thanks for joining us the greek prime minister george weapon drought is holding talks to form a new government of national unity after surviving a crucial confidence vote in parliament he wants a new coalition to implement the deal with the eurozone and i.m.f. to slash the country's foreign debts in return for must have reforms and austerity cuts but his plans have been rebuffed by the opposition leader who wants a pup and drought to stand down on the south as has all the details from athens. there's a lot of confusion about what that coalition government is going to look like that we still have is the publisher and his governments and by that called insulation in parliaments in the early hours of the morning it was very very close it is always going to be there is a way to take decisions but no changes really everyone still waiting to see what the details of this will be and as we said before the devil really is in the details and so a lot of uncertainty still remains about was going to happen now moving forward would help guide us a bit see this political quagmire i'm joined by. this professor of economics at

athens university. it's very uncertain what's going to happen now can you tell us a bit more about what the politicians are doing and we've heard a lot of people saying that playing political games can they afford to do that at such a critical point while the big picture is not what happened in greece is what happened yes the g twenty when they couldn't agree on anything so not agreeing on anything means that austerity packages will continue as the only policy coming out of the euro zone the pressure. of the central issue center right because of the stereotype measures is that the leader of the right wing party wants quick elections so he could do well and not be implicated in any of the austerity packages we've had so far were asked up and drove a leader of the center left party doesn't want quick elections because he's deeply implicated in these policies and wants a national government a government of national unity so that the responsibility for the austerity package

is shared but if you were me sarah there is one missing out through this and that is the people of greece who have been demonstrating for the last six months from the street and really i see no solution that doesn't at least meet some of their demands for your stereotype recession more austerity measures vicious cycle being removed somehow being. political leaders actually addressing the social needs of the people in this country and indeed of european people really is a very valid point what a lot of people are talking about here today is that is the missing ingredient the public opinion here very very disappointed at the end i don't think yesterday at the what we see him playing out in the last week really as he said that message of uncertainty at a time when everyone was hoping for was a unified front for some decisive action and that's not what we're saying it's all and of course moving forward the situation looking on increasingly unstable ground

. and while greece crunchers around for cash a major u.s. based herschel firm has lost a whopping seven hundred million dollars. explains how the fund parents responsible will still end up with the cream and cover their losses if the whole banking system collapses. the. insurance slash credit default swap take the premium cash immediately and they're never on the hook for any liabilities because they're causing systemic failure when the system collapses and they say we can't pay out because the system collapsed well what about the money you took selling the insurance against a stomach collapse we can't find it it was junk or zine it's in the shadow banking system where do they go it's like jackie mason is running a global system where you go i don't know what there's not going to believe gold was there one day it was over there are oh yes maybe you got a bagel i got a schmidt i don't know what about what i don't know who you know what they don't know.

because the reporters next hour here to. the police crackdown and he called for demonstrations continues throughout the u.s. with new arrests in boston and washington d.c. officers used force to disperse a demonstration and remove protesters tents three x. who is so were knocked down by a car but the driver wasn't charged because for the city of oakland police released to a gas flash grenades and batons and protests is made of a hundred arrests several people were seriously injured including a u.s. army veteran of the second major violent clash involving police and protesters in the system to fortnight and well in new york where the occupy movement began protesters camped out in zuccotti park are bracing themselves for a showdown on he's a marina went to find out what the authorities in the big apple have in store for. 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 new york city mayor michael bloomberg is now accusing these optimists of endangering the entire community saying they are failing to report crimes that are taking place here he added to this 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 have been safe here and i feel safe here well i

think that you know the mayor is this guy thing big screen crimes that aren't haven't been reported what are those crimes do 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 just think he's grown rather your own david trying to come up with a rationalization without 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. what it is they have a human community every human community. still supporting my god yes one hundred twenty was it 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. r.t. . correspondent lisa california is also covering the occupy protesters had to alter his twitter stream flow this is more than he's seen as police waiting to break out the latest protests in washington d.c. so they're going to have twitter feed for full coverage of the incident including photos and video. and one of the demands driving the occupy movement is an increased tax on the rich that could help bolster the u.s. budget a little later this hour find out what some new yorkers think about. people get

wealthier a higher percentage of the think they have about the deliberate certain point worse as you get even wealthier if you want even more. takes to the streets of the big apple to gauge public opinion from more interesting. rallies to mark a bank transfer day across the u.s. cities have ended in dozens of arrests the compay wants people to close accounts and move them to smaller institutions like credit unions and hopes the tens of thousands will do so and behind the campaign says it will help to avoid the need for huge bank bailouts again. there's a lot of saber butts all over the country and united states we have credit unions federal credit unions and state credit unions they're great alternative they're connected to their community and really for folks to get out from under the foot of you know big corporate banks that were responsible for ruling the economy and over

the last you know fifteen years have consolidated power but guarantees are you know your money is just a safe in a federal credit union as it is anywhere else it's you know guaranteed by the u.s. government up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars and more importantly the money stays in your community the federal credit unions unlike banks are concerned about profits the profits are shared directly with the participants in the credit union so you don't have to worry about your banking fees going up to it to pay for some fat cats huge salary ultimately any profits a come back will come back to the members of the credit union and that's exactly what people want over the last month or so since september twenty ninth over six hundred fifty thousand people across the country are finding credit unions in the move their money that's all it billions and billions of dollars have moved the american people at the worst of the recession propped up the big banks they were too big to fail so in a lot of ways people moving their money right now are making sure that these banks

are going to be too big to fail again and that we are going to have to bail them out again. meanwhile in london dozens of protesters and spied by the u.s. anti corporation demonstrations were arrested as they marched through the city lauriston this was the occupy the london stock exchange protest it's own the move this saturday they have left that tented camp outside. and they've decided to march on westminster joining me around about two hundred people who are permanent become out there at the moment around about another five hundred more bringing the total to just say to seven hundred people we think they are marching to be fought it has to be said these people have a huge amount of energy that mostly young people for the vast majority and they are saying that they are the ninety nine percent opposed to the one percent of people who own all the wealth and property in the country they are saying that they should be in charge that the bankers and the politicians have made such a mess of this country that they want to take charge and it certainly seems as if

they have the energy to do you say they've been joined by politicians and also by people who have come specially from the ok to build street demonstration to take part in the london protests let's hear what just a couple of them had to say the issues that of being raised by the people demonstrating here today are issues that millions of people around the country care about issues like tax injustice the fact that the poorest and most vulnerable are being forced to pay the highest price for a crisis of bankers crisis that they had nothing to do with most of us are getting ripped off by the powers that be by corporate america or corporate whatever it is depending on which country we're in and very often it's corporate america even if we're not in the united states we're mobilizing though for a big strike on november thirtieth so i'm really hopeful that this movement is going to expand and eventually going to bring down the government if people are saying that the bankers and the politicians have to go and they've been granted a stay of execution for that tented camps outside simple skippy's will they will be allowed to stay until after christmas so we can expect many more of this type of

demonstration. israel has begun deporting procrustean acids from two humanitarian birds from canada and island that were blocked by the israeli navy on to gaza with aid flotilla with dozens of foreign nationals from nine different countries on board a set sail from turkey on wednesday carrying medical supplies they were boarded by israeli naval forces and towed away similar protest vessels have been stormed in the past with nine turkish activists shot dead by israeli marines last year causing an international outcry this comes as relations between israel and palestine have reached another load this week with. rising its military to take whatever action necessary to stop the rocket fire from gaza and despite some israeli concessions on they've located in the past year activist wide iran says the people of gaza is to live in an open air prison. the problem that we have here is a humanitarian crisis but it is one that has been created by deliberate israeli policies so we need to change that policy so that palestinians are allowed to lead

a normal life a dignified life and not have to live on handouts now the situation in gaza is one point five million people live in an open air prison and as a result of deliberate israeli policy have been reduced to needing handouts eighty percent of the population of gaza is food aid dependent and that's a problem but it's a political problem and therefore these flotillas are going to challenge that policy of this inhumane blockade going to the united nations as a way of the palestinian leadership saying that we need the right of the palestinian people respected and we think that through this mechanism we will have more avenues by which to hold israel responsible for continued violation of our rights and that is something that should be supported by all because in the end all of these different countries are part of a united system the united nations that is supposed to maintain world peace and defend people suman rights but it seems that no action is taken in violation of

palestinian human rights occurs and palestinians are looking for avenues by which to hold israel accountable. the un's atomic war still plans to reveal evidence next week suggesting iran made computer models of a nuclear warhead that's according to the associated press the report by the international atomic energy agency will also support on occasions that teheran has built a nuclear testing facility and says it will show satellite images to prove it if rain officials have condemned static cases and called them a fabrication on fridays or any president shimon peres said that there's not much time left to stop iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and also implies that military action is now closer to reality than the times it's a diplomatic solution patrick cummings at the info rules website says the west is just looking for an excuse to take action against a rise last night time would inflame the whole middle east region. well the report that's due to come out next week by the international atomic energy agency is

basically saying that iran is reached a stage in its research where this is the precursor to a neighbor to an tomic bomb and what they've done is they've done research into due to ride nucular physics and also neutron physics ok and this is meant to be some sort of implicating crime that is going to allow the west to play sanctions on iran or to have weapons inspectors go in and search for a but this is research is being done all over the world in a lot of different countries university so if iran is guilty of doing this level of research then they'll have to put sanctions on about one hundred countries there's an issue of timing coming up the west wants to strike iran but it wants to do it at a time of its choosing and all they're doing is just revising this whole new killer threat issue the leak that came out of allegedly came out of the shin bet or mossad that there were already operational plans to have a preemptive strike against iran from israel that was leaked out benjamin netanyahu was absolutely flabbergasted and the hard line look at hardline we were really

upset about this leak but thank god and i tip my hat to these people in israel who did leak this information because it's absolute madness if you look at the geopolitical situation right now in the region an attack on iran is going to basically put gasoline on a fire that is already reached incredible temperatures so it's it's not something we can afford. now to some other news from around the world this hour latest reports at least one hundred fifty people have been killed and one hundred injured in a series of bomb and god targets in nigeria the radical muslim sect box has said it was responsible for the hour long attack on several targets and has promised more in the future its assault on struck several targets including a police building and several churches on friday the same group also attacked a military headquarters in neighboring borno state with a triple suicide bombing. of a dozen of people are thought to have been killed in syria by time chatting in the city of holmes it brings to hundred the number of civilians reported dead in

clashes with government troops since just tuesday the bloodshed comes despite c. were agreeing to sign up to an arab league plan to end the violence in the country and the international body has already warned that failure to implement their greenland will have disastrous consequences for the whole be. that seven people have been confirmed dead and fifty one injured in a huge crash involving thirty four vehicles on the m r m five motorway in southwestern england there so it is expected the death toll to rise as they fear they may find more bodies in the wreckage because of the crash is not clear yet but police say they were for the conditions on the road surface was a wet rescue as described the pileup as one of the worst ever for it. the campaign to win seats in russia's lower house of parliament has started seven parties have just. have until the beginning of december to woo voters with on air speeches and print media are physically and retro investigates all chances each party has i feel

the nats already doing these all t.v. certain rush hour we'll be talking politics politics and politics in other words it's not a labor the real people and socialism it was what freedom solidarity and justice and free sanctuary somewhere story can only supported. which stands for the poor and for russian the national motto is on our banners future is with. 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 solve it in style chair all of communist haven't lied 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. while just russia comes up with a robin hood plan to help the poor with the money of the rich. reform number one is fighting poverty and introducing tax and luxury business on country should brief really. there had been and now the runner in this race lobbying for both small and big businesses billionaire me hope rocker of hopes were high he would create

a powerful lobby for western minded liberals in parliament probably of himself was even considering running for president but the complaint failed. its field because of crocodiles personality he thought that to run a party is the 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 teammates but as his subordinates and they responded by saying him with the right clothes will take part in the vote but it's listed among outsiders one month ahead of the elections pull suggest united russia will gain at least forty three percent of the votes coming second down or 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 it policed one seat in the duma they will have to overcome a five percent threshold to mention it very for has 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 party 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 douma elections will each receive as sparking new t.v. set a welcome gift from the government the specifics of the order are exacting the sets 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 circuits are of the same size two hundred for our tea and coffee sets for twelve persons 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 the discrepancy means they are not at russia party has on create plans for a tea party of its own following the december vote by winning at least two hundred

four duma seats exceeding the pressure of r r t. and don't forget you can access any of our news attorney's time by visiting our website home and he is also in line for you right now. robin hood's with bloodhounds find out what some indians are prepared to do in the name of social equality and also likely. approves of labor out of russian baby dubbed the world's seven billion of citizen that send a ton of oranges from south africa as a rather three syllable word get a taste of that store at all to. now as the occupy protest movement groups the u.s.

for second month opinions are divided over some of its aims one of them is a tax hike for rich americans who demonstrators blame for the economic downturn and that we harvest also known as the president has been on the streets of new york to see if the people agree. 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 is too much money yeah if someone has more than a million should they pay more in taxes yes they absolutely said yes but i want too much money so i'm not going to answer. those ten million in two months to emerge for too much one when the limit when millions another how i would say if people make more than a million dollars and they have better in their bank account should they be forced to give back a more of their a moral and outs in general interestingly i saw once that the to answer the

question do you have enough money to 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 it up until they pass certain point words as you get even wealthier you want even more so if you made ten million dollars would you 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 know for someone to do something and are 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. and

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the had. six. to form a government of national unity to save the country's crippled to call. us police make massive breath and use flash grenades bottles and tear gas to break out of antiquity put ok by demonstrations but acts of it say they're determined to stand their ground. and their role of the greys begins in russia's parliamentary elections with t.v. speeches and campaign posters trying to catch co-designer eyes as seven parties compete in the december fourth ballot. up next join us on our trip across russia discover the fascinating land of russia stay with us. the first social lives were filled with the.