the grand jury really talks with the polish girl until you can the words which will close in the future you don't need to go clear brother said the colonel was that you know as you retreat. this is the largest place testing plea to the crisis break out a little taking to the street took place there on steroids the message that they say a crippling the country up with you all the latest just email. and other news serious to weigh violence with soldiers reportedly turning on each other and being killed during anti-government protests fueling fears of a full fledged civil war. also a third deadline by nato ordering serves to remove their border blockades of northern kosovo as the standoff situations granted back to politicians and the impacts. plus the robinson rescued

a man is found alive but alone on an island in brussels nor after more than a fortnight with barely any food or water his survival stories coming up. is three pm in moscow this is r.t. coming to you live from needs now with our top story this hour 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 now in the last hundreds of thousands are making their feelings known and it's arguably the biggest protest since the financial turmoil that's crippled the country began but more cuts could be coming right now to power where parties sarah firth joins us from dentist to garbage collectors the anger stretches throughout society. here passing it. has

really taken over the see behind me to the number of people this guy who just stood there this is a police estimate of the men is around seventy thousand people and on the state people from the unions and that it's turning out to say it's even larger than that and people are joining all the time i just think that by the parliament building here. and i'm. not me but here they. didn't think that i could not just take one teacher thank you as i said the athletes of the largest we seem safe then the financial crisis breakout the best day of the forty eight hour general strike and i come to the head of the bank in parliament the most areas he says and so the aegis doesn't have the weekends about the age of three it's been described as a make or break week this big decision is coming up as people in the year is a leader struggle to get the situation under control of the going out by hand

economic analysts package thank you very much for joining us i don't think they should be reading a bit about. tony special friend was talking to us before the committee. through a school shooting watching. the news we didn't actually go forward serious when i say the usual response to it was very well from a. vision. at the moment i think this is a great example of how greece is a bit of the canary. just as much a stereotype quite frankly because we've been able to project by the fifty sixty percent to eight percent change you just as well. as white british even if it's growing even if it's a big rambunctious and still quite find a society is better for us. and you must also recall that bridge treasure liberties

very much because a home plays only within living memory in the seventy's and so people are much more alike than in other places will crush the camera and voice their disappointment at the decision. to have anything. i mean again and the measure is thanking them and again. i see now being the case to get anything a day with the defense really think this no i don't think so i think these thirty pages are here to stay and i think this will probably be the final round because really there is no room to pose any will there be anywhere embrace there was probably some move to the civil service but i don't think that's creates a lot of this because many civil servants exactly have the right. side as far as the eurozone as well they've been giving to you we expect some sort of final decision this week but we've seen it all before they usually freeze that

market and they can never quite decide look they want to do let me. sorry was. the breaking point i think. it's time. for. the siding really to say. something. and if the political system actually quitting itself and shows that there isn't a judicious use of population oh and good that you're asking attention isn't average people take a hit a few of the people that have had their head in places where they should still should be single is facing injury. have to fix things. i don't think it's actually most of it probably wouldn't do is very much good in the middle of the chaos like this if you don't have liquidity from the e.c.b. you are in a really tight spot. there is enough uncertainty here at the moment anyway so how

are you actually doing origin and coming to this and of course going into currency union is never easy and exiting is even more difficult we would meet it with six months to be able to try something like that which first we don't have the printing presses right to actually create an interesting effect isn't something we should look at you see in fifty over the next five years or so really don't know what the euro look like and if you strike it will be true to europe we may see fundamental institutional reforms to change the landscape for right now it would be suicide first to jump up. and going and you would never really is the message here in athens rather than fancy about exactly what he says holds the people here at various points in the big five faith anymore and the stakes as. we can have.

of that. was my that. was how. can. i have. this thank you. thank you thank you i have this kind of thinking i think it is the case if we see this crisis because i love all people here the funny thing that with the fall i think really a very tricky situation indeed and the country feels between this fierce opposition here amongst the people have the decency the courage landed as they could happen done enough to meet the demands that they said well days to months and pretty much not to see it and they did. it's the iceberg here these people that's eight years

of us there is the unemployment joke class tax hike and they said they thought they had enough to live somewhere talking to larry alexander take a look at what they said is that they get this out of we have the stuff i say in their response but that's a lesson to people here and that is today we of course will continue to join you throughout the day our team is sarah first reporting live from athens as the biggest protest yet takes place as the country's economic situation started spiraling out of control thanks for that update. the financial analysts have said young says the situation in greece is so dire that more belt tightening won't help it said it's that 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 change 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 summary bill something like one hundred million euros the total amount of income is like a hundred million euros in cobol it costs about seven hundred million euros i believe to run the real way 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 change what we call in banking terms our 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 bogged. tell us what you think greece is way out could be by voting on the r t v dot com page almost half of you so far have advised athletes to follow america's footsteps and invade some oil rich regions just over a third say it's up to the greeks to work harder and scram last ten percent believe

greece needs to go cap in hand to the e.u. and plea for help all small few got the idea of the country selling or mortgaging part of its territory to escape economic collapse tell us how you would solve the problem of our team on. activists and wall street activists i should say are turning some of their anger against new york police over what they see as an excessive use of force hundreds of people have been arrested during the five week long protest with police using pepper spray at rallies despite that the root cause of the campaign is still winning over hard pressed americans artie's confidence explains. 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 and identify with the big frustrations the major frustrations that the

demonstrators have expressed namely what they see as corruption in wall street or washington and undue influence by wall street over. and the political system in washington d.c. the nation's capital now we have seen unfortunately an increasing some ireland and heavy handed response by the police department here in the new york city area we've seen of course the 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 and 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 there's

a new global scale action that's being planned for over twenty nine not just here in new york but all of 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 bottom 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. marty is losing. there and she's been reporting from the effect of the protests in new york since they began last month and she's constantly updated her twitter feed as a runner fold so you can follow her online. in other news the unrest in golfing syria is ascending into all out conflict with the growing violence

claiming lives on both sides eleven soldiers were killed by our major factors this week shortly after the u.n. warns there's a high chance of opposition forces taking up arms if the crackdown on protesters continues our tastes are so it is in damascus. this is the office of the trader reads one of the messages on the wall these rail of the u.s. were able to buy you with a thousand dollars says another. this is where several opposition leaders work like a fire 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 with. it is. like no. it's going to kill people. he insists peaceful

protesters were forced to respond to attacks by security forces and the acknowledges that now it's simply not black and white responsibility for the violence goes both ways. you know. killing civilians some civilians killing. soldiers hey our son was one of the first soldiers killed since protests began in the country he was killed in iraq on march twenty three. all foreign media acknowledge the team many of the army and national guards have lost their lives so how can some people say that on groups didn't exist he kidnapped these civilians and only members like my son how could only members kill other members this is impossible the media that says it is plainly lying. and variant lies the problem the moment. there is confusion about what's really going on information 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 amid this atmosphere

of confusion and misinformation because for reforms continues what's in there in very forms this is another question whenever a new legislation is made we see an escalation of the security situation in syria becoming by the guns but we cannot absolutely blame on the government as i mean some circles are trying to propagate of 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 to be first laid out but with each threat or does syria respond the rise in an already widening political back that's are still your r.t. damascus. well there may be calls for talks in syria but across in libya the words are much tougher especially from washington wanted dead or alive and the sooner the

better it clinton says the u.s. is keen to see exactly captured or killed we've got more on that for you next hour plus. economic news russia and the c.i.s. not so used to the next level of economic integration all but three countries of this commonwealth have agreed to agree to reach more of this. a russian woman accused of spying in the u.k. is fighting attempts to deport her from the country through their third tonight all charges of espionage have an appeal before a special immigration commission but she didn't it having an affair with an m.p. she used to work for artie's ivor bennett is covering the case in london. the main point it was focused on in the trial so far has been cathy is to live yet his relationship with mike hancock a 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 but also most 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 her just 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 masters 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 i can quote the m.p. because of his position it also emerged that. she was going but she had previously

conducted other relationships with other senior government officials in it and diplomats one with a thirty year old dutch diplomat when she was eighteen and also later an affair with nato representatives well she denies the claims that she was working as a spy she admits to the affairs of it she says he's innocent that's why she's trying to fight deportation case is expected to conclude in six days time. and the world's at your fingertips at r t dot com were across stories you might not find elsewhere including an alarming trend known as drunk as in danger in the health and education of some american college girls who are skipping meals not to save money by to get drunk work easily. and star wars security the plan for russia and nato to jointly develop a global guard not just against missiles but asteroids and other threats from space we've got the idea outlined online at r.t.

dot com. the u.s. says it is ready to offer moscow written assurances that the anti-missile defense system being built in europe is not directed against russia but the kremlin has been anxious about the project insisting on a legally binding guarantee scheme won't be a threat to russian defenses a senior lawmaker in moscow told r.t. that washington's latest offer is welcome but not enough. the written declaration or to be issued and or to be withdrawn in case something changes in the leadership of the united states still the legally binding documents. like agreements conventions protocols is the only instrument which will satisfy the russian

concerns the recent reaction of russia on this program was rather harsh and the court because the system is definitely meant not just against iran or as north korea it is meant to compensate the russian nuclear fleet egypt potential so i think that the american politicians the people who work with the president of the united states now seek an option the want to propose something to russia in order to satisfy the russian concerns about the written declarations are a good step forward but this is not enough. they go 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 there were built in protest of course of the police and customs officials being placed at

two border crossings with serbia but the situation is at a standstill with two previous nato deadlines to dismantle passing with no action from either side roof or notional reports. the deadline set 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 an serbs and the ethnic minority in the mostly populated course they have been protesting against the ban in custom and police officers walking in the northern part of course of the many are very skeptical there about a possible way out of this conflict described as a deadlock and say that would. turn into another frozen territory of conflict all lead to more violence just days ago when some of the barricades were taken away from the course of eight people were injured several days ago as french officer from the four committed suicide at the checkpoint known as yog we haven't heard any

official statement about but this is clear that the situation this has both serbs and albanians as well as international going to stations functioning in kosovo found themselves is playing its negative and possibly even level role is expected by many here on the ground to be the day when this long running dispute finally gets moving ahead of today's meeting between all the parties involved in this conflict we have been able to speak to the serbian minister for 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 run. you know we can reveal. this because of the five hundred you know. began to get destroyed like no one can say for sure at this

moment whether any decision will be taken today but expectations and hopes are really high. right now on our team's facebook page you can watch our interview with serbia's t.v. goes here on the stand off the explains why belgrade is so we're told from attempts to create a border between serbia and kosovo. now seventeen days alone scambling for food and water a real life robinson crusoe has been rescued from a remote island in russia's north and although he was a venture they found his discovery was only by chance or sick or grow out of house the shipwrecked sailors story. the moment of knows he saved these rescuers are the first people has seen for seventeen days they didn't search for him there were reporters who gave disappearance but found him by complete accident as chance of survival had been slim in the future i was here to

collect. 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 leaking kelp i was very scared. he 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 no hope. doctors they said gay has suffered physical and psychological trauma. he's suffering from hypothermia and nourishment he was psychologically damaged to he would need to try and he was on the verge of suicide. that began you should recuperate in hospital for the next fortnight perhaps the most surprising aspect of the story isn't the third game 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. and that wraps up our main news block here in r.t. this hour business is next with stay with us. welcome to business r.t. russia and most of its c.i.s. partners have agreed to create a free trade zone simplified terms were achieved meeting of the commonwealth prime ministers on tuesday the move could significantly increase trade between the countries it's already risen fifty percent in the first half of the year to more than one hundred thirty billion dollars i think in the course around 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 i want officer in the process

most of the c.i.s. countries have signed on and those include armenia valorous kazakhstan kyrgyzstan moldova russia of course is ballasted you can start and ukraine the country still thinking about it and could i say by john respect the son answered the man is not and never expected to make a decision and by the end of the year now i close here in union with the member states and ask them are putin's priority since announcing his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections the prime minister says the will cancel export and import duties on certain groups of goods but at this as a raise concerns especially with the government considering creating a new regime new which some say is intended to compete with the european union and the fact that the e.u. started with free trade now has some isomers on alerts internally it's seen as a precursor to russia's andry into the government so you know it's specially as some of the participants are already members and the word here is it's not about

competing over a place in anything it's all about providing a better conditions for establishments joints and surprises and increases the competitiveness of the economies involved. to the markets quickly oriel is mixed this out in asian trading to posting again as the previous session branches correcting sixteen cents lights readers up thirty eight european stocks up positive after an unconfirmed report in the guardian newspaper that europe's key bailout fund may be significantly expanded however moody's has downgraded spanish for the reasons for the first time in a long while it's also given a negative forecast to move to russia now the indices they're all holding up as a one hundred percent my sex still above the previous level. point two percent there's a statement of what's moving in the markets energy shares are mixed lukoil however is one of the biggest losers down point nine percent has kaliningrad something

monopoly watchdog looks into price fixing other companies and local retail outlets back in one of the biggest gainers up two percent of the companies of the privatization of it so some point six percent stake a run like think that happened this year due to market uncertainty federal grant company f.s.k. u.e. has a raised early against the company posted an almost two fold increase in off net profit . they say b miller has agreed to transfer its beer operations in russia and ukraine to turkey's fs the value of a c.b. mers enterprises in the two countries a survey to be worth one point nine billion dollars in return the london based company gets a quarter of the service be a maker they say the miller and her fast will jointly become the second largest growing nasha this energy savings of about one hundred twenty million dollars a year. context on odyssey that lots.

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