over a thousand palestinian prisoners in exchange for one israeli soldier gilad shalit returned home after a massive media campaign but other israelis who've had family members missing for years asked what about that. long and disorder new york police officers could face punishment for harsh tactics used against anti for protect painters on wall street. as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have voted ordinary citizen always has a choice to make. but the man who didn't says it's premature to assume he'll win

next year's presidential election in his first interview since confirming tell stand the gaff for russia's top job. and move or remove the deadline approaches for kosovan serbs to leave their border barricades after a demand by nato of protesters for how to stand firm. line for moscow you're watching archie i'm nice now with our top story and it's been held as a historic middle east prisoner exchange with the first group from a total of over a thousand palestinians being swapped for just one israeli soldier gilad shalit was to become a celebrated cause in his homeland has now returned to israel after being held for five years by hamas the exchange has been greeted by thousands on the streets on

both sides let's cross live to our correspondent paul the sillier who joins us now from israel paula so much scrutiny of all this the world is watching how smoothly did the transfer go. well the prisoner exchange when smoothly right now gilad shalit is here at this tel not a force base he is meeting in private with his parents and following this meeting the family will then take a private flight to their home in northern israel now earlier today tuesday gilad was transferred by her much to egypt's an authority is the first pictures that showed of him came from egypt television he gave an interview to a presenter in which he gave answers that were very short he appeared to have trouble talking he does come across in these pictures as having trouble walking he also has trouble drinking from a water bottle now the president asked him when he first heard that his deal was going to take place he said he knew about it already last week and he was surprised

because he didn't fully expect to remain in captivity for years to come he also said that he hopes that this exchange would held in a real peace between palestinians and israelis now he then showered he put on any israeli army uniform he phoned his parents and then he came in helicopter to this air force base this does close the first phase of this prisoner exchange some four hundred and seventy seven prisoners have been transferred to gaza and the grace bank they have been welcomed by families and by her master's political leadership there they were given a hero's welcome and there was a brown incident at their between your checkpoint where the families who had been waiting for the loved ones to come were told that the last moment that they would not be crossing through there they were so angry they started throwing stones at the israeli soldiers they responded with tear gas and water cannons but we don't have any reports of injuries at this stage there is also some anger among those prisoners who do not come from gaza who come from east to sell them and the west

bank and who've been told that they cannot attend to their hometowns they say they're forcing them to go now and live in gaza is telling them from one prison and israeli jail to another prison guards are among those who are being freed are people who were in chris. and without a trial we caught up with an eight ukrainian woman who has been in jail for the last nine years and we understand that she was it wasn't because her husband was charged with terrorism we spoke with the mother. it's a miracle that these two countries reached an agreement and i'm very happy that my daughter is among the first ones to be freed see how many years irina spent here it was twelve years nine of them in prison i think her love only got stronger i'm sure she's looking forward to meeting us and knows that we love her there we're hoping for the best. kirit at the air force base the israeli prime minister and defense minister have given addresses

they both stated that they were sorry that not more israeli missing soldiers have been poured home and they hearts are with these missing soldiers indeed this is not the only criticism that is being leveled at this prisoner exchange deal the families of people who were killed by some of the prisoners have now been released did petition the jerusalem high court yesterday they lost that position they say that they're very worried that this kind of prisoner exchange not only comes at such a high price but also sets a precedent where palestinians in the future will look at the advantages of kidnapping an israeli soldier when the price to be paid is so high there is also criticism being leveled by families of missing soldiers they say that the israeli government has done little to nothing to try and bring their boys home certainly not done anything to the extent that it has done in the case of gilad shalit. the. every day you have not be comes here to

a place that looks after israeli soldiers who are known in the country come from difficult backgrounds of being here is often more of a comfort to him than the youngsters he hopes because it brings him and that little bit closer to his son majesty who disappeared one year before gilad shalit was taken hostage we are not of no might have subbed over and over again the government and the country are not doing enough from our leaders let me. give it to show you. right there are at the moment seven israeli soldiers who've been kidnapped or who are missing in action now as my son magically disappeared while hitchhiking to his army base major want to ride was captured twenty five years ago after his aircraft was shot down of eleven on these of the last pictures of him alive taken in a prison in iran and i have a disappeared fourteen years ago he was last seen at his army. base one kilometer from the syrian border. it's infuriating it's not acceptable that after fourteen

years the government still has nothing to tell us our demand is that the government bring us any information alive said here in lebanon and syria just bring it up so they've brought us nothing. also. certain her son is still alive and while she's pleased to be allowed is coming home she's disillusioned you know government that made it possible for him but not for her son. it's about media attention p.r. how do arts nearly succeeded in marketing their son we saw it as a family this wasn't relevant we thought it was enough the guy was an i.d.f. soldier in uniform but we were wrong very very wrong. this is a country that depends on its army for its survival is an unwritten code that every soldier who goes to war must be brought back home that's where the heart beats of the free gilad shalit campaign for nearly two years his way in his family it's

a pleasure to be out here in front of the prime minister's office every morning when the time we are left his home he was reminded about the soldier who cannot return to his. really i'm not embarrassed to say that the government and the country are now doing and after my son and the rest of those missing in action it was important for us to bring our soldiers home up a spiritual sounder stance toward. the country will do everything possible to get them back or it's done just that in the case of gilad shalit but at what cost will militants now be empowered to kidnap another israeli soldier and will israel be willing to pay this price again policy r.t. . me or police officers maybe they're going to start over the knuckles for a bunch of the heavy handed tactics. six against occupy wall street protesters it is this video let's take a look that was taped last friday they came ground for one of the inquiries they

also search box to be deputy inspector was filmed grabbing an activist from behind punching him in the face and knocking him to the ground an independent agency that deals with complaints against new york's police says it also was looking into an officer using pepper spray on peaceful protesters the campaign against big business and banking in the u.s. the center its fifth week and artie's lucy constant reports the movement is becoming more and more popular. well i'm here in zuccotti park liberty plaza as it has been dubbed by the occupy wall street protest movement here in new york city this was the scene of thousands of demonstrators who had converged over the weekend to show their support for what they called an international day of rage that's all occupations and demonstrations spread not only across the united states our process the world thousands have converged in times square where they were peacefully demonstrating only to be met with an unprecedented show force by the new york city police department approximately ninety protesters were arrested for partaking in

those demonstrations we also saw instances of police officers on horseback riding into the crowd police officers on scooters injuring several protesters who had gathered peacefully as the demonstrations roll across the country it does appear that the police response is growing in force as well on monday morning we saw in seattle a total of about nine protesters arrested after a two hundred fifty of them refused to take down their tents in the occupation there over the weekend we also saw the arrests of more than one hundred protesters in arizona in two separate occupy wall street demonstrations and in chicago as well were thousands had gathered to demonstrate their support for what they call a movement against the perceived corruption in washington and wall street about one hundred seventy five demonstrators arrested there as well despite the fact that it's a weak day for spite but the fact that our folks out work to go to the movement does

seem to be spreading whether or not it's going to have any effect on the political and economic system in the united states remains to be seen but the numbers continue to grow for our t.v. i'm lucy kaplan of in new york. well in light of america's economic problems in europe greece continues to add to the current financial turmoil. he says look at the moral of this movement it is our movement for the sort of i believe the people coming out later in the programs green lights out of the government think advancement battle to avert. the country or even deeper konami gobbets. but first serves in northern coast of oh say they'll take defensive action against any nato attempts to clear their roadblocks near the border with serbia today is the deadline for them to go otherwise nato peacekeepers have threatened to force them out the americans were built after kosovo took control of two border crossings assisted by nato and e.u. force its original story stones and sound are the only weapons the serbs

leaving in costa they have in their arsenal to make the others listened to them the roadblocks they set up throughout the northern part of the region are making headlines and getting feedback. morning but we ask him not to produce a period. of negative consequences for you and for you bastards who are talking about us well do you are the only negative force present here local resident way to laze ridden in the flat k for a nato led international peacekeeping force in kosovo has been sprayed in here recently. propaganda by oh we don't want them here there was like a pirate would want to talk to. the mayor of the northern course of a town of lapis of which is talking to k. four plunker has been among the four delegates from serbs to negotiate with the peacekeepers on dates and terms of the barricades removal case for has announced on

monday deadline but than postpone it to tuesday the serbs have claimed they need even more time. to billion police and institutions leave northern kosovo and never return here if they leave will remove roadblocks and wednesday but if they don't meet all demands again. initially designed to prevent cosman custom officers from reaching the checkpoints at the northern border with serbia rubble of the roads have made trouble for many cave for complain they had no access to their troops in the north bay using helicopters to transport supplies and soldiers and the serbs themselves suffering to. this is a go for a story where they struck the ground here is still freshly dug the serbs are building roads are turning to for a road to reach serbia from costs about as the main roads have been blocked with their go case in the last several weeks the only other alternative to train the

trans only once a day and always packed so it doesn't really count this is why new bypass roads appear with a nominal speed we've seen at least seven of them do you think you're already on mars. i i just i mean bloody marys among volunteers here his one of the costs of and serves and speaks for all of them simply there also was i mean i work there i also i feel like we're returning to the barricades in the evening people are still there all of them have their usual jobs teachers engineers miners but here they call themselves soldiers and years of war rhetoric. this is our land we will not surrender that's for truth the future for our children and motherland. they say one man

can't win a war but together people may form a real force even if their weapons i just stuns and sound. refreshing arty kosovo. maria continues to update our t.v. on twitter with the latest from kosovo she says serbs are confident their barricades will remain in place and are vowing to rebuild if they don't you can follow our twitter feed our team underscore com stay up to date on the story on mine. and we have more on this story over on our website we're asking your opinions on who's to blame for the trouble in kosovo here's a look at what the results are so far most respondents over two thirds believe it's washington's fought for pushing kosovo's independence claims to cart around thirteen percent think the e.u. is unable to keep order while a similar number three belgrade doesn't ethnic serbs enough and six percent blame

it on kosovo saying it overalls the persecution service let us know what you think top of the line and vote at ardsley dot com. let's hear a few tense decision to run for the presidency next year has dominated the news and roster for almost a month now he's now given his first interview since confirming house found and he said having the backing of the current president and the ruling party does not mean the election is a foregone conclusion. which you could say as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have voted with their are people who criticize me and to me to be made beautiful more they see that if your humble servant takes part in the election that would mean there would be no election at all perhaps that would be the case for them as it would an ordinary citizen always has a choice to make so our critics might suit their own way but in this case the present their platform and what's more important not only to present as you would also to prove in practice that they can do this john the better the original the

report just a tear the most active part of the political spectrum people who talk about democratic institutions their concerns the democratic processes may be ruled but this is definitely not going to happen. but bring you more from rising or putin's interview with some of russia's leaving t.v. channels later this hour here on r.t. . a number of lingering strikes across greece are gaining momentum ahead of a crucial part of the military vote on a new round of tax hikes and wage cuts the approval of a new austerity bill is needed to secure the next tranche of the bow out of a balance to prevent the country going asked but angry greeks believe these measures seen by their government as bringing temporary rest fight are driving the country deeper into recession if it ever becomes ready and make or break week for a nation with an upcoming forty eight hour general strike the parliamentary face

underneath the summit decision to fight it greece is reaching fever pitch. he does not have a moral compass movement it is a movement for the sort of oval of the people we've got to be littering the capitalist cause of ongoing action because he said to once again come to a standstill flights are grounded and public transport grinds to a halt i think of a situation in greece is getting out of control. that workers especially very very under very similar words are. going to push for two percent. or more and more taxes coming in the future. they don't see any future. oh i'm going to leak some fate and statements who will thin with an angry public demanding some sustainable action to help get the country back on its feet. from the vantage

points of many euro skeptic southern european countries such as greece should never have joins the single currency but of course they did this quite this runs deeper there are now calls for radical rethink the entire. euro zone and europe changing direction which will mean what does that mean that means the central bank acting like a serious simple bank like the fate of the. actually trying to reduce the recession reducing interest rates lending to come directly either we will have the governments cooperate on their fiscal policy either we will have a new marshall plan to help the economies of the south actually to be able to compete with the big euro or euro will dissolve it's something need governments have been desperate to avoid or seem to find solutions to the debt crisis to china holds the world economy sinking further into a financial quagmire many of the measures implemented in greece amongst the wage

cuts and tax hikes has simply served to push the country deeper into debt is a leaders whose face increasingly harsh criticism they continued inability to stem the spiraling to a crisis increasingly unpopular greek prime minister has once again called the solidarity pleas of unity coming at a time may when the people in their parliament never seen say foreign parts of the country continues the highways to be that laden economy one thing remains clear that. the rates recovery is going to be a long and difficult one. athens. remember you can always visit our website for the latest story updates here's some of what's there for you right now their lives on the line but they're only healthy if they live in the right place read about the post called monnerie affecting children

suffering a rare genetic disorder. plus our online humor puts a satirical slant on what's happening in the world's news we are cutting cartoons at our teeth dot com. washington is just one hundred special operations troops to uganda to help local forces fight the lord's resistance army widely considered a terrorist organization the ugandan government has been fighting this guerrilla group for over two decades but asia times correspondent pepe escobar says america has far reaching plans for the region but had little to do with protecting civilians. first of all of this is an exchange of gifts president obama is giving

a gift to the dictator of all gundogan sippin it was being in power for twenty five point three six years and he's as responsible of our human rights and freedoms and in fact tax on civilians and murders attacks on civilians as joseph koni so obama's senate is one hundred u.s. special forces bill that's advisers so remember vietnam in one nine hundred sixty one sixty two it started with a bunch of advisers going to be about it and we know what history taught us later this is a civil war and it's a math make war once again the us is right stepping right into the middle of a net war that's been going on for over two decades but the bigger picture is even more impressive because this is not about who can they sell and even obama at meet it on the record or read it at these advisors are going south sudan and the democratic republic of congo as well so when you look at the air incense alaska and

you see the amount of oil in the amount of million or riches at play in maine we see that china is making a real coercively in this area and when we look at the africans agenda which is to combat china commercially viable military ization of africa then you understand is one hundred the beginning of may any will be going to know the soup. let's take a look at what's happening around the world a bomb exploded near a baghdad there are stores killed seven people injured eighteen many of the victims were police officers and it's unclear if they were the target no group of playing for fun or ability for the blast but shia militants have often been blamed for targeting security officials and shops selling alcohol in the past. lands capital bangkok continues its battle against the right of the soldiers racing to reinforce the city's defenses with around a million sandbags the operation follows concerns recently erected may not be

enough to keep water out of high government has also been seeking american and chinese support for relief operations the country's worst flooding in more than half a century has already claimed over three hundred lives. coming up next is the business update there with r.t. . hello and a very warm welcome to the business update german engineering giant siemens is going to invest a billion euro in russian projects over the next three years to the company's chief says most of the money will be allocated for the energy sector including building electricity for sorters as well as developing wind power simmons has been putting its energy into russia's atomic power industry two years ago it's a great to create a huge joint venture with russia's new quote corp but it helped to drop those loans

this year when german decided to phase out nuclear power following japan's fukushima disaster well it's arguably been one of the longest courtships on record for a seventeen year marathon to join the world trade organization is coming to an end w t o negotiator maxime of your concerns the country may be on the bridge of becoming a member of the trade body next month. we have concluded. almost everything we are supposed to show you so we have a very few technical questions french are still outstanding and we hope that we need even not a few months or so few weeks or even days in order to be able to resolve all of them we have to complete the form of discussion. twenty seconds of travel and formal meetings for click praise. and you can watch the full interview with interview with sophie shevardnadze later

this week but it's time to check on the markets oil is continuing its losses after china said its economy grew at the slowest pace in two years and two outs crude stockpiles were forecast to increase blenders trading at one hundred nine dollars a barrel while the w.h.y. is that eight to six dollars per barrel. european stocks are declining after the discouraging economic data from china and the renewed concerns european leaders will struggle to contain the region's debt crisis also weighing on u.k. investors all of those facts before with second quarter loss in twelve years as a public company bank some miners are leading the drop in the footsie on the dax diver is suffering on to quietly european car sales. and russian stocks have raised again struck in europe lower than my six is flat and the r.t.s. is more than one and a half percent in the red. let's take

a look at some of the individual show moves in the minus six some energy majors earlier losses were going to six percent up lies and make up ground is in the red just by production seven percent in the first nine months of the year and never looked at still has a raised early gains it's reported a twelve percent increase in production in the third quarter. and in other news russia's energy giant gazprom has resumed production that two world concessions and leave the company jointly runs the german is one just earlier this year gazprom altered operations in the country due to the political turmoil. also russia's leading diamond producer. to discuss top net profits by folds to eight hundred fifty five million dollars the company says it comes from stronger diamond prices as well as greater demand in emerging markets like india and china. and the mount of retail loans in russia has grown quite

a quarter in the first nine months over a year to one hundred sixty three billion dollars close up outstripping deposits by more than two to one analysts expect boring to accelerate five b. years and as russia's traditionally take out loans ahead of the new year holiday. but perhaps not the business update for for more stories you can log on to our website at archie dot com slash business. thanks.

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