spying allegations in a british court but admit she had an affair with a very damp lead. it's eleven pm here in moscow welcome you watching our two with me kevin zero in on our top story tonight in athens arguably the biggest protest in years descended into violence grigsby venting their anger against a new package of austerity measures likely to be adopted the soonest thursday not to serve first reports of the riot police still leaving to clear the remaining protesters that hair on syntagma square nowhere near the amount of people we saw earlier when hundreds of thousands turned out is the biggest protest we sustained 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 here of devastation

really as the 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 you have sort of more advocates movements that remain on the streets here they're still having these 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 street has just been destroyed they had a lot of the buildings on fire earlier all the windy fronts have been smashed there was a very large meat east me from there and they were saying you know they're trying to live under these conditions they're watching their parents struggle they've been achieved job losses in the country with these continued attacks like this incredibly hard news saying to us today 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 break up very very quickly these things always escalate quite fast just the sheer number of children that we've seen a sick being so. when teen years old had been down there telling us think they felt

that 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 the eurozone leaders to find a different approach the criticism right from the start has been their failure to adapt to the situation to the euro zone quite easily third analyst 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 and the mechanisms to deal with it has simply not been in place and say tonight we're still seeing a small outbreaks of the tensions bubbling over people so 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 wrote from greece and sarah's twitter page as she follows the protests sweeping athens now sunday is going to see a key e.u. summit on the crisis which is going to discuss both the final details on greece's

second belo also ways to tackle the eurozone debt crisis but some financial analysts believe pulling out of the single currency is crucial to getting the region's economy back on track. 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 relatively small clique of people and they risk dragging down the whole of the peon union as long as they stick with the euro the euro 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 well and with the 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 submit your votes place to r.t. dot com it's always good to hear from you this is what it's telling you so far almost half of the tongue in cheek this when asked has to be said advise athens to follow america's footsteps and occupy an oil rich region just

a third 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 u.n. plead for yet more help and the smallest percentage of the seven percent. of the country selling or mortgage part of its territory to escape economic collapse you have your say and r.t. dot com. later in the program we continue our coverage from the united states to this been overwhelmed by anti wall street protests. i regress of police tactics against peaceful demonstrators drives even more discontented protesters onto the streets of america our cameras are there to. ethnic serbs in northern kosovo so no condition will they dismantle the barricades at the border with serbia until albanian customs officials and police are gone from the checkpoints that says nato extends the deadline for the earlier ultimatum insisting protesters clear the road blocks or face action from the alliance riff an

option is there for us. deadlines blockades and walk outs all part of the lively exchange today as course of one serves leaders and k. for the nato led peacekeeping force here in kosovo paid to unfortunately reach a solution to then go in border disputes the main message from the course of an serbs on wednesday is that ban in customs and police officers currently working at the checkpoints with serbia should leave and only after that will the barricades be lifted and the blocked roads throughout northern courser be reopened after nick served live in impossible say they reject course it was two thousand and eight self-proclaimed hands from serbia and say that they don't recognize it is in its institutions and its laws and it's a forces as well as its border and of course they are not accepting customs posts and checkpoints for three months now they've been blocking the main roads

throughout northern porcelain trying to prevent this regional ban in ethnical beilin leadership from x. extending its control with nato constantly threatening to move its own forces in and remove the barricades themselves the nation that k. 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 pristina in tamms to install establish its in this area moreover blaming them for exceeding its mandate to the un security council resolution number twelve forty four the only actually legal reason for them to be here. cos of an serbs leaders did however say on wednesday that they are ready to allow the peacekeepers to travel across the northern coast of zero to allow them to reach their own soldiers but k. four says it's not enough asking for freedom of movement for unix says well the

european police. function in kosovo the serbs rejected that and k. four left the meeting and that was the moment when the talks themselves hit their rone roadblocks we have been able to speak to the course of and served leaders and we've asked them whether the what is going to happen next whether they expect that k. for would try to use force to remove themselves the barricades and whether the expect any 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 though that they've called for the people at the barricades to say calm and peaceful. on twitter as well as artie's twitter page posting the latest developments from kosovo as they happen to

find her there what she's got to say about it all and r.t. on the school column you also log on to our website for background analysis and comments about the whole situation in kosovo is kicked off lately and there's plenty of other stories for you as well online from us tonight like these russia stands below that rivaled america's g.p.s. into pole position as it plans to pump the project with billions of dollars seems to go well if you fancy a bit of a chuckle we're offering you an animated angle on the world headlines discover a cutting cartoon online in our humor at our team dot com. more top stories today british m.p. mike hancock who had been connected with a russian woman accused of spying in the u.k. has quit his role on a defense committee the announcement came as catches the vet is 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. it's been dubbed by the british tabloid press as the spy who loved him and it was really only a matter of time until mike the m.p. catches the live yet it was working for as a researcher in parliament was swallowed up by this after the details emerged of their affair that was going on for four years and we now know today we've we've heard from hancock he 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 it and nevertheless the government lawyers in this in this trial they accuse her of acting as a honeytrap. for

a for the russian intelligence services targeting mr hancock's specifically a because of his vulnerability they term it 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 now catches that this is who it is 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 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 . on who is a former m i five agent herself she suggests that there might be an all teary motive to this case i think any decision made on her will be probably down to some

sort of political backroom deal for thinking because of course there has been between russia and the u.k. i suppose full whatever political. reasons if they deem it to be something they could use to embarrass russia they might well be porter whatever the facts of the case but if they want to sort of trying to fix her approach more. secure some sort of deals then they might well say no she can say 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 our spy agencies and the russian spy agencies again i think it's probably likely that the continuing coolness will continue and the wave of protests the ropes of new yorkers and 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 were condemned for using pepper spray lucy craft been following the

demonstrations in new york for us. 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 and demonstration that 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 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 continued to deploy police officers on horseback on scooters that seem to sort of vacillate and get out of hand whenever any sort of protest develops now 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 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 for being in the street there and refusing to leave as you can see behind me her house hopefully you can see behind me the weather is not really cooperated with us today by a lot of the spirits or main 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

see coffee no food no news more no cicely's pictures coming from the u.s. protest of a social network pages don't forget. it's . fighting across syria is claiming lives on both sides are a growing global concern as 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 similar reports now explain

still being placed firmly on assad's regime. this is the office of the traitor 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 abdel aziz al-haj a 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 the lesion under the current environment. goes through . must be with. his and the regime. of. 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.

killing civilians but we have some civilians killing. soldiers the way our son was one of the first soldiers killed since protests began in the country he was killed in on march twenty three. foreign media acknowledged 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 if you don't mean members kill other members this is impossible the media that says it is plain lying . and variant 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 hear only arguments from one side you'll likely believe that amid this atmosphere of confusion and misinformation the question for reforms continues what's 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 direct order syria will spoil the rising already widening political gap. does or so you r.t. damascus. next hearing iran's visit to libya u.s. chief diplomat hillary clinton stated that washington post. see ousted leader colonel gadhafi captured or killed and that comes as the fighting still continues in the town of sirte considered the gadhafi stronghold across no to abayomi azikiwe he said the center of the pan-african newswire website thanks for being on the life of detroit's not push pretty shape in the fighting as we speak you know it's still

continuing in center isn't it how do you see the situation in that area unfolding isn't anywhere near ending at well according to the information we have been receiving a 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 took both to the national transitional council a government that is based in tripoli it was also announced that more u.s. taxpayer dollars are going to be channeled to the end to see rebels who in fact have been carrying out all types 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 assassination. march the nineteenth there were numerous attacks on his compound form a compound in tripoli they put it out broadly within the international community that they want to in fact assassinate moammar gadhafi 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 killed over one hundred people just in the last two weeks are utilizing

predator drones so targeted assassination is part and parcel of the overall u.s. foreign policy towards 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 in that was it because 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 just of called me who is a rebel leader of the lord's resistance army rebel force that has been operating in 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 the continent why would why is focusing back in

on libya again and why is america giving so much credence to the n.t. say they're 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 are there has been no i like sions 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 regime 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 m.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 a lot of always or only after. as it kaley editor of the pan-african news wire website thanks for your time and being on the international. romania's governments approve the placement of us on t.v. so defensiveness on its soil the country is now just one parliamentary green-wood 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 often written reassurances to the country but not crucially legally binding guarantees there is a lawmaker a moscow told r.t. that the office very welcome but it's not enough. the written declarations are to be. suit and or to be withdrawn in case something changes in the leadership of the united states all the legally binding documents. agreements the conventions draw to calls is the only instrument which will satisfy the russian concerns the recent reaction of. this program was rather harsh and court because the system is definitely meant not just against iran or north korea it is meant to compensate the russian nuclear strategic potential so i seeing that the american politicians the people who work with the president of

the united states now seek an option the 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. ok well let's talk about this though now and talk to bruce kaye gallies the coordinator of the global network against weapons and nuclear power in space either thanks bill the program we had would constitute cost a charge for the say there that these written assurances were nice but not legally binding why won't washington give 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 have been deployed by the u.s. into poland and now they're being put on maybe aegis destroyer ships into the black sea in mediterranean so cutting to the chase despite the old that 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 scuse me is only 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 of general dynamics the twists and turns of all this what's this doing for the much vaunted reset button that was pressed when i came in and at the end of the day when do you think this is all going to be finally done and dusted and sold it at 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 of both russia and china i don't

see any letting up in fact i see both parties the republicans and the democrats in congress continue to appropriate more money for these so-called you missile defense systems together vents in the u.s. for a strike strategy. bruce kagan you know coordinator of the global network against weapons and nuclear power in space thanks for joining us on the line tonight from washington d.c. . so just a little bit after a 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 i've updated the headlines my name is kevin o. and thank you for being with international.

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will. bring you the latest in science technology from the. we've got the future covered. thank you for joining us. these are our top stories for you enough is enough hundreds of thousands of desperately spill onto the streets venting their anger over a new role for tough austerity measures clashes have broken out between police and protesters who say they're fed up with attempts to stop the country's financial freefall. strain stand still serves ignore the cost of oh say the only clear there are roadblocks if albanian officials abandon the border checkpoints despite to motivate him to leave before.