the food or water his story of survival coming up. noon in moscow i matras a good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story greece is closed for forty eight hours flights are grounded schools shops factories all quiet as the country enters what's being called the mother of all strikes arguably the biggest protest since the financial turmoil that's crippling the country started more cuts though could be coming. for a life for us. so far we've already seen strikes and sit ins bring greece to a halt but tell us how far reaching this stoppage goes. well eakins see behind me already the numbers growing outside the parliament building the beginning of the force here at our general strike and already lots and lots of people turning out we've got the riot police in front of the parliament building the make or break

week this week it's been described we've got the upcoming fights in parliament even more austerity measures to be passed to try and meet the demands of the foreign investors and at the weekend the leaders will be meeting in brussels to decide really what on earth they going to do about this that crisis but we've been here the full we had the strike at the beginning of the month that was a public sector strike even more people expected today in athens at the moment you could god it's already lining the street the rubbish collectors have been on strike people have simply reached the breaking point and clues really now for a much more social response because the people here said the sort of tax based measures that have been used by the government any your leaders to try and plug this massive deficit in the budget simply isn't having the desired effect and you can see the anger on the street people really have had enough. this is very very

tricky this really what you see of the moment is the very tip of the iceberg because what's actually going on in this country is that they're suffering from crippling unemployment they're suffering from these huge tax hikes most people in greece have had their wages cut some by up to about thirty percent so a very difficult time for them indeed and people here said you know once you have people as part of the problem the not as part of the solution then they're simply not going to be able to reach an answer so what the e.u. leaders are discussing their financial rescue plans and fiscal policies really they going to be want to be considering how they get the people in these countries back onside and how to regain growth in these countries at such a difficult time all right r.t. sorry for it on top of the story for us from athens thanks for that report. financial analyst patrick young says the situation in greece is so dire that 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 is simply nothing can be done i mean what we're trying to do here is to get 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 real ways for example i mean the salary bill something like a 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 or not what's going to happen you were going to have to take what we call in banking terms our 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 bored. tell us what you think of the greece the way greece is the way he says way out could be by clicking on our t.

dot com and cast your vote on our home page so far almost advise athens to follow the u.s. footsteps and invade an oil rich region over a third say it's up to greeks to work harder and spend less than ten percent think greece needs to go cap in hand to the e.u. and plead for help but while a few others backed the idea of the countries selling or mortgaging part of its territory to escape economic collapse tell us how you solve greece's problems at our g dot com. anti wall street activists are turning some of their anger against the n.y.p.d. over what they see as 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 artie's who see caffein off reports. 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 and washington and undue influence by wall street over politicians and the political system in washington d.c. the nation's capital and we have sued them for to be an increasing some violent and heavy handed response by the police departments here in the new york city area we've seen of course in 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 with 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 about tolbert twenty nine 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 improved protesters recently announced that they have earned some three hundred thousand dollars from donations both money that's dropped and bought 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. who see current. reporting she's been reporting from the thick of protests in new york since they started last month and updating her twitter feed as events unfold so you can follow one line. the rest engulfing syria is descending into an all out conflict with

growing violence claiming lives on both sides eleven soldiers killed by army defectors this week shortly after the u.n. warned there is a high chance of opposition forces taking up arms if the crackdown on protesters continues or the steps are so he has more from damascus. this is the office of the trader one of the messages on the wall these rail and the u.s. 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 and very bad time he recalls like many opposition members he thinks there's really very little room for because alleviation under the current environment. troops must be with their backs. it is a new regime that's like no. think 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. and. this killing civilians but some civilians killing. soldiers they are son was one of the first soldiers killed since protests began in the country he was killed in on march twenty three. all foreign media acknowledge 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 . the civilians and the members like my son you don't mean members killed other members this is impossible the media that says it is plain lying. and variant lies the problem the moment. there is confusion about what it's really. going to take in by each side and used to defend their position so if you hear only arguments from

one side you'll likely believe that amid this atmosphere of confusion and misinformation the push for reforms continues what's enduring very forms this is another question whenever a new legislation is made we see an escalation of the security situation in syria by the guns but we come up 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 that foundation of trust should be first laid down but with each direct order syria this school rise in an already widening political gap. does or so you r.t. damascus. or maybe calls for talks in syria but across in libya words are much tougher especially from washed. wanted dead or alive and apparently the sooner the better hillary clinton says the u.s.

is keen to see khadafi captured or killed more on that coming up. in our business both in russia and the syrians are taking it to a new level of economic integration all but three countries of this commonwealth have agreed to create a free trade zone more than that at around twelve minutes time. but first nato forces have given the serbs another twenty four hours to work out a compromise over road barricades in northern kosovo if not they will act there were built in protest at kosovo police and customs officials being placed at two border crossings will serve years but the situation is at a standstill to previous nato deadlines to dismantle passing with no action from either side or maria if an ocean has more. 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 serbian communities leaders here in kosovo the cost of an ethnic minority in the mostly

been populated cos they have been protesting against the bat in custom and police officers walking in the northern part of course of a many are very skeptical there about a possible way out of this conflict describing it as a deadlock and saying that it would either turn into another frozen territorial conflict only to more violence just days ago when some of the barricades away taking away all possible people were aimed it and even killed several days ago a french officer from k. four committed suicide at the checkpoint we haven't heard any official statement about his death but this is clear that's the situation this even pass both serbs and albanians as well as international going as agents functioning in kosovo found themselves is played it's negative and possibly even level. well ahead of today's meeting between all the parties being involved in these calls like we have been

able to speak to. and he told us that everybody is looking for compromise right now but at the same time no one is ready to healed and we have much more people that get by this little over two hundred people let alone we can bring the media because of this because the clock on the front runner to know that you know what we've done to destroy the body no one can say for sure at this moment what the end of this is and will be taken today but the expectations and hopes are really high. remember the world is at your fingertips at r.t. dot com where you can find the stories you might not find elsewhere including us now for ukraine's president being walked out for locking up the e.u. cancels his visit to brussels after the controversial jailing of the country's former prime minister. star wars security a plan for russia n.a.o. to jointly develop a global guard not just against missiles but asteroids and other threats from space all that and more

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don darty dot com. dozens of palestinians freed by israel in exchange for captive soldier gilad schalit have been flown into exile qatar and turkey among the countries receiving them as part of a deal with the israeli government which saw hundreds swap for shall eat after five years held captive by hamas more will be released next month gaza political analyst though tells r.t. that there is too much focus by the global community 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 disorder 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 athan sion of the world community and many international conferences many it was conference is have been held over the past years to bring this is you to the attention of the world community but unfortunately the israeli media photos 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 held for decades inside this way to jails and prisons you can find that story online interactive authorities facebook page and there you can watch our middle east correspondent report explaining why the palestinian israeli swap deal has left some jewish families dissatisfied. america's top. diplomat hillary clinton says washington hopes to see ousted libyan leader colonel

gaddafi captured or killed soon the statement comes during an unannounced visit to tripoli with a mission to offer aid and support to the country's new leaders professor paul sheldon footage from the 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 were just troops are going to be going to roost in libya. which is actually him is it because it was doing everything that the west wanted to the fact he was wasting his people's money on a. soccer team in italy. the natural times those are in the interest of the libyan people. i don't know what the lesson is supposed to be for other leaders around the world to what more can you do for the west the good of it was doing it don't forget who hillary could. if you go to youtube and type who are literally run as a candidate for president you threaten to kill every man woman and child surely run into a waste basket there and. the us ever frosty relations with iran is what

cross talk us to grips with at seven thirty g.m.t. officials rallied to approve that terror on was plotting to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. but not everyone is convinced here's what's coming up. this person who seems to be mad goes to mexico he said he. drug runner that i have a cousin who is a high general and 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 any iranian general and he tells him on the phone to carry out the operation i mean come on on the phone a senior iranian command 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. turn now to some other stories making headlines across the globe starting in some malia at least four people dead after a suicide car bombing near the foreign ministry in the capital mogadishu several others injured this comes as somalia and kenya and leaders met on joint action against the islamised insurgency that's been largely pushed out of the capital but vowing further attacks earlier this month a suicide blast killed more than one hundred people mostly students. a week of heavy rain across central america has left at least ninety one people dead prompting several countries to ask for international aid severe weather caused

bridges to collapse flooded hundreds of homes and forced thousands into shelters. or nicaragua all declared national disasters the day luigi is expected to continue for at least another week. seventeen days alone the scrambling for food and water are real life robinson caruso rescued from a remote island near russia's north although he was eventually found his discovery was only by chance. has a story in. the moments that a gay guy and you should knows he saved these rescuers on the first people who'd seen the seventy days they didn't search for him no one reported that gays disappearance but found him by complete accident his chances of survival had been slim t.j. 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 myself and when it didn't work there was no food. i survived by drinking and eating

kelp i was very scared. made a shelter to hide from the rain but soon despair set in. 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's suffering from hypothermia and nourishment he was psychologically damaged to get me to trance 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 isn't that so gay was able to survive under 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. all the latest with the world of business

coming up next with dmitri stay with us. thanks very much matt hello and welcome to business r.t. russia and most of its serious partners have agreed to create a free trade simplified terms were achieved at amazing 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 into food next year but azerbaijan is make a stand and turkmenistan were the only members of the eleven strong union to stay out of the new trade zone but still have the opportunity to join us before the year's end if they choose to trade relaxation as hoped to give a major boost to developing economic ties within the c.i.s. . move to the markets quickly now well is slightly better than was when we last looked at said pretty flat looking for direction light sweet

is up eight cents this hour in electronic trading in asia brant is at one hundred eleven dollars twenty two cents per barrel some of the stocks now european stocks are positive that's after an unconfirmed report in the guardian newspaper that europe's key bailout fund would be significantly expanded but moody's has downgraded the spanish credit rating with a negative forecast this is limiting gains before the full see and that is. in asia stocks are also high after the reports banks are coming up sharply drops on choose day with h.s.b.c. up more than two percent bank of china by the pretty much the same out in japan mitsubishi financial group and say bankers some of the strongest performers are up more than two percent. russian markets initially opened positive but they're losing their steam the r.t.s. is up point four percent of my success come down two point seven percent in the red . so what's moving the my sex energy mages are look. for direction also lukoil has

been pretty much in the red zone all session long as the grads and sea monopoly watchdog looks into price fixing the potential price fixing i should say at the company's local retail outlets as burbank is among the biggest gains of three percent this sell federal grid company f s k u e s is that just a not shy in itself for the company posted almost two fold increase in post net profit. earlier this week investors were selling off after poor u.s. and chinese dates jacobson from saxo bank believes the volatility will stay in for some time the market right now is creating germany in the e.u. talks will 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 irrelevant to some extent what happens

because ultimately we need to go to what i call crisis two point all we do swear we have the rationality bag in the market right now we have paste in leverage 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 a 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 there's a great risk that we see lower markets and it's on the curfew for the nation's capital believes it's better for investors to stay on the sidelines for a while. after the karen terai when the market went up fifteen slash thirty free percent from the bottom i would be. just staying in cash because all the high b. the names like steel makers like financials like fertilizer. they went up quite a lot the possibility of all of a correction to the downside he's pretty much substantial. i wouldn't say that

there are some defensive sectors seeing these markets right now especially on these levels that's why it's better to be on the safe side check investment or p.b.s. is looking to increase its exposure in russia by strengthening its retail operations the group has stakes and silver and gold mine of poly mad so and in russia's largest consumer electronics retailer eldorado now they're focusing on developing clothes toys and sports equipment. our current our sights low class that's going to shock this is something great seven i bet you as lawyers but i shall see now something good in sixty seventy per cent of old world but since we are speaking of both what is reasonable for us is something that has no location something like one billion but i see that makes sense for us or it must be something i don't swallow the current investments like i don't want to go out i

could be more increasing cough number of strokes significant that we are doing now we are investing something like one hundred million us dollars come out of there or it could be somebody should iraq or the show's. global brew s.a.b. miller has agreed to transferred speer operations in russia and ukraine to fs of. the value of s a b bill is enterprise in the two countries estimated to be worth one point nine billion dollars in return the london based company gets a quarter of the turkish beer maker as c.b. miller and fs will jointly become the second largest brewer in russia with the center g. savings of about twenty million dollars thank you. business will be back in fifty five minutes time with an update i'll see that.

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pm in moscow the zero r.t. headline is greece enduring a massive forty eight hour all out strike expected to be the largest since the financial turmoil began the shutdowns as parliament prepares to vote on even more crippling cuts to avert national bankruptcy. it's feared syria's are under arrest is turning into a full fledged civil war with soldiers reportedly turning on each other and eleven troops were killed this week adding to the three thousand or more dead since the crackdown on anti-government protests started in march the. israeli soldier gilad shalit reunited with his family after five years being held captive by hamas.