months ago with that death toll mounting artists are syria has more 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 column many will remind you that in syria walls most certainly have ears more but at the country's intelligence service has political clout in syria that's hardly state secret and says the unrest began in march protestors have accused them of violent interrogations for a little bit before i was chased and arrested by security forces in a very tiny cell to be beaten severely damaging my back and me be electrocuted and make use the sole of receiving money for taking to the streets they said were agents of american israel after forty eight hours of detention and torture it took all my money and belongings and threw me out into the street to go. sit in cooley is a lawyer who deals with detention cases she says the influence of the security police

extends even into the courtroom that mohamed atta we have three authorities in the country the legal authority the legislative and 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. and 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of living under the emergency law in place since one thousand nine hundred sixty three in two thousand and eleven assad repealed it to appease and to regime protestors this man whose work for the more but not for twenty seven years sustained gunshot wounds in what he says was an ambush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 that we're protecting all people for 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 and. without any intention of harming the

country and he is free to do this. with. the country. justice we pose the same questions to the deputy foreign minister you know depends on the people who talk to you if you ask me. to do a different view i have never ever been asked by the security or anybody for something which i do those who fear. people who. illegal activities or carry arms or put themselves in suspicious ways all this right here is a very open and colorful slice of syria when it comes to talking about security services like anywhere by entry but here their presence is so widely felt that it's not quite possible to determine just what local feel is normal and what is if. 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 forgot. 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 is security enjoy it as for us we are not why is that i. r t. earlier we discuss the situation in syria with political analysts. he echoes assad's opinion that the arrest in the country is part of a foreign plot to topple the syrian government. i think it's a conspiracy by the regional power they wanted to change the regime of bashar al assad they wanted a different regime different government with different had and that's why you can see that regional power hasn't been friendly to the situation it's taking place in

syria actually some of the country has been funneling weapons and money and start in i just to topple the regime of president assad the president of syria acknowledged there is opposition in that country and he will extend his hand too but it comes 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 say in opposition an exile those are backed by the western powers some persian gulf countries historian and author william f. ing dull things the west interference in uprisings the middle east and north africa has left post revolution countries in tatters you can watch his full interview with less than half. of the use and forward. libya had the highest living standard in all of africa before the bombing of nato today the country is in ruins because of

those bombings not because of could offer. the economy of 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 i. palestine has for the first time ever gotten recognition by a u.n. body its cultural arm excepted as a full fledged member but the decision comes at a price for unesco with the u.s. cutting funding to the group that represents almost a quarter of its budget art he's got a check young 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 problems at a price welcoming palestine to the united nations educational scientific and cultural organisation 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 ninety nine obliges washington to cut off funding to unesco if it is 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 it's worth point for the israelis and for the united states it seems they've been doing everything possible to do rail to 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 ask on the line what admission of problems starting to unesco means just over forty percent don't think the move will change anything for about fifteen years of third think it clears the way for the country statehood the rest divided evenly between whether us go will have difficulties paying its bills or if the admission of palestine would sweeten the pill look future rejection by the u.n. log on and click your vote at r.t. dot com. ramsey bird editor of palestine chronicle dot com things washington's move is unfair but says unesco will move forward it's an act of good up to punishment that's what exactly what it is and the sad thing is that you have many members and the congress is starting to outlaws it and other conservative

republican and democratic members will be for the u.s. to use its iron fist as far as willing to punish to do any organization that either a group of nuns is palestine as a state or giving membership and that international body will be doing all this is really a membership it seeks it any given organization any way that it seeks to have bad and which is going to suffer not just the palestinians don't budge a new numbers that's how big it is from mazen programs do that you just have bonded with how they use that islam but this is what's important jim i'm going to out here and this is president reagan at one point cut funding to this one pulled out and you know what you this will survive and it will survive this time as well. dr sabry syed ahmed adviser to the palestinian president thinks the recognition that unesco increases international pressure on the u.s. and allies to follow suit. you kind of 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 and their own independence that's you will lack that and that's totally unacceptable what's also to this is the fact that the united states of america has in the past but it's not 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 reconsider this and that the issue of for financial for that would not be off and the palestinian and the international intention to consolidate palestinian independence will not be subjected. to hold by a sort of share thoughts 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. stay with us here on r t still ahead tough tactics as i can say sions of u.s. police brutality against anti-war protesters and now we talk with witnesses of the crackdown. as likely to be a new round of bullets while trading around the world as the session comes rushing to greece's prime minister george. that the country will hold a referendum on the last minute bail until to try to contain the full extent mountain more in business in ten minutes.

wealthy british style. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. as hollowing 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 last year the agency released surveillance video including those featuring famous chapman artie's peter all for housing. perhaps spookiest over all is that this footage doesn't contain any actual spooks

there was no charges of espionage leveled against the ten people who were 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 this these videos that have been released coping skill reese post released. something which did raise a few eyebrows however the f.b.i. . this is just purely coincidental now the footage shows members of this alleged spy ring. doing such things as shopping in macy's and using laptops in popular branches of bookstores the f.b.i. saying the operation. a clear message to any floor. to operate in the united states oh the critics have suggested this the release of these documents is something of a publicity stunt it was leveled at this group that they really didn't send any

sensitive information it didn't send any information really of no use in fact some security analysts said that the information that was passed they were accused of passing between the united states and russia they could have gleaned from reading the new york times on the morning. more on this story as well as all the news for covering up the way it r.t. dot com here's what's online for you right now. you hate. why not spray on your. dress is made of the woven fabric for those who really want literally feel like a second skin. but even second skin is just too much of a taxi driver went on a rampage damaging dozens of cars in moscow claiming he did it all.

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 on bearable burden on the backs of many young people lose wall spoke to 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 to loan debt we're going to make it easier for you to have one payment. at a better interest rate and this will pass it will cost taxpayers a dime 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 robert applebaum 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. in other developed countries getting a financial education isn't such a financial burden you have free tuition and for. mark in sweden finland. 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. there's only. who have to issue more than twelve hundred dollars compare that to an average of over eight thousand for public and over twenty eight thousand dollars for private u.s. colleges 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 asia 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 with millions shackled to college debt for years and in many cases decades in washington liz wall artsy. it's not only students who have been standing defiant on u.s. streets as part of the ongoing occupy wall street protest movement attracted thousands from all walks of life calling for economic justice and seen recently a sweeping police crackdown around one hundred protesters arrested nationwide in the last three days for using to leave their camps in denver officers in riot gear use pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse crowds eyewitnesses say the police used brutal force and fabricated evidence against that. only showed up kind of ready for it you know before the tents went out at all totally armed to the teeth is and ready for war so to speak and they moved very quickly we do know that one

protester though in fact the gentleman who's army showed a picture was shot for climbing the tree and those actually we found out afterwards were pepper balls they're calling them they're like balls filled with chemical burn agent not river i've seen a few videos want to arrest you in particular where an officer drove his motorcycle into the crowd this one was kind of weeded out by the right wing saying look at this guy pushy a couple this bike how we did a second by second analysis of it in those people and you can clearly tell that the officer hits the gentleman you see his body propelled backwards by then seems to injure his right foot because he jumps back on to his left foot and then in frustration he gives the fender a show at which point the officer comes to control stop hops off the bike just him down and ask. our correspondents keeping an eye on developments in the u.s. protests since they started in september all the latest updates from them as well as comments and videos on our twitter feed to the web page find out what's

happening in the streets of the u.s. . now to some other stories making headlines across the globe china's successfully launched. from the gobi desert in the country's northwest. join another module in days. docking with a spacecraft already in orbit exercise as part of the country's plans to build its own space station by two thousand and twenty. third country to send

humans to space after russia and the us. over the government's handling of the crisis with many of bangkok's rural areas affected residents accuse the government of sacrificing their neighborhoods to save the inner commercial district. are suffering from food and water shortages as panic is spreading. with floodwaters. have killed nearly four hundred people since july with severe conditions expected to keep up for some time. you can join us for a walk through the wild nature of russia's remote city of where icebergs survive through the summer in september seas the first snows coming your way later today in our special report. i am. discovering. the. communicate with the

wyoming. test yourself and become free to. see what nature can give you see. it's all for me for now yo yos up next with business stay with us. hello and a very warm welcome to the business day that's likely to be a new round of full of child trading around the world as uncertainty comes rushing back that softer greece's prime minister george papandreou unexpectedly said that he aims to hold a referendum on the last minute bailout deal to try to contain the blocs debt mountain last week or your leaders agreed to hand athens a one hundred thirty billion euro bailout and a fifty percent write down on this enormous debt and lists a no vote but a story to wary greeks could lead to the end of the country's membership in the

euro zone and trigger a default referendum could be held as soon as next january andrew becoming the country's first and only just for two years. let's have a look at the market's reaction now oil prices are in the red on fresh worries about europe's debt crisis light sweet is trading at ninety two dollars per barrel while brant is over in at just under one hundred nine dollars per barrel under course asia stocks are decreasing for a second day as china's benefactress group i just slower pace than the k. and the one saying a both losing almost two percent this our 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 where the honda is gaining around point eight percent it has opposed to just pick just six percent portion of profit drop which now over the last broadly matched and the school costs and banking stocks were under pressure you know home kong with bank of china down two

percent. london russia as you can see the markets have opened in the red extending monday's losses let's now have a look at some of the individual share moves here and measures down on cheaper crude with gazprom losing one and a half percent banking stocks are no exception but spare bond down one point seven percent and russia's telecommunications major ross telecom is also in the red the company has approved by but the program worth one hundred billion dollars. russia's direction vestment fund is going to strike five billion dollars worth of deals by the end of the hip that's according to the founder of the fund blood imagery trust who says they are now considering around twenty investment projects stephen guy care from skulk a foundation believes it's the right time for russia to attract cash from abroad. what's happened since two thousand and eight and 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 or like them so with a 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 in the meantime. that's it for now and you can get more stories and analysis from a website that's dot com slash business.

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ten thirty am in moscow these here are the headlines the arab league making a last ditch effort to end bloodshed in syria demanding president assad talk to the opposition and withdraw his ties from the streets violent clashes between anti-racism protesters and security forces have so far claimed some thirty three thousand lives since the end rest started in march. washington holds funding of unesco hours after the u.n. cultural agency grants palestinians full membership by a majority vote the move seen by many as a sign of growing international support for palestine spending un statehood. hollowing sharif mainstream media resurrecting a russian spy ring case code named those stories as the f.b.i. releasing footage featuring sleeper agents uncovered in the u.s. last year including fem fatality and it chapman. was syria now at the epicenter of the arab spring we speak with author and historian f. william ingall and what or who he thinks is behind.