thousand people have already been killed since clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces began eight months ago with that death toll continuing to mount artist as our affiliate reports from damascus. the protests the government crackdowns and violence that continue to plague parts of syria the capital damascus is still largely sheltered from but beneath the calm many will remind you that in syria walls most certainly have ears the more but at the country's intelligence service has political clout in syria that's hardly state secret and since the unrest began in march protesters have accused them of violent interrogations for the over before i was chased and arrested by security forces in a very tiny cell beat me severely damaging my back and be electrocuted and be accused the soul of receiving money for taking to the streets they said were agents of america and israel after forty eight hours of detention and torture it took all my money and belongings and threw me out into the street. city and corey is

a lawyer who deals with detention cases she says the influence of the security police extends even into the courtroom. we have three authorities in the country the legal authority the legislative and the executive but it is the security police who make the real decisions the court judge for their decision and i feel sorry for the judge because he is not independent. good he believes this constant state of fear is thanks to decades of living under the emergency law in place since one thousand nine hundred sixty three in two thousand and eleven assad repealed it to appease anti regime protesters this man whose work for the more but out for twenty seven years sustained gunshot wounds in what he says was an ambush by a group of terrorists we asked him about people's fear of the mob but not accusations that they are behind the violence detentions and torture. this is the wrong idea we are protecting our people but the terrorists shoot civilians and shoot us and then accuse security forces of doing such things accusations that we.

are also wrong if this person has political activity without any intention of harming the country and he is free to do this and no one will chase him. but if he has links with terrorists and works against the country naturally he will be brought to justice we posed the same questions to the deputy foreign minister you know depends on the people who talk to those who fear are either people who take part in illegal activities or carry arms or put themselves in suspicious ways all this right here is a very open and colorful slice of syria but when it comes to talking about security services like anywhere destroyed by country but here their presence is so widely felt that it's not quite possible to determine just what local feel is normal and what isn't. and when twenty percent of the population is rumored to be in the intelligence service it's no wonder many prefer to keep their voices down in the light of day but within a crowd that fear is temporarily forgotten oh yes i'll take to the streets again

and again i'll raise my voice and i'll fear nothing and no one will one freedom of expression but we get nothing only bashar al assad and security him and enjoy that as for us we are nothing why is there i. r t. we discuss the situation in syria with beirut based political analysts. say echoes assad's opinion that the country's unrest is part of a foreign plot to topple syria's government. i think it's a conspiracy by the regional power that they wanted to change the regime of bashar al assad they wanted a different regime different government was different had and that's why there you can see the regional power hasn't been friendly to the situation it's taking the place inside syria actually some of this country has been funneling weapons and

money uncertain i jealous to topple the regime of president assad the president of syria acknowledged there is opposition in the country and he extend his hand to reconciliation within the his country for those people who are asking for change and that's why today they have a constitutional reform but there is an external power or what they same opposition an exile those are backed by the western powers some persian gulf country. staying with his theme historian author and western critic after william engdahl thinks the uprisings in the middle east and north africa were instigated by the west and left the poster of all countries in tatters that interview coming your way at the next hour. the events of the so-called arab spring have been planned years back this thing has the state department and u.s.

intelligence all over it and it's an old peaceful twitter revolution of the bunch of kids who have a dream of american style democracy or something economy is in far worse shape libya had the highest living standard old africa before the fall of nato the day the country is in ruins because of those bombings not because of gadhafi. the economy is that egypt is in dire straits the military remains in control they were in the military high command of egypt was sitting in the pentagon when the revolts kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events. palestine has for the first time ever gotten recognition by a un body its cultural arm has accepted it as a full fledged member but the decision comes at a price for unesco with the u.s. cutting funding to the organization that represents almost a quarter of its budget or he's got a cheeky on has more from washington. there certainly was

a lot of jubilation in paris cheers went up in the assembly hall where the final tally was announced but the vote comes at a price welcoming palestine to the united nations educational scientific and cultural organization means saying goodbye to as much as twenty two percent of the organization's budget washington as being the agency's biggest contributor so far and the state department has confirmed that they will stop sponsoring the organization on what grounds a u.s. law passed the nineteen ninety obliges washington to cut off funding to unesco if it is mit's palestine but nonetheless this u.n. body facing huge budget cuts voted one hundred seven four and fourteen nations against the admission of palestine a very sensitive and jubilant moment for the palestinians and a sour point for these three at least and for the united states it seems they've been doing everything possible to do rail the vote but to no avail although the u.n. body in question deals with science education and culture the vote is being seen as

very much political as a first step as a reminder of the popularity of the palestinian bid for full u.n. membership that application is now pending before the u.n. security council where the united states is threatening to use its veto power most of the international community is for palestine becoming a full member of the u.n. and the u.s. position on this is considered to be very much biased. we're always eager to know your take on our top stories today we're asking on line what the admission of palestine to unesco means just under forty per cent of respondents don't think the move will change anything for palestinians of third think it clears the way for the country's statehood the rest evenly divided between whether unesco will have difficulties paying its bills or that the admission of palestine would sweeten the pill of you to rejection by the un have your say i log on to r.t. dot com and click your vote. ramsey baruta editor at the palestine chronicle

dot com things washington's move is unfair but says you know sco will move forward it's an act of good luck to punish that's what's exactly what it is and the sad thing is that you have many members of the congress decided to give yeah it wasn't other conservative republicans and to try to members who have been pushing for the u.s. to use its iron fist as far as for them to punish to do any organization that either recognize this palestine as a state membership and that international body or be deduced really any membership it's six if any given organization anyway it's exchange and that was just going to suffer not just the palestinians who don't want him you know various countries because it's from the basic programs that you just let's find it throughout the years but this is what you oughtn't to my going to add yet and this president really gets one point that's funded to this one pulled out and you know what eunice

will survive and it will survive this time as well and dr sabry side dominated by her to the palestinian president things recognition i unesco increases international pressure on the u.s. and allies to follow suit. but you cannot get the united states of america celebrating the arab spring going into the square in egypt and shaking the hands of demonstrators seeking democracy while banning palestinians from having their own democracy in their own independence that's you will act and that's totally unacceptable what's also to this is the fact that the united states of america has in the past thought in the palestinian authority that it would cut the aid now we hear that foreign secretary secretary clinton is calling upon congress to reconsider this position i certainly hope that the american administration would it would reconsider this and that the issue of financial threats will not be off and

the palestinian and the international intention to consolidate palestinian independence will not be subjected in order. to hold by such threats if anything it has to be total indorsement now there is an international voice added to the palestinian voice and i think this voice ought to be addressed and addressed carefully. still to come here on r t tough tactics accusations of police brutality us again i wall street protesters now we speak with witnesses of the crackdown what's. as likely to be on your round of bullet tile trading around the world isn't such until it comes rushing back. to greece's prime minister george papandreou else out that the country will hold a referendum on the last minute bailout deal to try to contain the books that i have warned that in business in about ten minutes.

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away in the f.b.i. decided to share their own ghost stories that's the code name given to an operation that saw ten russian agents uncovered in the u.s. last year the agency released surveillance videos recording including those featuring famous notorious found a towel and a chapman in response to a freedom of information request for more on those words right. live from moscow here all high. up speed. doesn't contain any spooks there was no charges of espionage leveled against the ten people arrested in the united states in june of last year instead they pled guilty to conspiracy to act as agents of the foreign governments now. these videos are to be released stories released on halloween something which did raise a few eyebrows however the f.b.i. . this is just purely coincidental now the footage shows

members. doing such things as shopping in macy's and using laptops in popular branches of book stores all apparently. information to their handlers know there is evidence in the documents and video footage and photographs that have been released that the f.b.i. did take this group very seriously there are comparisons that have been drawn between them and the cambridge five spy ring also the f.b.i. saying that this operation this operation sends a clear message to any potential. foreign spice wanting to operate inside the united states now the group of ten have mostly kept a low profile since their return to russia on a chapman becoming the most prominent of the group defend the media she's now carved out a media career for herself

a television presenter here in russia right now. for a live from moscow thanks for that report. well for more on the story as well as plenty more on all the stories we're covering can always check out our website r t dot com here's what's a click away right now. do you hate ironing well why not spray on your clothes a spanish designer showcasing dresses made of non woven fabric for those who want outfits to literally feel like a second skin. and a second skin could even be a skin to many naked taxi driver went on a rampage damaging dozens of cars in moscow claiming he did it all in the name of love.

the growing occupy wall street movement in the us drawing more jobless and dissatisfied college kids into its ranks the record cost of national student loans and high unemployment putting it bearable burden on the backs of young people are to lose walls spoke with some of those already facing a future in debt. they call it the american dream because you have to be asleep to believe a student debt is crushing the american dream for millions of students and college graduates it's this thing that eventually you'll have to kind of face but until then you kind of pretend it doesn't exist because if you did then it's it's a bit daunting vast majority of youth are unable to pay these pay for college unless you have rich parents for the first time in the u.s. total student debt has surpassed one trillion dollars now more than the nation's credit card debt this as unemployment amongst college graduates is at an all time high president obama recently announced his plan to ease student loan debt we're going to make it easier for you to have one payment. at

a better interest rate and this will cost it will cost taxpayers a dollar but it will save you money and it will save your child but his plan won't help millions of americans already drowning in debt and it excludes private loans which is where many students run into trouble due to their high interest rates move on dot org launched a petition to eliminate student debt which has garnered over six hundred forty seven thousand signatures if you put more money into the hands of people they're going to spend and that will create demand it will create economic growth and it will create jobs robber applebum says bailing out students rather than banks will stimulate the economy by putting more cash in the pockets of the educated middle class they're not starting businesses they're not buying cars they're not buying houses they're not starting families not having children in other developed countries getting a financial education isn't such a financial burden you have free tuition in france denmark and sweden finland

they don't pay anything a public universities and when they do pay the price tag isn't as shocking as it is in the u.s. twenty one countries in europe for which we have data. is only for. or who have to is more than two hundred dollars compared that to an average of over eight thousand for public and over twenty eight thousand dollars for a private u.s. college as many cost much more the average schools are charging thirty five to forty five thousand dollars a year and we myself personally i work at two universities and i net about. twenty eight thousand dollars a year and it's not getting any better over the past two decades to ration has skyrocketed over four hundred percent this year alone the cost of college shot up over eight percent occupy wall street protesters camped out here and across the nation say this is yet another example of rising inequality but millions shackled

to college debt for years and in many cases decades in washington liz wahl r.t. . and it's not only college students who have been standing defiant on the u.s. streets as part of the ongoing anti wall street protest but the movement has attracted thousands of people from all walks of life calling for economic justice and recently seen a sweeping police crackdown around one hundred protesters were arrested nationwide in the last three days for using to the taps in denver officers in riot gear used pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse crowds eyewitnesses accuse police of using google force and fabricating evidence against activists. who showed up kind of ready for it you know before the chance went out at all totally armed to the teeth and ready for war so to speak and they moved very quickly i have to leave site to be updating the website live but we do know that one protester was shot for climbing a tree and those actually we found out afterwards were pepper balls they're calling

them they're like bowls filled with chemical burn agent not riverboats i've seen a few videos want to rest in particular where an officer drove his motorcycle into the crowd this one was kind. tweeted out by the right wing saying look at this guy crazy how this bike how we did a second by second analysis a bit slow speed and you can clearly tell her dogs are it's the job body propelled backwards then seems to injure his right foot but he jumps back onto his left fork and then in frustration he gives the fender a show at which point the officer comes to control stop hops off the bike to chase them down and oscar. our correspondents have been keeping an eye on developments in the us protests since they started last month you can get all the i think from them as well as comments and videos available on our twitter feed log on to the web page and find out more about what's happening on the streets of the us.

straight out of some other stories making headlines across the globe china successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft in the gobi desert in the country's northwest the shins you do to join another module within days of what could be the first chinese docking with the space craft already in orbit about the exercise part of the country's preparation for building its own space station by two thousand and twenty china started in space flight program in the one nine hundred ninety becoming the third country to send men to space after russia and the us.

protests flared in the thai capital over the government's handling of its flood crisis with many of bangkok's rural areas affected residents accuse the government of sacrificing their neighborhoods to save the inner commercial district thailand's heavy monsoon floods have killed nearly four hundred people since july with severe conditions expected to keep up for some time. coming up a little later join us for a walk through the wild nature of russia's remote city of a hot square iceberg survive through the summer in september seas the first snows that's coming your way here's a preview. discovery to be. communicated with. and become. nature can give you. it's coming your

way after the business report with yulia stay with us here on r.t. . hello and a very warm welcome to the business program is likely to be a new round of volatile trading around the world as uncertainty comes rushing back that's after greece's prime minister george papa dro in expectedly said that the country will hold a referendum on the last minute bailout deal to try to contain the blocs debt mountain but last week the leaders agreed to hand athens a one hundred thirty billion euro bailout and fifty percent ride down his enormous debt and they say no vote by austerity wary greeks could lead to the end of the country's membership in the euro zone and for going to default the vote could be held as soon as next january and would become the country's first in almost forty years. of civil of the barque it's reaction now oil prices in the red on fresh

worries about europe's debt crisis lights which is trading at around ninety two dollars per barrel while brant is holding at one hundred nine dollars a barrel. and across asia stocks are decreasing for a second day as china's manufacturing grew at a slower pace the nikkei and the hang saying up both losing more than one percent exporters are among the main retreat as in japan with toyota down one and a half percent and nice and over two percent in the red hot with a honda is gaining around point eight percent it has posted just fifty six percent of profit drop which nevertheless will be matched analyst for price. for less than an hour ahead of the opening bell here in moscow the russian markets finished monday's grading session in the red the stocks soared at a fraction following strong gains in the end of the previous week weighing on the sentiment as more a negative economic data from italy and lower commodity prices. russia's direct

investment fund is going to strike a five billion dollars worth of deals by the end of the year that's according to the founder of the fund blood. who says there are now considering around twenty investment torture stephen geiger from skolkovo foundation believes it's the right time for russia to attract cash from abroad. what's happened since two thousand and then the subsequent issues that are now occurring in europe as well as the situation in the american economy i believe american investors are taking a fresh look at russia because they realize that there are problems in virgin economies there are problems in developed economies alike and so russia with very low debt load and a very strong economy is more attractive than it perhaps was two years ago simply because other parts of the world have developed significant problems or in the meantime. that's when i hear of today it's another business update unless someone

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