very welcome from all of us here in moscow this is all she with me thanks for joining us greece's forty eight hour paralysis entering its second day and has a ready seen street violence over the government's efforts to stave off bankruptcy the anger of tens of thousands of protesters wasn't enough to deter lawmakers from giving initial tough cuts to desperately turn the economy around. but this is the scene on the streets of athens you can see just all syntagma square here one of the main shopping street string with the rock the window from that a lot of place to be flat he's still got a very heavy police presence that has remained here up on syntagma where we saw thousands upon thousands of people gathering early you still got a small presence we saw the what police pushing them off the streets and the largest protests the graces had since the financial crisis began and we saw the

really biting clashes between the protesters and the police the streets. filled with smoke and we saw a number of the buildings on fire and then moving on fin me you can see phil got the riot police outside the front of the parliament building you still got a number of protesters now earlier on this thing was filled with fire where if you started to gas going of protesters running in all directions. today we came here peacefully and the police just started to attack people with tear gas and we do people of greece no matter what part where from when the government to support the rights of the people both in politics and our legal system we don't want these people to say and do whatever they like anymore. you can still smell the take acid in the hair a protest that included all age groups little social groups than greece because it's a problem that's affected everyone here in the country the young and the old turning

out to join in the protests we were looking at some of that banners and charts and those we haven't let this go we have a stop this fight and the answer was never and really that's what a lot of this focus has been all was the eurozone leaders in the government here in the parliament building discuss possible rescue plans for the statements and for all the financial plans that they come up with the people head you had to suffer these measures and they said they physically had enough it was described as a make or break week for greece they have the government vote on the possible further austerity measures to try and get the next tranche of money you've got leaders meeting in brussels at the weekend to again discuss the debt crisis here on the streets it might have been described as a make or break week but we store exactly what that meant for the people that are left now here in athens trying to pick up the pieces what they say has been measures that have simply crippled their country. see in the square in athens.

greece is the epicenter of the euro zone's troubles for some of europe's problems will only deepen unless governments admit to the euro currency was a mistake. well what needs to be recognized is the grease 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 financial institutions and start trying to invest in never khana me to try and get the economy moving again and of course leave the euro that needs to be done that is inevitable to live hold to should happen very soon whether it will or not is another matter because the politicians are so wedded to the idea of trying to protect the euro but that is a freak mistake is becoming a ticking time bomb the longer they leave it the more problems will be more what's on the streets of athens will be more pain felt by the greek people that's what happens when you take away people's democracy and centralized power to a relatively small clique of people and they've been dragging down the whole of the

european 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 well. things that there's a better of in america with thousands of people digging with their to call for protests this week five of the occupiers traits rallying call against a blow to find washington's weakness and doing something about it down the growing gap between rich and poor is something which could cost the government dear as going to check our next play. a class war seemed impossible in a country where being wealthy east part of the national dream but as thousands marched on wall street and in other parts of america protesting against the system that they claim works only for the benefit of the few super rich individuals and corporations many ask whether america is facing a class war that at a time when the rich are getting richer while the middle class is collapsing class

war is being waged in america today unfortunately the old saw is winning the so-called one percent of winners are the nation's top corporations which this year amid the economy's very slow growth of non the less made record profits but thanks to various loopholes but these corporations pay little or nothing in taxes the corporations say they need the tax breaks to be able to invest more in to hire more america's second largest energy producers chevron is now lobbying not to let the government tax them more and to my question how many americans has chevron hired since the tax breaks were introduced in two thousand and four the c.e.o. of the company said there were up slightly a few thousand business over the years but not significantly not significantly on our chevron payroll a few thousand jobs for the billions of dollars in tax stimulus that the government gave them economies same erika's largest corporations are sitting on more than

three trillion dollars and not investing in the economy unemployment in the us remains over nine percent i have enough money to buy my lifetime so i don't have a problem but. my great grand kids. or grandkids. at the wall street answer to people's rage and if you feel guilty nobody you know job but as one of the protesters try to put a word of objection call an old on hold on. these people hold on. to your. personal success and money have always being part of the american dream. the aspiration to become rich is deeply ingrained in american society and widely promoted by pop culture but those who took to the streets have made it clear that the situation when the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer

is not their idea of the american dream in fact it could be the end of it and the beginning of a class war i'm going to check our reporting for washington. among the occupy wall street protesters biggest grievances is the influence that america's big business has on washington political and social and as joe says they too are exceptionally linked wall street is washington and washington is wall street look over the heads of the u.s. treasury over the last couple of presidents. moving over to. the group and then you had recall the treasury secretary on the boy start the whole top where did he come. see. us we had to bail out goldman sachs making a bid that was thirteen billion dollars with a i j who is the chief of staff for president obama with. all that's bill daley wasn't even vice chairman of j.p.

morgan chase it's the same club it's just a different division. this is r.c. and on the way later this hour of the little history lessons this winnie and twenty eleven a year remembers for holocaust victims is actually targeting survivors of the mass genocide we'll tell you why. the british m.p. his aversion to such and this piling sex scandal cost him his government job the details are up ahead. america's chief diplomat pulled no punches during her house trip to libya with hillary clinton declaring washington hopes to. get out a captured or killed this kansas battle rages on between libya's troops and cut out a loyalist fighting for his stronghold of sat. recently returned from the besieged ourselves the humanitarian situation is dire that. there is no water. there is

no. medication even oxygen in the hospital they don't have the situation in syria. because i've seen that i can assure you. if you swim. through the city now it's it's disaster it's a catastrophe i mean the international law. or the international community. the resolution one nine seven three came to protect civilians but. this is not happening at the moment they don't want gadhafi that's a political issue most of the libyans i would say would rather live peacefully then having a girl near to all good after we don't want to get there if you will that we don't want for example if the solution was new to gadhafi is better our life was better traveled to libya any time when gadhafi was involved but now of. a historic

satellite launch takes place later on thursday which will see the first russian rocket ever to launch from a western nation so hughes will take up from french a gay on a carrier european never gauge an equipment which will compete with america's g.p.s. or she's done noble she reports now from the south american country. drivers find g.p.s. navigators can often be inaccurate and actually cartel to built up zones but the new e.u. competitor called galileo promises me to point precision even in open areas where buildings currently mosk g.p.s. coverage the man in charge of the launch says it's false superior to the us system to disappear that to be a major problem to go but it should galileo's first satellites of lifting off from french guiana on thursday the earth rotates faster here by the equates to giving an ideal catapult effect on takeoff at the year round clear skies and you have the perfect conditions for launching into space to send the satellites into orbit

europe's chosen the soyuz launcher with its own rival track record by far the most lonely from in the world. and i must say that. we we are glad to have so you hear from treasury e.u. space chief say it shows you don't need to be complicated to succeed rational system very simple and effective it's a very good way of designing the politicians think it will launch a new partnership between europe and russia in what used to recounts reactively contributes to industrial scientific and technical corporation for example in the airspace field it is important step on the way to reasonable level of quality of our business ties and diversification of structures you know we have been launching to use displaced launching sided coup and ever achieved some results in which particle implementation over two hundred russian specialists are working there right now america's g.p.s.

has enjoyed a monopoly on the world sat nav market till now with so use also behind russia's answer to g.p.s. known as glow in us competition in the sky is about to get just a little more crowded than your bushel see french guiana. and also he will bring you the historic so he's going to live so they show you here while coverage from french guiana at around ten thirty g.m.t. . new here in the russian european space partnership and. the future of the european satellite navigation system. on board the world's most reliable space vehicles. soyuz rocket is gearing up for the first ever blastoff from a foreign base. the landmark launch. life. on the go now over many years to allow america to place parts of its european defenses on its soil the country's now just one parliamentary agreement away from becoming

the next link in the u.s. missile shield chain in here of washington insists it is designed to counter possible attacks from countries like iran and north korea but russia sees the clown's as a direct threat state security and is now preparing countermeasures have rejected russia's proposal to build a giant shield instead but u.s. has offered a britain assurances to moscow but the kremlin says that's not enough. for the majority of us when we talk about written guarantees and not insurances we don't just mean paper but a concrete legally binding agreement which has to be bilaterally signed up between the u.s. and russia the treaty has to be ratified in the corresponding chambers of parliament but it must not only contain a word like our anti missile defense system is not against you all up our anti missile defense system is not for you. it must be a serious documents which has to assume the extent of trust in the verification of all the rest is useless scrap paper like a proposal to russia to send specialists to monitor missile defense test might

that's just a holiday was not serious it was right. the divide on missile defense shows little sign of being successful a bridge to peace campaign is have told all say that russia has responsible ground step is suspicious. 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 the reset button was always public relations by the obama

administration trying to mollify the 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 think both parties the republicans and the democrats in congress continue to appropriate more money for these so-called us all defense systems that again are key elements in the u.s. first strike strategy basically this as one of remembering so the country's holocaust victims but that doesn't include focusing on the brutality of the people under the nazis want to see a force that's trying to see they survive this instead. who wants to be known as a nation of of killers lithuanian is the only language in which is even a special word coined that melancholy the shooters of jews and in world war two those shooters wiped out ninety six percent of lithuanian jewelry among the highest

rates in europe but despite heavy pressure the country's gotten away without punishing a single person responsible they didn't fund because they don't want to fund if they would've won too far if they were very easy to find joseph melamed found a lost eleven years ago he published the names of thousands of lithuanians implicated in the killing of jews at the time he sent the list to the lithuanian authorities asking them to investigate as many witnesses were still alive the prosecutors have only now unsaid him and they want him to come to lithuania dickering as we do not consider mr mehlman a suspect we're only someone in him to give testimony to either confirm or deny the statements he made the statements among others detail in lithuanian court victor was of course who allegedly to capitated a rabbi and put his head on a window so everyone could see a man could loose go who reportedly imprisoned some sixty jews and again beat them

with crowbars and forced fire hoses down their throats water was then turned on so they stomachs exploded all of this captured by german photographers the source of the claims i witness is who survived the war very competent. in their help and rhetoric. they are. needed but. this is not the first time lithuanian prosecutors have summoned holocaust survivors who also took part in the resistance to give testimony critics complain it's a way for us to avoid dealing with its holocaust history this is a campaign of defamation against holocaust survivors who are alive because they escaped the ghetto to join the soviet partisans the only people fighting in this part of the world it is part of a campaign to revise history in the direction of double genocide the very

far right model that posits that communism and not system are equal lithuania officially recognizes that crimes committed by the soviet union and nazi regimes are equal and is urging other european states to do the same the nazi crimes should not be excused because if you want there were some crimes for all of them we have a story there in comparatively worse they were genocide. they were trying to wipe out a whole people and so instead of focusing on an eighty six year old holocaust survivor many say lithuanian authorities should rather at least be opening an investigation and doesn't made faces willing to participate in an investigation for the reasons he believes and the lithuanians are trying to run from one if they really are going through. we. will bring you everything will be. and in the long run that seems the last thing the country would want policia r.t.

television. and our news and video reports streaming live around the clock at home that has somewhat well lining out figure right now a small town of the american state of ohio finds it's a resembling an african safari with dozens of lions cheaters and tigers on the news . a lot sees the light on the who the guns and russia who blind pilots as they try to land that plane is filled with passengers now face ten years jail details. of the news dominating world headlines now a peaceful march for educational reform in chile's capital ended in a clash with riot police in every one hundred thousand protesters gathered in santiago with students demanding higher quality public education in place of minor reforms to privatized system groups of violent protesters pelted police with rocks and stones while officers responded with water cannon and tear gas chambers education have been ongoing for several months. talent's flooding has now

claimed over three hundred lives of heavy rains continue to deluge the water logged country residents in several districts in bangkok are preparing to evacuate the capital after warnings that the floods were was sent despite government's efforts to hold back the water the disaster phone calls the country's upwards of three billion dollars up to homes five trees and thousands of acres of farmland were damaged nationwide. peacekeepers are heading to a disputed border crossing in northern kosovo which has been this center of clashes between local serbs and ethnic albanians witnesses say two convoys of at least one hundred transport vehicles transport vehicles have moved in to remove roadblocks set up by serves at the checkpoint refusing to remove them until kosovo customs officials and police leave kosovo leaders say continued presence is a way to extend control over the predominantly in north. and aussies maria

financial is in the region for us and you can follow her twitter stream for the very latest developments on the troubled serbia course of a northern border. british m.p. mike who was connected to a russian woman accused of spying in the u.k. has quit his role on the defense. commission his former satchel katty as a to fetter admitted to having an affair with the sixty five year old but denies working with russian intelligence as a honey trap for the n.p.a. it's not fighting a decision to deport her out is either but it is following the case it's been dubbed by the british tabloid press as the spy who loved him and is really only a matter of time until mike hancock the m.p. catches the vehicle 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 heard from hancock he's stepped down from his position on the defense committee and the

reason why is because he feels his position is really untenable and that 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 the government lawyers in this in this trial they accuse her of acting as a honeytrap. for for the russian intelligence services targeting mr hancock specifically a because of his vulnerability determined with the 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 the yet as 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 . you have today is up next we turn to the business news or to maytree. thanks very much you good morning and welcome to business arcee dutch electronics conglomerate philips is counting on the russian market after a significant decline in the global profits it's looking to continue its expansion in the country including fruit acquisitions. we will continue to invest in russia both in terms of organic growth so we will keep opening new branch offices we want to be closer to the customers in the regions so where traditionally a big part of our business is in st petersburg and moscow we increasingly also see

opportunities outside of those cities we have announced earlier this year that we will increase our investments in innovation as well as in market organizations with around two hundred million euros dependent upon you but unity in russia russia will get a chunk of that investment. right let's move to the markets this morning while is down continuing the decline from wednesday on fears demand may falter in europe and the us sponsors president nicolas sarkozy told lawmakers that a dispute over how to boost firepower european financial stability facility the region's bailout fund had stalled talks with germany in asia stocks are down and versus traders investors assess the european efforts to fix the region's step problems chinese resource for taking another hit with aluminum producer chalco down five point seven percent an overnight drop in the nasdaq stateside is weighing on

tech blue chips in japan with sony shedding two point six percent. one half hours ahead of the opening bell here in moscow this is wednesday's closing picture markets ended the day mixed with the my six point three percent and the r.t.s. up point eight percent. despite the latest market volatility going to higher from troika dialog says some russian stocks have good fundamentals for future growth. the russian market system i would like to attract in touch and that's still it's very high levels and the ruble is still very weak so this is very good environment for oil stocks so if we see these situation for more than say one or two months more so we'll have to upgrade earnings for patients for oil stocks and our greatest selves are actually banking stocks also performing some you will globally united states and in europe and so i think the strength in russian banking sector also can continue and the third the ruble the strength thing on the back of strong oil so all domestic stories like their bank empty as local retailers are also can be quite

interesting for investment from my point of view. russian investment group so much capital in a branch of oil trading fits all have one attend build an oil terminal in the netherlands their fifty five hacked facility is expected to take on a significant share of the global oil trade total investment into the joint project may reach one the billion dollars this year so my capital and the russian pipeline operator trans nafta purchased a port in the black sea to create russia's leading crude export operator so we have time for in this edition of the business news here on our c we'll be back in around fifty five minutes time with an update.

more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of canada. showing corporations rule the day.

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

promises the exceptional opportunities for developing fuel business in russia will come to the smaller regions for more information log on to invest in some are of the value. this is coming to life for most go to headline its. increases entering its second day of a general strike which has already seen violence and conscious but by its means thousands a much time condiment has added but it's far more punitive cuts to try and set a sort of record debt. in the u.s. and take out this protest is warning of a cards all at the wealth gap rose why don't the occupy wall street rallies are into that takes the week now something binds in washington for sharing that money and needed people to.