why no one's really happening to the global economy with my stronger a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause a report on r t. a last ditch effort to end the bloodshed in syria the arab league demands that president assad talk to the opposition and withdraw tanks from the streets. costly recognition washington stops its funding of unesco just hours after the u.n. cultural agency granted the palestinians a full membership by majority vote. and a real halloween treat mainstream media resurrects an f.b.i. case code named ghost stories which sees the release of footage featuring russian sleeper agents uncovered in the u.s. last year.

a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me and showed the world waits for serious response to the arab league demands to pull tanks off the streets and start a dialogue with the opposition syrian president assad said that he would only talk to parties that have no links with foreign powers or what he called terrorism some three thousand people have already been killed since clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces began eight months ago with that death toll still mounting. reports from damascus. the protest government crackdowns and violence and continue to play 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 more but at the country's intelligence service this little plant in syria that's hardly state secrets and says the unrest. again

in march protestors have accused them of violent interrogations for a local school i was chased and arrested by security forces in a very tiny cell to be beaten severely damaging my back and me electrocuted 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 in 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 that mohamed el we have three authorities in the country the legal authority the legislative and executive but it is the security police on me the real decisions the court judge for their decision and i feel sorry for the judge because he is not independent his brother was here in court he believes this constant state of fear is thanks to decades of living under the emergency law in place since nine hundred sixty three in two thousand and eleven assad repealed it to appease as

a regime protesters this man who's worked for the more but not for twenty seven years sustained gunshot wounds in what he says was an ambush by a group of terrorists and he 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 only for the terrorists shoot civilians and shoot us and then accuse security forces of doing such things accusations that we instill fear 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 chase him if he has links with terrorists and works against the country naturally he will be brought to justice we pose the same questions to the deputy foreign minister you know it depends on the people who talk to you if you ask me a regular citizen give you a different view i have never ever been asked by the security or anybody for something which i fear. are either people who. illegally.

or carry arms or put themselves in suspicious words well this right here is a very open and colorful slice of syria we're going to come to talking about security services like anywhere to shrouded by intrigue but here their presence is so widely felt that it's not 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's here 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 freedom of expression but we get nothing only bashar al assad and security enjoyed it as for us we are not why is there. are.

you know we discussed the situation in syria with a beirut based political analyst a kind of wasn't a he echoed assad's opinion that the country's unrest is part of a foreign a plot to topple the syrian. i think it's a conspiracy by regional power and they wanted to change the regime of bashar al assad they wanted a different regime different government was different had a nice wife there you can see the regional power hasn't been friendly to the situation it's taking place inside syria actually some of this country has been funneling weapons and money uncertain. to topple the regime of president assad the president of syria acknowledged there is opposition in that country and he extended his hand to the consolidation away then his country for those people who were asking for change and that's why today they have a constitutional reform but there is an external power what they say in opposition

an exile those are backed by the western powers some persian gulf countries. meantime historian and author f. william and are things that the west's interference in the uprisings in the middle east and north africa has left the post revolution countries in tatters and you can watch its full interview up next hour here on r.t. . the economy is in far worse shape libya had the highest living standard all that africa before the bomb in sort of made up of the country is in ruins because of those bombings not because of gadhafi. 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 reports kicked off and waited for a signal from the pentagon when to return and take control of those events.

so i don't know if us next hour here on the scene for palestine has for the first time ever received recognition by a u.n. body its cultural arm has accepted it as a fully fledged member but this decision comes out a price for unesco with the u.s. cutting its funding to the organization which represents almost a quarter of its budget is garnered you can reports. 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 little bit ization 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 five largest washington to cut off funding to unesco if it is made for 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 sour point for the israelis and for the united states it seems they've been doing everything possible to do rail the vote but to no avail all those u.n. body in question deals with science education and culture the vote is being seen as very much political as a first step but as a reminder of the popularity of the palestinian bid for full u.n. membership. application is doubt pending before the u.n. security council where the united states is threatening to use its veto power and 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. he's going to try reporting right there when we are always eager to get your take on our top story here today

we're asking you online what the admission of palestine to unesco means a lot of look at how your voting about the numbers speak for themselves just under forty percent of you don't think the move will change anything the palestinians while slightly above a third think it clears the way for the country statehood than the rest almost evenly divided between two options where the u.s. go with difficulties putting its bills now over the admission of how would sweeten the pill of a future rejection by the u.n. do you take a moment to have your say on the issue by simply logging on to our dot com. ramsey but over the meantime the editor of the palestine chronicle but calm things that washington's move is unfair but says you know to go well so why it's. a mission that's that's exactly what it is and the sacking many members of congress i spoke to was a conservative republican backed up. for the u.s.

to use its. punch to. the cube root exists this time as. it should get to international body do not strike it rich. should anyway. and we're just going to suffer not just the palestinians you know but you just get it from the basic programs that you just wonder what how big is. this one hundred forty two my going to out of here and this person trying to fix one point funding this one called out and you know what you want and it's not survive stockists well. dr somebody's side who's an adviser to the palestinian president thinks the recognition that you know asco increases international pressure on the u.s. and its allies so policy. do you approve of the united states of america now celebrating the arab spring going into the heart of a square in egypt and shaking the hands of demonstrators seeking democracy while

banning palestinians from having their own democracy on their own independence that's. totally unacceptable what's also this is the fact that super america has in the. senate i thought about it would now we have got foreign secretaries appropriate is calling up on congress to reconsider this position i certainly hope that the american administration would reconsider the issue also financial for that would not be off of the california national income from the. independence will not be subject. to hold by. anything that has to be total indorsement and dollars and come out on a voice to listen in voice and i think this voice ought to be addressed and addressed carefully. you without a lot from moscow and still ahead for you this hour tough tactics as i say sions of

us police brutality against anti wall street protesters themselves we talked to the witnesses about. class. markets worldwide a sinking as investors spread to the surprise decision by the greek prime minister to the referendum on last week's new bailout package but the debt stricken country boy business in ten minutes.

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no charges of espionage levels against the ten people who were arrested in the united states in june of last year instead they pled guilty to conspiracy to acts as a rule for agents of the foreign governments now this these videos are to be released coating ghost stories was released on halloween something which did raise a few eyebrows however the f.b.i. how they shoot us that 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 story sends a clear message to any foreign spies wanting to operate in the united states over critics have suggested this the release of these documents is something of the publicity stunt. more of that story and as well as other news we're covering

available on our website. called well here's what's on the line for you right now if you take a look at if you hate hiring well why not spray on the clothes a spanish designer showcases dresses made of normal woven fabric for those who really want to truly feel like a second skin. i've got some people even a second skin is too much on a kid taxi driver went on the rampage damaging dozens of cars in moscow i claiming he did all of this simply in the name of love. three sixteen pm here in moscow the ever growing occupy wall street movement in the u.s. is drawing more dissatisfied university students into its ranks are the record cost

of national student loans and high unemployment are putting unbearable burden on the backs of young people lives while spoke to some of those already facing a future cost that they call 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 that eventually you'll have to kind of face. 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 for college which hurts for the first time in the u.s. total student dad 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 loans that were going to make it easier for you to have one payment. at a better interest rate and. it won't cost taxpayers

a god but it will save you money and it will save you trouble 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 people they want 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 are not starting businesses they're not buy cars they're not buy houses or not starting a family not 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 are and when they do pay the price tag isn't as shocking as it is in the us twenty one countries in europe for which we have data. there's only four who have jewish and more than two hundred dollars compared that to an average of over eight thousand for public and over twenty 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 all myself personally i work at two universities and i get about. twenty eight thousand dollars a year and it's not getting any better over the past two decades to ation 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 like millions shackled to college debt for years and in many cases decades in washington party.

of course are not only the students who have been standing defiant on u.s. streets as part of the ongoing i think wall street protests of the movement that has attracted thousands of people from all walks of life and bonding economic justice has recently seen a sweep from scratch around one hundred protesters were arrested nationwide the last three days for refusing to leave their camps and denver officers in riot gear used pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds eyewitnesses accuse police of using brutal force some say authorities are manipulating evidence to discredit the activists. really short of kind of ready for it you know before the chancellor not all totally armed to the t.v. and ready for war so to speak and they move very quickly we do know that one protester the inspector general and his army showed a picture was shot for climbing a tree and those actually we found out afterwards were there for balls to call in

there like balls filled with chemical agents not river i'm seeing a few videos want to arrest you particular we're all sure drove his motors. it will ensure the crowd this one with. the right wing saying look at this guy or she is by how we did the second most likely know some of. those and you can clearly tell the dogs or at least she was probably propelled by then seems to interest rate really jumps back onto his left foot and then in frustration he gives the kinder a show out which for the culture comes to control starts out so well it's just him down and ask. well our u.s. correspondents have been keeping their eyes on a close watch on the developments in the us protests since they started in september but check out the whole put a stream here also online here all the latest updates from them as well as comments and videos available on our twitter feed as you can see right here if you log on to the web page you can find out more about what's happening directly and live on the

streets. in just a moment or an hour to get so you're with the business but for now the world update for you will start with china china has successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft from the gobi desert in the country's northwest zero eight is due to join another module within days and what would ultimately be the first chinese docking with a spacecraft already orbiting the earth the exercise is part of the country's preparation for building its own space station by two thousand and twenty one china

began its space flight program in one thousand nine hundred and became the third country to send humans into space after russia and the u.s. . why the airplane it taking off from the mexican city of tijuana has crashed into a shop near a populated street market for the pilot and his seventeen year old daughter killed in accidents along with another victim on the ground at least eight cars caught on fire at the scene which is in a neighborhood a quite close to the u.s. border authorities are investigating what caused the accident. protests have flared up in the capital over the government's handling of the ongoing flood crisis with many of bangkok so we're all areas affected residents accuse the government of sacrificing their neighborhoods to save me in a commercial district of the city inhabitants are suffering from food water shortages as panic spreads amid the ongoing fight with floodwaters thailand's heavy monsoon rains of killed nearly four hundred people since july with the severe

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thanks rory a very well welcome to the business program global markets have plunged into another round of all the child trading as uncertainty comes rushing back that's after greece's prime minister george papandreou unexpectedly called for a referendum on e.u. plans to bail out the country last week european leaders agreed to hand athens a one hundred thirty billion euro bailout and fifteen percent write down on its enormous debt analysts say a no vote by austerity where we greeks could leap to the end of the country's membership of the euro zone and trigger fault your friendship will be held as soon as next january. let's have a look at the markets the reaction the world prices are in the red all fresh worries about europe's debt crisis lights which is not trading at ninety dollars per barrel while brant is still holding at one hundred seven dollars. and european markets is sinking extending monday's losses as a greek referendums concern that the country may default mining companies are also

tumbling on the lower chinese manufacturing. moving on its history already across russia the r.t.s. is down four and a half percent while the my six is under three percent in the red let's have a look at some of the individual share moves on the rise it's most energy majors the down on the crude with counts probably losing more than three percent banking stocks are no exception with bt be under four percent in the red russia's telecommunications main jet telecom is also losing ground the company has approved a plan about program worth a billion dollars. capital flight from russia is expected to double by the end of the year to seventy billion dollars the central bank says investors are leaving the version nations and with global economic uncertainty the performance is still expected to be better than in two thousand and eight when one hundred thirty billion dollars left in russia in the fourth quarter alone of the central bank also points out that international reserves and not affected by capital flight and

exports driven budget surplus will help russia grow its results by twenty three billion dollars this year. brushes direct investment funds is going to strike and i've been in world of deals here that's according to the found guilty on but he missed any traffic says they're now considering round twenty investment projects stephen gaika from skolkovo foundation believes it's the right time for russia to try to track cash from report what's happened since two thousand and eight and the subsequent issues are 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 the region economies there are problems and in developing economies alike and so russia 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 or in the

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