no traffic russian classes are for the better and nice spying allegations in a british court but it made she had an affair with married men. and russia and it so i ask on this they create to create a free trade zone in business and twenty minutes. live from our headquarters in central moscow and you're watching our team with me and he said now a straight to our 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 arcee cyrus 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. we see in the

last couple of hours the violent clashes breaking out in the front of the parliament building can show you what's going on at the moment you can still see a very chaotic situation here really we've had to gas being set off and that's pushing back the crowds we've seen a lot of the protesters throwing molotov cocktails at the riot police people every bit confused he's seen them running in all directions it's not just in tag where you're seeing all these people in the main streets of the syntagma also absolutely packed with protesters that have turned out against the stage as you can see the riot police moving full there again trying to push back some of these protesters friend outside the parliament building inside of calls 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 moment they simply lost the public support this is the biggest protest. greece has seen since the financial crisis started tens of thousands of

people and more joining all the time on to the streets 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 the situation escalates is indeed it seems to be off to the last couple of changes down here as well so you can get an idea of the numbers this really goes right up off the streets of syntagma there are absolutely crowds and crowds of people here and you can see again the riot police moving in there with the take out he can smell the take gas in the very concerning because again when we were on the streets earlier a big youth movement had turned out they said that they were fighting not just for the features their country but for the future of their future as well it really is very disturbing scene as well even a mood to study because we've seen this play out on syntagma square time and again e.u. leaders and the government here have really failed to get

a handle on this and so we see more of these really terrible scenes again breaking out the takeouts he's against the protesters the protests this anger bubbling up to the throwing anything they can get their hands on really at the riot place certainly a situation at the moment that feels like it's getting out of control very very chaotic indeed all right incredible pictures coming out of the greek capital there were r.t. sara firth is reporting for us will be joining her throughout the day. well get up to the minute developments from greece on sarah's twitter page as she follows the protests sweeping athens someday will see a key e.u. crisis summit which will discuss the final details on greece's second bailout however disagree with between france and germany over financial support for the state may endanger the tarp berlin is pushing for banks to accept concert fifty to sixty percent on their greek bond holdings or paris says twenty one percent is enough financial analyst patrick young says president sarkozy is acting in his own

interest. some governments particularly the french are trying to effectively just solid financial gravity and say oh no hold your nose for a moment this is our cheat not such a huge crisis we can get away with about twenty percent why do they say that because the problem is that ultimately these buying. could themselves end up 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 governments to mr sarkozy is terrified that he's going to lose the election next year and be thrown out of the abuser powerless as president when with europe's best economic and political minds fouling to get the greek economy back on track we asked what do you think the way out could be and you can submit your votes

on the r.t. dot com home page this is what the results are looking like so far almost half of you advise happens 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 pleading for more help small few back the idea of the country selling or mortgaging part of its territory to escape economic collapse have your say logon to our t.v. dot com and vote. for the fact it's against peaceful demonstrators dr even more discontent in 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 still think tension and uncertainty as to whether

a compromise is possible in the standoff. is in the region for us. the deadline set by the nato led peacekeepers in cos of a known as k four has already been postponed twice following demands from the serbian communities leaders here in costs about the cost of an serbs the ethnic minority in the mostly barely unpopulated cos of a have been protesting against the ban in custom and police officers working in the northern part of course of a many are very skeptical there about a possible way out of this conflict described in it as a deadlock and say that would either turn into another frozen territory of conflict only to more violence just days ago when some of the barricades and were taken away throughout the course of eight people were injured several days ago a french officer from a four committed suicide at the checkpoint known as yog we haven't heard any

official statement about his death but this is clear that the situation this even pass both serbs and albanians as well as international going to stations functioning in kosovo found themselves is playing its negative and possibly even level. ahead of today's meeting between all the parties been involved in this conflict we have been able to speak to deputy serbian minister for costs over here and he told us that everybody is looking for compromise right now but at the same time no one is ready to yield. more reaction on that online for you right now at artie'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 at our dot com including space trains russia sends

a cologne os its rival to america's g.p.s. into 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 cutting cartoons on our online humor hobb all that and much more are two. 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 traitor one of the messages on the wall these rail and the us were able to buy you with a thousand dollars says another. this is where several opposition leaders work like . he had been a vocal critic and had spent fourteen years in jail a very bad time he recalls like many opposition members he thinks there's really very little room for because alleviation under the current environment. troops must be with their. acts. is a regime that. is listening to people. he insists peaceful protesters were forced to respond to attacks by security forces but he acknowledges that now it's simply not black and white responsibility for the violence goes both ways. and. this killing civilians but we have 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 save its own groups didn't exist. the civilians and the members like my son the members killed other members this is impossible the media that says it is plainly lying. and therein lies the problem the moment. there is confusion about what's really going on in the organization is taken by each side and used to defend their position so if you're hearing the arguments from one side you'll likely believe them amid this atmosphere of confusion and misinformation the push for reforms continues what's very forms this is another question whenever a new legislation is made we see an escalation of the security situation in syria

and the killing 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 threat or death syria respond the rise in an already widening political gap. does are still your r.t. damascus. but in libya the new interim government has been greeted by some high profile gast 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 as 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 mainly what they see as corruption in wall street and washington undue influence by wall street over politicians and the political system in washington d.c. the nation's capital now we have seen unfortunately and really seen 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 in chicago about one hundred seventy five protesters were arrested in arizona more than one hundred protesters were arrested after demonstrating and what they say is a nonviolent civil disobedience tactic we do know that several of the officers implicated on video with some of the violent tactics are being investigated now the movement does not seem to show any signs of giving up steam. fact that there's a new global day of action that's being planned for up to twenty ninth not just here in new york but all across the country as well as across the world in different cities worldwide we also know that the financial situation for the protesters here in new york at least hasn't proved protesters recently announced that they have earned some three hundred thousand dollars from donations both money that's dropped in box 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. 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. if . you. arrested a woman accused of spying in the u.k. has begun her fight in court against deportation is that yvette or at mit's having

an affair with a politician seems to work for but denies accusations of being a russian intelligence honeytrap for the m.p. bennett is following the case in london the main point was focused on in the trial so far has been can't live yet is relationship with my can coax member of parliament she was working for as a researcher up until two thousand and ten choi 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 merged as franks 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 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 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 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 can call the m.p. . because of his position he did also acknowledge that. she was can she had previously conducted other relationships with other senior government officials in and diplomats one with a thirty year old dutch diplomat when she was eighteen and also later an affair with nato representative as well she denies the claims that she was working as a spy she admits to the a phase but she says he's innocent that's why she's trying to fight deportation case is expected to conclude in six days time. during her unannounced visit to libya if you ask a defiant hillary clinton stated washington hopes to see ousted leader colonel

gadhafi captured or killed professor paul seldon foot from california state university who's worked in a number of arab countries says clinton's added to that is unsurprising as you know already america and many others were jim true 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 in a soccer team in italy at the natural times those are not 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 gadhafi was doing it don't forget who hillary could two thousand and eight if you go to youtube and type in hillary clinton no glitterati run as a candidate for president you threaten to kill every man woman and child to really run into a waste basket there and i wish for e. they are so cross talk 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 some of what's in store for you. person who seems to be mad goes to mexico he said he. drug runner that 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 poser iranian general and he tells him on the phone to carry out the operation i mean come on the phone a senior iranian commander on an international line to the united states to the

point about reading spy novels i think that goes both ways i think of the claim that mr robey 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 no a legally binding guarantees are offered despite the kremlin's demands assyria lawmaker in moscow told r.t. that washington's latest offer is welcome but not enough. the written declarations are to be issued and or to be withdrawn in case something changes in the leadership of the united states so the legally binding document. like agreements conventions broader calls 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 this system is definitely meant not just against iran or north korea it is meant to compensate the russian nuclear strategic potential so i thing 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 ethnic cleansing while local authorities insist the site was established illegally. turkish forces have reportedly killed fifteen kurd rebels on the iraqi border after the country launched a 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. here the three thousand tibet 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 china says tibet

has been in its territory for centuries many tibetans claim it has a long history of autonomous rule by buddhist leaders. no food no water and no cell phone to call for help this was the uncomfortable reality for one would be robinson caruso the man spent seventeen days alone scrambling for his life on a small russian island before he was rescued purely by chance. followed the remarkable survival story. the moments of notes he saved these rescuers all the first people who'd seen for seventeen days they didn't search for him no one report to gaze disappearance but found him by complete accident. his chances of survival had been slim in the future i was here to collect sea weed but the weather was bad and my boat capsized and crashed i swam to the

island but there was no one there my cell phone was wet and didn't work there was no food. i survived by drinking rain water and eating kelp i was very scared. he made a shelter to hide from the rain but soon despair set in 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 was psychologically damaged to hit me to try as he was on the verge of suicide. that he again you should recuperate in hospital for the next fortnight perhaps the most surprising aspect of the story is in the third game was able to survive on the style 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. that wraps up our main news walk 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 you. thanks sunny stright time for the business update russia and most of its c.i.s. partners have agreed to create a free trade zone the simplified terms were achieved at a meeting old commonwealth prime ministers on tuesday the move could significantly increase trade between the countries that's already risen fifty percent in the first half of the year to more than one hundred thirty billion dollars archies mining 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 cost him some store in the process

most of the c.i.s. countries have signed on and those include armenia valorous kazakhstan kyrgyzstan moldova rush of course is ballast object is on and ukraine the country still thinking about it and could i said why john respect the son answered the man assad and they're expected to make a decision by the end of the year no closer union with the former states and has come out of their 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 this has a raised 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 some isomers on alerts internally it's seen as a precursor to russia's and tree into the w t o it's especially as some of the participants are already members and the word here is it's not about competing over

placing anything it's all about. the better conditions for establishing new joints and surprises and increasing the competitiveness of the economies involved. let's have a look at the markets now oil is trading near its highest price in more than a month off to goldman sachs predicted upside potential and signs u.s. crude 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. and european stocks are higher i mean conflicting newspaper reports germany and france have agreed to further boost 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 for us. and the russian markets observing between gains and losses as world prices fell the urals current one hundred percent and investors here are also

betting europe will solve its debt crisis off for the guardian newspaper report on the rescue fund post. well that's all we have time for now stay tuned for the headlines next with a nice. in

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

to the somali regions for more information log on to invest in somalia the all you . you're watching our live from moscow at five thirty pm these are our top stories enough is enough hundreds of thousands of desperately in debt greeks spilled onto the streets venting their anger over a new round of tough austerity measures clashes have already broken out between police and protesters who say they are fed up with attempts to stop the country's financial freefall. strained standstill it's a desperate search for compromise in northern coastal but with nato forces stick to their own tomato and urging local sort of protesters to clear roadblocks or be forced to go.