then again for russia's top job. and move or remove the deadline approaches for kosovo and serbs to leave their border barricades after a demand by nato the protests are vowing to stand firm. line for moscow you're watching r t i'm new sonali 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 and 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 north if force base he is meeting in private with his parents and finding this meeting the family will then take a private flight to their home in northern israel now earlier today choose state gilad was transferred by him us to egypt and authorities the first pictures that were shown 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 his pictures as having trouble walking he also has trouble drinking from a water bottle now the president asked him when he first heard that this deal was going to take place he said he knew about it already last week and he was surprised because he did fully expect to remain in captivity for years to come he also said

that he hoped that this exchange would herald 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 flew in helicopter to this if force base this does close the first phase of this prisoner exchange some four hundred and seventy seven prisoners has been transferred to gaza and the west bank they have been welcomed by families and by hamas as political leadership there they were given a hero's welcome and they wanted one incident at the bay to mia the checkpoint where the families who had been waiting for their loved ones to come we're told at 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 resell them and the west bank into being told that they cannot attend to their

hometowns they say that forcing them to go now and live in gaza is sending them from one prison and israeli jail to another prison gaza among those who are being freed are people who were. and without trial we caught up with a ukrainian woman who has been in jail for the last nine years and we understand that she was imprisoned because her husband was charged with terrorism we spoke with a matter. 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 that we're hoping for the best. here at the air force base the israeli prime minister and defense minister have given addresses they both say it that they were sorry that not more israeli missing soldiers have

been brought home and that 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 didn't 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. that. every day. comes here to a place that looks after israeli soldiers who are known in the country who come

from difficult backgrounds but 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 mushy who disappeared one year before gilad shalit was taken hostage we are modern no musharraf sub this border and over again the government and the country are not doing enough for marty neither is the media you know his dog gave to do so here and there are at the moment seven israeli soldiers who've been kidnapped or who are missing in action nazmi son mash disappeared while hitchhiking to his army base major want to ride was captured twenty five years ago off his it cost was shutdown of lebanon these are the last pictures of him alive taken in a prison in iran guy have a disappeared fourteen years ago he was last seen at his army base one kilometer from the. in border. it's own through eating it's an acceptable that after fourteen years the government still has nothing to tell us our demand is that the government

bring us any information alive dead here in lebanon and syria just bring it but they've brought us nothing. close to certain her son is still alive and while she's pleased gilad is coming home she's disillusioned in her government that made it possible for him but not for her son. it's about media attention b.r. how do lots 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. because 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 what the heart of the free gilad shalit campaign for nearly two years were in the family and still to come out here in front of the prime minister's office every morning when netanyahu left his

home he was reminded about the soldier who could not return to his beloved but usually be i'm not embarrassed to say that the government and the country are not doing enough for my son and the rest of those missing in action it is important for us to bring our soldiers home as parents who send their sons to war we need to know the country will do everything possible to get them back org 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. they are police officers may be given a sharp rap over the knuckles for a budget lee heavy handed tactics against occupy wall street protests. it is this video let's take a look that was taped last friday they gave ground for one of the inquiries they also search 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 who campaigned against big business and banking in the u.s. the center and 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 but across 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 about 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 where thousands had gathered to demonstrate their support for what they call a movement against the proceeds of 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 to spite the fact that folks have 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 team i'm lucy catherine of in new york. well in light of america's economic problems in europe greece continues to add to the current financial turmoil. it is not only more produced more going to it is our movement for the sort of over all of the people coming out later in the program as greeks lash out at the government think that's part of battle to avert default the country towards an even deeper cannot make a bit. but first serves in northern kosovo say they'll take defensive action against any nato attempts to clear their road blocks near the border with serbia to say 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. forces. has the story stones in the sand 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 northern part of the region and making headlines and getting feedback. morning we ask you not to participate in you around me or threaten your safety or may have negative consequences for you and for your country bastards who are talking about us well do are the only negative force present here local resident by two ways written in the flat k. for and nato led international peacekeeping force in kosovo has been sprayed in here recently look at their propaganda not by oh we don't want them here those like you buyers we don't want to talk to them. the mayor of the northern coast of a town of lapis of which is talking to k. four bronco has been among the four delegates from serbs to negotiate with the peacekeepers on dates and terms of the barricades for movie k. four has announced a monday deadline but then postponed it to tuesday as serbs have claimed they need

even more time. to bury in police and institutions to leave northern kosovo and never return here if they leave will remove roadblocks and wednesday but if they don't meet all demands will boot them back again. initially designed to prevent kosovan custom officers from reaching the checkpoints at the northern border with serbia rubble on the roads have made trouble for many k. four complained they had no access to their troops in the north they're using helicopters to transport supplies and soldiers and the serbs themselves suffering to. this days ago a forest area where they struck now is luke the ground here is still freshly dug the serbs are building new roads and tentative roads to reach serbia from kossovo as the main roads have been blocked with their barricades in the last several weeks the only are the alternatives a train but a trans only once a day and always packed so it doesn't really count this is why new bypass roads

appear with phenomenal speed we've seen at least seven of them to go rule of march . this i just i need blood to marie's among volunteers here his one of the costs of and serves as speaks for all of them serving the spirit there were multiple times i completely get i worked 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 france for truth for the future for our children and motherland that. they say one man can't we in a war but together people may form

a real force even if their weapons i just tons and sound. refreshing r.t. kosovo. well maria continues to update our t.v. on twitter with the latest from kosovo 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 fault for pushing kosovo's independence claims to part from thirteen percent think the e.u. is unable to keep order while a similar number say belgrade doesn't attack at the next serbs enough and six percent blame it on kosovo saying it allows the persecution of sarah flood us know

what you think drop us a line and vote our dot com. lead singer of pollutants 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 big interview since confirming he'll stand and he said having the backing of the current president and the ruling party does not mean the election is a foregone conclusion. as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have voted with their are people who criticize me and to me to be mediated for more they say that if you were hoping to serve and takes part in the election that would mean there would be no election at all perhaps that would be the case for them but as we get an ordinary citizen always has a choice to make so our critics might see their own way but in this case the present their platform and wants more important to me not only to present it to prove in practice that they can do these john better there is another important aspect here the most active part of the political spectrum people who talk about

democratic institutions their concerns the democratic processes may be ruled by this is definitely not going to happen. well bring you more from the idea or putin's interview with some of russia's leading t.v. channels later this hour here on our team. a number of lingering strikes across greece are gaining momentum ahead of a crucial part of the mentary 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 bust but angry greeks believe these measures seen by their government as bringing temporary rest fight are driving the country deeper into recession and they have actually because of a very and make or break week for a nation with an upcoming full tauhid general strike the parliamentary fate underneath the summit decision the fight for greece is reaching fever pitch.

he does not any more a protest movement it is a movement for the sort of five all of the people we've got a jewel ready littering the capsule is positive on going action the country set to once again come to a standstill this flight to ground is public transport grinds to a halt i think the situation in greece is getting out of control. that workers especially very very angry they're seeing their words decrease by about twenty percent to thirty percent. or more and more taxes coming in the future. they don't see any future. own going to leaks and they statements will fit in 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 joined the single currency but

of course they did lose the crisis runs deeper there are now calls for a radical rethink of the entire year. we will have the euro zone and europe changing direction which will mean what does that mean that means the central bank acting like a serious central bank like the fate of a bank. i'm actually trying to reduce the recession five reducing interest rates lending to come to directly either we will have the governments corporator on their fiscal policy either we have a new marshall plan to help the economies of the faction to be able to compete with the euro or the euro will dissolve it's something need governments have been desperate to avoid are searching to find solutions to the debt crisis to try and hold the world economy sinking further into a financial quagmire many of the measures implemented in grace amongst the wage cuts and tax hikes have simply served to push the country deeper into debt years

and leaders have faced increasingly harsh criticism they continued inability to stem the spiraling to a crisis increasingly unpopular greek prime minister has once again cooled the solidarity pleas of unity coming at a time may when the people in their parliament never seem say far apart. as the country continues to fire ways to be debt laden economy one thing remains clear that the greece the rates recovery is going to be a long and difficult one sarah say athens. well 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 online but they're only help if they live in the right place read about the post called lottery affecting children suffering a rare genetic disorder. plus our online and humor puts

a satirical slant on what's happening in the world's news we are cutting cartoons at our team 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 that have little to do with protecting civilians. first of all this is an exchange of gifts president obama is giving a gift to the dictator ople gunned down while seventy was being in power for twenty

five to twenty six years and he's as responsible of up human rights and freedom as any effect at the acts on civilians and murders attacks on civilians as joseph coney so obama's senate is one hundred u.s. special forces billed as advisers so remember vietnam in one nine hundred sixty one sixty two it started with a bunch of advisers going to get him out and we know what history taught us later this is a civil war and it's and that make war once again the u.s. is right stepping right into the middle of an emetic war that's been going on for over two decades but the bigger picture is even more impressive because this is not about again they sell and even obama at made it on the record already that these advisers are going to south sudan and the democratic republic of congo as well so when you look at that area in central africa and you see the amount of oil and the

amount of mina riches at play and when we see that china is making in a role 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 and he will be going to go the soup. let's take a look at what's happening around the world a bomb exploded near a baghdad liquor stores killed seven people injured eighteen many of the victims were police officers but it's unclear if they were the target no group has claimed responsibility for the blast but she and militants have often been blamed for targeting security officials and shops selling alcohol in the past. lands capital bangkok continues its battle against the threat of the floods were 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 it's a 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 with you stay 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 the company's chief says most of the money will be allocated for the energy sector including building electricity facilities as well as developing wind power simmons has been putting its energy into russia's atomic power industry two years ago it to great to create a huge joint venture with russia's new quote corporation but it had to drop those plans this year one german decided to phase out nuclear power following japan's fukushima disaster and it's arguably been one of the longest courtships on record

russia seventeen year marathon to join the world trade organization is coming to an end w t o a negotiator says the country may be on the verge of becoming a member of the trade body next month. we have concluded. almost everything we are supposed to say so we have very few technical questions which are still standing that we need even not a few months or a few weeks or even days in order to be able to resolve all of whom we have to completely fall in discussions. twenty seven sort of took over and formal meetings would take place somewhere. 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 brand blenders trading at one hundred nine dollars per barrel while the w t i is that eight to six dollars per barrel. european stocks are declining after the discouraging economic data from china and the renewed concern of european leaders will struggle to contain the region's debt crisis also weighing on u.k. investors goldman sachs report with second quarter loss in twelve years as a public company banks and mimus are leading the drop in the foot sea on the dax diver is suffering on decline the european car sales. and russian stocks have raised again striking europe lower the 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

from earlier losses with oil point six percent up lies the make up on is in the red just by production up seven percent in the first nine months of the year and never lift it still has a raised early again so it's reported a twelve percent increase in production in the third quarter. and another news russia's energy giant gazprom has resumed production that to oil concessions and leave the company jointly runs the german is one just earlier this year gazprom halted operations in the country due to the political turmoil. also a russia's leading diamond producer of roll sun has boosted its profits five fold 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 amount of retail loans in russia has grown by a quarter in the first nine months of the year to one hundred sixty three billion

dollars loans are outstripping deposits by more than two to one analysts expect boring to accelerate by the year's end as russia's traditionally take out loans ahead of the new year holidays. that wraps up the business update for for more stories you can log on to our website r.t. dot com slash business. coming to.

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cool to the latest in science and technology from the last. we've dumped a few jerks coverage. here with artsy live from moscow have. or thirty pm these are top stories over a thousand palestinian prisoners in exchange for one israeli soldier gilad shalit returns home after a massive media campaign but other israelis who had family members missing for years asked what about them. was and disorder new york police officers could face punishment for harsh tactics used against anti-corporate campaigners on wall street. and move or be moved the deadline approaches for kosovo's serbs to leave their border barricades afterwards.