eleven am in moscow i matras are good to have you with us here on r t a top story greece is closed for forty eight hours flights crowded schools shops factories all quiet as the country enters what's being called the mother of all strikes arguably the biggest protests since the financial turmoil that's crippling the country began but parliament still considering squeezing spending even further to stave off national bankruptcy arky sorry for has more from athens. but it's been described as a make or break week for grace for ted our general strike is going to begin today that's ahead of the parliamentary base on thursday. for the even more stairs to measure and these summits on the weekend way eat is going to lunch in close to the site much into the continuing crisis now at the moment here in athens you've got

garbage out every single street corner. for two weeks a strike action that's continuing and we sort of the beginning of the month they had the public sector strike today expect very similar thing to what we saw them even bigger because even more people are going to be turning out hundreds of thousands of people expected to take part in that action obviously concerned so we're going see more of the tear gas and the violent clashes between protesters and the riot place a very difficult situation at the moment indeed for the country they could really between this bill position at home from the people but also a lot of pressure from the foreign investors to really get to grips with it now obviously we've got talks if possible before for greece and haircut from the debt again the still trying to push through these federal steroids he may just get that next tranche of money the eight billion euros a lot of people approved now feeling that that simply throwing

a good money after bad and people it may be here the people in greece will be turning out they have really thought that they've reached breaking point with these severe austerity measures but i'm sure i will as patrick young says the situation in greece is so dire more belt tightening won't help shed its debt. i think we're actually coming close to the end because ultimately the greek economy is in such a mess there's simply nothing can be done i mean what we're trying to do here is take the world's most obese person and give them a crash diet so they're going to turn into i don't know cindy crawford by the end of next year i mean it's simply impossible you can't do that the greek railways for example i mean the salary bill something like one hundred million euros the total amount of income is like one hundred million euros in total it costs about seven hundred million euros i believe to run the railway system you cannot possibly manage to change those numbers in such

a short period of time the simple truth is greece has too much debt no matter of belt tightening is going to change it not what's going to happen used we're going to have to take what we call in banking terms i haircut on the debt and ultimately it's not going to be cutting of the hair a lot of people are going to be left somewhat bald. but keep you updated on how the green protests progress throughout the day on our team including the wider ramifications in our business update with dimitri. and after an unconfirmed media report that the e.u. has a bailout fund may be significantly expand the markets are up russia is no exception in the my six is a point nine percent the r.t.s. point two percent on the markets and leaders business news in around twenty minutes . but first anti wall street activists turning some of their anger against the n.y.p.d. over what they see as an excessive use of force hundreds of people arrested during the five week long protest with police using pepper spray at rallies despite this the root cause of the campaign still winning over hard pressed americans are losing

capital. the popularity of the movement does seem to be growing not just among the demonstrators but with the regular americans as well in fact here in new york a recent poll that came out showed that seven in ten new yorkers support the movement of identify with the big frustrations the major frustrations that the demonstrators have expressed namely what they see as corruption in wall street in a washington undue influence by wall street over politicians and the political system in washington d.c. the nation's capital now we have some of them fortunately you seen some barrier and heavy handed response by the police department here in the new york city area we've seen of course mass arrests over the weekend in times square as well as arrests that have spread across the country for example in seattle a total of nine protesters were arrested after failing to evacuate the camp after being asked by police to do so in chicago about one hundred seventy five protesters

were arrested in arizona more than one hundred protesters were arrested after demonstrating and what they say is a nonviolent civil disobedience tactic we do know that several of the officers implicated on video with some of the violent tactics are being investigated now the movement does not seem to show any signs of giving up steam in fact that there's a new global day of action that's being planned for up to twenty ninth not just here in new york but all across the country as well as across the world in different cities worldwide we also know that the financial situation for the protesters here in new york at least has proved protesters recently announced that they have earned some three hundred thousand dollars from donations both money that's dropped and buckets throughout the park as well as to online donations what they will do with that money remains to be seen but they are getting more and more support it appears at least by the american people. party's news you care about

reporting from new york she's been reporting from the figure of protests since the start of last month and she's updating her twitter feed as events unfold and you can follow that online. the unarrest engulfing syria is descending into all out conflict with the growing violence claiming lives on both sides eleven soldiers were killed by army defectors this week shortly after the un warned there is a high chance of opposition forces taking up arms if the crackdown on protestors continues artist s. are so he has more from damascus. this is the office of the trader one of the messages on the wall he's real and the us were able to buy you with a thousand dollars says another. this is where several opposition leaders work like . he had been a vocal critic and had spent fourteen years in jail a very bad time he recalls like many opposition members he thinks there's really very little room for me conciliation under the current environment. goes through.

must be with their backs. it is a new regime that i know. listening to people. he insists peaceful protesters were forced to respond to attacks by security forces but he acknowledges that now it's simply not black and white responsibility for the violence goes both ways. killing civilians some civilians killing. soldiers son was one of the first soldiers killed since protests began in the country he was killed in on march twenty three. foreign media acknowledged that too many of the army and national guards have lost their lives so how can some people say that on groups didn't exist . these civilians and members like my son the members killed other members this is

impossible the media that says it is plain lying. and very lies the problem the moment. there is confusion of. information is taken by each side and used to defend their position so if you hear only arguments from one side. amid this atmosphere of confusion and misinformation the push for reforms continues what's a very forms this is another question whenever a new legislation is made we see an escalation of the security situation in syria. but we cannot absolutely put the blame on the government as i mean some circles trying to propagate all voices from both sides are calling for dialogue to sit down and talk to the syrians themselves agree that if this crisis is to be resolved the foundation of trust should be first laid down but with each direct order syria has spawned the rising already widening political gap. does or so you r.t.

damascus. well there may be calls for talks in syria but across in libya the words are much tougher respect. from washington wanted dead or alive and apparently the sooner the better hillary clinton says the u.s. is keen to see captured or killed more on that just ahead. but first nato forces have given the serbs another twenty four hours to work out a compromise over the road barricades in northern kosovo if knocked not they will act they were built in protest at kosovo police and customs officials being placed at two border crossings with serbia but the situation is at a standstill with two previous and nato deadlines to dismantle passing with no action from either side or the notion it has more. it's been a long time since this road behind me lead in from the southern part of kosovo to the northern border with serbia as well as some of the major routes in the region at least ten were barricaded like this with piles of stones and concrete and rubble

but wednesday is expected by many here on the ground to be the day when this long running dispute would finally get moving the deadline set by the nato led peacekeepers in cost of a known as a four has already been postponed twice following demands from the serb communities leaders here in kosovo the cost of an serbs the ethnic minority in the mostly bad in populated cost of i have been protesting against the valiant custom and police officers walking in the northern part of course of a just days ago when some of the barricades were taking way possible people were injured ahead of today's meeting between all the parties involved in this conflict we have been able to speak to deputy serbian minister for cross over here and he told us that everybody is looking for compromise right now but at the same time no one is ready to yield and we have much more people that why this is

over two hundred that. we can bring to give you. peace because of course on the part of the you know more than enough to prevent. it but no one can say for sure at this moment whether any decision will be taken today but expectations and hopes are really high. the world's at your fingertips at r.t. dot com or we're on top of the stories you might not find elsewhere for ukraine's president he's being locked out for locking up the e.u. council's his visit to brussels after the controversial jailing of the country's former prime minister. star wars security the plan for russia and nato to jointly develop a global guard not just against missiles but asteroids and other possible threats from space the idea outlined r t v dot com.

seventeen days alone scrambling for food and water are real life robinson crusoe has been rescued from a remote island in russia's north and although he was eventually found his discovery was only by chance. as the shipwrecked sailor story. the moment sergei ganesh of knows he's saved these rescuers are the first people has seen for seventeen days they didn't search for him no one reported sergei's disappearance but found him by complete accident his chances of survival had been slim in the future i was here to collect seaweed but the weather was bad and my boat capsized and crashed i swam to the island but there was no one there my cell phone was wet and didn't work there was no food. i survived by drinking rain water and eating kelp i was very scared. i made

a shelter to hide from the rain but soon despair set in. really for the first ten days i was looking out for boats and planes but over the last three days i had no hope. doctors say sergei has suffered physical and psychological trauma. he is suffering from hypothermia and nourishment he was psychologically damaged to get me to try as he was on the verge of suicide. said he again you should recuperate in hospital for the next fortnight perhaps the most surprising aspect of the story is in the third day was able to survive on the star any island or the fact that rescuers managed to locate him considering the hundreds of similar islands in the area but the fact that for two weeks nobody not his friends or his family thought it necessary to report him missing. stories online interactive right now authorities facebook page.

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dozens of. palestinians freed by israel in exchange for a soldier gilad schalit have been flown into exile qatar and turkey among the countries receiving them as part of the deal with the israeli government which one hundred swapped for shall eat after five years held captive by hamas more will be released next month but a gaza political analyst tells r t there is too much global focus on one man rather than israel's thousands of palestinian prisoners. the international community as well as these were enemy the i was very busy over the past five years bring to the issue of these very to souls are going to add. 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 the groups have tried all the time to bring the issue of palestinian prisoners to the at then sion of the world community and many international conferences many prison influences have been held over the past years to bring this is shoe to the

attention of the world community but unfortunately this is why in the media support those of israel all over the world would a much stronger in bringing the issue of going to absolutely more than bringing the issue of more than seven thousand palestinian prisoners who were some of them have been nailed for decades inside this way to jails and prisons. and this story on light interactive right now at archie's facebook page as well you can watch our middle east correspondent reporting explaining why israeli palestinian swap deal has left some jewish families far from happy while there are t. dot com and home page you can also we're also asking what you think is the significance of release for half of the book respondents believe the event is about media hype and really changes nothing a fifth think the swap is in undisputed hamas victory and deals uploaded the jewish state another fifth think it's about netanyahu needing the deal to win public

support while a small fraction believe it's a genuine step toward middle east peace cast your vote at r.t. dot com. u.s. chief diplomat hillary clinton says washington hopes to see the ousted libyan leader colonel gadhafi captured or killed the statement came during an unannounced visit to tripoli with a mission to offer aid and support to the country's new rulers professor paul sheldon foote from california state university who's worked in a number of arab countries says clinton's added to it is to be expected. as you know already america and many others have large interests economic interests in libya which is actually amazing because gadhafi was doing everything that the west wanted in fact he was wasting his people's money on investments in a soccer team inital a at financial times those are not in the interest of the libyan people but if i don't know what the lesson is supposed to be for other leaders around the world if what more can you do for the west than the gadhafi was doing it don't forget who

hillary clinton is in two thousand and eight if you go to youtube and type in hillary clinton obiter eighty run as a candidate for president she threaten to kill every man woman and child tourney run into a waste basket there an ashtray there was no outrage because most americans didn't hear it in the major american media. the us frosty relations with iran is what crosstalk gets to grips with at seven thirty g.m.t. as officials are rally to prove tehran was plotting to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. though not everyone is convinced here's some of what's coming up. this person who seems to be mad goes to mexico he said he. to a drug runner that i have a cousin who is a high general in the iranian armed forces and then they wired one hundred thousand dollars i mean even if the people who made up the story had read a couple of spy novels they know that they don't wire money especially from iran

and to mexican drug dealers they would do it in cash then he when he is in prison he calls this so close an iranian general and he tells him on the phone to carry out the operation i mean come on the phone a senior iranian commander on an international line to the united states to the point about reading spy novels i think that goes both ways i think if the claim that mr marandi seems to be making that the obama administration simply invented this plot out of whole cloth well you know they've read spy novels too so you might think they would do a better more convincing job if they were just simply trying to snow the rest of the world. out of some other stories making headlines across the globe at least four people are dead in a suicide car bomb in the for the new the foreign ministry in the somali capital mogadishu and several others were injured this came as somalia and kenya leaders met in joint action against these a lot of the insurgency that's been largely pushed out of the capital but valley

further attacks earlier this month the suicide blast killed more than one hundred people most recently with. a week of heavy rains across central america has left at least ninety one people dead prompting several countries to ask for international aid severe weather has caused bridges to collapse flooded hundreds of homes and forced thousands into shelters a lot of el salvador and nicaragua all declared national disasters the deluge expected to continue for at least another week. in the next few minutes but more coming your way but first let's focus on the business headlines with dmitri. thanks matt russia and most of its partners have agreed to create a free trade zone simplified terms were achieved at a meeting of commonwealth prime ministers on tuesday the deal reduces all fees on a number of goods between the countries and some expect the rules to come to force

next year azerbaijan is biggest man a stand with the only members of the eleven strong union to stay out of the new trade zone but still have the opportunity to join us for four years and if they choose to trade relaxation is hope to give a major boost to developing economic ties within the cia's. right let's move to the markets this oil is slightly lower an electronic asian trading after posting gains the previous session brant blend is correcting ten cents this hour staying still about one hundred fourteen dollars per barrel light sweet as that a.t.m. . european stocks open positive after an unconfirmed report in the guardian newspaper that europe's key bailout fund will be significantly expanded moody's has on the other hand downgraded spanish credit rating with a negative forecast and that is limiting gains in both will see on the back to shore up point dates and half

a percent respectively in asia stocks are also high on that report in the guardian banks are coming back up after a sharp drops on tuesday we're seeing h.s.b.c. gain two percent bank of china two point three percent in japan mitsubishi financial group is one point two percent higher than this since a bank is one of the strongest performances up more than three percent. russian markets did indeed open initially brought as of late but the myself has now come back down just not char it's flat take a look at some of the individual movers on the mind's eye exam e.g. majors are mixed. lukoil down one point one percent as kaliningrad something nobody wants to looks into price fixing on the company's local retail outlets burbank is among the top gayness was shares up almost three percent federal grant company f.s.k. u.e.s. is a notch the company posted almost two fold increase in its first net profit. well

the ad indeed we did see the market's come down earlier this week and steam jacobson from sexor bank believes the volatility will stay and for some time the market right now is creating germany in the world side with the side of solidarity over discipline but all of it in my opinion is just more of what i call extend and pretend you're extending buying time and pretending you have a credible solution so i think it's even relevant to some extent what happens because ultimately we need to go to what i call crisis two point zero we do see where we have the rationality bag in the market right now we have paced and leveraged we based on the idea that you where every time you have a problem you froze the credit so what i'm saying is that there are sixty percent chance of a ten percent rise in the market and a forty percent chance of a twenty five percent. in the market which means risk weighted i think that's a great race that we see lower markets. and on the computer from the nation's

capital believes it's best for investors to choose site positions for one. after the current trolley when the market went up fifteen slash thirty three percent from the bottom i would be rather just stay in cash because all the high beta names like kind of steel makers like financials like fertilizer so they went up quite a lot the possibility of all of a correction to the downside these are pretty much substantial. i wouldn't say that there are some defensive sectors seeing these markets right now especially on these levels and that's why it's better to be on the safe side. check investment group the p.f. is looking to increase its exposure in russia by strengthening its retail operations the group has stakes in silver and gold mining and poly med so and it's in russia's largest a consumer electronics retailer eldorado now they're focusing on developing clothes

toys and sports equipment. our current assets low cost so that's going to shock this is something right seven a bit and it was gorgeous but i shall use now something between sixty seventy per cent of our overall since we are speaking about. what is reasonable for us is something that has a motivation something like one billion that i see that makes sense for us or it must be something i don't swallow because it's like i don't want to get out i would be increasing number also significant that we are doing now we are investing something like one hundred million us dollars come out of. it could be somebody should walk reservations. for more on these stories and all the other business stories you can find them on the web site r.t. dot com forward slash business and i'll be back in fifty five an assignment that.

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weapons every single on nuclear weapon inside base arsenal was designed by university of california. we don't warm go. to university of california who was selected as the because the army needed scientists to keep their versity positions. a group of protesters interrupted a university of california border regions meeting to demand the school's severed ties with the nation's nuclear weapons program.

eleven thirty am in moscow these here are the headlines greece enduring a massive forty eight hour all out strike that's expected to be the largest since the financial turmoil started the shutdowns as parliament prepares to vote on even more purpling cuts to avert national bankruptcy. it's feared syria's on a rest of turning into a full fledged civil war with soldiers reportedly turning on each other eleven troops killed this week adding to the three thousand or more dead since the crackdown on anti-government protests started the. israeli soldier. finally reunited with his family after.