new i hissing 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 imported into 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 bed and no one would even know about it that his change down 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 waste 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 yes it was. good to be with. you to find. one 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 on delivery 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 libya's a new flag has been raised in the city center earlier this week the n.p.c. faced resistance interplay for. first time since the capital was taken in august several were injured in gun battles with khadafi supporters after an attempt to raise the ousted the green flag on

a city rooftop and in the town of sderot khadafi loyalists mounted a fierce counterattack forcing them back to revolutionary fighters the m.d.c. says it will only declare full liberation once syria falls but investigative journalist simon asafa told r.t. that pursuing that goal means ignoring the high human costs. i think what's happening inside 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 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 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 from a reemergence of the double standards what's happening in libya now is is to going to be a war crime the attack is a war crime and i think it has to stop immediately has to be a 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 and allow the civilians to flee and they're not and they're not doing this. well if you missed any of their 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 attention on the west bank as israeli police used tear gas to disperse palestinians are protesting against security checks. and a near miss doomsday. makes its closest approach to earth scientists were so

concerned on our website page of. 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 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 event still to be one reason behind the e.u. raids on gazprom offices are 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 said to be the death warrant for the bucco an e.u. backs rival successive. tore through long miles and the commission of law for example it's a 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 its 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 missing out on the opportunity to take part in big energy ventures especially baltic nations which the north stream pipeline point policies taking russian gas straight to germany instead of complaining gas experts say they could have moved on the worked with russia. lithuania's and time 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 to a canonic stability emotions that are also running hoya. some european politicians who want to end their reliance on russian gas despite efforts by moscow to diversify routes. governments european union who seem to think we have thinkable. we don't need russian gas all. fortunately. it's a russian gas those stereotypes could only affect the long term relations between

the european markets and the biggest supply of new bushels 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 road themselves the serbs complained of that they've been given two little time to comply with the roadblocks have now been in place for nearly a month set up in protest at nato and u.s. forces taking over the checkpoint and allowing kosovan customs officers to be placed there late last month some of the barricades were bold resulting in violence with peacekeepers using rubber bullets and tear gas against the serbs nato's actions would be considered legitimate if not for the fact they also serve the interests of kosovan officials says nicola tons which a political analyst for the magazine serbian political phone. who legally do have a right to as they say. for its freedom of movement on

the whole territory of cost of war but the problem with legitimacy because the therapy are not already that already served in kosovo do you recognize nato the right and capered 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 the job and current. we trying to implement their laws and to establish their checkpoint at the border between north and got some one central servia and that is what isn't acceptable for the serbs so caper in itself and should it be only nato convoys there would be no problem whatsoever they could all cause the problem is that they carry in themselves and officials 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 that had started as a peaceful demo for just asked for justice after attacks 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 defacto rulers of the country the military to portray a. minority of the population and religious minority as troublemakers when in fact all they're doing are trying to seek some justice over institutionalized discrimination that's the. residue from the time of war baraka and his policies

what we are facing is a popular uprising that was a poor 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 kind of sides involved don't seem to have enough authority to control the emergence to a sure egypt so that void within the vacuum of anything is possible at the moment. and i'll be back with a recap of our top headlines in just a few minutes. we'll

. bring you the latest in science and technology from the realm of russia.

we've got the few jerks covered. and welcome back you are watching our team glad to have you with us let's get right to your top headlines hundreds arrested in new york and chicago as protesters taking part in occupy wall street marches and meet a fierce response from police this comes. as if the occupy movement spreads across the world prompting tens of thousands to vent their anger at the banks that they view as sapping the public purse while people have to endure street severe austerity measures and unemployment. and other top news stories this week ukraine's former prime minister yulia tymoshenko is in jail for seven years after a key have court finds her guilty of abuse of power but there's no end in sight as new charges are brought against her despite the un to us condemning.