internationally of new york city's occupy wall street activist was tested this weekend as a blast of fine usual winter weather moved through the big apple the campground in zuccotti park was hit with snow heavy rains and winds blowing up to sixty miles per hour now hundreds of protesters braved the freezing temperatures huddled inside their own personal tents or under tarps that were put up over a part of zuccotti park now just one day before this winter weather came in as city firefighters seized at least six generators and dozens of cans of gas from the occupy activists in zuccotti park those generators were presumably being used to generate heat as many this cold weather was coming up over the weekend the city officials say the generators violate fire code and quit have sparked a fire in the meantime occupy activists are threatening to take legal action if

their generators and their property will not be returned they demand that the city give them their property babb occupy add to this are accusing new york city mayor michael bloomberg of attempting to end the occupation by creating a public health risk for these protesters that are valid to remain down in zuccotti park in lower manhattan throughout the winter by the upcoming winter season now meanwhile in denver over the weekend police moved into an occupying camp meant arresting demonstrators who allegedly ignored orders to lead the arrest came hours after a standoff between activists and authorities near the steps of the colorado capital a clash that erupted resulted in cops reportedly using pepper stick pepper spray and rubber bullets against protesters twenty people people were reportedly arrested in what's being described as an ongoing police crackdown. against american uprising

meanwhile the iraqi war veteran who was critically injured by police during wednesday's occupy oakland demonstration is making minor improvements doctors say that scott olsen's condition has been upgraded to fair although he remains in intensive care the twenty four year old suffer a minor brain damage after being hit by a police projectile start olsen was among the many iraqi war veterans taking part in the occupy open oakland demonstrations that ended with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets at crowds of people at least ninety seven people were arrested get many save the day and that of that garnered even more sympathy and more support for the occupy wall street movement that began here in new york city reporting from new york great important iowa r.t. it's been a week of arrests and clashes between protesters and police across the u.s. sunday more than one hundred people were held across the country r.t.

producer lucy cavanagh has been following the protests since they started six weeks ago you can follow her twitter page for the latest information on occupy wall street. well the eurozone may have heaved a sigh of relief with a new deal reached to help greece but it doesn't mean the crisis is over portugal reportedly wants to renegotiate the terms of the bailout it got earlier this year and it's also called upon non european countries to help save the eurozone as artie's arena ports painful austerity cuts have hit portuguese society hard. no jobs no money no chance for the future these messages have been brought by teachers striking in portugal they can never have stability. in the school. even if they are working for ten fifteen twenty years they are always earning the same and don't have a place in school a stable place in one school it's a political choice of financial cuts being at the creation of health and social

security that's a political choice and we think it's it's wrong. but legendary atlantis portugal seems to be sliding deeper and deeper into the depths of economic output what started off as a purely financial crisis is now turning into malevolent force which threatens to drop the portuguese their basic human rights earlier this year portugal got an emergency bailout from the e.u. to deal with it the third country to do so after greece and ireland but for some the seventy eight billion euro price tag is too high to pay for the hysteria to cuts it goes well beyond the classroom and strikes at some of portugese societies fundamental principles like access to justice. the government isn't paying lawyers who provide free public legal services so there are some who've been doing it for years for free courts cannot be reduced to canonical entities to solve problems of large corporations they must play the role of providing legal services to citizens

and promoting social peace. and this is cutting corners in education and the legal system is not enough the government spends years are hitting the portuguese where it hurts the most in their health care the government now of what is your capacity . for me. so that is a barrier the government much as to my. yes there will be a lot of people who will model because we know that at the same time we've begun. even. and it's more pain no gain these territories failing to stop portugal's economy plummeting with the poor in the front line prime minister has said that he wants to keep the lower income families away from the cuts not really sure that's possible portugal now has a really big budget problem for child needs money and needs it now so they are

going to have to cut like time services slashed taxes hiked but portugal's still on course to have a worse debt ratio than greece that's startling enough but for the people trying to survive there is to me to economy disaster is already here it is. lisbon. stay with us here on r.t. still to come this hour as tensions between israelis and palestinians intensify we'll look deeper at the reasons and consequences behind renewed violence plus. as the world's population passes the seven billion mark someone looking at property options on other planets we'll tell you more in a few moments. but first nato is mission over libya is winding up despite calls from the interim leadership for the operation to continue this after the u.n. security council voted last week to remove the country's no fly zone and end the coalition's campaign the u.n. mandate came after the former leader colonel gadhafi launched

a deadly assault on protesters nato which has been operating in the country since march has been accused of breaching the terms of the resolution its initial goal was to protect civilians but some air strikes are thought to have hit nonmilitary targets and claimed innocent lives the country's leadership will take on full responsibility for national security starting tuesday they're tasked with rebuilding and restoring order in a country flooded with what. with nato calling the campaign in libya one of the most successful in the alliance history some fear it could now turn to another troubled state in an interview with a russian t.v. channel syrian president bashar al assad warned that any foreign intervention there could engulf the whole region. that syria is not libya it's unique in terms of geography politics and history outside interference could come at a great cost to all involved if your small state and your opponent is big and powerful it's natural for you to want to defend your homeland it's

a country where you could say two tectonic plates co-exist and any attempt to break the stability could cause a strong earthquake it could damage the whole region and countries situated far from syria and if that happens in the middle east you could have a global impact today we have hundreds of soldiers police and security forces among the dead how they killed during peaceful demonstrations or because of some slogans being shouted out no they were shot and this means we're dealing with armed people but the information obtained during the latest interrogation of terrorists shows that there was arms smuggling to syria from neighboring states the campaign was funded from abroad and we have a list of those who are responsible for this. feuding russian billionaires romana boris berezovsky are taking their battle to a u.k. court claims are promoted to rob him of billions of dollars something the chelsea football club owner denies he's expected to speak at a high court hearing monday artie's ivor bennett reports on what could be the most expensive lawsuit in history. this will be the first time or number move it sure mr

a is the body guards are calling him opens his mouth in this hearing up until now he's get to resolute silence in stark contrast to his rival mr b. . whose appearances in the witness box have been loud brash and passionate after all there's a lot at stake here he's suing me say for three point five billion pounds for breach of trust and breach of contract he says means to intimidate him bullied him into selling his shares in sydney the oil company for a fraction of the true value of the hearings trying to establish the finer details of those deals that went on but it appears none of that was actually put into writing after all it was ninety's russia is not so much what's inside the court that's caught the attention here is the extravagant apparatus around these two men they show up to court and so many my bucks to sadie's that flanked by vast entourage is at least fifteen people each inside the court room which is massive

it's divided into two warring factions each man is represented by three rows of lawyers legal aides translators bodyguards each behind a computer screen outside the court room in a free corner is a big burly man with dark glasses the near piece these are two of the world's most richest men although the rumor is that. sports is dwindling but to give you an idea of just how much money these men have for mr hayes legal fees are thought to be the in the region of between four and eight million pounds. israeli airstrikes on gaza have left at least ten palestinians dead the action came in response to a rocket attack on the jewish state that left one dead it's the worst outbreak of violence in months following a prisoner swap deal between israel and hamas artie's policy or as more from tel aviv. one of the concerns people have is that among the hundreds of palestinian prisoners who are still in these radio jails and who still need to be released as

part of that prisoner exchange deal that saw one israeli soldier returned to israel in exchange for more than a thousand palestinian prisoners many of the palestinian prisoners who still need to be released belong to the democratic front for the liberation of palestine and that is one of the palestinian groups that has claimed responsibility for a number of these rockets that have been fired into israel in recent days so there are many people here saying that this does jeopardize that prisoner exchange deal and that it will be almost a convenient excuse for these rabies not to release the hundreds of palestinian prisoners that it is still committed to release as part of that deal there were more than twenty thousand people that took to the streets of tel aviv they were not surprised by the violence they say that this is something that has happened in the past and it is the government's way of detracting attention away from domestic problems in certain if you look at the international media coverage the international media was much more focused on what was happening in terms of security concerns and on israel's border with gaza and then on what was happening

domestically here and this is exactly what protesters say they said that they wanted money to not be spent so much on the on the defense budget but full cuts they have to be made so that more money can be spent domestically in search for me this increase in violence and the government's response in terms of the fact that it is going to give gaza a harsh hand to tracks attention away from what people here say is the ongoing situation where they have very real demands that are more often than not overshadowed by the excuse of security concerns. paula sleep reporting there from tel aviv and staying with the story there is a court that sentenced a former israeli soldier to four and a half years in jail for leaking classified military documents to the press some of the files detail military officials approving the assassination of palestinians in the west bank but those claims are being investigated legal experts she says it undermines israeli law in this case a whistleblower blew

a loud and disturbing whistle the military is violating international law and the directives of the israeli supreme court in carrying out assassinations in situations in which they are required to try to make an arrest and so the state attorney's office prosecuted the soldier but failed to seriously investigate the conduct revealed in those documents conduct with raises serious questions about rule of law in a democratic system that pattern of behavior of violating it waters by the supreme court because of the supreme court said that if they take you must try to arrest is part of a pattern of practice within the israeli system and it's something that's very disturbing because when the army does not obey the orders by the supreme court the supreme court is actually more reluctant to issue those orders because no court wants to issue orders that are going to be ignored and then of course you have a serious threat to the rule of law because in a democratic system the army is of course supposed to listen to what usual system tells them to do. if you're looking for in-depth stories and analysis r.t. has you covered here's a taste of what's online right now at r t dot com. radioactive emissions from

fukushima has crippled nuclear plant maybe five times greater than authorities claimed to find out online why evacuation zone could stay uninhabited for years to come. weeks after the failure of its predecessor the russian progress space ship successfully takes off with. a check out the footage already dot com and on our you tube. the front runner for a cure to stan's presidential election looks set to take the country's top job with almost all the ballots counted he's leading the polls with more than sixty percent of the vote current interim president of the central asian nation roza otunbayeva will step down later this year to make way for the winner of the vote is seen as both a democratic milestone and a vital chance to bring stability to the country former president docky of was ousted last april as a result of bloody uprisings in the capital bishkek that left ninety dead it led to massive ethnic clashes in the south that killed more than four hundred people.

on her recent visit to afghanistan and pakistan u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton talked about cooperation necessary to fight extremism and bring about stability but artie's military contractor country military contributor says it's the u.s. that needs to rethink its approach to the region's raging insurgency and flourishing opium trade then when american templin will visit to islamabad. led by hillary clinton and director general petraeus hasn't produced any visible breakthrough in the new aspect of stand your relationships regarding this situation in afghanistan in fact it turned out yet another groundhog day miscommunication mutual accusations and denials small wonder that now the washington is exploring all possible venue's and options how to deal with the

stalemate both in afghanistan and pakistan the latest safety belt for the u.s. administration was all for by michael. and paul wolfowitz very join proposition it's called plan afghanistan and alluding to plan colombia that was authorized and sponsored by u.s. administration dating back ten years ago plan colombia essentially means shifting did gear in the reverse back to the rumsfeld idea of the light footprint that he tried in afghanistan well there is nothing wrong with this idea of this light footprint the only question is why did it take more than ten years however the most striking feature about this brand new plan afghanistan is the fact that both authors have painstakingly failed to mention even once the most successful part of american operation in latin america their aerial eradication of the drug fields

that could and should have been replicated on mass in afghanistan. take a look at some other stories making headlines across the globe after months of heavy floods nearly a third of thailand remains water along bangkok's the marshall sector is largely a scape the flooding while some large parts of the thai capital though still under waist deep water red cross and other relief organizations warn of say. barry risks of flooding presents including widespread disease residents at risk wading through deep murky water to get precious resources as thai authorities struggle to keep the power and tap water running the worst floods to hit thailand in fifty years of killed more than three hundred seventy people and caused billions of dollars of damage to factories homes and farmland. trial of ousted egyptian leader hosni mubarak's been postponed till december twenty eighth amid demands from the

prosecution for a new judge the eighty three year old former president stands trial on accusations of ordering violent crackdowns on protesters during the uprising that ended his rule will bark denies the charges and continues to appear in court lying on a sick bed. as the owners of australian based quantas airlines say they will gradually resume a normal flight schedule after a court order to end its industrial dispute with the union members you know tribunal fair work australia mentioned motion to put an indefinite end to industrial action between the airline and union members over plans to outsource the company's services this decision comes two days after quantas directors grounded one hundred two planes in twenty countries leaving thousands of passengers stranded at airports. the night of the thirty first october the seven billionth earth inhabitant was born in the russian city of kaliningrad some scientists predict it will be almost ten billion people in just a few decades that could have bigger consequences for the world environment and

economy a fact that forced many to dream about a new planet to explore peter all over gazes into the future. so when next mercury too hot. too cold mars that's will do nicely as the population of earth passes the seven billion mark some of suggested the red planet as a replacement for our current blue warm however in these times of tightening purse strings the cost of going to mars could be a problem in the words of a one man expedition to mars and back would cost that safe to say one hundred billion rubles preparing for these flights would cost about thirty or fifty times more than a two way ticket in other words we're talking about colossal expenses regardless of the price those who have been into space say the time is right for mankind to yet again both lee go where no one has gone before everybody realizes that it's time

to reach out and explore the universe beyond low earth orbit we have for many years just for ten years at least we have been on the international space station in lower earth orbit very close and we haven't been somewhere else or with people since the lunar landings which ended back in one nine hundred seventy two there's no shortage of take is to be the first to set foot on mars and potential red planet trailblazers have started their training young sir good time is still just a teenager but he's putting in the hard yards in the hope that he can help create a potential new home for humanity millions of kilometers away. i want to be the first to travel to mars and to other planets as well to the moons of jupiter saturn they say you can leave there in future we're still a long way from science fiction becoming science fact with human setting up home on the surface of mars even if we put the huge cost of

a martian settlement to one side there are some serious hurdles to be overcome not least we have no idea if life existed there previously and if it is. whether whatever killed it off could be dangerous to us why should we even think about finding a new home if. earth's resources are finite therefore it will eventually have to either restrain population and production growth or is going to lose both or refining footholds on other planets no matter how much it costs. with the retirement of nasa space shuttle the only way for people to get into space at the minute is the russian soyuz rocket currently with the science available our chances of a global relocation anytime soon a pretty much zero however it took to weigh in central moscow the mars five hundred project is simulating the effects a mission to mars would have on a crew in search of a new home sure but you know there is one obvious reason why the experiment has

been so popular the world is still a place for dreamers who dream of exciting projects that unite people international projects yet there is not all of them as it stands we might have to learn to deal with the soaring global population but young surrogate will keep on training hard in the hope that he can do it for the dream is peace to all of us r.t. . in the specs for helio stay with us here on r.t. . hello and a very warm welcome to your business update the russian ruble has strengthened to under thirty dollars that says invest a risk appetite has seen a recovery following you plans to tackle the debt crisis analysts say a side effect of the rally could be a turnaround in the capital flight from russia. there are more reasons to expect stronger rather than the weaker. while prices are high and russia

is exhibiting twin surpluses while the current account surplus is very high and the we have a substantial fiscal surplus overall i think there are reasons to believe that even until the end of this year even after the one the recently have there is still scope for appreciation this year and furthermore i can say we've had tremendous flows of capital from russia thus far in two thousand and eleven. there are reasons to believe it could be so great or even a reversal in capital flows could take place if that happens even more reasons to expect strength. let's have a look at the markets now oil prices are heading lower on monday europe's last week moved to resolve greece's debt crisis stock to rally on coble trading floors but now traders are turning their attention to week expansion of the global economy some market watch expected jump in current prices to push gasoline prices higher

and undermine demand. under across asia the markets are trading mixed this hour in japan the government has entered the foreign exchange market driving the u.s. dollar and the euro sharply higher this for us the case earlier losses and pushed export oriented stocks higher but in hong kong stocks are trading in the red hanks tank is dropping one point three percent following week corporate profits in the region. and just two hours ahead of the opening bell here in moscow portion markets rallied last week with a r.t.s. over ten percent and the my six point five percent energy and banking stocks were among the key movers. although by the end of the week the equity rally took a pause for breath as investors took for office following the shop days made off to europe's proposed debt bailout plan marco cassis from the streets of funk looks ahead to the coming trading sessions and what stocks to watch. for russia it's going to be a quiet week we have actually we're expecting to see inflation numbers which might

come down from august september i think it is believe it or six point nine percent it might come down a bit we're expecting for a stocks i would actually be keeping an eye on this very bank as we heard news from german graph saying that probably station may be ready when the stock price about one hundred rubles and also if you know if there is some result in europe if you keeps going boss if the bank is one of the high beaten names that investors have been plain on the recovery of russia in general and it's been oversold interview so we expected to have a good run towards the end of the year if things hold positive. so many of russia's siddhis look the same as they did twenty years ago although with more advertising billboards all the while other more tenacious on investing heavily in making the siddhis sparkling and attractive banaras from business near your believes that trend is about to catch on here. there's a boom a quiet

a silent boom in infrastructure spending in two thousand and eight the kremlin launched a one trillion dollar investment program so upgrade russia's infrastructure to modernize its and repair its and replace it where it was missing and throughout the crisis russia has been spending its one hundred billion dollars a year on the roads rails for its all those things that have been missing and it's not visible beat but it's all going into things like transport and this is going to drive growth i mean the good infrastructure is what underpins economic growth and because of all the spending which is going to continue then the outlook for the russian economy is good because it will lift things up and make business for faster . that's not familiar to date from what stories told website are to dot com slash business.

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arrested across the u.s. in confrontations with police as authorities confiscate confiscate tents and ban people from caffeine overnight meanwhile bad weather hits the east coast testing activist terminations e.p.t. anti-corporate by going. to narrowly averted but it's now another trouble the eurozone nation crying out for help portugal wants to renegotiate terms of its bailout raised concerns the e.u. rescue fund may not be enough to avert a new wave of debt. feuding russian billionaires and boris berezovsky throw their fortunes at a high cost battle in the u.k. court accused of robbing him of billions something the chelsea football club owner denies. a u.s. audit recently uncovered billions of missing dollars intended for a rocky construction projects were delivered to the country's authorities in two thousand and three up next r t talks to a man.