the deadline approaches for coastal reserve to leave their border barricades after a demand by nato but protesters vowing to stand firm. six pm in moscow this is r.t. coming to you live with me and use the now where our top story it's been how there is 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 who has become a celebrated cause in his homeland has now returned to israel after being held for five here by hamas the experience has been greeted by thousands on the streets on both sides are these polls here is following the story from israel. 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 is political leadership there they were given a hero's welcome but it doesn't complete the kind of questions that are there people are now beginning to ask and one of those questions is why has so much international media attention been put on the story of one soldier being released with some people suggesting that it is the well the israeli propaganda machine that manages to see this happen and they was it one incident at the bay to nia checkpoint where the families who had been waiting for their loved ones to come were 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 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 standing. then from one prison and israeli jail to another prison gaza 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 with her 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 to 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 did petition the jerusalem high court yesterday they lost that petition 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. every day he 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 who disappeared one year before good night. it was taken

hostage we are modern no much i have served this all over and over again the government and the country are not doing enough for mardi neither is the media you know as the option it gave to the soviet family there are at the moment seven israeli soldiers who've been kidnapped or who missing in action now as my son measure disappeared while hitchhiking to his army base major want to ride was captured twenty five years ago off his aircraft was shot down over lebanon these are the last pictures of him alive taken in a prison in iran guy have it disappeared fourteen years ago he was last seen at his army base one kilometer from the syrian border. it's infuriating 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 to us but they've brought us nothing. so certain her son is still alive and well she's pleased gilad is coming home she's disillusioned in

a government that made it possible for him but not for her son. it's about media attention p.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 there's an unwritten code that every soldier who goes to war must be brought back home that's where the heart of the free gilad shalit campaign twenty two years he's putting his family and the police 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 by usually be i'm not embarrassed to say that the government and the country are not doing enough. for my sons and the rest of those missing in action

it is important for us to bring our soldiers home disappearance who send their sons to war we need to know that the country will do everything possible to get them back or it's done just that in the case of gilad shalit but what cost will militants now be empowered to kidnap and nothing israeli soldier and will israel be willing to pay this price again police. who come here abu sada a political analyst from al azhar university in gaza 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 were enemy there was very busy over the past five years bring to the issue of these very disorganized. to the attention of the. world community all the time but it hasn't been said much about the palestinian prisoners even though the palestinian

authority and the palestinian resistance to groups have tried all the time to bring the issue of 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 the israeli media supporters of israel all over the world were much stronger and bringing the issue of gilad shalit more than bringing the issue of more than seven thousand palestinian prisoners who were 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 from likely to change anything from

a third believe the deal was 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 join 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 who campaigned against big business and banking in the u.s.

and its fifth week now and as large as lucy coffin of reports the movement is becoming more and more popular. one here in zuccotti park liberty plaza that 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 just 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 been averted 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 demonstrate. we also saw instances the 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 perceived corruption in washington and wall street about one hundred seventy five demonstrators arrested there as well despite the fact that it's a weekday despite 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 kaplan of in new york. well in light of america's economic problems in europe greece is adding to the current financial turmoil. because most of the more produced who's going to use our movement for this sort of

level of the people coming up later in the program greeks lash out at the government saying the desperate battle to avert the fall lose the country towards 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 is 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 with an ocean has the story. stones and sand are the only weapons the serbs leaving in kosovo 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 money but we ask you not to participate in me or threaten your safety or may have negative consequences for us and for your country

bastards who are talking about us well the only negative force present here local resident by today's readonly flat k four and a tonight international peacekeeping force in kosovo has been sprayed in here recently look at their propaganda buy a new don't want them here don't like you buy it we don't want to talk to them he's 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 peacekeepers on dates and terms of the barricades for movie k. four has announced a monday deadline but then postponed it to tuesday serves have claimed they need even more time let me go to barry and 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 threw them back again. initially designed to prevent kosovan custom officers from reaching the checkpoints at the northern

border with serbia rubble of the roads have made trouble for many case for complain they had access to their troops in the north they're using helicopters to transport supplies and soldiers and the serbs themselves suffering to. ten days ago a forested where they struck the ground here is still freshly dug the serbs are building near 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 old. summative a train at a trans only once a day and always packed in so it doesn't really count this is why new bypass roads appear with phenomenal speed we've seen at least seven of them. carol but i just i just i believe a lot dimmer is among volunteers here has one of the costs of and serves and speaks

for all of them serving the spirit i never felt it was a country i completely get i worked there but i also was not there but we're returning to the barricades in the movement people are still there all of them have their usual jobs teachers engineers. but here they call themselves soldiers and use war rhetoric on. them this is our land we will not surrender that's for truth the future for our children and motherland that if. they say one man can't win a war that together people may form and real force like that even if their weapons i just tons and sound. reflection are to kosovo. monarchies twitter page maria's. 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 r t underscore com to stay up to date on the story on. president medvedev says the controversial jailing last week of ukraine's former prime minister is a matter for a loan you did too much and go was sentenced to seven years in prison for abuse of power over gas contracts with russia are seen alexy or sent joins us now with more from dynastic in eastern ukraine where the two countries presidents have been

meeting to much i go sentence has raised eyebrows across the globe what did president medvedev have to say about the issue. well it seems that there's a president you look over his aspirations to join the european union maybe in tatters as he is not going to even meeting in brussels whether that was counseled by the euro commission or by present in the congress 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 which 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 answered russian contacts and must be and must not jeopardize the interstate gas agreements of two thousand and nine the two presidents having met in the nets also discuss the future of gas price between the two countries and i'll tell you more about that in our business bulletin. just stay with out see in just a few minutes. because the mere putin's 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 hell 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 but there are people who criticize me and to me to the media to more 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 it to prove to the practice that they can do these job 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 by this is definitely not going to happen i. will bring you more from

a bloody mary 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 mentoring vote on a new round of tax hikes and wage cuts the approval of a new austerity bill is needed to secure the next bat bell out loud to prevent the country going bust but angry expertly these measures by their government is bringing temporary rest bite are driving the country deeper into recession. and you have actually because i'm very i make or break week for a nation with an upcoming forty eight hour general strike the parliamentary face underneath the summit decision the fight for greece is reaching fever pitch. that he does not anymore a protest movement it is a movement for the sort of five all of the people with garbage already littering the capsule is positive ongoing action the country set to once again come to

a standstill as flights are grounded and public transport grinds to a halt i think the situation in greece is getting out of control. the workers especially very very under 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 for one thing 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 let 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 back acting like a serious central bank like the fate or the bank of england and actually trying to reduce the recession by reducing interest rates lending to come to tolerate me either we will have the governments cooperate on their fiscal policy by that we have a new marshall plan to help the economy so the fact sheet to be able to compete with the euro or the euro will result it's something need 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 have simply served to push the country deeper into debt is in leaders who faced increasingly harsh criticism they continued inability to stem the spiraling debt crisis increasingly unpopular greek prime minister has once again

called the solidarity pleas of unity coming at a time when the people in their parliament never seen so far apart. as the country continues to find ways to be debt laden economy one thing remains clear that greece the road to recovery is going to be a long and difficult one. athens. and we'll take lighter look at the economic crisis in the kaiser report later today as 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 untrue so if tim geithner wants to go from us that to me

york to l.a. then he has tossed person to a perfect person in a chain york to forgive all those. tim geithner would not be spreading the taxpayer money and ever works out we can toss them around the world i want evidence all the economy by appliance we were. introduced euro tarp. 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 had 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 year and are to the latest business week. hello and a very warm welcome to our business update russia and ukraine near you come. from ice and gas negotiations president. counterpart speak to human cooch who is seeking global price for imported natural gas arches alexian a shift here is a fully 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 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 our viewers 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 consumers have nothing to worry about and that the gas will be delivered to europe on time 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 oil is continuing its losses off of china said its economy her at the slowest pace in two years and she has heard stockpiles for food cost to increase brand glad to straighten it one hundred and eight dollars a barrel while the w t i is that into six dollars a barrel. and. u.s. stocks all lower in early trade for a second day ask more just fell to growth in china slows the dow is more than half a percent lower and the nasdaq is point seven percent in the red. and european stocks are declining off to the discouraging economic data from the renewed concerns european leaders will struggle to contain the region's debt crisis also

way going if you came fastest goldman sachs for a quarter of a second quarter loss in twenty twelve b. s. as a public company banks and minus all lead to the drop in the food c. on the tax dime is suffering on decline of european costs and els. and finally here russians have raised losses the r.t.s. is flat to negative and the minus six is more than one of the healthiest and let's take a look at some of the individual moves in the my stocks to make us all in the red all the six main matches dropped on the london met to exchange as economy growth slowed in china in the loop of steel is losing more than one percent despite reports of a twelve percent increase in production in the workshop lies america crawl on its production rose seven percent in the first nine months will begin and lukoil follows from our low losses and the most two percent sound.

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ties with the nation's nuclear weapons program. here are the words the line from moscow at six thirty pm these are top stories. over a thousand palestinian prisoners in exchange for one israelis soldier and good luck to leave returns home after a massive media campaign but other israelis have had family members missing for years asking what about that. law and disorder a new york police officers could face punishment for harsh tactics used against them to call for campaigners on wall street. and move or be moved the deadline approaches for closer and serves to leave their border barricades after a.