market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy because reports on our key. this is our to the internet i did nothing is enough hundreds of thousands desperately and greeks spill out of the streets venting their anger over a new raft of toughest or a few matches clashes are broken out between police and protesters who say they're fed up with attempts to stop the country's financial freefall. strained stand still serves and over the course of those are the only clear the road blocks are for pain officials abandoned border checkpoints despite nature's ultimatum urging them to leave all before. serious to a violence with soldiers reportedly turning on each other or being killed during anti-government protests fueling fears of a fully fledged civil war. plus all honey but no trap russian catches had to

divert to deny spying allegations in a british court but admit she did have an affair with a married employee. hello it's time pm here in moscow were you watching r t with me kevin though in this hour in our top story for you in athens arguably the biggest protest in years descended into violence today greeks to be venting their anger against a new package of austerity measures likely to be adopted the soonest i see sarah firth reports of the riot police still leaving to clear the remaining protesters the hair on thin tightness were nowhere near the amount of people we saw earlier when hundreds of thousands turned out it's the biggest protest we sustain since the beginning of the financial crisis and we still more days piling passes that we seem to forget i would. i can't quite describe. my doubts the scenes that we still have

to tell the station really as a violent clashes broke out 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 sort of more advocates movements that remain on the streets here they're still having those run ins with the riot they specifically they've managed to calm the situation a lot but as we said scenes of devastation just devastation on the streets of athens the street is just been destroyed they had a lot of the buildings on fire earlier all the window fronts have been smashed there was a very large meet these needs and then they were saying you know they're trying to libyans these conditions they watching their parents struggle in his job losses in the country with eastern tinny trackside it's incredibly hard news saying to stay 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 very very quickly these things

always escalate quite fast just the sheer number of children that we've seen a sick being seventeen years old had been down there telling us think they felt is an obligation to fight this battle is what it really is a castle here they would pass a scene so we still early yesterday as the violence broke out very disturbing indeed uncouth really now here is a need is to find a different approach the criticism right from the start has been that they it's with that 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 never happen in the usa and it did and the institutions and the mechanisms to deal with that has simply not been in place and say tonight we're still seeing a small outbreaks of tensions public people saying they simply had enough they they can't work under these conditions anymore and they want things to change. to be very good up to the village developers to read from greece officers twitter page of course she follows the protests sweeping out. more about the. for the country let's

talk to robert all the seeds head of the brewers group an independent think tank spaced in london thanks so much a lot of being on the line with us tonight this new austerity plan seems to be a done deal no doesn't it given today's public display of anger a big display of anger what can we expect tomorrow when this bills officially passed by parliament what do you think lies ahead for the e.u. the austerity plan which are forcing upon greece as well as the money which will try and by allow the greek economy isn't enough there will be more to come on greece requires more by allowance and will require more austerity neither of which will be the answer to their problems so what is to be done and what's going to happen with these violent aggressive scenes of saying we're going to get worse here what needs to be recognized is the greece is of course passed as we know and we need they need to have a default they need to. stop paying all the money that they're paying to various point two institutions and start trying to invest in never colony to try and get

the economy moving again and of course leave the euro and that is the other wants are to their problems that needs to be done that it's inevitable that they will be fought in the spread of to be done sooner than later sooner than later and of course they should leave the euro to devalued their new currency and get the economy moving again and become competitive you see certain begin to fall if you're going to put a time and date on it when you think it's going to happen. well they need some massive economic growth to avoid a t. force that's not happening there in a very deep recession something that makes our britain's economic problems the modern maya would it have halted should happen very soon whether it will or not is another matter because the politicians are so it to the idea of trying to protect the euro but that is a big mistake it's becoming a ticking time bomb so if there was economic reality and economic sense prevailing amongst the european political class they would take action and dismantle the euro

that is the answer and that should happen soon course even if it does leave the eurozone it still isn't all thought of mass speed i did in the eurozone for the rest of the members of this thread so much money bailing it out so far is there a danger that the rest of the eurozone will be dragged back into recession. all that will happen is as long as they stick with the euro it's a common see union that is not an optimal comments here that doesn't work for most of its members that belong within the eurozone within the single currency area so the longer they keep the euro going as it is the longer the economic problems will last so really it's a matter of. take fencing off the problem by moving countries like greece italy spain portugal perhaps even ireland as well as from the euro and that would be the answer to help their economy start moving again got you but of course you know you talk about the politicians to get their heels in saying they don't want

this to happen over what one of the foremost third german chancellor angela merkel has told about this upcoming summit on europe that this coming weekend she says is going to be an important step heard that before but warned one summit would not be enough to resolve the crisis i've never heard that before how much time will bailout same austerity cuts you think will be needed until the real sense is seen here. well the really the longer they leave it the more problems will be more violence on the streets of athens or be more pain felt by the greek people the dragging down the whole of the peon union as long as they stick with the euro the euro is it is a step too far in terms of political integration it's a political measure that doesn't make economic sense we can see that they need to wake up and recognize it as world course part of a spat as well between france and germany germany's pushing for banks to wipe out sixty percent of their current greek bonds but you know that could undermine france's credit rating as well because they hold a lot of those debts as well though they are they going to sort out their

differences do you think. well that's the answer is that the euro is causing a great deal of tensions between many different european states and different peoples as well they want different things from their governments really that's what happens when you take away people's democracy and you centralize power to a relatively small clique of people in the european union and the answer would be really for greece to de force and if there's a need to bailout french banks and that would be met by the by the french or taxpayer the longer things go on the more problems will be created and more money that's thrown at greece the deeper the debts will become good really the answer is it's going to give you all too easy to recognize a failure i'm afraid we're out of time but thank you for your thoughts robert oulds the set of the bridge group. based in london on r.t. tonight. and with europe's best economic and political minds failing to get the greek economy back on track we're now what you think about this story. if you will

to r.t. dot com this is what we're telling you so far almost half of you advise athens to follow america's footsteps tongue in cheek this unoccupied all rich region thank you for your vote just over a third say it's up to the greeks to work harder and spend less percentage of this say the greeks need to go cap in hand to even play for help the minority if they're just about the idea of the country selling a war footing part of its territory to escape economic collapse farty dot com is the place to be to cast your vote. and later the program we continue our coverage from the united states which has been overwhelmed by anti wall street protests. press of police tactics against peaceful demonstrators drives even more discontented protesters out of the streets again of america ripple. ethnic serbs and all the costs of those three hundred no condition will they

dismantle the barricades at the border with serbia. customs officials and police have gone from the checkpoints that says nato extends the deadline for their earlier ultimatum insisting protest is clear the roadblocks or face action from the alliance is written off in the region for us even see it doesn't look like they'll be a compromise any time soon does it. well kavin deadlines haze and workouts all part of the lively exchange today as course of on serves leaders and hate for the nature of that peacekeeping force here in kosovo paved to unfortunately reach a solution to the ongoing border dispute here in boston relaying messages from the course of an serbs on wednesday is that our banner and customs and police officers currently working at the checkpoints with serbia should leave and only after that will the barricades be lifted and will blocked roads throughout northern coarser be reopened course when serbs ethnic serbs live in impossible say they reject

course of his two thousand and eight self-proclaimed fans from serbia and say that they don't recognize its institutions and its laws and its a fortress as well as its borders and of course they are not accept same customs posts and checkpoints for three months now they've been blocking the main roads throughout northern porcelain trying to prevent this region's will burn in africa barely and but the ship from its extending its control with nato constantly threatening to move its own forces in and remove the barricades themselves the nature of that cave for has been complaining that they can't reach its own troops in this area due to the barricades but serbs have been accusing them of. assisting in. camps to install established it's situations in this part of the course of or in this area more of

a blaming them for exceeding its mandate the u.n. security council resolution number twelve forty four the only actually legal reason for them to be here. possible a loser is our say on wednesday that they are ready to allow the peacekeepers to travel across the northern coast of both. to allow them to reach their own soldiers in this area looters they'll just need to get permission from the local marius and inform them in advance about calming treats but k. four says it's not enough asking for freedom of movement for unix says well. the european police function in kosovo this serves rejected that and pay for laughs . and that was the moment when the talks in cells he'd grown road blocks we have been able to speak to the course of and so it is and we've asked them what

is going to happen next whether they hacked that key for would try to use force to remove themselves a very case and one of the extract any violence any time soon at the very case because last month saw rubber bullets and tear gas used against protesters angell at least seven civilians and the serbs told us that all the time be they are not able to comment on that they're not able to predict or guarantee anything insisting though that they've called for people at the barricades to say calm and there's a lot of negotiations going on as you say maria financial a real financial reporting there from across the border thanks for that is online as well she's. twittering. page posting late developments from crossbows they have you can follow her on r.t. underscore com for the very latest is on the ground all the information she gets it can also log on to course of to go to our web site for background analysis and what will comment on ongoing situation in kosovo and plenty of other stories there as one of our teeth will come tonight including these russia send the globe asked his

rival to america's g.p.s. in the pole position as it plans to pump the project with billions of dollars seems to go well we're offering if you want a bit of a chuckle animated angle to world headlines discover are cutting cartoons in our online. as well to your car. fighting across syria slowly lives on both sides amid growing global concerns the countries know edging closer to a full blown civil war over a dozen troops have been killed recently by alleged army defectors following a un warning of more opposition activists taking up arms but as artists search for a similar reports playing still being placed firmly on assad regime. this is the office of the trader it's 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 like i did as is i was hired 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. are going to cause troops. me what's wrong with iraq's leader voices and the regime playing out cold. think. it's he insists peaceful protesters were forced to respond to attacks by security forces police knowledge is that now it's simply not black and white responsibility for the violence goes both ways. and so this killing civilians but we're killing. soldiers the way our son was one of the first

soldiers killed since protests began in the country it was killed in on march twenty three. or four in music knowledge that too many of the army and national guards have lost their lives so how can some people see that on groups exist. these civilians and like my son how could only members kill other members this is impossible when needed it says this is plainly lying. and very lies the problem the moment. there is confusion about what's really going on in the organization the state in why each side and used to defend their position so we can hear only arguments from one side. amid this atmosphere of confusion and misinformation the push for reform sentence what's the enduring very forms this is another question whenever a new legislation is made we see an escalation of the security situation in syria. but we cannot absolutely blame 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 for the first laid out but with each order syria this pool rising already widening political back. r.t. the mascot's. british m.p. mike hancock who has been connected with a russian woman. of spying in the u.k. is quit his role of defense committee you know it's mccain was catches a to divert his deportation hearing began this week in a london court she's admitted to having an affair with a politician a former employee but denies that his asians have been a russian intelligence honeytrap for the m p r t's i have a bet it's been following the case. it's been dubbed by the british tabloid press as the spy who loved him it was really only a matter of time until night in peek at is the i was working for as

a researcher in parliament was swallowed up by this after the details of most of their affair that was going on for four years and we now know today we've heard from hancock he's stepped down from his position on the defense community and the reason why is because he feels his position is really untenable at least until the trial is over now why the defense committee well that's where the questions are really being asked he denies passing any classified information that wasn't already in the public domain to mr to live yet and nevertheless that the government law is in this in this trial they accuse her of acting as a honeytrap. front for the russian intelligence services targeting mr hancock's specifically a because of his vulnerability to a term in the extramarital affairs and b. because of his position on that defense committee and because of his access to what would have been very pile of classified information now catches that this is who we

are to she denies acting in this way she says she was not as nice as never in contact with any intelligence officials never has been and maintains her innocence that's why she's fighting her deportation her lawyers actually said that there was quote a genuine feeling between her and mr hancock and also there actually questioned a witness today who is an m i five agent well the agent merely said that because of secrecy laws they could neither confirm nor deny whether any evidence exists at all and imagine one who is a former m i five agent herself suggests that there might be an all teary motive for this case i think any decision made on her will be probably down to some sort of political backroom deal thinking and because of course there has been friction between russia and the u.k. i suppose will whatever political. recent defeat deem it to be something they could use to embarrass russia they might well get puerto whatever the facts of the case

but if they want to for china factor approach not. secure some sort of deal then they might well say no she can fake but i would thought it's probably more likely given the recent meeting between cameron and. the lack of willingness of our prime minister to open up communications between our spy agencies and the russian spy agencies again i think it's probably likely that continuing will continue. early march and across the live a better before that if you were to protest the robson new yorkers on the wall street activists accuse the city's police of using excessive force hundreds of people have been arrested during a five week long nationwide protest as police were condemned for using purple spray a carton of spain following the demonstrations in new york for us. a lot of excessive tactics by the n.y.p.d. the police department here well resulting in and i think a total of nine hundred ninety two arrests now since the occupy wall street demonstrations have begun most typical here are demonstrating peacefully there they

call this. nonviolent civil disobedience tactics for example simply standing on a street trying to call attention to the cause and still they've been met with a very heavy handed response by the east apartments here which is riles many activists as well as regular old citizens here in new york a recent poll that came out actually found that seven and ten new yorkers supports 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 continue to deploy police officers on horseback on scooters that seem to. have passed the late and get out of hand whenever any sort of protest develops what yesterday evening we had started but many march by some of the protesters to protest against what they perceive as police particularly 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 then situated himself several protesters ended up getting arrested simply prefer being in the street there and refusing to leave as you can see behind me hopefully you can see behind me the weather is not really cooperating with us today but that a lot of but the spirits are made by a lot of folks are here under tarps sort of where we're huddled 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 allison herself 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. reporter with them for a good long time no it is lucy coughing all for you good morning ladies pictures coming from the u.s. protests and the latest tweets on the social network pages. if

the. rebellious government approved the placement of us until missile defense elements on its soil the country's now just one parliamentary group it away from becoming the next link in america's missile shield chain in europe also those go concerns that this system may be directed against russia washington's offered written assurances of the contrie but not legally binding guarantees a senior lawmaker in moscow told r.t. that the offer is welcome but it's not enough. the written declaration of war to be issued and or to be grown in case something changes in the leadership of the united

states all the legally binding document. agreements conventions the protocols is the only instrument which will satisfy the russian concerns the recent reaction of russia on this program was rather harsh and court because the system is definitely meant not just against iran or of north korea it is meant to compensate the russian nuclear. potential so i think that the american politicians the people who work with the president of the united states now seek. the want to propose something to russia in order to satisfy the russian concerns about written declarations are a good step forward but this is not enough. constantly cause the chaff talk to us there it's now coming up to twenty five minutes past ten at night here in moscow

kate so a sports and the build up to the second night of champions league football russian champions the need to. barcelona chelsea arsenal ac milan also actually got the details for you as catch up with the business before that there are nucleus here now. thanks kevin under whom welcome to the business update rush and most of its office in a creature created free trade zone the simplified terms were achieved at a meeting of commonwealth prime ministers on tuesday the move could significantly increase trade between the countries that's already risen fifty percent in the past half of the year to more than one hundred thirty billion dollars r.t. is more in acosta 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 passing some stir 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 rajon respect the sun and tremendous sun and they're expected to make a decision by the end of the year no closer in union with the former states as bottom are putin's priority since announcing his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections the prime minister says that will cancel export and import duties on certain groups of goods but the business as a raise concerns especially with the government considering creating a new regime you are some say is intended to compete with the european union and the fact that the e.u. started with free trade now has some eisner's on alert internally it's seen as a precursor to russia's and free internet governance you know 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 joys and surprises and increasing the competitiveness of the economies involved. let's have a look at the markets now european stocks are higher i mean it's conflicting news. of course germany and france to be great to further boost figure areas bailout fund . from the russian markets were moving between games and losses on wednesday house world prices fell investors here were also betting durable solvents that crisis after the guardian newspaper report on the rest be fun. let's take a look at some of individual share moves on the mindsets more quelled was down one percent financial stocks were leading the index higher starbucks shares were rallying more than three percent the company says the privatization of its seven point six percent stake is unlikely to happen this year due to market uncertainty. telecom shares a feeling with force telecom losing about one and a half cents. owners of the new i phone four us can now

track their location using the russian quantised navigation system the smartphones now support not only g.p.s. but also its russian rival by using both together you can produce time one can pull all of your positioning and sort through fast phone which has the speeches samsung and russian mobile provider m.t.s. have also released devices supporting both systems russia have invested five billion dollars into pushing glass into operation and making it even more precise than rival g.p.s. . ok that's it for now stay tuned for the headlines next with coven. because.

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