the gloves are off for police in america as hundreds of occupy wall street demonstrators are arrested a nationwide clampdown on the two month anniversary of the movement's founding. singing from the same song sheet the leaders of russia the reuss and kazakhstan are meeting in moscow discuss the creation of a new year asian body modeled on the european union. britain has reportedly been endorsed to lead a campaign against syria's president for the only diplomatic at this stage russia has sounded the alarm very it will only lead to the repeat of violence in libya.

costing lives from moscow this is r.t. welcome to the program four hundred arrests that's the tally for the last twenty four hours as they stage an intense crackdown on wall street protests erupting in america and latest demonstrations spanning the entire country come as the movement marks its two month anniversary more than thirty thousand protesters in new york primary day has become a testament to the staying power occupy wall street ideals is however facing a synchronized clampdown government and law enforcement agencies correspondent catherine often brings us the latest from the big apple. we're standing on the brooklyn bridge in new york city where the occupy wall street protesters are marching on the. biggest round of activity at that taking place on november seventeenth now again. nov seventeenth being the two month anniversary of the

occupy wall street movement that began right here in new york on september seventeenth what began as a small occupation of a small park near wall street had turned into a nationwide movement that spread to countries all across the world spoke to one so too was tokyo cities all across the globe but the greatest and the message that these protesters are putting out which is the frustration for the control of the political system they firstly by the few footbridge of beats by those with the means of the wealth and the inability for the average american to essentially put food on the table to live the middle class lifestyle these are some of the demands some of the frustrations that the protesters here have expressed and it is what we are seeing spreading across the country now the events in new york city have been tense filled with extreme tension many clashes with police officers and the protesters following the lead that took place not only in new york city but across

the country in many of the occupations from oakland to denver to portland to all kinds of other cities will be sol the sun it in new york city in the morning was a callous protesters hundreds in fact take to the streets near wall street in an attempt to disrupt businesses there to disrupt the operation of the financial sector and they certainly succeeded in doing so hundreds of protesters had sat in different corners blocked off intersections with links arms the form of human chains to get their message heard to get themselves noticed they were met with an extremely intense police response we witnessed many arrests and got two hundred or so protesters have been arrested although we expect the numbers will be much higher once all the information comes to bear we have seen unfortunately a lot of instances of us seemingly unprovoked the taliban by the police force in many cases the protesters were simply sitting perhaps standing in an area that's a little bit too close to the sidewalk they were met with force by the police or.

many of them slammed down onto the ground sampath and physically dragged away the occupy wall street movement was really brought into the spotlight. there were witnesses on this very bridge the brooklyn bridge several weeks ago were seven hundred protesters were handled by. then and now for the most part whether or not their message will actually result in policy changes remains to be seen but they're certainly being heard by the press by the residents and by countless americans all across the united states reporting party on the brooklyn bridge and you see coming out. of the seas keeping abreast of the latest developments of the street protests and the police response to that well you can check out our twitter feed for the most up to date information he's posted the video footage showing the protests of his face covered in blood reports of the thing struck with police also reports on the selective approach to freedom of speech since correspondents being arrested in the country. across the whole country gathered to show solidarity

because some two dozen people were arrested in los angeles where several hundred gathered around some tents to keep road intersection. going to see the police response firsthand. right now more than a thousand for you on the streets of los angeles is financial district you can hear the chants of occupy us say that from the east coast so here in los angeles we have seen tons of these demonstrations in solidarity with the occupy wall street and here the great symbolism people. are asking for the end of homelessness asking for student debt forgiveness all of this to show support for those who have been arrested at occupy demonstrations throughout the country.

now you are moving along with several worker unions have shut down streets of downtown los angeles right next to the financial institutions which many say are to blame for the economic crisis that we're in right now if you look behind me there are dozens and dozens of police officers ready to take people into custody some of them in re year there are lines in lines of police cars it was ready to take any sort of demonstrators into first thirty in year two dozen people were arrested in los angeles international action but despite your arrests occupy l.a. and move are not deterred. los angeles. archie. but it's not only new york and l.a.

but the protests have taken root. nationwide videos from other cities and that's why websites. under different pretenses authorities are kicking protesters out of their occupy locations no public areas and one of the interesting part of it today at least for the occupy d.c. movement has been police presence there have been just as many officers as protesters they've been parked at every corner they have walked with the protesters and if you take a look here in the potomac river there they are there waiting. right now we're closely following the growth of the protests in washington d.c. and. christine. but here i spoke to a senior correspondent for the independent media roots and he believes that police saw this week going beyond the call of duty to the protests and the bot. but you

really really we're seeing here is the attempt to really crush the occupy wall street movement really they're trying to hit the protesters with the shock and awe and then they turned back fired and so now they're trying to find different prepared. i think in the united states to get the w t o balance here at all situation. you know the protesters are really learned a lesson about nonviolent direct action and it's really very effective and sort of open and shut down it really sends a message through the political establishment that you know people really seem to be the two parties be catered to and they're really fed up with it and they're just not going to stand for it anymore so that's what we're seeing. but meanwhile on a different continent the mood isn't much the same as a new wave of unrest test to europe tens of thousands into the streets of spain

italy and greece as the kind with some cuts and tax hikes comes to a head growing fears of the effects of austerity plan future generations. europe strains under its debt burden russia is hoping its plan for a new economic what people tween former soviet nations could be a welcome counterweight to the global financial crisis president let's get a visit meeting his better russian counterparts in moscow to finalize the details of further integration of teams and he said it's not. today will be the signing of the aeration economic union a new union which is much the most further cooperation with the asia pacific region and also to protect them from the spreading economic crisis that we're seeing across europe at the moment it's meant to create a new market with unified legislation and free capital flows services and human resources experts go as far as to say that this is the only way for the three countries to protect themselves from that crisis taking over your.

eurasian union will become a corridor products services and workforce between europe america and asia union is europe's only way to survive because and the current fiscal crisis which it was now the union will have a migration so system similar to that of the european change again agreement is expected to reduce customs tariffs and unify trading standards that's expected to encourage businesses to invest in modernization and it's greatly expected to boost competition this is meant to be a sort of engine i think you could say for further cooperation within the post soviet region is expected that countries like ukraine could join in the future that's a possibility of course of training devastated by the global financial crisis in fact some experts told us that if our union like this existed in the past countries like ukraine would be in a very different position financially today. if the project was realized and two

thousand and four when the ukrainian parliament confirmed the start of a study showing a united economic zone i'm sure my country would have gone through the financial crisis more easily and our economy will be in a different position today and this reunion is also mentioned this cooperation with the european union as well as dialogue with the union the official ceremony will take place later today in the kremlin will happen and analysis for you throughout the day also a lot of experts saying that this could in fact very much help. in terms of getting out of the global financial crisis we'll be hearing different versions different aspects of how this union will work and russia belarus and traffic stop. this in a way that setting up a new razor's union will give a major boost to russia's economy which is already the strongest in the press space you have a. lot of institute of world economy and international relations integration

all those benefits strong contras who joined it working with the example of the european union where strong developed nations benefit from european integration while we could contras because economies not so more like greece suffer much if you talk about integration between russia and its closest neighbors with health conscious or with approximately the same level of development while russia definitely being the leader but russia can benefit. global stability given creates a geopolitical position large mineral resources and rapidly developing economies. russia and kazakhstan were once united this part of the world's second state u.s.s.r. but that unity ended two decades ago with the collapse of the union but i think we continue our series of special reports about how former member states affairs this time. it's

a pretty. twenty years ago this country. this. russia has again warned foreign powers against intervening in syria's internal unrest comes after jordan reportedly asked the u.k. to take the lead in the war of words against president and said in efforts to oust him from power moscow has expressed concern that the situation is falling too much in line with the libyan scenario. reports. after its pivotal role in the overthrow of moammar gadhafi britain's become the new go to guy when there's trouble in the middle east prime minister david cameron's been handpicked his team captain for another libya style control group aimed at forcing president bashar al assad out to

begin with it will be a diplomatic offensive but russia fees it's an overreaction that could pave the way for military intervention are good we suggested in order to put the arab initiative in place all countries concerned with a peaceful outcome of developments and serious should demand not only from the syrian authorities but also from the opposition to stop their violence in the ongoing attacks as government buildings in syria look like a civil war. at the moment there's no mention of military action from britain their offensive is purely verbal for now but that's exactly how the libyan intervention began and the timing is very similar to the opposition in syria is now militarized taking a much easier to support and adds more weight to any international threats. that are of them house for regime change is clearly very very strong and we should learn the lessons of thousands and thousands of. our nato

bombing or any other incidents and then the other military intervention will have even more serious consequences because of the regional threat whole question of iraq the whole question of israel the u.k. has apparently been handed its leading role by king abdullah of jordan so far the only arab leader to publicly call for assad to quit but the patience of series other neighbors and crucial regional brokers is now wearing thin to the arab league suspended series membership and given presents as sad until saturday to in the violence in britain already primed this could be the last ditch attempt at conventional diplomacy there in a position now where they have to take some act. in effect if extended the deadline the region's likes what yesterday another difference or another three days so perhaps they're trying to offer us out as much as possible in order to secure the opportunity but having sort of taken direction that they've gone this far they really aren't up to the scrafton have to make good on the promise that if you like

otherwise stop some figure out about the credibility of the free syrian army has been the main driving force behind the growing opposition movement most of defectors from the army launching their latest attack on a security base russia and china still appealing for dialogue is the way to end what they call two way violence they're desperate to avoid another libya style intervention that chance may be fading but the wheels are already in motion for a coordinated attack it's verbal for now but when it came to libya it wasn't long before the words were backed up by weapons and bombs are bennett r t london. for more on the syrian under arrest and how it began that head to our web site at r.t. dot com and here's a taste of what else is available for you online right now live and kicking a world war two era tank has been recovered from a river just outside st petersburg basically it's in good enough condition to make a comeback once restored. and an offbeat

look at the recent global headlines whether it's barack obama's visit to australia or the latest interview crisis in the party's cartoon gallery gives a fresh perspective bring a smile to. the mood in europe is growing increasingly grim as previously bite economies are brought to their knees by the books raging debt crisis in spain where you thought employment has reached almost fifty percent of students and teachers. in the streets to protest against yet more education cuts a correspondent reports from madrid good sense of the business as usual but where thousands literally of students teachers professors ever present itself various trade unions have gathered together to protest what they believe their

budget cuts to get. that right now spain is almost next in line next to greece italy. portugal. comes down to the financial situation that basically people here gathered to protest. their ability. to come to power. cuts especially considering it's a key city. like believe it. because it's basically it's going down. with these protests will have to get back on the political future all the country that of course to see. where the strike protests were however dwarfed by the demonstrations in france where people

rather gets the new year across leaders greece is seen as a teacher in. the whole year. stability with the spending cuts but as sarah first reports under strain the austerity cuts carry hefty price tag. actually students have a lot to be unhappy about the dire economic situation has seen youth unemployment hit crippling levels in the struggling economies and despite recent political labels in greece and italy they say the public and the markets remain unconvinced that viable solution has now been found but here is a need to struggling to get a handle on the crisis we come back to school we come here to the university of the carter to speak some of the youngest crisis economic minds in the country find out what they think should be there is the need of course for reforms and probably it is not enough because they will take the. inquiry for more than

a fact after fifteen twenty years so there is also the need for. increased trade their public expenditure but. that the market so what did they think the solution is something. about to drive. through a crowd into stocks and some. a little bit of water. because. you're. promoting growth elites stagnating economies as people of the major challenges in an age of the e.u. impose the stoically.

technocrat government is now firmly in place mary months here lucas papademos runs a nightly well set with their experience to face the tough challenges ahead but it's sixty eight and sixty four respectively spring chickens with an aging to listen to class of around them is in seemingly little room for the younger generation to have their say so arty. well greece has sacrificed its sovereignty an attempt to stay afloat but sacrifice is likely to be in vain i sit here professing alice backus letter and university of athens. greece remains a liberal democracy on the other hand it is also true that greece has lost its national sovereignty just like it heads under dictatorship we're now going sixty seven i'm sorry for all of the electorate has lost confidence in this government abuse government believes it's also true that it lost confidence in the whole of the public of sector of the whole political prisoner has lost the legitimacy it was

losing all we have this government is because it was demanded while you have been sometimes vacuum european commission let's face it really isn't a crisis when things are tough there and have to me. giggle here just like august only bridges fall out of the last year and a half. almost mathematically determined to fail in any event and for who was there you go with alexander do you mean anyone in all that much of a group in. either look at grace's or indeed ally or ordinary people. but a similar international stories in brief they're a fire with a nursing home in sydney australia has killed at least three of its wealthy residents queue efforts were hampered when part of the roof collapsed twenty three people were taken to hospital suffering from severe burns and smoke inhalation the

fire broke out in the middle of the night as the residence of some police are investigating the. the dramatic volcano eruption is attracting hundreds of tourists to a national park in the eastern congo a lot of fountains but on the sting out of them a six now reaching the height of two hundred meters visitors have been invited to camp in an auckland area that according to officials will pose no threat to return seekers thousand to another volcano in the region destroyed an entire city district some three hundred fifty thousand locals fleeing the area. now it's time for a business but with get. along very well welcome to the program are the number of users russia is now the biggest internet market in europe but when it comes to cashing in investors are still wary of the country as archie's acosta reports. this is russia's most

popular website on average people spend here about seven hours a month over fifty million people are now online in the country knocking germany from the top spots the figure may seem impressive when reality only a third of the country has regular access to the internet the main problem is infrastructure developments in such a huge country while moscow and st petersburg may be doing just fine people in other regions rely on dial up modems along with the treasury of broadband in those areas as many russians are using their cell phones instead this year the number of mobile internet users has grown by nineteen percent this is creating a new billion dollar market that is yet to be tapped by a business where there is little or no competition when it comes to buying goods online russia is a society where cash still dominates and credit card usage is low so even though

there is plenty of the man for businesses providing goods and services to consumers there is still a lot of work to be done before it can really take off other than mail dot are you any yandex there are not a lot of classic internet businesses here russia's largest search engine varies the one point three billion dollars listed on the american stock exchange made a successful short lived with shares slumping below their i.p.o. price soon after investors are interested in the potential of russia especially as population is expected to reach eighty million people by the end of twenty fourteen but it's going to take time the sheer size of the country means this submission is difficult and consumers still need convincing that their money won't disappear and that they'll actually get what they paid for marina costs of our business r.t.

. let's have a look at the markets all. extending losses following a four percent drop on thursday the sentiment was dumped by fresh concerns about the eurozone economy after spending so wish to your height also reports show manufacturing in philadelphia for less than forecast in november as orders and sales cooled the job is trading at over ninety eight dollars a barrel while the brand lunch is that one hundred eight dollars a barrel. pleasure shares a lower tracking of the losses and wall street in tokyo stronger yen is way one exporter of sony's don't want to help percent in hong kong you're exposed companies are losing ground heavyweight h.s.b.c. is two percent in the right. transpire here are the markets have opened in the red following overseas trends both the artist in the mites and so losing more than one of the health centers solemn. in other news russia second largest the two b. has seen its profit plunged by forty seven times in the past and months over here

the lender is suffering from volatility in financial markets that profit made up thirty one million dollars that's under russian accounting standards just to compare net profit of its main competitors was almost nine billion dollars need to be blames to tax and the system of russian accounting standards and says biggest should look more positive but actually shows results under international accounting standards b. to b. has also become the biggest losing bank and russia with a loss of more than five hundred million dollars in october. all the bad news coming out of europe is causing some russians to lose faith in the euro their will and the dollar remain the favorite currencies in which to save but the chinese yuan is. a look from deutsche bank explains. currency is seen as the one that is likely to appreciate. in the long term given the solid fundamentals of chinese economy if we will see if we do see that there is

this trend that china reduces its currency restrictions on currency regulations then there is going to be even greater scope for bad currency to put the play a greater wall as a reserve currency. that's all we have time for now more market analysis in less than fifteen minutes time here on our.

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