larry survived a crucial confidence vote after pledging to form a temporary governing coalition but george papandreou is far from secure following a week of intense criticism after announcing and then withdrawing a referendum on the e.u. bailout conditions with our correspondent sara is in athens force now live sarah prime minister pop enjoys scraped through to keep his post but what's his next move then given that he's being vilified at home and increasingly ostracized by the e.u. . well everyone's asking now just what does happen next it was a week where we thought everything it could have changed and yet we've wakened this morning at the end of the week see that everything remains the same at least for the time being we saw prime minister patton jr and his government narrowly managing to survive that confidence mission in parliament yesterday one hundred fifty three votes for one hundred forty five against it was very very close but then it was always going to be it's been a week of dramatic decisions i just want to show you the front page of one of the

quick newspapers here the headline saying the politicians play with fire and that's really very much the sense that you get from a lot of the people here and it's not just the people is the politicians as well this was the message that was sent to the year is a need is this week and it was one of uncertainty because we began the week of course with the announcement from prime minister passenger a about the possibility of a referendum on they see belle out plans now we were in parliament last night to listen to his address to the m.p.'s to try to save his political career he did hint that he might be willing now to step down from the pace that's still a very realistic possibility he said he didn't care at this point whether or not he was reelected i was talking about pushing the country forward so it still remains to be seen just what does happen now it's still he's going to be meeting with the president of the republic to discuss his cause for the new coalition government but a lot of confusion surrounding just what this coalition is going to look like

because the heads of the main opposition party rejected the cools for a coalition so we're going to have to wait to see now whether half a j's going to be able to pull off forming some kind of unity government without them or whether they're now going to have to be included into another possibility a lot of people here are talking about is having a will still resign and that someone from his own party could step up into that spot now what was interest. thing last night was that the last person to address the m.p.'s was the finance minister mr venezuela's hear a lot of people saying that as a hint that perhaps he could be the next one to step into that role food a lot of uncertainty of course greece still a country deep in an economic financial and social crisis and a lot still has to be done for them to pull themselves out of this or indeed yes and greece and waiting for the next storm and how long can the country

hold out. well it's thought about mid december their games need that next tranche before they run out of cash and now that was really one of the big things and the focus of a lot of the talks yesterday was that these calls the snap elections really a lot of the politicians felt that if elections and happen to a himself that if elections are going ahead that by the time they finished the country would be bankrupt they really are trying to ram three anything that needs to be done to get this final charge of course this was the focus of the year is a need is the meeting of the g. twenty over the last couple of days really taking center stage and of course all of this happening at a time of the really is proving very pivotal in not just greece's future but the years and future with all eyes on greece of the last couple of days the focus is also turning now to italy a lot of people here are saying that you're seeing all this turmoil within the country all these decisions being made and all this confusion about what's going to happen and it could all turn out to be meat because if you see

a country like italy start to get the same way as greece then really a lot of people feeling that that's game aver it's still very much to play for we're going to wait and see today whether we get any more clarity on the situation also that meeting with the president and prime minister passenger a amongst the greek people has certainly a feeling of disappointment but there was a feeling that those it more that sense of the base of mist that we've seen this week from the leaders you know they make all these stay. amos is still very unclear what the details of days are the devil is in the details and yet it's very uncertain as to what's going to happen now moving forward say still a lot of focus going to be now on the next steps in the coming days and weeks and of course as we said all this coming at a time when they really are very very important that they managed to secure that fell out deal that is vital the beginning of that next step and you know all this uncertainty now happening it seems that greece is only creates increasingly

unstable ground at a time when they really needed to show unity and solidarity and we really haven't seen that in fact if anything people say what they seen from time prime minister that happened today is a very uncertain unpredictable leader. ok on certain times ahead correspondent sara for life for us thank you. well to the u.s. now where a peaceful protest has descended into fresh. oakland. at least one hundred demonstrators have been arrested. the second. week. he repeated in his city. see the. total rating of protesters fare in the new

york police shut down. the occupy wall street movement has cemented its presence here in zuccotti park for nearly eight weeks but now many believe that the city will try to evacuate demonstrators under the pretext of crime in new york city mayor michael bloomberg is now accusing these activists i mean danger in the entire community saying they are failing to report crimes that are taking place here according to published reports the police have arrested seven people at zuccotti park on non protest related charges since early october now some crimes according to reports have been attempted rape and or rape the the activists here say that they try to police minor infractions but when it comes to a very serious crime or violence these activists say they do take reports to the

police some media outlets have also reported that it is actually new york city police officers some at least that have encouraged criminals and homeless people to come down to zuccotti park in an effort to stir up some trouble the n.y.p.d. has denied those accusations we did speak with a few of the hundreds of activists that are down here and here's what they had to say my experience has been that i. stayed here. well i think that you know the mayor is discussing things create crimes that aren't haven't been reported what are those crimes that you think the mayor is probably gearing up to make another attempt to. turn the park simply because someone walks into the park doesn't mean that they're part of the movement a lot of these out with that even critical of us characterize anyone who is within you know a mile radius of this place as a protester and therefore reflective of our movement but as you can see anyone can come in here and that's fine you know we want to welcome people in but certainly because someone's destructive doesn't mean they reflect what we're doing or that we

promote what they're doing princeton professor and activist dr cornel west who has been a huge supporter of the occupation movement was down here in zuccotti park r.t. had a chance to catch up with him to get his thoughts on what mayor bloomberg has recently said i just think he's wrong i'm going to draw david trying to come up with a rationalization which is not a convincing reason do you think there's anything criminal about you know dangerous about this encampment that i think every section of new york city has a day then. what it is they have a human community every human community has something still supporting oh my god yes one hundred twenty it was overall though all the activists that we have spoken with today say they feel as safe today as they have felt since day one of these occupy wall street movement they say the momentum is growing bigger it's growing louder it's growing larger and they are here to stay reporting from wall street marina port nile r.t.

. well scuffles broke out in washington but police arrested three occupy d.c. protesters that. is followed about it ends with regular twitterer. arrest being made and filmed this video at the scene she says police officers shot a test of the ground one mention. after twenty feet and they're going to take. their own life. a few minutes time. he returns to new york to ask when it comes to wealth how much is too much. if people make more than a million dollars and they have that in their bank account a moral or a moral in time outs in general or how often is to get the view from the street as to whether it's time to get the rich to dig deeper also. the reports are from india where the large multinationals is seen by some as driving a deep divide between rich and the ever expanding.

the campaign to win seats in russia's lower house of parliament has begun seven parties are vying for a place in the state duma what's likely to be a tough contest in a month's time. has more now on how the candidates in the voters. for the next thirty days old t.v. sets in russia will be talking politics politics and politics in other words brought in the labor of the rule of the people and socialism of freedom solidarity and justice out of three centuries some of the most storied going on his party which stands for the poor and for russians. so is on our banners future is with us banners agitating for the top political parties ahead of the december vote have been out for a while but the most cherished cake free t.v. and radio air has just been sliced seven parties are in the running for the duma

seats and while the country's main political force the united russia party is only concerned by how big a majority they'll be getting this time many are there is that desperate to just make it into the parliament and the race is on a staunch communists are appealing to sauvie. all of communists haven't lived a single time in one hundred years we saved the country from fascism in world war two we twice save the country from collapsing we were the first in space with. liberal democrats are yet again appealing to nationalism but. the russian president should be the sole ruler in the caucuses we have to eliminate the clan culture in this region and introduce curfews in some areas video surveillance is a must. yes while jess crasher comes up with a robin hood plan to help the poor with the money of the reach for reform number

one is fighting poverty and introducing tax on luxury business and country should brief really about the what the log there had been another runner in this race lobbying for both small and big businesses millionaire me how prokhorov hopes were high he would create a powerful. lobby for western minded liberals in parliament probably of himself was even considering running for president for the complaint field. it field because of crossroads personality he thought that to run a party is a seems to run a business this is a strategic mistake he considered other party members who'd been with the right cause much longer than him not as team mates but as his subordinates and they responded to him with the right cause will take part in the vote but it's listed among outsiders one month ahead of the elections polls suggest united russia will gain at least forty three percent of the votes coming second hour communists with fourteen percent the liberal democrats will secure at least nine percent for the

other four parties it will be largely about how they perform in t.v. debates and to secure at least one seat in the duma they will have to overcome a five percent threshold to mention it very for hands the united russia party his list has even put his political future on the table saying his possible post as the country's prime minister could depend on how well the point who performs at the election booths prime minister putin is also backing united russia and has even become somewhat of a trademark of the party over the years they've chosen december's dumbell options will each receive as sparking new tea set a welcome gift from the government the specifics of the order are exacting the search will be made from white porcelain each with a gold stream each cup must hold a certain amount of tea interesting new though not all sets are of the same size two hundred for our tea and coffee sets for twelve while the remaining four hundred

fifty are just scaled down six person sets and while it's not clear which devotees will win which set some joke discrepancy means they're not at russia party has plans for a tea party of its own following the december vote by were. at least two hundred for. it seems that our team. afghanistan's opium production has more than doubled this year the country already produces ninety percent of the well. isn't part of life to talk about insurgents. contributor explains why he believes the u.s. is still on able to wipe out the problem according to the opium survey the harvest has jumped from thirty six to fifty eight hundred metric tons just in one year because the main competition mintz of.

this in the last five years has been the manhunt and decrement of victor book to the justice against the united states is the latest symptom of this is stimming failure of the us intelligence and law enforcement community until law enforcement and intel community remains hostage to political expediency until then that justice will be just hypocrisy cover in the united states and any american or for an individual stands a pretty fair chance to get a fair trial and hearing in the united states of america. you can keep across all our stories on r.t. dot com plenty more lined up for you this weekend the u.k. student those people sharing his vanity america g.-d. wants him extradited for trial he's never stepped foot in the states.

and you have reached your destination russia sat nav system gets a boost small bonus satellites last baikonur reach orbit. when multinationals move into countries with large poverty stricken populations for some it's seen as a way of boosting jobs and raising living standards for india's simmering maoist rebels it's regarded as pillaging the country now they're taking inspiration from the arab uprisings as pressure to reports. these are the images people recognize when they think of india as maoist rebels for almost twenty five years the group has attempted to overthrow the government using violence and intimidation to turn india into a communist society in their eyes the government is not taking any interest in the indigenous people of rural india and has actually displaced the population from its mineral rich land for development projects the government has called the maoists

the single biggest security threat to india and it's held them responsible for displacing and killing thousands of civilians. but far from the jungles of india a new maoist revolution is brewing the maoist argue that the arrival of multinational companies here is actually caused a further divide between rich and poor they want to stay in india without the presence of quote unquote dominating western companies where everyone has access to basic right meet var of our rao the brains behind the uprising the highly educated man is in most senses the opposite of his counterparts in the jungle armed with a pen and paper and sitting in his relatively modern flat in hyderabad rao is seen as the intellectual leader of the maoists and a voice for a growing group of indians against globalization if the investment is from the.

listed agent the big companies and. monday edition of them in hyderabad is a symbol for many indians of the country's booming economy and presence on the global stage the city has the biggest microsoft research and development office outside the united states and is home to several major multinational groups i.t. firms and bio pharmaceutical companies and for many in the city the presence of foreign firms is welcome yeah providing us the opportunity and we wanted to get your duty large of getting to. they're getting to is being used by the m.n.c. but if they're not using a video it will be stared at boarding different obligations for needs like a small markets is big a.t.m. should deliver would only occur because of corporate companies educated people are getting more jobs they can earn more money within short periods of time with dignity but the maoists aren't convinced that modernization means a better quality of life for everyone those who did not get the fruits of this

globalization the pain. and lundy their gin grievances have not addressed and tried to go through all of us including middle class was sitting there even while most indians aren't convinced that communism is the answer many agree that india needs to find a way to improve on its own. that there think that india has such rich who do the sorts of minerals. whom on science and technology has published a human resources that we can produce and if we are not depend on him and he does immense is who need india while they watch the uprisings around the arab world they believe it's the sub continents turn to demand change preassure either r.t. hyderabad india. well more news for you this hour the top commander of

colombia's revolutionary armed forces has been killed fark leader alfonso cano died during a military air and ground assault for want of nearly five million dollars was offered for information leading to his capture the fifty three year old took over latin america's last remaining rebel group in two thousand and eight the death of its co-founder. all forty five surviving miners have been rescued from a chinese coal mine more than thirty six hours after a cave in the accident which killed eight was caused by small the earthquake fifty kilometers away china's coal mines are the deadliest in the world for safety has improved in recent years. syrian security forces tanks have been shelling the city of homs despite agreeing to withdraw from urban areas under an arab league peace deal at least nineteen were killed and dozens wounded in the latest anti government crackdown dr screaming and one hundred twenty

bodies were brought to hospitals in the past three days there's doubt over whether the arab league plan can end the months of bloodshed. flash floods have struck the italian port of general killing at least six people the victims include two children and the woman who was apparently crushed by koalas that were being swept away by the want to tell you just a second in this many weeks of warnings that the worst is yet to come. well in times of austerity how many people wonder about how much money they'd need for a comfortable life but is it time for the banker rich to spread the spoils over half an escape is where people in new york draw the line between affluence and evarist. the general public has been vilifying the very rich lately so what does the public

consider too much money this week let's talk about that more than a million too much money yeah if someone has more than a million should they pay more in taxes yes they absolutely should yes i want too much money so i'm not going to answer. those ten million too much too much for too much when the limit when millions enough to have i would say if people make more than a million dollars and they have that in their bank account should they be forced to give back a moral or a moral and time outs in general interestingly i saw once that the to answer the question do you have enough money the curve goes like this as your wealth increases so people who don't have a lot feel that they don't have enough as they as people get wealthier a higher percentage of the think they have enough until they pass a certain point whereas as you get even wealthier you want even more so if you made ten million dollars i would give some of it away it's too much money are people

that don't give it away and have that much in the wrong i guess it's a personal decision i just think that if you make that much money you could share it with someone that doesn't have so much should they be forced to through taxes like they do in scandinavia maybe so because sometimes if you don't force someone to do something they're not going to do it no matter how much wealth you consider to be obscene the bottom line is when it comes to money it's hard for anyone to not want just a little bit more. more than five hundred days in isolation to test mankind's battle for tomorrow's russia's ambitious simulated round trip to the red planet has concluded testing how crude. spaceflight and it was all done without leaving moscow. has been following the mission and hearing reaction from the volunteers themselves. after five hundred twenty days of this trip around we are proud today to to prove that humanity can

go to mass this is experiment to see basically the psychological effects a trip to mars would have on the crew and how they would work together inside such a facility now those that took part in this are looking to be part of future martian missions this whole operation was an international cooperative mission the russian space agency working with the european space agency to put this experiment into into practice now the crew itself was made up from people from all around the world three of them were russian there was representatives from china as well as from france and central america who will find out a little bit what it's like on the scene where the mars five hundred module is we can now cross to tom barton who is there tom what's going on where you are well peter i remember on june the third last year watching this door behind me sealed

and that was the start of the five hundred twenty days which ended when i watched them the door open at last after all that time and the crew emerged little bit white faced a little bit bleary eyed into work and to a cheering crowd after all that time they all stood together in front of microphones and they said how glad they were to work with their other crew members and to have got through what is really quite a feat of an juror really to be in the lation and with a very strict routine day in day out for all that time i remember seeing some bookmakers a quick eight to one of us on that one of the crew going insane as a result of this experiment that hasn't materialized and i think they can now look forward to the deep brief period free of all those tensions. they care later martin andrews explores how the russian capital is becoming. what it friendly for those looking for

a budget bed for the night. now in the past we've discussed the rising world hostels to five star luxury hotels here in the russian capital what about the middle market today no a star lodgings needn't look so be at all like western standards. cool. in a few minutes after an update on this hour's top stories shortly stay with us here nothing.

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to check out the headlines now greece's prime minister and. parliament confidence but pledging a new coalition government but a total solution for the debt ridden country still remains some way off. america's protest has refused to give up the fight despite further arrests and tough police action in east one hundred people in the oakland officers moved in to break up the rally. of parliament has begun. media charm offensive. to me come on the streets. has a reputation for being hard on the pockets when it comes to its hotels. affordable options.