captures the chilly vets it's nice spying allegations in a british court but it ritchie had an affair with a married m.p. . hello it's a pm here in moscow thanks for watching r t tonight it's kevin zero in here this hour with our top story for you in athens first arguably the biggest protests in years has descended into violence today greeks have been venting their anger against a new package of austerity measures likely to be adopted to soon as thursday is get the latest cross to sara first hi sara now we've seen as a reader matic sings from athens earlier on today is the situation under control now and a lot of noise going on behind you in the. with the riot police still leaving to clear the remaining protesters that are here on syntagma square no where near the amount of people we saw earlier when hundreds of thousands turned out it's the biggest protest the seen since the beginning of the financial crisis and we saw

more of these violent clashes that we've seen before but i really i can't quite describe to you i mean i'm sure you've seen the pictures by now the scenes that we saw head of devastation really as a violent clashes broke out but you can still see is very dark at the moment that there are a lot of riot police still on the streets we do have the sort of more out of his movements that remain on the streets here they're still having those run ins with the riot police but certainly they've managed to calm the situation a lot but as we said scenes of devastation just devastation on the streets of athens the streets just been destroyed they had a lot of the buildings on fire earlier all the windows fronts have been smashed there are bits proposal we just show you down here that there is still movement breaking out the people still being chased away when they're getting too close to this right place and it's very very dark empty but you do still have this tension remaining this today of course the first day was

a forty eight hour general strike say more expected tomorrow really people are asking just where this is going to end. it is there are you surprised at the turnout today in the way this discerned. so much anger and so many problems. this surprises here in greece really we've seen this vicious cycle starting measures being imposed on people and the public anger growing and escalating to the point where when these general strikes happen that that anger boils over and we see some of these violent clashes and really that's been one of the most disturbing things here is this repetition of this violence breaking out we speak to the people on the street earlier there was a very large me from and then they were saying you know they're trying to live under these conditions they're watching their parents struggle there have been huge job losses in the country with these continued attacks like this incredibly hard news saying to us you know this is the country in the future that they're going to

inherit you know it's very concerning earlier when we saw the chaotic situation breaking up very very quickly these things always escalate quite fast just the sheer number of children that we've seen a sixteen seventeen years old have been down there telling us think they felt it was an obligation to fight this battle as well and it really is a battle here they were battle scenes that we saw earlier today as the violence broke out very disturbing indeed and koos really now fear is a need is to find a different approach the criticism right from the start has been the failure to adapt to the situation to the eurozone crisis we've heard analysts saying that they believe their own rhetoric they didn't think that a crisis would ever happen in the eurozone and it did and the institutions in the mechanisms to deal with it has simply not been in place and so tonight we're still seeing a small outbreaks of the tensions bubbling over people say mr lee had enough they they can't work under these conditions anymore and they want things to change course we are watching the situation very carefully with your help we'll let you go

and get some more information for us from eight reports also telling our views about. tweeting as well you're updating our twitter feed if you will keep up to date with what series doing just more going to twitter for. just going up to the minute developments direct from greece on. sarah's twitter page there as she follows the protests sweeping athens and with europe's pressed economic and political minds failing to get the greek economy back on track we ask what you think could be the way out smith your votes on the r.t. dot com home page this is what you're telling us the most powerful you advise africans to follow america's footsteps and occupy an all rich region just a third of this say it's up to the greeks to work harder and spend less nine percent believe greece needs to go cap in hand to the e.u. and plead for more help while a small number but the idea of the country selling or mortgaging part of its territory to escape economic collapse in terms of yourself is big story by r t v dot com. and later in the program we continue our coverage from the united states

which has been overwhelmed by the anti wall street protests. i pressed to police tactics against peaceful demonstrators drive even more discontent in protesters on the streets of america reports about that for you. next the ethnic serbs in northern kosovo say under no condition will they dismantle the barricades at the border with serbia and tell albanian customs officials and police are gone from the checkpoints that says nato extends the deadline for their earlier all to meet and insisting protesters clear the roadblocks or face action from the alliance riffle nationals in the region for us. it's been a hard when thing for all parties been involved in these a lot of running conflict they warheads and expectations actually before today's meeting all the calls from serbs leaders and then they meet he was caged for nature lead paint keeping fourteen cars that i could finally bring along the way to

solutions and fulginiti no way out has been found first thing has of the not been called so they need to tell the truth i came to the titans had a very capable only believed it and the road in the northern consulate will only be reopened when that in customs and police officers walking out of a checkpoint at the border with syria in the north to leave the area sure i don't recognize the gold is the border to them between caribbean and calls to the proper border and they will never accept customs shahira for all why for almost three months already they've been blocking the main route fraught culturally to prevent these regions i think of any leadership from extending its control over these part of key for asked to provide with the movement a legs as well the european police functioning in the region from the serbs rejected during the meeting with the key for africa that as. serbs

leaders. told us before last a meeting and this is how the talks actually talk without any solution without any resolution we know that for high school and earlier he would take action if the terms don't remove a very take from the main road he doesn't call to my anytime soon and last month people were trying to use for sleep locate the used rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters injuring at least seven to village. and. told us that they cannot predict i mean. i think that means it's actually. a high chance that we can see violence at the border and at the barricades crowds know they also like. i'll just remind you as well if you want to keep up to date with the latest from the real issues online at artie's twitter page as well posting the latest developments from kosovo as they help you find a real r.t. underscore com. demitra goes and russia's envoy to nato explains why the local

kosovan serbs are refusing to dismantle their barricades. when need to suddenly start dismantling barricades between the constable and serb sides when you need your vehicles filled with cost of being in policeman stuck cruising the streets with severing the last remaining communication channels between serbia and course of the serbs then it becomes clear that meter was exceeding its mandate no one is going to like it but it was and on our website more background more analysis more comments on the situation in kosovo while you're there to plenty of other stories of course. in the east tonight you might like space praise russia sends glowing assets rivaled america's g.p.s. system of course is a pole position as it plans to pump the project with billions of dollars a lot more investment going up into space finally more online exclusively from us and we're offering as well you an alum later that angle on world headlines discover cutting cartoons are online. all that more fun to laugh at r.t.

dot com. you're watching r t fighting across syria is claiming lives on both sides of the growing global concerns the countries edging closer to a full blown civil war over a dozen troops have been recently killed by alleged army defectors following a u.n. warning of more opposition activists taking a barbs but it's artie's test recent reports many are still quick to only demonize the assad regime. this is the office of the trader one of the messages on the wall israel and the u.s. were able to buy you with a thousand dollars says another. this is where several opposition leaders work. 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 reconciliation under the current environment. because troops must be with their backs clear voices and a regime that i know. 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 some civilians killing. soldiers they are son was one of the first soldiers killed since protests began in the country he was killed in on march twenty three. all foreign media acknowledge that too many of the army and national guards have lost their lives so how can some people say that on groups don't exist

. these civilians are normally members like my son how could only members kill other members this is impossible the media that 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 hear only arguments from one side you'll likely believe them amid this atmosphere of confusion and misinformation the push 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 and the killing by the guns but we cannot absolutely put the blame 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 down

but with each threat or death syria respond to rising an already widening political gap does or so your r.t. damascus. talk show cross talk to grips with america's frosty relations with a round up at nineteen thirty g.m.t. today but officials determined to prove to was plotting to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. doesn't everyone convinced. this person who seems to be mad goes to mexico he said he is. 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 pose an iranian general and he tells him on the phone to carry out the operation i mean come on on the phone a senior iranian commander on an international line to the united states with a good point about reading spy novels i think that goes both ways i think of the claim that mr marandi seems to be making there are 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. more the little bit later tonight and he wave of protests the ropes in new yorkers and he will street activists accuse the city's police of using excessive force hundreds of people have been arrested during the five week long nationwide protest as police were condemned for using pepper spray lucy catherine also been following the demonstrations in new york for. a lot of excessive tactics by the n.y.p.d. the police department here resulting in i think

a total of nine hundred ninety two iraqis now since the occupy wall street demonstrations had begun most of the people here are demonstrating peacefully there are they call this. nonviolent civil disobedience tactics for example simply standing on the street trying to call attention to the cause and still they've been met with a very heavy handed response by the police department here which has riles many activists as well as regular older citizens here in new york a recent poll that came out actually found that seven in ten new yorkers support to the cause of this movement they stand with the occupy wall street demonstrators not a very good development if you're the mayor of new york city and continued to deploy police officers on horseback on scooters that seem to sort of fats delayed and get out of hand whenever any sort of protest develops how yesterday evening we had a sort of mini march by some of the protesters to protest against what they perceive as police brutality here in new york several other protesters had also gathered

around one of the restaurants here where the governor of new york was meeting with clients and situated himself several protesters ended up getting arrested simply providing in the street there and refusing to leave as you can see behind me of perhaps hopefully you can see behind me the weather is not really cooperated with us today by that a lot of the spirits parmeno high a lot of folks are here under tarps sort of where we're huddled around right now at the moment trying to ride out the negative weather but we do expect things to improve in terms of the weather throughout the week and the numbers to return right now i would say there's probably a couple hundred protesters in the park a little bit less than the thousand or so that we've been seeing throughout the week but again whether it does seem to have some small impact on this movement but the movement does continue to grow across the country and across the globe. want to cough and get more analysis the latest pictures coming from the u.s.

protests on our social network succumbs. the u.k. liberal democrat m.p. mike hancock who's been connected with a russian woman accused of spying in the united kingdom has quit his role in a defense committee the announcement came as catchers a tool of his deportation hearing began this week in a london court she admitted having an affair with a politician she used to work with but denies accusations of being a russian intelligence honeytrap for the m.p. he's either bennett's been following the case. the main point it was focused on in

the trial so far has been cathy is to live yet as relationship with mike 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 most yesterday in the trial that she was actually writing about this in her diary 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 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 when 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 that she says she's innocent that's why she's trying to fight deportation case is expected to conclude in six days time of course wanted live about it one of the former m i five intelligence officer told us the decision on his deportation may be taken outside the courtroom. i think any decision made on her deportation will be probably down to some sort of political

backroom deals or thinking because of course there has been friction between russia and the u.k. i suppose for whatever political reasons if they deem it to be something they could use to embarrass russia they might well deported whatever the facts of the case but if they want to sort of trying to factor a professional all secure some sort of deal then they might well say no she can stay but i would've thought it's probably more likely given the recent meeting between cameron and medvedev. and the lack of willingness of our prime minister to open up communications between asked by agencies and the russian spy agencies again i think it's probably likely that the continuing coolness will continue this is our two coming up later with me covello in the rock you are so scared for a modern day robinson crusoe covered over charles the man who fought for his life in the wilderness for over two weeks is an amazing story got wind that's coming up just a couple of minutes from. now the u.s.

says it's ready to offer moscow written assurances of the anti missile defense system big built in europe is not directed against russia no legally binding go and t's are offered though despite the kremlin's demands a secure 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 documents like agreements conventions protocols is the only instrument which will satisfy the russian concerns the recent reaction of 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 of 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 but written declarations are a good step forward but this is not enough. the top will do stories around the world now british police have started the eviction of a community of travelers 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 the travelers said the vision is ethnic cleansing why local authorities insist the site was established illegally. turkish forces reportedly killed fifteen kurd rebels on the iraqi border after the country launched a military campaign the operation comes just hours after the rebels killed at least twenty six turkish soldiers in the deadliest attack for several years occurred

militants have called continuous violence in the country for decades trying to forge their own government. no food no water and no cell phone to call for help that was the very uncomfortable reality for one would be robinson crusoe the man spent seventeen days alone scrambling for his life on a small russian island before he was rescued purely by chance. followed his remarkable story of survival. the moment sergei ganesh of knows he saved these rescuers are the first people has seen for seventeen days they didn't search for him no one reported sergei's disappearance but found him by complete accident his chances of survival had been slim jims 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 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. 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 trance he was on the verge of suicide. that began to shift recuperate in hospital for the next fortnight perhaps the most surprising aspect of the story is in the third game was able to survive under 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. r.t.

. close call that was and it will talking of new beginnings in ten minutes from now r.t. talks of palestinian woman campaigning for the release of her high profile husband a man held without charge in an israeli prison but is he a hero or a terrorist but the story coming up for you after the business next to you leon. hello and a very warm welcome to the business program russia and most of its c.i.s. partners have agreed to create a free trade zone to simplify terms were achieved at a meeting of commonwealth prime ministers on tuesday the move could significantly increase trade between the countries its original reason fifty percent in the first half of the year to more than one hundred thirty billion dollars archies maureen acosta has the details and 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 ballast of took a stand and ukraine the country still thinking about it and could i said why john is that the sun and turkmenistan and they're expected to make a decision by the end of the year now is closer in union with the former states and has been bottom or 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 eurasian union or some say is intended to compete with the european union and the fact that the e.u. started with free trade now has so why centers on alerts internally it's seen as a precursor to russia's and tree 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

placing anything it's all about providing a better conditions for establishing new joints and surprises and increasing the competitiveness of the economies involved. let's not have a look at the markets oil is trading me its highest price in more than a month after gold month. predicted upside potential to beat signs you are screwed stockpiles are increasing less rapidly than previously forecast brand blanche is trading at one hundred ten dollars a barrel while the w is that eighty eight dollars per barrel. and european stocks were high on wednesday and wheat conflicting newspaper reports germany and france have agreed to further boost the euro area's bailout fund banking shares were leading the gains in the footsie and in other news from the region moody's downgraded spain's credit rating with a negative forecast. and the russian markets were moving between gains and losses as world prices fell of your all screwed last one point five percent at the close

and investors here world betting europe will solve its debt crisis after the guardian newspaper report one of rescue fund books let's now take a look at some of the individual show moves from the my its energy shares were mixed with. one percent as kaliningrad and two monopoly watchdog looks into price fixing at the company's local retail outlets and financial stocks were leading the index high as burbank shares were rallying more than three percent at the close the company says the privatization of its seven point six percent stake is unlikely to happen this year due to market uncertainty and telecom shares a falling with ross telecom losing about one and a half percent at the close of play. that's it for no stay tuned for the headlines next with kevin.

luke.

this is all true for most. of you watching around the world stories enough is enough hundreds of thousands desperately in debt breaks spill out onto the streets venting their anger over a new raft of tough measures such as a broken out between police and protesters who say they're fed up with the attempts to stop the country's financial freefall. strain stands still serves a norm in kosovo so the only clear there are roadblocks if any in officials abandon border checkpoints despite. them to leave all be forced out. serious to waive the soldiers reportedly turning on.