set up and shutting down creek start a major all out strike possibly the biggest in years as leaders prepare to vote on even more crippling costs. syria's true way violence with soldiers reportedly turning on each other and being killed during antigovernment protests fueling fears of a fully fledged civil war. also burned deadline by nato ordering serves to remove their border blockades in northern kosovo as the standoff situation that is back to politicians to end the impasse. was robinson rescued a man is found alive but alone on an island in russia's north after more than

a fortnight with barely any food or water his survival stories coming up. live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching archie with me and he said now it's two pm here in the russian capital one pm in athens and greece is closed for forty eight hours flights are grounded schools shops and factories all quiet as the country indoors what's being called the mother of all strikes it's arguably the biggest protest since the financial turmoil that's crippling the country began but more cuts could be coming our two star firth reports. you can see behind me already the numbers the parliament building the beginning of the school is here our general strike and over the last not turning out we've got the riot

police in front of the parliament building that i make or break we agree that's how it's being described we've got the upcoming votes of parliament even more austerity measures passed fly and meet the demands of the foreign investors and we can the leaders will be meeting in brussels to decide really what on earth are going to do about this crisis but we've been here before we had the strike at the beginning of the month as a public sector strike even more people expected today and actions at the moment you call garbage already lining the street the rubbish collectors have been on strike and people instantly reached their breaking point and who's 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 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 the people who really have had enough of this is very

very tricky this really what you feel the moment is the very tip of the iceberg because those are actually going on in this country is that they're suffering from crippling unemployment suffering from these huge tax hikes most people in greece have had their wages cut some by up to about thirty percent so very difficult times for them indeed people here said you know once you have people as part of the problem and not as part of the solution then the simply no banks able to reach an answer so what the e.u. leaders are discussing are financial rescue plans and fiscal policies really they're going to be want to be considering how they get the people in these countries back onside and how to regain growth in this country it's such a difficult time. well financial analyst patrick young says the situation in greece is so dire that more belt tightening won't help it 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 a hundred million euros the total amount of income is like one hundred million euros and 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 resized too much debt no matter of belt tightening is going to change it now what's going to happen is we're going to have to take what we call in banking terms that haircut all 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. tell us what you think greece is way out could be by voting on our web site r t v dot com let's take

a look at how the votes are going so far almost half of you advise hopkins to follow america's footsteps invade some oil rich region just over a third says it's up to the greeks to work harder and spend life ten percent believe greece needs to go cap in hand to be you and plead for how a small few back the idea of the country selling or mortgaging part of its territory to risk a economic collapse will tell us how you solve greece's problems are common. in other news and the wall street activists are turning some of their anger against new york police over what they see as excessive use of force hundreds of people have been arrested during the five week long protests we believe pepper spray rallies despite that the root cause of the campaign is still winning over hard pressed americans cough and i expect. the popularity of the movement does seem to be growing not just among the demonstrators but with 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 in washington and undue influence by wall street over politicians and the political system in washington d.c. the nation's capital now we have soup unfortunately you see something. that is the responses by the police department here in the city area you see the mass arrests over the weekend in times square as well as around the 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 attacks are being investigated now the movement does not seem to show any signs of letting up still that's the there's a new global scale action that's being overturned not just here. as well as the world in different cities. we also know that the show situation protesters north of these. protesters recently announced they have some three hundred thousand dollars from the nation the money that's involved are. 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. aren't his lucy confidant is where she's been reporting from the thick of approach and since in new york i should say since they began last month and she's constantly updating

her twitter feed advents unfold so you can follow her on line. then arrest him golfing 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 u.n. warned there's a high chance of opposition forces taking up arms if the crackdown on protesters continues artists are sylvia is in damascus. this is the office of the trader reads one of the messages on the wall israel and the us were able to buy you with a thousand dollars says another. this is where several opposition leaders work like abdel-aziz al hire 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 because alleviation under the current environment. because troops must be withdrawn or their backs clear voice that is going to

change i don't know. people. he insists peaceful protesters were forced to respond to attacks by security forces police knowledge is that now it's simply not black and white responsibility for the violence goes both ways. 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. foreign media acknowledged that too many of the army and national guards have lost their lives so how can some people say that armed groups didn't exist. civilians and members like my son how could only members kill other members this is impossible the media that says this is plainly lying. and they're not lies

the problem the moment. there is confusion about what's really going on and relation is taken by each side and used to defend their position so if you hear only arguments from one side you'll likely believe them i mean this atmosphere of confusion and misinformation the push for reform sentence what's the enduring 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. on the government as i mean some circles trying to propagate the 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 out but with each order syria this pool rises over the widening political back. to answer so you arky damascus.

well there may be calls for talks in syria but across in libya the words are tougher much. her specially from washington wanted dead or alive and the sooner the better hillary clinton says the u.s. is keen to see gadhafi captured or killed with more on that just ahead lots. of news russia and the c.e.o.'s of the next level of economic integration all but the recon threes of this commonwealth have agreed to agree. on this business of the thirteen. arrested woman accused of spying in the u.k. is fighting attempts to deport her from the country through the night all charges of espionage shouldn't appeal before a special immigration commission but she didn't met having an affair with the m.p. she used to work for parties over bennett is covering the case and now joins us live from london ivor it's got the british tabloids going again a story of spy accusations always a favorite and now this affair with a british m.p.

lead us through the case. well certainly it's really juicy case this one the main point it was focused on in the trial so far has been catty is that alleviates his relationship with mike can quote the member of parliament she was working for as a researcher up until two thousand and ten short before her arrest and you know it's always rumored after her arrest that she was conducting an inappropriate relationship with him because he's married and has emerged as fact yesterday that she was conducting an affair with him for four years from two thousand and six when they met to two thousand and ten shortly before her arrest now it also made yesterday in the trial that she was actually writing about this in her diary we heard an excerpt from that about the first night they met which is when she was working as a chaperone for foreign diplomats in moscow he approached her for sex that first night offering her a cd and money even to try and persuade her she said no but their relationship did blossom soon after that when she moved to england to study for

a master's she also then soon after that after their meeting up weekends it emerged that she started to work for him first as an intern and then as a full time employee researching for for him in parliament now it was suggested yesterday by the representative for the government the home office which is trying to deport her suggesting that she was working as a spy that she was tasked by the russian intelligence services to work as a honeytrap targeting mike hancock the m.p. because of his position he was all the back bench m.p. he was on the committee for defense and also he was chair of the all party committee on russia so we have access to a lot of documents now suggesting that she was a honeytrap for this not only because of his position but also because they said of his real reputation for extramarital indiscretions now she denied this he denied that she was trying to access secret documents denied that she was trying to

influence parliamentary questions however did also emerge the. she was going but she had previously conducted other relationships with other senior government officials in diplomats one with a thirty year old dutch diplomat and she was eighteen also. an affair with nato representatives as well she denies the claims that she was working as a spy she admits to the affairs but she says she's innocent that's what she's trying to fight her deportation now case will not be heard by a jury but it will be heard by a panel of three judges one of which includes steven lander which is of who is a former head of m i five the british security service now that was disputed by the two live yet is lawyers saying that he was biased and therefore it can't be impartial however that was just dismissed by the court and. cases expected to conclude in six days time. sex and fire is always

a good way to sell papers specially in the british press i ran it live from london . the us says it's ready to offer a mass scale written assurances that the anti-missile defense system being built in europe is not directed against russia the kremlin has been anxious about the project insisting on legally binding guarantees that the scheme won't be a threat to russia france it was senior lawmaker in moscow told r.t. that washington's latest offer is welcome but not enough. written declaration or to be the suit and or to be withdrawn in case something changes in the leadership of the united states old the legally binding document. agreements conventions protocols is the only instrument which will say to sway the russian concerns the recent direction of. this program was rather harsh and

court because the system is definitely meant not just against iran or north korea it is meant to compensate the russian nuclear. potential so i think that the american politicians of the people who work with the president of the united states now seek not the want to propose something to russia in order to satisfy the russian concerns but we can declarations are a good step forward but this is not enough. nato forces have given serves another twenty four hours to work out a compromise over the road barricades in northern kosovo if not it will act they were built in protest to kosovo and customs officials being close to true border crossings with serbia but the situations and a standstill to previous nato deadline to dismantle passing with no action from either side reports. the deadline starts by nato led peacekeepers in kosovo known

as k. four has already been postponed twice following demands from communities leaders here in kosovo because of the ethnic minority in the most populated course they have been protesting against the custom and police officers. in the northern part of course of many are very skeptical there about a possible way out of this conflict described as a deadlock and say it would. turn into another frozen territorial conflict only to more violence just days ago when some of the barricades and were taken away also very people were injured several days ago french officer from the fourth committed suicide at the checkpoint known as. we haven't heard any official statement about but this is clear that's the situation this has both serbs in the balance as well

as international going as asians functioning in kosovo found themselves is playing its negative and possibly even legal role wednesday is expected by many here on the ground to be the day when these long running dispute finally get moving ahead of today's meeting between all the parties in this conflict we have been able to speak to the deputy serbian minister possible here and he told r.t. that everybody is looking for compromise right now but at the same time no one is ready to yield much. of a plan. but you did all we can we need to get you because of this because i want to fight on the you know more than you know put me down people who destroyed it like no one can say for sure at this moment what i did this is move talking today and that's potential and hopes are really high. ground more reaction on that online at our teens facebook page you can watch our interview with service

chief negotiator on the standoff who explains why belgrade a cell or code story attempts to create a border between serbia and kosovo. america's chief diplomat hellary clinton says washington hopes to see ousted libyan leader purnell khadafi captured or killed soon the statement came during her unannounced visit to tripoli with a mission to offer aid and support to the country's new rulers professor paul sullivan foote from california state university who's worked in a number of arab countries says clinton's attitude is to be expected when as you know already america and many others are just interests economic interest in libya which is actually mazie because gadhafi was doing everything that the west wanted to affect he was wasting his people's money on investments in a soccer team in italy. 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 more can you do for the west gadhafi was doing it don't forget who hillary could in two thousand and eight if you go to youtube and type in hillary could literally run as a candidate for president she threatened to kill every man woman and child to really run into a wastebasket. america's ever frosty relations with iran is what crosstalk gets to grips with next hour as officials rally to prove karen was plotting to kill the saudi ambassador to the you asked not everyone's convinced here's some of what's ahead. this person who seems to be mad goes to mexico he specific. to a drug runner that i have a cousin who is a high general in the wrong an armed forces and then they wire 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 suppose an iranian general and he tells him on the phone to carry out the operation i mean come 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 it's likely that mr marandi seems to be making 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. it's twenty one minutes past the hour some more world news for you turkeys the military has an air and ground operation on the iraqi border against kurdish militants is a response to a kurdish attack which killed at least twenty four soldiers and left a dozen others wounded the deadliest in several years turkish authorities have not

yet confirmed their retaliation occurred minority has been a problem for ankara for decades resorting to violence in attempts to try and forge its government. police in britain have begun addicting a community of irish travelers from a site where they live legally for more than a decade a large force of officers and encountered some resistance from residents and supporters through objects back when caravan but set on fire as police moved in and travellers call it as nick cleansing even though they had no permission to settle on the land. seventeen days alone scrambling for food and water a 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 to grow to house the shipwrecked sailor story.

the moment of knows he saved these rescuers are the first people he's seen for seventeen days they didn't search for him no one reported sergei's disappearance found him by complete accident his chance of survival. 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 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. for the first ten days i was looking out for boats and planes but over the last three days i had hoped. doctors say sergei has suffered physical and psychological trauma. he is suffering from hypothermia and nourishment he was great damage to get me to

a trance he was on the verge of suicide. recuperate in hospital for the next. perhaps the most surprising aspect of the story isn't so gay was able to survive on the spiny 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. remember the worlds as your fingertips that are to dot com were across the stories you might not find elsewhere in the army trends known as drunk or axia that's endangering the health and education of some american college girls were skipping meals not to save money but to get drunk more easily. than star war security the plan for russia and nato to jointly develop a global guard not just against misfiled but asteroids and other threats from space

we've got the idea outlined for you online at our team got caught. up next here on r t dimitris here with a live is this arctic. russia and most of its c.i.s. partners have agreed to create a free trade zone simplified were achieved at a meeting of the commonwealth prime ministers on choose day the move could significantly increase trade between the countries already risen fifty percent the first half of the year to more than one hundred thirty billion dollars in the course of the details. this comes after two decades of debate and even though it's not a done deal it's definitely heading there and causing some stir in the process most

of the c.i.s. countries have signed on and those are armenia valerie's true based on kazakhstan moldova russia forces was budget is known and ukraine but those still thinking about it are i said about china's pakistan and took medicine and they have to make a decision by the end of the year and closer union with former soviet states has been viral putin's priority since announcing his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections the foreign minister says there will and so important and that's more duties on a certain groups of goods but this is to raise concerns especially with the government consider creating a new regime union which some say isn't and that's a compete with a european union and especially given the fact that they started with we trade has some twice a year is now on alert all internally and seen as a precursor to russia's entry into the w t l as some of the participants are

already members and the word here is that known as look and sort of place anything it's all about providing better conditions to start a new joint effort prizes and increase the competitiveness of the economies and evolve. as we move to the market so the oil is slightly lower in the electronic asian trading after posting gains the previous session brant left is trading at one hundred eleven dollars per barrel light sweet is that eighty eight felicity consensus european stocks opened positive alternate confounder for the guardian newspaper that europe's key bailout plan will be significantly expanded despite the fact moody's has downgraded the spanish credit rating with a negative forecast the footsie is still off one point one percent the dax has a boosted its gains to one hot. in. rusher the markets are also for them to find the the my services are part of the said the r c s one point six percent range

drivers of that. energy shares of course we're seeing some gains in this burberry also one of the most liquid stocks we have on the market some four point four percent and the company says it's privatisation of seven point six percent stake is unlikely to happen this year due to the market uncertainty and also the federal grid cover you have to scare you yes it raised earlier losses the company personal news two fold increase in the first half net profit that's all we have time for in this edition of the business news on r.t. we will be back in around fifty five minutes time i have not. if. the.

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