the gloves come off for police in the u.s. as hundreds of occupy wall street demonstrators are arrested in a nationwide clampdown on the two month anniversary of the movement's founding. singing the same two leaders of russia belarus and kazakstan meeting in moscow to discuss the creation of a new eurasian body modeled on the new. britain reportedly in-doors says it has been endorsed to lead a campaign against syria's president assad although only diplomatic at this stage russia has sounded the alarm fearing it will only lead to a repeat of violence in libya at.

two pm in moscow i matras are good to have you with us here on r t our top story four hundred arrests that's the tally for the last twenty four hours as police staged intense crackdown on occupy wall street protests in the u.s. the latest demonstrations spanning the entire country come as the movement marks its two month anniversary with more than thirty thousand protesters in new york alone the day became a testament of the staying power of occupy wall street ideals the movement is though facing a synchronized clampdown by local governments of law enforcement our correspondent who seek out and out has the latest from new york. we're standing on the brooklyn bridge in new york city where the occupy wall street protesters are marching on this is the final and the biggest around it can be if it had taken place on the two month anniversary of the occupy wall street movement that. right here in new york

on september seventeenth what began as the location of a small park near bullshit turned into a nationwide movement that spread through montreal of possible worlds from one to two told to go cities all across the globe to race and the message that these protesters are putting out which is the frustration for the control of the political system they can't buy that you put it by those with the means 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 protesters following the raid 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 to

many arrests in fact two hundred or so protesters have been arrested although we expect the numbers will be much higher once all of the information comes to bear we have seen unfortunately a lot of instances of a seemingly unprovoked 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 brute force by the police department many of them slammed down onto the ground and cops and physically dragged away the occupy wall street movement was really crossed into the spotlight following the mass arrests there were witnesses on this very bridge the brooklyn bridge several weeks ago where seven hundred protesters were handled by police standing and arrested and massive 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 a callous americans all across the united states. writing for our team on the

brooklyn bridge and you see coming out lucy is keeping abreast of the latest developments of anti wall street protests and the police response then you can check out the latest updates on her twitter feed for all of you most up to date information she's posted video footage showing a protester with his face covered in blood after reportedly being struck by a police baton she also reports on what some are calling questionable approaches to freedom of speech as correspondents are also being arrested at demonstrations across the country. meanwhile protesters gathered to show solidarity with the occupy cause more than seventy people were arrested in los angeles where several hundred gathered around symbolic tense added he wrote intersection parties are going to go into went to see the police response firsthand more than a thousand people are here on the streets of los angeles is the financial district we can hear the chants of occupy us say now from the east coast so you in los

angeles we have seen tons of these demonstrations in solidarity with the occupy wall street now you hear the occupy movement along with several worker unions have shut down streets of downtown that's and that's right next to the financial institutions which many say hearts of blame for the economic crisis that we're in right now there are dozens and dozens of police officers ready to take people into custody but despite the arrests occupy l.a. and the movement the church in los angeles ramon lindo r t. it's not only new york and l.a. where the protests are going on in fact they've taken root nationwide. on to different pretenses authorities are kicking protesters out of their occupy locations no public areas but one of the interesting parts of it today at least when the occupy d.c. movement has been the police presence there have been just as many officers as protesters they've been parked at every corner they have walked away with the

protesters and if you take a look here in the potomac river there they are there waiting. for closely following the growth of protests in d.c. and philadelphia or he's got a chiquita christine for loading the latest footage and comments from the spot where the events are going on. are and he also spoke with philippe messina a correspondent for the independent media roots news organization who thinks the police are purposefully going beyond the call of duty to the protests in the. beauty room we're seeing here is the attempt to really crush the occupy wall street movement clearly they're trying to hit the protesters with the shock and awe and try to that they turned back fired and so now they're trying to find different pretext i think that in the united states which. i don't see at all situation. you know the caucus is really learned

a lesson that nonviolent direct action and it's really very effective and the sort of open shutdown it's really sent a message to the political establishment that you know people really see the two parties they cater 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. meanwhile on a different continent the mood is much the same as new wave of unrest of the new arrested tears through europe tens of thousands spilled into the streets of spain italy and greece as public anger with incessant cuts in tax hikes comes to a head with growing fears of the austerity will have on future generations. purslow russia along with some of its post soviet partners are taking the first steps toward setting up a new economic knobby the aeration economic union shares the same blueprints as the e.u. and will further see integration between the regions states are he's a nice in our way has more. this is build on an already existing customs union

between rust belt the recent kazakhstan but the eurasian union will go even further it's meant to promote trade and economic cooperation with the asia pacific region and doing that by creating a new market that will i unite legislation it will provide free chapo flow services and human resources some experts we've been speaking to even think to go as far as to say that this is the only way to check those three countries from the phenomena prices that's spreading across europe and around the. eurasian union will become a herd of products and services for the workforce between europe and america under asia union is europe's only way to survive and the current fiscal crisis will switch over to the union will build a migration system very much like what we see with fission cannot remain in europe but it is meant to a lower cost and tariffs also create a unified trade standards it's expected that it will encourage businesses to invest

in modernization of the three countries and also to very severely boost job competition also we're hearing from from different experts that it could like i said reverse the global economic downturn that we're seeing and there's a possibility that it will expand in the future countries like ukraine could possibly join analysts they're saying that they've got a union like this existed some years back they would be in a very different situation financially today. if the project was realized can two thousand and four one of ukrainian parliament confirmed the plan to stop the united economic zone i'm sure my country would have gone through the financial crisis more easily and our economy would be no different position today than it was experts and economists around the world are waiting to see what impact it has on the markets and of course some experts say that it will ease dialogue and communication relations with the european union as. political economy pressure alexander liebman

says the eurasian union can boost development in countries and help discipline their finances. well the thing which is going to happen is an intensified competition between companies we observe it already now and we see that it's clearly benefits include increases the efficiency of the russian companies as well as the companies of countries and other benefits which is clearly to be taken into account is there restoration of the existing economic ties and the creation of the new ones russian companies have been very actively exploring the post soviet space in the last decade oh so in kazakhstan they have been present quite actively so that you raise an economic union is likely to give a boost here supporting this developments and in some sense it will create competition between governments but also goes to a game many russian companies at least claim to be considering migration to kazakhstan which has a lower tax rates so it will discipline russian government itself as well. russia

belarus and catholics and were once united as part of the world's biggest state the u.s.s.r. but that unity ended two decades ago with the collapse of the soviet union at thirteen thirty g.m.t. we continue our series of special reports on how former member states have fared so as far this time the focus on the law and. twenty years ago the largest countries in. the suitcases for the city. was how did the. street generate you. where did it take to. some other stories we're covered on our t.v. russia has again war and foreign powers against intervening in syria's internal unarrest this after jordan reportedly asked the u.k. to take the lead in a war of words against president assad in an effort to oust him from power moscow's expressed concern that the situation is falling too much in line with the libyan

scenario artie's i for bet it has more from russia. 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 as 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 that russia is it's an overreaction that could pave the way for military intervention look at look good we suggested a little bit initiative in place all countries concerned with a peaceful outcome and develop a system seriously but the demand not only from the syrian authorities little also from the opposition to stop the violence the ongoing attacks of the government buildings in syria look like a civil war no ifs you and i 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 making it much easier to support and adds more weight to any international threats. and regime change is clearly pro very strong. and learn the lessons of thousands. of the no for bombing. or any other intervention any other military intervention in syria will have even more serious consequences because of the region also. question of iran on the whole question of israel the u.k. has apparently been handed its leading role by picking up the law of jordan so far the only arab leader to publicly call for and sad to quit but the patience of ceres other neighbors and crucial regional brokers' is now wearing thin to the arab league suspended series membership and given president assad until saturday to end the violence with britain already primed this could be the last ditch attempt at

conventional diplomacy there in a position now where they have to. take some action both in effect they've extended the deadline to the region that points right yesterday another conference or another three days or so perhaps try to offer as our side as much as possible in order to get over your previously for having sort of taken action but they've gone this far be very artificial to have to have to make good on the promise of iraq otherwise that will severely undermined the credibility and 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 are still appealing for dialogue and the way to end what they call two way violence a desperate to avoid another libya style intervention but that chance may be fading by the wheels 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 either bennett r t. for more on the syria and iraq stand how it started head over to our web site r t dot com

here's a taste of what else is a click away right now. alive and kicking the world war two era tank has been recovered from a river outside st petersburg amazingly in good enough condition to make a parade come back once restored. at all look at some reason global headlines whether it's barack obama's visit to australia or the latest euro crisis news artie's cartoon gallery gives a fresh and different perspective bringing a smile to your face. and the mood in europe is growing increasingly grim as previously mighty economies are brought to their knees by the blocs raging debt crisis the widely adopted solutions have been relentless budget cuts and tax hikes that of spawn hundreds of

protests and riots majority sarah firth reports unrestrained austerity may carry on even a heavier price tag for future generations. actually students have a lot to be unhappy about the dire economic situation he's seen youth unemployment hit crippling levels in the struggling economies and despite recent political labels in greece and italy face 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 brightest economic minds in the country find out what they think should be done there is the need of course for reforms and probably not enough because they were. without effect. fifteen twenty years so there is also a need for. i think increased public expenditure.

market so what did they think the solution is something around. the world. for you to respond. to start since. it is not the will because you are throwing a little bit of water. because. you are forced to be cruising growth in the stagnating economies as people of the major challenges in the age of the e.u. imposed a. technocrat government is now firmly in place mary monti and lucas papademos runs in the lively

well set with their experience to face the tough challenges ahead but it's sixty eight and sixty four respectively spring chickens and with an aging political class around learned in seemingly little room for the younger generation to have their say so our city. greece has sacrificed its sovereignty in an attempt to stay afloat but it is but the sacrifice is likely to be in vain that's the view of professor yanis varoufakis and economist that athens university. greasy maids. are sick. and it is also true that greece has lost its national sovereignty just like it heads under the dictatorship nine hundred sixty seven and seventy four a little literate has lost confidence in this government the british government but it is also true that it lost confidence in the whole of the you can have sex and the whole control personell has lost legitimacy in these new some only have this government because it was demanded and while you have been some time faculty been

commissioned let's face it renewed in a crisis. and then have to be sacrificed digitally here just like all used to be private just before last the last year and a half. almost. determined to fail me and even for a truce to go her own without even any money and. of group in. either the next crisis all indeed you do my ordinary people turning out at some other stories making headlines across the globe a fire at a nursing home in sydney australia has killed at least three of its elderly residents rescue efforts were hampered one part of the roof roof collapse twenty three people were taken to hospital suffering severe burns and smoke inhalation fire broke out in the middle of the night most were asleep police are investigating

the cause. of the un's atomic watchdog has agreed on a draft resolution sharply criticizing iran's nuclear activities the document urges the country to comply with all its obligations end in gauging dialogue it's being seen as a compromise deal as it sets no deadline for tehran to respond and puts off any discussion on possible u.n. sanctions until the spring resolution is expected to be approved by the bodies governing board today. a dramatic volcano eruption of tracking hundreds of tourists were national park in eastern congo lava fountains began to bursting out on november sixth and are now reaching a height of some two hundred meters visitors have been invited to a camp in that area that according to officials will not pose a threat to the adrenaline thrillseekers in two thousand and two another volcano in the region destroyed an entire city district with some three hundred fifty thousand locals forced to flee the area. moscow out to and martin andrews and his team in

voice coming your way shortly as they check out the capital's thriving opera scene but first the business news with you will you stay with us. thanks not everyone welcome to the program good to have a company in russia has now more internet users than anywhere else in europe but when it comes to cashing in investors the still wary of the country as more even close wonderful. this is russia's most popular website on average people spend here are seven hours and not over fifty million people are now in line in the country knocking germany from the top spot the figure may seem impressive but in 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 maybe their interests far in people

in other regions rely on dial up modems and open the treasury of broadband in those areas as many russians are using their cell phones instead this year the number of more power 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 as low so even though there is plenty of demand for businesses providing goods and services to consumers there is still a lot of work to be done before we can really take off other than mail dot our you and young vets there are not a lot of classic internet businesses here russia's largest search engine raised one point three billion dollars listed on the american stock exchange made a successful short lived with shares slump in below their i.p.o.

price soon after investors are interested in the potential of russia especially as internet population is expected to reach eighty million people by the end of twenty fourteen but it's going to take time this year is size of the country means this would be difficult and consumers still need convincing that their money won't disappear and that they'll actually get what they paid for marina business artsy. but quick to. the markets all is rising as the euro's rebound fueled optimism that european leaders may be able to come to an agreement on how best to combat the debt crisis that threatens the region's economy the w.t. values trading at over ninety nine dollars a barrel while the brand blondie's that one hundred and nine dollars per barrel. european stocks of falling as renewed germans but increased concern about the region's leaders consecrate on how to contain the region's debt crisis and this

uncertainty is of course a way of the russian market as you can see the r.t.s. in the might states are losing point seven and point eight percent respectively that's a look at some of the individual shareholders in the might six most of the blue chips are trading in the red this hour we will is putting pressure on energy majors while financials are suffering from the euro zone jitters punkers losing around one and a half percent the call is also low the company says it's going to mostly pay attention to investment into new projects in order to increase production starting from next year will produce a flat despite reports saying the company will receive new tax benefits. and other news russia's second largest bank the g. b. has seen its profits plunge ninety eight percent in the first ten months will begin net profits with thirty one million dollars on the russian accounting standards just to convert a net profit of its main competitors was almost nine billion dollars it's the to be

suffering from volatility in the financial markets it's also blaming the russian accounting system alsace think this should look more positive when it issues results under international accounting standards used to be has become the biggest loss making bank on russia with a shortfall of more than five hundred million dollars in october. and also russia's gas giant gazprom house reporters just. retail sales more than. through thousand and eight to two thousand and ten the growth was driven by great britain france and the czech republic and italy they accounted for around three percent of the company's total supplies to not c.i.s. countries cas promised struggling to get direct access to european consumers it wanted to avoid middlemen and get high revenues. some troll banks are making record gold purchases seeing to diversify assets the economic uncertainty in the world

gold council says purchases reached almost one hundred fifty tons of third quarter that's the highest level in forty years the list of buyers includes russia thailand and. russia currently holds eight hundred tons of gold with the country's central plains aping to further increase the proportion of bullion and its reserves. of the bad news coming out of europe is causing some russians to lose faith in the euro through a bull and the dollar remains the remain the favorite currencies and which to save but the chinese yuan is gaining popularity as the us live from deutsche bank explains this currency is seen as the long but is likely to appreciate. in the long term given the solid fundamentals of chinese economy if we will see if we do see the there is this trend. china reduces its currency restrictions

and currency regulations there is going to be even greater scope for that currency to pull play a greater always a reserve currency. if you're a private investor and you are confused about how best to protect yourself in these uncertain times you're not alone since she caught some capital says you know the big professional firms on not sure where to find shelter. because i've seen that in europe in the u.s. of merkel due to something. he confused it's a situation where nobody knows the seafaring and many of the best the global firms having her view of the situation five see if told me that they do a lot of clarity regarding what would constitute safe heaven sensitive truthful close ups well. that wraps up the business program to all the bases business news in less than fifteen minutes time here on archie.