listening to the latest in science and technology live from the realms of rush limbaugh the future of coverage . tonight on our t.v. enough is enough hundreds of thousands dead. greeks over the streets venting their anger over a new raft of tough austerity measures clashes broken up between police and protesters who say they're fed up with attempts to stop the country's financial freefall. strain stand still serves in over kosovo so that only clear the roadblocks if albanian officials abandon border checkpoints despite natives ultimatum urging them to leave or be forced out of. syria's two way violence with soldiers reportedly turning on each other and being killed during anti-government protests fueling fears of a fully fledged civil war. plus honey but no trap russian catches

a two diverted denies spying allegations in a british court but admits she had an affair with a married. it's eleven pm here in moscow welcome you're watching r.t. with me kevin zero in on our top story tonight in athens arguably the biggest protest in years descended into violence krigsman venting their anger against a new package of austerity measures likely to be adopted as soon as thursday i think sarah for. the riot police still leading 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 this thing since the beginning of the financial crisis. we still more of these violent clashes that we've seen before but i really i can't quite despite see i mean of so you see

mccain just piled up the scenes that we saw here at the station really at the violent clashes break out you can still feel is very dark at the moment that there are a lot of riot police well on the streets we do you have the. 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 that the city's 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 me they were saying you know they're trying to live under these conditions they're watching their parents struggle in his job losses in the country discontinued tax hikes incredibly hard thing to say this is a 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're

seeing a sick being seventeen years old have been down there telling us thank they part is that obligation to fight this battle as well and it really is a castle here that will battle scenes that we saw earlier today as the violence broke out very disturbing indeed i koos really now the year 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 your dad's the eurozone crisis we've heard analysts saying that they believe their own rhetoric they didn't think that a crisis never happened in the usa and it did and the institutions and the mechanisms to deal with that has simply not been in place in states like we're still seeing a small outbreaks of potentials bubbling over people say mystically had enough they they can't work under these conditions anymore and they want things to change. to sort of further you get up to the minute developments right from greece to serious twitter pages she follows the protests sweeping athens. now sunday is going to see a key you summit on the crisis which is going to discuss both the final details on

greece's second pilot also ways to tackle the eurozone debt crisis some financial analysts believe pulling out of the single currency is crucial to getting the region's economy back on track. but 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 centralized power to a relatively small clique of people dragging down the whole of the u.p.a. and 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 it doesn't make economic sense we can see that they need to wake up and recognize it as well. as best economic and political minds failing to get the greek economy back on track we ask you what you think the way out of it but it's a bit of both please to r.t. dot com it's always good to hear from you this is what is telling you so far almost half of you tongue in cheek this one last has to be said advise athens to follow

america's footsteps a lot more oil rich region just a third say it's up to the greeks to work harder and spend less percent believe greece needs to go cap in hand to the u.n. plead for yet more help and the smallest percentage of the some sent. back of the country selling or mortgage part of its territory to escape economic collapse you have your say r t v dot com. later in the program we continue our coverage from the united states to this been overwhelmed by the wall street protests. i regress of police tactics against peaceful demonstrators drives even more discontented protesters bonds of the streets of america our cameras are there too. ethnic serbs in northern kosovo so no condition will they dismantle the barricades at the border with the until albanian customs officials and police have gone from the checkpoints that says need to extend the deadline for earlier ultimatum

insisting protesters clear the roadblocks or face action from the alliance riff an option is there for us. ted lyons hayes and walkouts all part of the lively exchange today as possible serves leaders and kate for the nature of that peacekeeping force he also paid to unfortunately reach a solution to then go in that is the main message from the course of in-service on wednesday is that our data and customs and police officers currently working at the checkpoints with serbia should leave and only after that will the barricades be lifted and blocked roads throughout northern courser be reopened served live in impossible say they reject course it was two thousand and eight self-proclaimed fans from serbia and say that they don't recognize this is its institutions and its laws and its authorities as well as its borders and of course they are not accept change customs posts and checkpoints for three months now they've been blocking the

main roads throughout northern porcelain trying to prevent this region's all banning ethnical beilin. from extending its control with nato constantly threatening to move its own forces in and remove the barricades themselves the nation like a four 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 pristina in tamms to install establish its in this area more of a blaming them for extending its mandate to the un security council resolution number twelve forty four the only actually legal reason for them to be here. possible serbs losers is how are they on wednesday that they are ready to allow the peacekeepers to travel across the northern course or go to allow them to reach

their own soldiers but. it's not enough asking for freedom of movement for unix says well the european police. function in kosovo the serbs rejected that and pay for laughs the meeting and that was the moment when the talks in cells he'd grown roadblocks we have been able to speak to the course of and served leaders and we've asked them whether what is going to happen next whether they get hacked the k. four would try to use force to remove themselves the barricades and one of the expected with violence anytime soon at the barricades because last month saw rubber bullets and tear gas used against protesters injuring at least seven civilians but the serbs told us that for the time being they're not able to comment on that they're not able to predict or guarantee anything insisting that they've called for the people at the barricades to say calm and peaceful. that is reflection of the question on twitter as well as our team's twitter page posting the latest

developments from kosovo as they happen in find her there and what she's got to say about it all of our team school com we also log on to our web site for background analysis and comments about the whole situation in kosovo especially as it's kicked off lately a list plenty of other stories for you as well online from us tonight like these russia sends below that rivaled america's g.p.s. into pole position as it plans to pump the project with billions of dollars seems to be going well and if you fancy a bit of a chuckle roughing unanimated world headlines discover are cutting cartoons online in our humor but our t.v. dot com. well top stories today british m.p. mike hancock who had been connected with a russian woman accused of spying in the u.k. as critics roll on defense committee the announcement came as catches

a tool of ethics deportation hearing began this week in a london court she's admitted having an affair with a politician her former employee but her former employer rather but denies accusations of being a russian intelligence honeytrap for the m p r t's i would bet it's been following the case. has been dubbed by the british tabloid press as the spy who loved him and was really only a matter of time until mike caught the in peek at his 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 we've heard from him call he's stepped down from his position on the defense committee 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 libby yet and nevertheless that the government lawyers in this in this trial they accuse her of magazine as

a honeytrap. from thaw the russian intelligence services targeting mr hancock specifically a because of his vulnerability. with extramarital affairs and b. because of his position on that defense committee and because of his access to what would have been very highly classified information out. there she denies acting in this way she says she was not a spy she was 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 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 . on who is a former m i five agent herself so you suggest that there might be an all teary

motive for this case i think any decision made on her to creation will be probably down from sort of political backroom deals or thinking because of course there has been friction between russia and the u.k. i suppose will whatever political. recent defeat in it something they could use to embarrass russia they might well be porter whatever the facts of the case but if they want to switch china factor approach not all that 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 ned. and the lack of willingness of our prime minister to open up communications between asked agencies and russian spy agencies again i think it's probably likely that the continuing will continue. and he wave of protests and robson new yorkers at the wall street activists accuse the city's police of using excessive force hundreds of people have been arrested during the five week long nationwide protests now as police would

burn for using pepper spray is loosely cross must be followed with the instructions in new york for us. a lot of excessive tactics by the way these departments here well resulting and i think a total of nine hundred ninety two are right now since the occupy wall street administration had begun most of the people here are demonstrating peacefully 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 police department here which has riled many activists well as regular older citizens here in new york a recent poll that came out actually found that seven in 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 a force that on scooters that seem to. have that's delayed and get out of hand

whenever any sort of protest develops here yesterday evening we had a sort of mini march by some of the protesters to protest against what they perceive us police brutality here in new york several other protesters have also gathered around part of the restaurants here for the governor of new york was meeting with clients and situated himself several protesters ended up getting arrested simply for being in the street there and refusing to leave as you can see behind me perhaps you can see behind me the weather is not really cooperate with us today but a lot of but the spirits are made by a lot of folks are here under tarps sort of where huddled there are right now with all men trying to ride out the negative there 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 palace and 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. not to seek out for no for you give no news warn us this latest pictures coming from the u.s. protests live on social that will tell you something. watching our. fighting across syria is claiming lives on both sides of the growing global concerns the country's edging closer and 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 are these terrorists and

reports now explain still being placed firmly on assad regime. this is the office of the traitor it's one of the messages on the wall he's real 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 al hire 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 me conciliation under the current environment. because troops must be one of the gods voices in the regime that i know of. listening to. us he insists peaceful protesters were forced to respond to attacks by security forces and the acknowledges that now it's simply not black and white responsibility for the violence goes both ways. 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 iraq on march twenty three. all foreign media acknowledged that too many of the army and national guards have lost their lives so how can some people see that on good state exist. these civilians are not only members like my son how did amin members kill other members this is impossible the media that says it is plainly lying. and variant lies the problem the moment. there is confusion about what's really going on in relation to sticking by each side and used to defend their position so if you're only arguments for one side you'll likely believe that i mean this atmosphere of confusion and misinformation because for reforms continues what's a 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 can help absolutely could the government as i mean some circles are trying to propagate the voices from both sides are calling for dialogue to sit down and talk the syrians themselves agree that if this crisis is to be resolved that foundation of trust between the first lay down but with each correct order syria this school rising already widening political back. dancers are the masses. next tearing around visit to libya u.s. chief diplomat hillary clinton stated that washington hopes to see ousted leader colonel gadhafi captured or killed and that comes as the fighting still continues in the town of sirte considered a gadhafi stronghold cross only as a kiwi said to her of the pan-african newswire website thanks for being on the life of detroit's nice bush pretty shaken fighting as we speak is still continuing in

search there isn't it how do you see the situation in that area unfolding isn't anywhere near ending here. well according to the information we have been receiving the regard to the continuing fighting in the coastal city of sirte the resistance on the part of the lawless forces is still very intense and i think the visit secretary of state hillary clinton is designed to bolster the national transitional council government there are others based in tripoli it was also announced that more u.s. taxpayer dollars are going to the channels to the n.c.c. rebels who are in fact have been carrying out all sorts of human rights violations against the civilian population in libya we have to remind ourselves that the nato forces are still bombing both bani walid as well as sirte so the war as far as the united states and nato was concerned is still very very much ongoing are you

surprised by her statement yesterday saying that she'd like to see gadhafi killed or captured i'm thinking particularly about the killed element of that statement. you know we're not surprised at all we've noticed over the last several weeks that numerous individuals are have been victims of targeted assassination in many countries gadhafi was also targeted for the last eight months for sas nation. march the ninety there were numerous attacks on his compound former compound in tripoli they put it out broadly within the international community that they want to have that assassinated market jaffee the u.s. now is even are carrying out attacks against u.s. citizens two people were killed just several weeks ago in yemen in somalia they have are killed over one hundred people just in the last two weeks utilizing

our predator drones so targeted assassination is part and parcel of the overall u.s. foreign policy at least a bit of a change and it is a bit of a change the last week you're saying is a bit of a change of tune there was it when i first went into this nato said that no one in particular was ever going to be targeted they went off the scalps. well this was the defamation that was put out to the international media but in fact this is what has been going on in fact just last friday they announced as well that they were going to send one hundred special forces and military advisors into four central and eastern countries in africa to carry out the assassination of joseph kony who is a rebel leader of the lord's resistance army a rebel force that has been operating in the northern uganda now for nearly two decades so the policy of targeted assassination is very much a part of the u.s.

foreign policy which was the after qana why is focusing back in on libya again and why is america giving so much credence to the n.t. see there that talking to them almost as if they've already been elected and of course they haven't they are only interim leaders or is that a foregone conclusion. well this is a very serious concern on the part of people in the african union as well as people here in the united states has been no i like since there is no legitimate basis that the m.t.c. rebels have for killing out what they're doing right now inside of libya itself also they were the force that we utilized to provide legitimacy for we've seen change in libya they would never have been able to take control of tripoli and other areas of the country that they control if it not been for the extensive air power and the sea power that nato has executed over the last seven months

we have to remind ourselves that over twenty thousand sorties have been carried out against libya over ninety five hundred airstrikes have been carried out against that country of six million people who literally had no defense against the strong military forces that are largely based in western europe and in north america so yes this is their policy they are utilizing the n t c in order to provide a legitimacy to their overall policy of seizing control of about not only the libyan government but also the resources of libya which has our largest oil reserves on the afternoon. as it kaley editor of the pan-african news wire website thanks for your time and being on our international. governments approve the placement of us and to be so defensive and so on its soil the country is now just one parliamentary group with away their fall from becoming the next link in

america's missile shield chain in europe well moscow's concerns the system may be directed against russia washington's offered written reassurances to the country but not crucially legally binding guarantees and a senior lawmaker moscow told r.t. that the off is very welcome but it's 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 documents. agreements the conventions 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 north korea it is meant to compensate the russian nuclear. potential

so i think that the american politicians of the people who work was the president of the united states now seek not the warrant to prove something to russia in order to satisfy the russian concerns but written declarations are a good step forward but this is not enough. ok well let's talk where this then and talk to bruce kaye girlies the coordinator of the global network against weapons and nuclear power in space thanks bill a program where we're constantly cos the charge for the say there that these written assurances were nice but not legally binding why won't washington give a legally binding assurances to russia. because the u.s. is out to militarily surround russia today these missile defense systems are part of u.s. first strike strategy there the shield that goes along with the first strike sword these systems are now being deployed not only will they be deployed in romania but

the radar is going to be put into turkey the u.s. is now talking to georgia about putting one of these missile defense radars in georgia already the patriot third generation of patriot missile defense systems that been deployed by the u.s. and to poland and now they're being put on made to aegis destroyer ships into the black sea and mediterranean so cutting to the chase despite what we've heard so far as you say do you think russia has real reason to be worried about what's happening here i think russia and china do because the u.s. is now using these so-called missile defense systems to surround both countries but it's important to remember that general dynamics in the case of the aegis destroyers with missile defense systems is owned. by its own largely by a family called the crown family from chicago who are worth four billion dollars they are the largest stockholders of general dynamics and they gave barack obama

five hundred thousand dollars in campaign donations when he ran for president in two thousand and eight they were part of the major contributors a major organizers for the obama campaign in that race for the presidency so he owes them and his efforts now to put these missile defense systems to surround russia and china are part of a payback i believe to the crown family general dynamics the twists and turns of all this what's this doing for the much vaunted reset button that was pressed by came in and at the end of the day when do you think this is all going to be finally done and dusted and sorted out either which way. i think the reset button was always public relations by the obama administration trying to mollify people around the world specially in europe the american people as well while at the same time coming forward with this very aggressive program i see

a continuation of this aggressive and circumvent both russia and china i don't see any letting up in fact i see both parties the republicans and democrats in congress continue to appropriate more money for these so called us for the first systems together. in the u.s. first strike strategy. bruce k. gagnon coordinator of the global network against weapons nuclear power space thanks for joining us on the line tonight from washington d.c. . so just a little bit after twenty eight minutes past eleven o'clock at night here in moscow looking ahead what we've got coming up the rest of this for you then coming up shortly artie's people of his guest discuss who stands to benefit most from the fallout of that u.s. around assassination scandal making all the headlines to cross-talk on every shortly in about three or four minutes after the headlines my name is kevin i want to thank you for being with international.

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