these occupy wall street activists was tested this weekend as a blast of fine usual winter weather moves 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 the 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 because 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 would have sparked a fire in the meantime occupy activists are threatening to take legal action if

there are generators and their property will not be returned they demand that the city give them their property babb occupy optimiser 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 standoff between optimus in the car and near the steps of the colorado capital a clash that erupted resulted in cops reportedly using pepper sticks 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 rocky horror 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 scott olsen was among the many iraqi war veterans taking part in the occupy oak 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 government 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 sunday more than one hundred people across the country were held by police hard to produce and lewsey

kafa novels following the protests since they started six weeks ago followed her twitter stream for the latest info on occupy wall street. the eurozone may have heaved a sigh of relief with a new deal reached greece but it doesn't mean the crisis is over reportedly portugal wants to renegotiate the terms of the bailout it got earlier this year and it has also called on non european countries to help save the eurozone as artie's arena reports painful austerity cuts have hit portugal hard. no jobs no money no chance for the future these messages have been brought by teachers striking in fortune go they can never have stability to be 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 one school it's a political choice of the national cuts in education health and social security

that's a political choice in every complex itself. like legendary atlantis particle seems to be sliding deeper and deeper into the depths of economic apathy that 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 its debt 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 but the 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. what is your capacity then do we start. doing development of subsidies bury the government much as to maybe go out yes that will be a lot of people who are real small 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 fortunately now has a really big budget problem fortunately it's money and it 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 green that's startling enough but for the people trying to survive there is to me to be part of the disaster is already here in those. lisbon . stay with us here on r.t. still to come this hour as tensions between israelis and palestinians intensify we'll look deeper into the causes and consequences behind renewed violence plus. we're still a long way from science fiction becoming science fact with human said single poem on the surface of mars meanwhile is the earth's population passes the seven billion mark some look at new property options that are out of this world will tell you more than a little bit. but first nato is mission over libya winding down 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 the coalition's campaign the u.n.

mandate came after a former leader colonel gadhafi launched a deadly assault on protesters nato which had 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 the country flooded with weapons. the u.n. mandate came after you. and has condemned violence in syria calling for an end to the civilian death toll there more than three thousand people have been killed after months of anti-government on arrests some protesters have been calling for a no fly zone over the country and aerial support from nato in an interview with a russian t.v. channel syria's president bashar al assad has warned that any foreign intervention would engulf the whole region. that syria is 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 in your opponent is big and powerful it's natural for you to want to defend your homeland but it's a country where you could say to turn at the plate current system 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 because 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. hearing russian billionaires. boris berezovsky are taking their fight to a u.k. court bearers asking claims are. billions of dollars something the chelsea football

club owner denies he's expected to speak at a high court hearing monday artie's ivor better reports on what promises to be the most expensive lawsuit in history. this will be the first time. a is the bodyguards of calling him opens his mouth in this hearing up until now he's kept the 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 a breach of trust and breach of contract he says mr a intimidated him bullied him into selling his shares in sydney the oil company for a fraction of their true value the hearings trying to establish the final 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 it's not so much what's inside the court that's caught the attention here it's the extravagant apparatus around these two

men they show up to court in sunny my box in the sadie's that flanked by vast aunt rogers and at least fifteen people each inside the courtroom which is massive it's divided into two warring factions each man is represented by three rows of lawyers legal aides translates as 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 richest men although the rumor is that barry's spare reserves he's part 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 in the region of between four and eight million pounds. turning to the middle east where two people were killed by israeli airstrike in gaza after the palestinians announced a cease fire israel says the two men were preparing to fire a rocket which palestinian officials deny this follows a weekend of violence that saw ten people killed in gaza one in israel policy

reports the latest escalation could work in tel aviv's favor. 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 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. they 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 and certainly 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 say that they want 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 sustained 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. meanwhile an israeli court has jailed a former soldier for four and a half years for leaking classified military files to the press some of the documents allege military officials are prove the killing of palestinians in the west bank but those claims aren't being investigated and that undermines israeli

law according to legal experts. in this case a whistle blower blew a loud and disturbing whistle the military is violating international law and the directive 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 that said 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 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 the system

tells and tells them to do. if you're looking for more in-depth stories and exclusive footage or if he has you covered here's a taste of what's a click away at our team dugout. radioactive emissions from fukushima crippled nuclear plant could be five times higher than authorities claim fired out on line by the evacuation zone could stay uninhabited for years. and weeks after the failure of its predecessor russia's progress space ship successfully takes off for the i assess to check out the footage in r.t. dot com and our youtube show. the front runner in curious stands presidential election almaz bachata 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 country 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 barchi 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 a recent visit to afghanistan and pakistan u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton talked about the cooperation needed to fight extremism and bring about stability but our military contributor thinks it is the u.s. that needs to redo its approach to the region's raging insurgency and flourishing drug trade. american top level 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 that 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 o'hanlon them paul wolfowitz there join proposition it's called plan afghanistan 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 all 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 betty ariel eradication of the drug fields in color and it could and should have been replicated all mass in afghanistan. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe after months of heavy flooding nearly a third of thailand remains water logged bangkok's commercial sector has largely escaped flooding while some parts of the thai capital still remain under waist deep water the red cross and other relief organizations warn of the secondary risks flooding can presenting food in widespread disease residents have been forced to wade through the deep murky water to get precious resources as thai authorities struggle to keep electricity and tap water flowing the worst floods to thailand in fifty years have killed more than three hundred seventy people and caused billions of dollars in damages. the trial of ousted egyptian leader hosni mubarak's been postponed to late december amid demands from the prosecution for

a new judge the eighty three year old former president standing trial over accusations he ordered violent crackdowns on protesters during the uprising that ended his rule mubarak denies the charges and continues to appear in court from a sick bed. this. is want us airlines cleared their first flight out of sydney operations resume worldwide after a court order resolving the company's dispute with union members the tribunal put an end to a long running conflict between the airline and workers unions over plans to outsource some of the airline services the decision comes two days after quantas directors grounded one hundred two planes in twenty countries leaving fallacies of passengers stranded at airports. russian city of kaliningrad open a new page in its history as it hosted the birth of the world's seven billionth inhabitant some scientists predict the earth will be severely overcrowded in just a few decades with severe consequences for the environment and the economy a statistic that's inspired many a start looking far and wide for

a new place to live as artie's peter all of our 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 marts looks maybe one man expedition to mars some back would cost it safe to say one hundred billion rubles preparing for these flights would cost about thirty or fifty times more and said in 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 boat lee go where no one is 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 years to be the first to set foot on mars and potential red planet trailblazers have started their training young surrogate 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 not modest 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 when you're thinking this earth's resources are finite therefore it will eventually have to either restrain population and production growth or it's going to lose both or refined 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 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 or

international projects. is not old enough 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 dreamers these are all of our arty. next where you stay with us here on r.t. . how on the very warm welcome to the business update the russian ruble has strengthened to under thirty to the dollar that has investor risk appetite has assumed a recovery following steps 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 weak. 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 the reasons to believe that even until the end of this year even after the one the recently there is still stalled 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 celebrated or even a reversal in capital flows could take place if that happens even more reasons to expect full strength. let's have a look at the markets now oil prices are heading lower on monday europe's last week move to resolve greece's debt crisis sparked a rally on global trading floors but not traders attorney that attention to weak expansion of the global economy some market watchers expect to jump to crude prices to push gasoline prices high and undermine demand. crossed asia the markets

a lot to make a point two percent after the end dropped from record gains against the dollar as the japanese government intervened in the markets to weaken the currency behind sign as well more than one percent. on the russian market so low in early monday's trade after their last week's rallies the r.t.s. is shedding point four percent and the my success comes the somewhat. well although by the end of the week the equity rally took a pause for breath as investors took profits following the shop gains made after europe's proposed debt bailout plan marco casas from its great to bank looks ahead to the coming trading session what stocks to watch out for russia it's going to be a q a quiet week we have actually where we're expecting to see. inflation numbers which might come down from the september i think it is believe it was six point nine percent it might come down a bit we're expecting for stocks i would actually be keeping an eye on this very

bank as we heard news from german graph same that probably station might be ready when the stock price about one hundred and also if you know if there is some resolve in europe if you keep keeps going boss if the bank is one of the high beaten names that investors have been playing on the recovery of russia in general and it's been oversold in our view so we've expected to have a good run towards the end of the year if things hold positive and many of russia's siddhis looks the same as they did twenty years ago although with more advertising billboards all the while all the margin nations sign vesting heavily in making this it is parking and attractive banaras from business nearer believes that france is about to catch on here there's a boom a quiet sign and boom in infrastructure spending in two thousand and eight the kremlin noticed 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's been spending. hundred billion dollars a year on the roads. all those things are missing and it's not visible because 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 this spending which is going to continue then the outlook for the russian economy is good because it will lift things up and make business faster. that's all for now you're up to date more stores and less than one last time for you here on our team so do stay with us.

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across the u.s. in confrontations with police as authorities confiscate tents and ban people from camping overnight meanwhile foul weather hits the east coast testing activist resolve to keep the anti-corporate fight going. greek default narrowly averted but now another trouble the euro nation crying out for help portugal wants to renegotiate terms of its balance raising concerns that the rescue fund is not enough to avert a new wave of debt. feuding russian billionaires boris berezovsky and romano promote their fortunes at a high cost battle in the u.k. court excusing are below but you're robbing him of billions of dollars something the chelsea football club owner denies. u.s. troops set to exit iraq by december leaving behind a campaign that's cost american taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars up next r.t. talks with a man who says the u.s. is wasting its money trying to build democracy a false democracy in their.