thanks. on the streets of athens if we see violent clashes breaking out as prey tested the pages in their will stare at the measures that they say the crippling that caused to bring all the latest in not just the name and. you know the new strains that stand still serves in northern kosovo say the only clear there are roadblocks if albanian officials abandon border checkpoints despite nato's ultimatum urging them to leave or be forced out. in syria's two way violence with soldiers reportedly turning on each other and being killed during antigovernment protests fueling fears of a full fledged civil war. was all honey but no trial russian cartels love to

be there for the nice spying allegations in a british court that made street had an affair with a married man. and russia and it so i ask on this they create to create a free trade so you know if this isn't clinton minutes. apart from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching our team with me and he said now i straight for breaking news this hour in athens arguably the biggest protest and years has already triggered clashes greeks are venting their anger against a new package of austerity measures likely to be adopted as soon as thursday march the sars first is there for us and now joins us live sorry the atmosphere very tense right now on the streets of athens take us through what's happening. out to

be seen in the last couple of hours the violent clashes breaking out in the front of the column and build a peach a you what's going on at the moment you can still see a very chaotic situation here really we tried to get. being settled for not pushing back the crowds we've seen a lot of the protesters throwing molotov cocktails at the riot place people every day because he's seen them running in all directions is not just in tag where you're seeing all these people all in the main street office and also absolutely packed with protesters that have turned against their will such as you can see the riot police needing full there again trying to push back some of these protesters friend outside the parliament building inside of course the government discussing the austerity measures we've also heard from some inside sources possibly there's discussion at the moment of a coalition government being formed because it is very very clear here in the country at the time they simply lost the public support this is the biggest protest

that greece is seen since the financial crisis started tens of thousands of people and more training all the time on to the street and very concerning what we're seeing here at the moment because as we said this is one of the largest and no one really knows exactly what's going to happen now if this situation escalates as indeed is seem to you after the last of the changes down here is what so you can get an idea of the numbers this really goes back right up off the streets of syntagma there are absolutely crowds and crowds of people here. and you can see it see again the riot police moving in there with the take that he can slow the take us and they are very concerned because again when we were on the streets earlier a big mean man who turned they said that they were fighting not just for the feature of the country but for the future of their futures well degree's very disturbing scenes even more disturbing because we've seen this play else in times

square time and again now and e.u. leaders and the government here have really failed to get a handle on this and say we see more of these pretty terrible scenes again breaking out the takers he's against the protesters the protests that anger bubbling over and they're throwing anything they. get their hands on me at the right play it's a sad thing it at the moment that feels like it's getting out of control very very chaotic indeed. incredible pictures coming out of the greek capital there were r.t. sarah ferguson is reporting live for us and will be joining her throughout the day . but get up to the minute developments from greece on sarah's twitter page as she follows the protests sweeping out there and sunday will see a key e.u. crisis summit which will discuss the final details on greece's second bailout however a disagreement between france and germany over financial support for the state may endanger the tarts for them is pushing for banks to accept cuts of fifty to sixty percent on their greek bonds holdings or paris says twenty one percent is enough to

financial analyst patrick young says president sarkozy is acting in his own interests. some governments particularly the french are trying to effectively to foreign financial gravity and say oh no hold your nose for a moment this is actually not such a huge crisis we can get away with about twenty percent why do they say that because the problem is but ultimately these buying in for arms sales they're not being in need of government bailout and the french government don't want to do that because the french government are deeply concerned about their own credit rating for the french government and mr sarkozy is terrified that he's going to lose the election next year and be thrown out of the reserve palace as president. well it was europe's best economic and political minds fouling to get the greek economy back on track we asked what you think the way out could be you can submit your

votes on the r c dot com home page this is what the results are looking like so far almost half of you advise the op is to follow america's footsteps and occupy oil rich regions just over a third say it's up to the greeks to work harder and spend last ten percent believe greece needs to go cap in hand to the e.u. and plead for more how small a few back the idea of the country selling or wordage and part of its territory to escape the collapse have your say log on to our tea dot com and vote. the facts against peaceful demonstrators drives even more discontented protesters on to the streets of america we have more on that for you later this hour. nato forces in northern kosovo say they will step in to remove road barricades if local serbs haven't done so within twenty four hours the deadline has already been

postponed twice stopping tension and uncertainty as to whether a compromise is possible in the standoff. is in the region for. the deadline set by the nato led peacekeepers in kosovo known as k four has already been postponed twice following demands from communities leaders here in kosovo because the serbs and the ethnic minority in the mostly barely unpopulated possibly have been protesting against the belly and custom and police officers. in the northern part of course of a 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 territorial conflict only to more violence just days ago when some of the barricades were taken away course of people were injured several days ago and french of these are from the four

committed suicide at the checkpoint known as. we haven't heard any official statement about him 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 ahead of today's meeting between all the parties been involved in this conflict we have been able to speak to the serbian minister for crossover here and he told actually that everybody is looking for compromise right now but at the same time no one is ready to be healed. more reaction on that online for you right now at our t's facebook page you can watch our interview with serbia's chief negotiator in the standoff who explains why belgrade is so opposed to attempts to create a border between serbia and cults. you can also log onto our web site for background analysis comments on the situation in kosovo and there are plenty of

other stories for you r.t. dot com including space trades in russia sends a clone not its rival to america's g.p.s. into a pole position as it plans to pump the project with billions of dollars. and we offer you an animated angle on the world headlines discover our current cartoons on our online humor hob all that and much more r t. fighting across syria is claiming lives on both sides amid growing global concerns the country is edging closer to a full blown civil war over a dozen troops have been killed recently by alleged army defectors following a u.n. warning of more opposition activists taking up arms but as artists are sillier

reports many are still quick to only demonize the assad regime. this is the office of the trader it's 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 abdel-aziz on 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 him. it is in the bush like oh oh. he insists peaceful protesters were forced to respond to attacks by security forces but the 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 daughter 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 exist he could knapp's the civilians and only members like my son how could all new members kill other members this is impossible the needed it says it is plain lying. and therein 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're hearing the arguments from one side you like to believe that i mean this atmosphere of confusion and misinformation because for reforms continues 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 by the guns but we cannot absolutely. on the government as i mean some circles are 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 out but with each correct order that syria respond the rising already widening political gap does or so you r.t. damascus. and in libya the new interim government has been greeted by some high profile guests u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says she would like to see colonel gadhafi captured or killed them and why she decided to take such an uncompromising position . but first a new wave of protests erupt in new york is anti wall street activists accuse the

city's police of an excessive use of force hundreds of people have been arrested during the five week long protests across the country as police were condemned for using pepper spray lucy coffin of reports now how the movement has found sympathy with many americans 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 in washington in undue influence by wall street over politicians and the political system in washington d.c. the nation's capital now we have sued unfortunately and the police in some ireland and heavy handed responses 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 it giving up steam. in fact that there's a new global sales action that's being planned for up to over 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 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. lucy coffin of reporting there from new york you can get more analysis the latest pictures and comments from the u.s. protests on all of our social network accounts. a russian woman accused of spying in the u.k. is began her fight in court against deportation at the vet's or at mit's having an

affair with the politicians used to work for but sometimes accusations of being a russian intelligence honeytrap for the m.p. are designer bennett is following the case in monger. the main point it was focused on in the trial so far has been cathy is to live yet his relationship with knight hancock a member of parliament she was working for as a researcher up until two thousand and ten shortly 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 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 masters it was suggested yesterday by the representative for the government the home office which is trying to deport 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 it also emerged that. she was convinced 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 and also later 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 why she's trying to fight deportation case is expected to conclude in six days time.

during our unannounced visit to levy on us two compliant hellary clinton stated washington hopes to see ousted leader colonel gadhafi captured or killed professor paul seldon foote from california state university has worked in a number of arab countries says clinton's advertisement isn't surprising as you know already america and many others large interests economic interest 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 and a soccer team in italy at the national 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 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 no glitter really run as a candidate for president she threatened to kill every man woman and child tourney run into

a wastebasket there and ashtray. they are so cross hall gets to grips with america's frosty relations with iran it three thirty g.m.t. but officials attempt to prove to wrong was plotting to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. doesn't have everyone convinced here's what's in store for you. person who seems to be mad goes to mexico he said he. too drug runner then i have a cousin who is a high general in the iranian 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 spying 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 close an iranian general and he tells him on the phone to carry out our ration i mean come on on the phone

a senior iranian commander on an international line to the united states to the good point about reading star novels i think that goes both ways i think it's because mr reddy 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. the u.s. says it's ready to offer moscow written assurances that the anti-missile defense system being built in europe is not directed against russia legally binding guarantees are offered to spite the kremlin's demands i see a lawmaker in moscow told r.t. that washington's latest conference 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 all the legally binding document. agreements

conventions protocols is the only instrument which will satisfy the russian concerns the recent reaction of. this program was rather harsh and court because the system is definitely meant not just against iran or as north korea it is meant to compensate the russian nuclear strategic potential so i think that the american politicians the people who work with the president of the united states now seek an option they want to propose something to russia in order to satisfy the russian concerns about them declarations are a good step forward but this is not enough. it's twenty one minutes past the hour a look now at some world news in brief for you british police have started the eviction of a community of travellers from the site where they've lived for more than

a decade officers had to use riot gear and sledge hammers to overcome resistance from the residents and their supporters protesters chained themselves to the barricades and torched a mobile home as police moved in travellers say the eviction is athame cleansing while local authorities insist the site was established illegally. turkish forces have reportedly killed fifteen kurds rebels on the iraqi border after the country launched the military campaign operation comes just hours after the rebels killed at least twenty six turkish soldiers in their deadliest attack for several years kurd militants have caused continuous violence in the country for decades trying to forge their own independent government. nearly three thousand monks and other indian religious leaders gathered in new delhi in prayer over the death of a female monk she marks a total of nine monks who have set themselves on fire this year in their calls for freedom for tibet china has criticised the event saying it incites terrorism the

region has been witnessing the acts of self immolation since march trying to says tibet has been in its territory for centuries many tibetans claim it has a long history of qana misrule by buddhist leaders. but no food no water and no cell phone to call for help this was the uncomfortable reality for one would be robinson crusoe the man spent seventeen days alone scrambling for life on a small russian island before he was rescued purely by chance. followed the remarkable story. the moments of knows he saved. these rescuers are the first people has seen for seventeen days we didn't search for him no one reported sergei's disappearance but found him by complete accident his chance of survival had been slim. i was here to collect seaweed and

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 he made a shelter to hide from the rain but soon despair then you. 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 wants take a logical damage to hit me to trance he was on the verge of suicide. so he ganesh of all recuperate in hospital for the next fortnight perhaps the most surprising aspect of the story isn't the third day 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. that wraps up our main news block here in our team this hour we have a special report into the birthplace of u.s. nuclear weapons are coming up for you this hour after a check in at the business desk with us. thanks sunny strike time for the business update russia and most of its c.i.s. partners have agreed to create a free trade zone the simplified charms were achieved at a meeting the commonwealth prime minister's own choose change the move could significantly increase trade between the countries it's a regular reason fifty percent in the first half of the year to more than one hundred thirty billion dollars are cheese making of course iran has the details. this comes after two decades of debate and even though it's not

a done deal it's definitely headed there and possibly some store in the process most of the c.i.s. countries have signed on and those include armenia valorous kazakhstan kyrgyzstan moldova rochelle forces ballasted just on and ukraine the country still thinking about it include eyes or by john respect the sun and turkmenistan and they're expected to make a decision by the end of the year no closer union with the former states and has a lot of more putin's priority since announcing this kind of the see in the upcoming presidential elections the prime minister says that will cancel export and import duties on certain groups of goods but that this was a raise concerns especially with the government considering creating a new regime you were some say is intended to compete with the european union and the fact that the e.u. started with free trade now has so much centers on alert internally it's seen as a precursor to russia's entry into the w t o it's specially as some of the

participants are already members and the word here is it's not about competing over racing anything it's all about. why do the better conditions for establishing the joys and surprises and increasing the competitiveness over the economies involved. let's have a look at the markets now oil is trading near its highest price in more than a month after goldman sachs predicted upside potential and signs us heard stockpiles are increasing last rapidly than previously forecast brand blanche is trading at one hundred ten dollars per barrel while the w t i is that eighty eight dollars per barrel. under appeal stocks are higher i mean conflicting reports germany and france have agreed to further post the euro area as bailout fund banking shares are leading the gains on the footsie and other news from the region moody's has downgraded spain's credit rating with a negative thoughts. on the russian markets of living between gains and losses as

world prices fell the euro skirt lost one hundred percent and investors here are also betting europe will solve its debt crisis after the guardian newspaper reports on a rescue fund post. oh that's all we have time for now stay tuned for the headlines next with any such.

in two thousand and ten especially economic zone for industrial production it was established in russia's somalia region with a total area of six hundred sixty ekta as. its investors are granted exclusive tax and customs benefits which includes a five year exemption from property lands and transport taxes as well as an income tax reduction to fifteen point five percent. to special economic zone operates as a free customs own which enables manufacturers to market their products in russia free of important things to some our region as he said is currently witnessing a sewage infrastructure construction the somare.