president. the drafting of a new constitution. after months of unrest that more than three thousand. thomas have you with us 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 for almost five weeks. is in new york to follow it for us her report contains footage of strong be careful if you're sensitive. well we know

that about one hundred 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 really 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 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 times 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 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 park as well or not about a dozen or two dozen or so of them just cited to stay and what we saw was an unprecedented use of force by police we saw a riot police regular officers surround the entire park. just to clear this area is

twenty protestors or so they kicked ass 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 a strange a strobe light flashlights to blind their 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 sandy and and still they were pushing us out and essentially using force to to keep us from acquiring the story very very unfortunate set of a 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 a twitter feed to get the latest on those demonstrations from the heart of the action and the anti green movement attracts more attention as reports of allegedly groundless arrests emerge blogger christopher greene believes american cities are likely to witness even more violence as the marches spread from coast to coast

there is going to be some kind of martyrdom in the near future we are going to see violence or rob we can 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 but 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. and what started as 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 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 a bellowing into the sky near the coliseum and other parts of the city in britain police swarmed into protesters efforts to set up camp outside a stock exchange in london several hundred activists had called officers for preventing more people from joining the rally moving on to berlin as you can see here 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 are on the streets of madrid today they believe their voices are in your heart the demonstrations here in israel will continue to grow until the government meets a demand the police have been trying to disperse the last few remaining hundred

protesters don't miss our on the scene reports from across the globe just quick onto our website are. structured like growing poverty and dozens. injured by the countries waiting for hours while putting jobs and social spending people across the globe against their government's economic policies followed a worldwide action against austerity live. on thursday the struggling in. slovakia one of its. lost 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 country's ruling coalition the upgraded four hundred forty billion euro rescue fund will now be able to offer cheap credit to beleaguered banks and buy up increasingly expensive sovereign debt british. police

. was forced into changing its mind. now we know is not acceptable in the bottom european union if you say you know you're made to vote again until you get the right which gives you a true measure of what this project's really like you must understand that i've just been in this parliamentary chamber with mr barroso these people are absolutely 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're 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 these countries

need who are trapped inside this economic prison. is they need to. and you are with me and we've got plenty ahead for you this hour. including an ultimatum for. nato demands the removal of roadblocks at a disputed border crossing. stay with us to learn if it has the right to make that kind of request. and u.s. officials claim they have the iranian plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the states. was fabricated by the americans themselves in 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 gas deals she signed with russia a new set of fraud charges is 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 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 up the main drama was inside the court especially after the judge's controversial verdict. the court has ruled that the demand of not to mention to you is guilty under article three six five pounds three of the criminal code of ukraine and sentences him to seven years imprisonment and denies

of the right to work in civil service for three years just last year and to a shank i 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 or it's not it will 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 and 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 want 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. 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 cause space has been sealed as x. parts 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 there tempers ran high outside court after yulia timoshenko guilty verdict was announced. and of course one of the documented what happened right in the thick of it is pictures are online and facebook dot com slash r.t. news we have footage of the angry response in kiev on our youtube channel as well. it seems gas deal drama is all over the news at the moment later in our program we

find out what new regulators were looking for when they raided the european offices of the 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 security forces turned to members of a mexican drug cartel who were in fact informants to the f.b.i. the u.s. was warned has warned that it is committed to holding tehran to account an american delegation is now heading to russia china and turkey to provide evidence to back their case up but he says the claims are an attempt to isolate it from the international can 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 where a new constitution is being drafted following months of anti-government protests the draft is due to be complete within four months president assad has called for multi-party elections in february after demands are from poor protesters who have

been on the streets since march this week tens of thousands of assad 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. 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 clash of significant force of government protests however what i think it's only a matter where in this country when they call the forces have time to cut that out

of their very basic yet of the night it was. 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 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 under intense international scrutiny. i never watched muse i never cared you know i never i never had any interest in politics but. i think most of us books watched this video was posted on facebook

and i know i know that and then he had the right background and all the issues about your country you can think of and. yet 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 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 that i'm going to jail that hitting a dead and no one would even know about it that has 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 if it was to. be.

given to the church. at the time. 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 are cilia r.t. damascus. on the libya now where a military official from the transitional government claims that 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. faced resistance in tripoli for the first time since the capital this take. in august several were injured in gun battles with gadhafi supporters after an attempt to raise the ousted regime green flag on a city rooftop and in the town of sears khadafi loyalists mounted

a fierce counterattack pushing back revolutionary fighters. says it will only declare full liberation once shared falls but investigative journalist simon a soft told i tell you that pursuing that goal means ignoring the high human cost. 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. the 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 from a reemergence of the double standards what's happening in libya now is is to 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 allow the civilians to flee and they're not and they're not doing this. 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 some of what's there for you right now. more tension on the west bank as israeli. palestinian. security. mortal enemies. seem to put their differences aside to mark their friendship. but police didn't appreciate the move to rewrite history

. recent raids by e.u. regulators on the european office. 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 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 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 accessible. to the throng miles and the commission of law for example it's a pet 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 to 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 but that company must make a profit on the deal and that will immediately raise the price of the homes pay 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 bypasses taking russian gas straight to germany instead of complaining experts say they could have moved on i worked with russia. lithuania's and had a 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 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 pura pm politicians who want to end their reliance on russian gas disappoints efforts by mosco to diversify routes. brussels. governments the european union who seem to think be unthinkable in my view that we don't need russian gas at all unfortunately. which with no immediate to turn to russian gas those stereotypes could only affect the long term relations between the european energy markets and its biggest supply of the

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're ordered to remove the obstructions on monday or peacekeepers will step in and clear the roads themselves . the serbs complain that they've been given too little time to comply the road blocks have now been in place for nearly a month so up in protest at nato and you forces taking over the checkpoint and along toss of an customs officers to be placed there late last month some of the barricades were born 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 that they also serve the interests of course of an officials says thomas itch a political analyst for the magazine new serbian political thought. legally they do have a right to as they see. it in for its freedom of movement on

the whole territory of cost of war but the problem with legitimacy because the serbian authorities are proud to serve in kosovo do you recognize nato is right and capered right to enforce the law in cost of war but the problem is that most need a country the need to recognize the independent cost of oil and currently trying to implement their laws and to establish their checkpoint at the border between north and got some more intent and that is what is an acceptable for the third so caper in itself should it be only a nato convoy there would be no problem whatsoever it could all part of the problem is that they carry in themselves meaning an official from the possible government. egypt's military rulers have this week issued a decree banning all forms of discrimination that is after the worst violence of their sense of the february revolution which toppled president mubarak more than

twenty five people were killed and hundreds injured in clashes between topic christians and security forces in cairo military vehicles were seen charging through the crowds while troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas it had started as a peaceful demo 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 shara says the ten trees military rulers 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 and overturn institutionalized discrimination that's the. residue from them time of war barak and his policies

what we are facing is a popular uprising that was a poor aborted by a military coup leaving a pretty much a political and security vacuum in place and that's the context for what's happening in egypt and all the kind of sides involved don't seem to have an awful authority to control the emergence to a show in egypt so that void within the vacuum of anything is possible at the moment. and that wraps things up this hour i'll be back with a recap of our top headlines in just a few minutes. of

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thing by casting my direct from the heart of moscow this is r.t. on sean thomas that's correct your top one. hundred to zero. yesterday in new york and chicago as protesters taking part in occupy wall street marchers need 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 while people have to endure severe austerity measures and unemployment. and in other top stories this week ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko is jailed for seven years after a queue of court finds her guilty of abuse of power.