reticent shift he was punished for the repercussions of this. israeli soldier gilad shalit who is now free and back in israel after five years of captivity in gaza but the families of other missing israeli soldiers say the government is doing nothing to bring the boys home. in other news law and disorder new york police officers could face punishment for harsh tactics used against anti corporate campaigners on wall street lots. of concern as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have voted ordinary citizens always have the choice to make good dinner putin says it's premature to assume he'll win next year's presidential election in his first interview since confirming held stand again for russia's top job. and move or be moved the deadline approaches for

closure of service to leave their border barricades after the man by nato the protesters raul to stand firm. it's six pm in moscow this is archie coming to you live with me and he's on the way our top story it's been held as a historic middle east prisoner exchange for the first group from a total of over a thousand palestinians being swapped for just one israeli soldier gilad shalit who has become a celebrated of cause in his homeland has now returned to israel after being held for five hears by hamas the exchange has been greeted by thousands on the streets on both sides both clear is following the story from israel. this does close the.

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 her masses political leadership there they were given a hero's welcome but it doesn't completely kind of questions that are there people are now beginning to ask in one of those questions is why has so much international media attention been put on the story of one soldier being released some people suggesting that it is the well the israeli propaganda machine that manages to see this happen there was a bun incident at the bay to nia checkpoint where the families who had been waiting for the 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 jerusalem and the respondents were being told that they cannot return to their home towns they say

that forcing him to go now live in gaza is sending them from one prison and israeli jail to another prison guards are among those who are being freed are people who were imprisoned 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 of the 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 there we're hoping for the best. here 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 has been brought home and if they hearts are with these missing soldiers. indeed this is not the only criticism that is being leveled at

this present exchange deal the families of people who were killed by some of the prisoners have now been released and did petition there to recent high court yesterday they lost that petition they say that every 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 the families of the 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. every day. comes here to a place that looks after israeli soldiers who are known in the country who come from difficult backgrounds to being here is often more of a comfort to him and the youngsters he hopes because it brings him in that little

bit closer to his son mashpee who disappeared one year before the match and it was taken hostage we are modern or might have sub this over and over again the government country or not whom are from mars. gave it to show you. there are at the moment seven israeli soldiers who've been kidnapped or who missing in action as news sun majesty disappeared while hitchhiking to his army base major one of our it was captured twenty five years ago after a craft was shot down of eleven on these are the last pictures of him alive taken in a prison in iran guy haver disappeared fourteen years ago he was last seen at his army base one kilometer from the syrian border. it's infuriating it's inacceptable 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. oh so we just solution her son is still

alive and last she's pleased to gloat is coming home she's disillusioned a new government that made it possible for him but not for her son. it's about media attention p.r. how he wants nearly succeeded in marketing their son we saw it as a family this was a gross we thought it was enough the guy was an i.d.f. soldier in uniform but we were wrong very very wrong. and. this is a country that depends on its army for its survival is an unwritten code that if the soldier who goes to war must be taught. this will be hard because of the free gilad shalit campaign for nearly two years his brain his family and the little cantata 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 bill is really not embarrassed to say 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 parents who send their sons to war we need to know the country will do everything possible to get them back 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. our teen. who come here are saga a political analyst from our us our university in gaza or says there's been too much international focus on one israeli soldier rather than the thousands of palestinian prisoners in israel. the international community as well as these related media was very busy over the past five years bringing the issue of these very disorganized children to the attention of the of the world community all the

time but it hasn't been said much about the palestinian prisoners here even though the cost india authority and the palestinian resistance a groups have tried all the time to bring i think issue palestinian prisoners to the attention of the world community and many international conferences many press conferences have been held over the past years to bring this issue to the attention of the world community but unfortunately it is raining media and supporters of israel all over the world where much stronger and bringing the issue of gilad shalit more than bringing the issue of more than seven thousand palestinian prisoners who are some of them have been held for decades inside israeli jails and prisons. well have your say on the story log on to our website are two dot com today we're asking for opinions on what the prisoner exchange will mean for attempts to bring peace and a political settlement to the middle east so far the majority think it's just an

overhyped media event which is unlikely to change anything around the earth believe the deal is aimed at winning more public support for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu fourteen percent say the deal is an undisputed victory for hamas and a blow to israel others hope the exchange will become a step towards peace in the middle east during the debate log on to our team dot com and have your say. in other news new york police officers may be given a sharp rap over the knuckles for allegedly heavy handed tactics against occupy wall street protesters it was this video which you see that was taped last friday and gave ground for one of the inquiries the officer thought to be a 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's also looking into an officer using pepper spray on peaceful female protesters the campaign against big business and

banking in the u.s. and its fifth week now and as large as lucy concent of reports the movement is becoming more and more popular. one 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 are crossed 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 prolife off 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 chicago as well were thousands had gathered to demonstrate their support for what they called 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 the fact that 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 happened in new york. well in light of america's economic problems in europe greece is adding to the current financial turmoil. because look at the moral

appears to be going to your movement for the sort of level of the people coming up later in the program greeks lash out at the government saying the desperate battle will burst the fall moves the country towards an even deeper economic abyss. serbs in northern coast of oh say they'll take defensive action against any nato attempts to clear their roadblocks near the border with serbia tuesday's the deadline for them to go otherwise nato peacekeepers have threatened to force them out the barricades were built after kosovo took control of two border crossings assisted by nato and u.s. forces. as the story. stones and sand are the only weapons the serbs leaving and close to they have in their arsenal to make the others listened to them. the roadblocks they set up throughout northern part of the region are making headlines and getting feedback morning but we ask you not to participate in

you threaten your safety or me of negative consequences for you and for you guys are talking about us well the only negative force present here local residents by two ways written in the flat key for n.h. and that international peacekeeping force in kosovo has been sprayed in here recently to do propaganda by a woman one of them here it was like you've heard you don't want to talk to them. the mayor of the northern coast of a town of lapis a bitch is talking to kay for planting has been among the fall to the gets from serbs to negotiate with the peacekeepers on dates and terms of the barricades removal case for has announced a monday to line but ban postpone it to tuesday that serves have claimed they need even more time but me good billion 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 we put them back again. initially designed to prevent

possible 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 have access to their troops in the north they are using helicopters to transport supplies and soldiers and the serbs themselves suffering two. ten days ago for a story where they struck the ground here is still freshly dug the serbs are building roads tentative roads to reach serbia from cost about as the main roads have been blocked with their barricades in the last several weeks the only other alternative i train but a trans only once a day and always packed so it doesn't really count this is why new bypass road. appeal within nominal speed i've seen at least seven of them to kill or old but. i just. need

a lot of reason one volunteers here has one of the cars one serves and speaks for all of them service to the right this is a culture i guess i work but i also love the we're returning to the barricades in the movement people are still there all of them have their usual jobs teachers engineers prior's. but here they call themselves soldiers one years' war rhetoric on. them this is our land we will not surrender that's for truth the future for our children and motherland the region. they say one man can't win a war with together people no foreign real force even if they are weapons i just and sound. refreshing arty course about. when argues twitter page maria says k f o r officer has

a sword the serves there won't be any forceful clearing of barricades today you can follow our twitter feed at our t. underscore column to stay up to date on the story online. is. the. president miseries of says the controversial jailing last week of ukraine's former prime minister is a matter of work alone you get so much ankle was sentenced to seven years in prison for abuse of power over gas contracts with russia are seen as election year so

joins us now with more from by now it's in eastern ukraine where the two countries presidents have been meeting so much i goes guns and has raised eyebrows across the globe but the president did have to say about the issue. well it seems that there's a present chemical which is aspirations to join the european union maybe in tatters as he is not going to even meeting in brussels whether that was cancelled by the euro commission or by president bush himself is still unclear but experts have no doubts this is related to the seven year prison term received by the country's former prime minister yulia timoshenko and we've also had a reaction from the russian president medvedev on that controversial trial who said that all trials in ukraine must be held only in this with a coup in accordance with the country's legislation must not have outside russian context and must be and must not jeopardize the interstate gas agreements of two thousand and nine the two presidents having met in donetsk also discussed the future gas price between the two countries and i'll tell you more about that in our business bulletin just stay with r.t. in just a few minutes. decision to run for the presidency next year has

dominated the news in russia for almost a month he's now given his first big interview since confirming how stand 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 but there are people who criticize me and to me to be made beautiful they say 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 but an ordinary citizen always has a choice to make so our critics might see it their own way but in this case they ought to present their platform and what's more important to me not only to present as you but also to prove in practice that they can do these jobs that are 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 but this is definitely not going to happen.

we'll bring you more from a bride's america which is 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 mentor a vote on a new round of tax hikes and rates cuts the approval of a new austerity bill is needed to secure the next bats at the ballot well to prevent the country going bust but angry greeks believe these measures by their government is bringing temporary respite are driving the country deeper into recession. and it actually. be a make or break week for a nation going to come in forty eight hour general strike the parliamentary face antony's summit decision i think greece is reaching fever k h. a does nothing more about this movement it is a movement for the sort of vital of the people we've already littering the

capitalist cause of ongoing action because she said she once again come to a standstill as flights are grounded and public transport lines to a halt i think the situation in greece is getting out of control. the workers especially very under their single words are decreased by about twenty percent to thirty percent. or more and more countries coming in the future. they don't see any future. i'm going to weeks and plates and statements from one thing with an angry public demand things and sustainable action to help get the country back on its feet. from the vantage points of many euro skeptics southern european countries such as greece should never have joins the single currency but of course they did let the quite says runs deeper there are now calls for a radical rethink of the entire year. we will have europe and

europe changing direction which will mean what does that mean that means the central bank acting like a serious and bank like the faith or the bank of england actually trying to reduce the recession by producing interest rates lending to come directly either we will have the governments corporations and their fiscal policy either we have a new marshall plan to help the economies of the fact she can be able to compete with the euro or the euro will result it's something the governments have been desperate to avoid. rushing 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 greece amongst the wage cuts and tax hikes is simply serve to push the country deeper into debt eurozone leaders have a think recently harsh criticism they continued inability to stem the spiraling debt crisis increasingly unpopular greek prime minister has once again cooled the

solidarity pleas of unity coming at a time when the people in their parliament never seen say foreign parts of the country continues to find ways to be laden economy one thing remains clear that greece the road to recovery is going to be a long and difficult one. athens. and we take why don't work at the economic crisis in the kaiser report later today has max and stacey discuss some unconventional ways of saving money and creating jobs here's what's in store for you next hour. like your fly commercial to help cut the deficit each flight of this kind cost at least one hundred fifty thousand dollars so you could apply this is like a shovel ready project max you take timothy geitner at the wharf and you throw him across the country for a flight saves money it employs

a lot of people of this is i'm sure it's of tim geithner wants to go from a state to new york to l.a. then yes he tossed persons a perfect person in a train not here york for good all those progress out tim geithner would not be spending the taxpayer money and every work that we can toss him around the world i want to evidence are just probably have brought us we were. introduced you're. it's twenty three minutes past the hour let's check what else is happening around the world a bomb explosion near baghdad a liquor store has killed seven people and 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 of militants have often been blamed for targeting security officials and shops selling alcohol in the past.

thailand's capital bangkok continues its battle against the threat of floods with soldiers racing to reinforce the city's defenses with around a million sandbags the operation follows concerns recently erected walls may not be enough to keep water out the thai 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 here in r t the latest business. hello and a very warm welcome to your business update russia and ukraine and miri a compromise in gas negotiations president nutriment that if his ukrainian counterpart fifty human caused global price for important natural gas arches alexy or ships he is calling the gas talks in ukraine hello alexis so what's the bottom line of the meeting between the two presidents. well we haven't reached the end of

this deadlock yet but the two presidents gave a clear hint that we may be seeing some developments on the story in the nearest future they said that and then you're a future they're planning to finalize the price of for the russian gas which ukraine has been buying and bring this whole dispute to an end and resolve this crisis and they will all obviously and now it's their decision publicly now i'd like to remind all of us that this whole issue about the gas price between ukraine and russia has been going on for more than six months already with ukraine being unhappy about the current price it is paying for the russian gas and is trying to find a new contract this of course cost some concerns in the european continent which keeps in mind the two thousand and nine gas dispute between the two countries which left some of the european continent without the supplies of the russian gas but the two presidents have once again reassured the european consumers that regardless of how they will settle the gas price this time the european because she was have

nothing to worry about and that the gas will be delivered to europe on sign and in full according with the agreements made between russia and europe ukraine will not try to block the transit of russian gas as it happened two thousand and nine so of course we're very optimistic that this story could be resolved by the end of by the end of this year. thank you very much indeed and we still have time to have a look at the markets well it's continuing its losses on china said its economy her at the slowest pace and to hear that she has great stuff miles for full cost to increase brand client is trading at one hundred and eight dollars a barrel while the w t i is that into six dollars a barrel. and u.s. stocks are lower in early trade for a second day ask more of the spell to growth in china slows the dollar is more than half a percent lower and the nasdaq is point seven percent in the red. and european stocks ontic whining after the discouraging economic danger from china and the renewed.

for me a little is real struggle to contain the region's debt crisis also way going as you came past goldman sachs report of a second quarter loss in twenty twelve years as a public company banks and miners are leading the drop on the food scene on the tax dime that is suffering on to crimea european costs in the us. and finally here russia stores have raised losses the r.t.s. is flat to negative and the mice it says more than one of the healthiest let's take a look at some of the individual moves in the mice that still make us all in the red over the six main matches dropped on the laundromat to exchange as of now the growth slowed in china in the olympus steel is losing more than one percent just fine to reports of the twelve percent increase in production in the for which i put lies america kroner is off its production rose seven percent in the first nine months will begin lukoil girl will losses and almost two percent this summer.

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