president assad of syria tries to appease protesters by promising. the drafting of a new constitution while the u.n. puts in after months of more than three thousand. and broadcasting live from the heart of moscow. let's take a look. 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 demonstration targeting wall street banks has already lasted for almost five weeks. off is in new york to follow it for us her report contains some footage of strong so be careful if you are 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 them an order to vacate by eleven pm they had not done so and so we witnessed please stop a service 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 ride in right up really well close to where the protesters or scaring people a 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 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 but tons we know that there was approximately a total of ninety protesters now that were arrested in new york city during the course of events yesterday now aside from what happened in times square which we've been reporting on in a very intensely there was actually a massive stand out in washington square park which is an area 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 is their big meeting where they decide whether or not to occupy that part as well or not about a dozen or two dozen or so of them decided to stay and what we saw was and i'm rested and to use of force by police we started riot police our regular officers around the entire park. just to clear this area of these twenty protesters or so

they kicked us out as journalists were trying to tell them the incident to sort of capture what's going on and bring that information to the world and the police officers actually start using strange a strobe light flashlights to blind our cameras this is despite the fact that you know we said that it was journalists one that we were clearly marked as reporters there are several other reporters next to me at the time we had our press and and and still they were pushing us out and actually using force to to keep us from acquiring the story very very unfortunate set of a very tedious confrontations between the police and protesters who again in the large part were being mostly peaceful and you can follow his 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 are going to see violence in iraq we could or you know we already have the violence in this country with the police pepper spraying protesters with you know innocent teenage women and be you know with taunting 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 one determined 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 fieri against banks and politicians. in rome riot

police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent crowds as the protesters smashed bank windows and torched cars plumes of smoke were seen it billowing it near the sky near the coliseum and other parts of the city in britain police authority protesters efforts to set up camp outside the stock exchange in london several hundred activists officers for preventing more people from joining the rally in berlin scuffles broke out in front of the german parliament while. 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 on. these people on the streets of madrid today they believe their voices are. demonstrations here and will continue to grow until the government meet them on the police have been trying to disperse the last few remaining hundred protesters. don't miss our on scene reports from across the

globe just click on to our website r t v dot com. doctored blood flowing poverty and dozens. injured by the country's waiting for hours while cutting jobs and social spending people across the globe loizeaux against their government's economic policies followed a worldwide action against austerity. on thursday the struggling breathed a sigh of relief as slovakia one of its smallest members finally voted in favor of the expanded european bailout fund it was the only e.u. member still stalling eurozone plans when lawmakers rejected the proposal on tuesday in a vote that brought down the countries or 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.'s believes

that slim. i was forced into changing its mind. and i was not good enough no it's 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've just been in this parliamentary chamber with mr barroso these people are absolutely intent creating a united states of europe they don't care how many millions of people. they don't care about the tide of human is misery that calls they have got their political goals but the reality is that not only economically is this failing but politically it's failing what is the point actually of bailing these countries out one of the bailouts all these bailouts helping the people in greece and portugal. what they're actually doing is they giving money to these countries to give back to our banks who over the money in the first place i mean the whole thing. what leads countries need who are trapped inside this economic prison. is they need to. and you are

with r t we've got plenty ahead for you this hour. including an ultimatum for serbs nato demands of the removal of road blocks 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. plotted to kill the saudi ambassador to the states a case that was fabricated by the americans themselves more on this in just a few minutes. former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko feels the law's icy grip just two days after being sentenced to seven years behind bars for abuses of power in. russia a new set of fraud charges is a lined up against her be guilty verdict drew international anger from russia the u.s. and of the united states as well. 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 the two main drama was inside the court especially after the judge's controversial verdict is when the court has ruled that yulia timoshenko is guilty under article three six five pounds 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 it 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 equal 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 we 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 acting 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 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. 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 yanukovych to come here on the twentieth 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 it is back to quiet and normal again it is unclear whether unity mustang cosplay has been sealed as aspirants 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 is guilty verdict was announced and our correspondent documented what happened right in the thick of it his pictures are online and facebook dot com slash r t news we've also got footage of the angry response in kiev on our youtube channel as well. and it seems that gas deal drug. it's all over the news at the moment later in our program we find out what 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 a security forces turned to members of a mexican drug cartel who were in fact informants to the f.b.i. the u.s. has 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 he 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 on the answer 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 where 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 the february after demands of 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 that the syrian capital the unrest 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. and continuing dissent some and in 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 far cry from the images we've been seeing in other cities around the country where there have been reported clashes with if the kurdish north has ever had a government protest however what i think it's only about where in this country the liberal discourse is have time i'll tell say that's settled out of the very basic yet everybody. her husband and young children one of many

families who braved the heat and joy the crowds in downtown damascus. it's true that we knew nothing about politics before but now we take a stand even if i'm a sunni muslim i'm pro this president. ever since most people started revealing their political stance openly some people would mock me and say since when do you know about politics what do you know there are divisions among family members some are pro a son some are anti but that's how it is. it appears that apathy is becoming less of an option for citizens of a nation now under intense international scrutiny. i've 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 video i posted on facebook we want to know why don't you go and then you have the right background and all the issues about your country you got it and. yet there are those like the new wife saying we're no

strangers to picking a side and making it known he's long been voicing his discontent at what he calls a repressive regime and today facebook is one of his main tools in cordoning to dissent catulus 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 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'd feel like a coward if i didn't risk my life while those on the streets are doing so asking for the regime to fall a call staunchly opposed by those on the other side yet everybody was to. me to get together 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 that future is firmly in their own hands and that's our cilia r.t. damascus. on delivery and now we're a military official from the transitional government claims and they have been 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 of the m.t.c. face resistance in tripoli for the first time since he was taken in all. against several were injured in gun battles with coffee supporters after an attempt to raise the ousted regime to a green flag on a city roof and in the town of sierra gadhafi loyalists mounted a fierce counterattack forcing back revolutionary fighters the n t c says it will only declare full liberation once it's shared false 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 is a full scale assault on. you know very densely populated area in which civilians are paying a very very heavy price now the reason why this is important is because the whole basis on which nato imposed the no fly zone at the beginning of this conflict was precisely to defend civilians against military attacks and now we have if you like the allies of nato doing what their enemies were doing a few months ago and you have to begin to ask this of all where is nato now why is nato not saying these are civilians under attack by a military force we have to stop we have to stop this attack and i think what we're beginning to see is if you like is 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 under siege and allow the civilians to flee and they're not and they're not doing that. and if you missed any of our stories there are 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. makes its closest approach to earth find out why scientists were so concerned on our web page at our. recent raids by regulators on the european offices of russian energy giant gazprom may force moscow to review supply deals to europe industry analysts analysts say the searches were

a desperate act to pressure russia to sell gas on better terms correspondent has the story. this even still to be one reason behind the e.u. really. at the beginning of october european energy giants electricity to france and be a set to join russia stream pipeline to europe and said to be the. an e.u. bugs rival. wrong. for example . project which why would the e.u. want these raids to spook russia. 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 this 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. he used 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 bullshit nations 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 from 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 to

a canonic stability emotions that are also running high 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 i think. we don't need all. fortunately. the cold war which was no immediate alternative to russian gas those stereotypes could only affect the long term relations between the european and the chief markets and its biggest supply of the new bushel 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 have not been given enough time to comply the road blocks have now been in place for nearly a month set up in protest at nato and new forces taking over the checkpoint in the line kosovan customs officers to be placed there last month some of the barack. resulting in violence with peacekeepers using rubber bullets and tear gas against the serbs made those actions would be legitimate if not for the fact that they also serve the interests of kosovo and officials as nicola tons which a political analyst for the magazine serbian political thought. illegally 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 serbian authorities are thought to serve in kosovo do you recognize nato is right and paper is right to enforce the law in cost of war but the problem is that most

need a country the need to recognize did the independent cost of war and currently trying to implement their laws and to establish their checkpoint at the border between northern part someone central thirty one 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 in a fish over from the possible government israel and palestine it should resolve their conflict by themselves without outside help according to the israeli foreign minister of a door lieberman he says there's no need for mediation from the middle east quartet made up of the un us un to russia but jeff barak a columnist for the jerusalem post says international participation is a must to ensure lasting peace. if it's ever going to be solved will be solved under an international umbrella of

course mr lieberman is right and the ideal situation would be nothing but. to sit down together and reach a peace agreement between the two of them without the need for international mediation unfortunately however history has shown that this isn't going to be the case and in fact whenever israel has made a peace agreement with another arab country the international community in particular of course the united states has been very much behind those negotiations if you look for example of peace really a junction peace accord although the initial contacts were made between israeli and egyptian it needed to come david summit on the work of president carter to finalize the deal and in the case of the palestinians or initial contacts between is on the palestinians back at the beginning of the also calls were conducted through secret israeli palestinian travels to get them to any stage towards an agreement needs an international commitment particular as far as israel's concerned with the united states backing. american backing for its security needs the palestinians on the

other hand want to know that they have the backing of the arab world to make the compromises that they'll have to make if there is to be a peace agreement between the two sides and i'll be back with a recap of our top headlines in just a few minutes. if

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please. please please don't talk t.v. . broadcasting live from the heart of moscow this is our. look at the top. hundreds are arrested in new york and chicago as protesters taking part in occupy wall street. response from police. this comes as. thousands to vent their anger at the banks they view as sapping the public people have to endure severe austerity measures and unemployment. if other top stories this week ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko is jailed for seven years after a court finds her guilty of abuse of power but there is no end in sight.