the. hundreds of arrests and the heavy hand of the police of the occupy protesters come out in force across the u.s. marking two months of corporate greed anger a. good q we will not repeat the mistakes of the european union ignoring secretion conscious to what we are doing we understand why we integration with your asia's economies of scale as russia belarus and prospects bad move toward creating a new trade bloc to protect the region from economic trouble and. new signs of rupture within the e.u. itself as britain clashes with germany which wants countries to surrender more control of their own financial and political decisions.

at six pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story hundreds of arrests and multiple injuries as a result of the massive day of action across the u.s. i occupy wall street protesters tens of thousands of activists against corporate greed took part in rallies in cities across the u.s. marking two months of the movement but several met with a heavy police response officers in riot gear armed with the tongs and shields were accused of brutality against mostly peaceful demonstrators the focal point of course new york where crowds took to the bridges the subway even try to disrupt the stock exchange to make their frustration heard archy's lucy catherine off as mine. 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 ever round of activity

that have taken place on a true 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 had back spread to countries all across the world from toronto to was tokyo cities all across the globe but the greatest and the message that these protesters are putting out which is the frustration with corporate greed and the control of the political perceive the system as they perceived by the few corporate elites by those with but 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 protesters following the raid that took place

not only in new york city but across the country and many of the occupations from whole to denver to portland to all kinds of other cities to many arrests we have seen unfortunately a lot of instances of a seemingly unprovoked were taliban by the police force in many cases the protestors 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 handcuffed and physically dragged away the occupy wall street movement was really crossed into the spotlight following the mass arrests that were witness on this very bridge the brooklyn bridge several weeks ago where seven hundred protesters were handled by police saturday 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 countless americans all across the united states reporting for our team on the brooklyn bridge and you see it

happening out. there earlier already spoke with philippe messina a correspondent for the independent media roots news a group who believes the police are purposefully doing beyond the call of duty to nip the protests in the bud clearly we're seeing here is the attempt to really crush the occupy wall street movement politically very big try to hit the protesters with the shock and awe and try to devastate them that backfired and so now they're trying to find different pretext i think that in the united states with the w t o balance sheet at all situation. the practice is to really learn a lesson that nonviolent direct action and it's really very effective and one of the open shutdown it's really sent a message to the political establishment that you know people are really seeing 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. are two correspondents

are covering occupy protests for most of america's other major cities for the latest updates and videos head over to our web site r t dot com. so already starting protesters out of their occupied locations no public areas there's several people but i just still be doing sit down just ready to get all rested in support of because our correspondents in philadelphia los angeles washington d.c. uploading their latest footage and comments on the developments from within the protests check it all out and orgy dot com. for the some of the day's other top stories while debts drag down europe's economies russia and some of its post soviet partners are taking steps to try and do what they say is balancing out the financial climate in the broader region the eurasian economic union said to create a warm environment for trade and investment throughout the continent has been of course is live from moscow with more so you know go up break this down for us. well

let's look at it this way this is a huge tutorial russia and kazakhstan combined put together a total area of around twenty million square kilometers and over the past twenty years or so it wasn't exactly used to its full potential sure there was the soviet union before one of its main problems was that it was based on ideology which was one of the mean reasons behind its collapse in the end while the main idea of the region union is that it's based on capitalism what some me see that the european union is also based on capitalist values that it's not exactly going through its easiest times right now but according to president needs to be good if it's using the experience of the u.s.s.r. and the knowledge about the mistakes made by the e.u. which could potentially make the u. region union much more powerful. moving water is because right because we won't repeat the mistakes of the european union in our integration we're conscious of

what we're doing we understand who are we integrating with there are three countries sharing a common history and today we are full means a common economy that is why we start not on different level of support from similar positions the european union to the shot in a jar to some extent situation is different i'm sure we will be able to create a solid and stable economic union. but that is the. this union is being beast on the foundation of the customs union between russia kazakhstan and belarus all just three states but its future vision is much bigger just picture a confident ration of speech stretching possibly from the balkans and all the way to the pacific a huge bridge between europe and asia perhaps it's too soon to talk about that at the moment since russia goes in kazakhstan just put together a community which will be working to develop this idea further but just to give you an understanding of how effective it could be just within the framework of the

customs union russia goes in kazakhstan managed to increase their total treat turnover in just half a year by forty two percent so just think of the possibilities right artie's europe is going to fly from central moscow thanks for that. well political economy professor alexander littman says the eurasian union will boost competition and help discipline the finances of member states well for once the thing which is going to happen is an intensified competition between companies we observe it already now and we see that it clearly benefits including increases the efficiency of the russian companies as well as the companies of countries another benefit 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 also in kazakhstan they have been present quite actively so the eurasian economic union is likely to give

a boost here supporting this developments and in some sense it will create competition between governments but also go to today many russian companies at least claim to be considering migration to kazakhstan which has lowered tax rates so it will discipline russian government itself as well. oh website r t dot com we'd like to know what you think about the eurasian union what does it mean to you so far online poll most of the respondents think it's of better version of the european union more than thirty percent of the us don't have any clue as to what it is the rest for evenly split between a new way for bureaucrats to embezzle state cash or as a reincarnation of the u.s.s.r. what do you think not on the r.t. dot com and if you are. switching gears now to some other top stories tens of thousands of egyptians back in tahrir square demanding that the military hand over power to a civilian government the rally that united islam is en secular protesters was

organized by the muslim brotherhood after the government floated a controversial document bolstering the powers of the armed forces and a professor of international relations at bill bill kent university in our current turkey thinks the muslim brotherhood has political scores to settle with the military the muslim brotherhood is not. the question is. it seems to me to be. true. so i doubt that will bring you that back as soon as it's available well syria has agreed in principle to allow international observers into the country in an apparent effort to comply with an arab league ultimatum that a big country's leadership till saturday to end the violence pressure on damascus is growing as the u.k. has reportedly been asked by the king of jordan to lead a diplomatic offensive against president bashar al assad the move echoes the build up to the recent libyan operation a direction that moscow opposes or that it has more. 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 would look good we suggested all it would be a revolution to be in place all countries concerned with a peaceful outcome a development in serious demand not only from the syrian authorities but also from the opposition to please stop the violence the ongoing attacks on 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

making them much easier to support and adds more weight to any international threats. these are of powers for raising. the profile thrown and also learn the lessons of the thousand and twelve. well through the night. and nato or any other intervention another military intervention will have even more serious consequences because of the regional theft question of iraq the whole question of israel the ukase 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 ceres other neighbors and crucial regional brokers' is now wearing thin to the arab league suspended series membership and given presents a sad until saturday to end the violence with britain already primed this could be the last ditch attempt at conventional diplomacy early position now where they have

to take some time. in effect extent that on the spot yesterday another difference or another three days so perhaps they're trying to offers us out as much as possible in order to get every opportunity for having sort of taken that they've gone this far they really are in a position where they have to have to make good on the promise of the free market was that some figure out about their credibility but free syrian army has been the main driving force behind the growing opposition movement most to defectors from the army launching their latest attack on a security base russia and china 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 and 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 the bennetts r t. s plenty more from us online at r.t. dot com including some very weighty words how's this for

a age turner it's the world's largest copy of the qur'an arguably one of the most decorated find out why it's come to russia at r t online. but if it's the pictures that you're looking to tell you the story you head over to our gallery of global headlines from barack obama's recent visit to australia to the euro crisis artie's cartoon collection has a fresh twist on the news and could even put a smile on your face. well they may both be pressing for action to resolve the e.u. debt crisis but their approaches are worlds apart german and british leaders have been meeting in berlin to thrash out a possible solution artie's laura smith reports on the outcome. prime minister cameron and chancellor have held their meeting now and they ended it with

a short media conference at which they were all smiles nothing less than we expected i mean these are two professional politicians after all they're unlikely to sling mud at each other in front of the world's press they really seem to have made nice with each other this morning they said that they do have differences but the difference is that can be overcome and of course they're dealing with what is a economic and fiscal union essentially on the brink of collapse now merkel solution to all that is basically no more europe she says that there should be more integration they should be more national governments and the you can do the heel of brussels much like it's in these now is incumbent solution to that situates going on in europe at the moment it's less integration he says he's sort of troops here illegally over union which has flexibility which is really the complete opposite to . germany and luxembourg now today and he is using the u.k.

of selfishness i'm sure i see this they're saying that they would see the case of bailouts the countries that are suffering a bit more and they say the u.k. is quick to criticize but very slow to actually step in and help and also heavily indebted countries like person who are doing markedly worse than countries like germany should just keep their mouths shut they shouldn't offer advice about how to handle the syrian crisis so there are various disagreements disagreements are going to go to the euro some european central bank should it be a lender of last resort or not or through disagreements about a tax on financial transactions michael wants it and cameron doesn't so basic differences in approach. italy and greece's new government still fresh out of the box but i've already endured unfriendly welcomes from thousands of angry protesters both prime ministers are committed to extremely unpopular debt solutions including budget cuts and tax hikes but as r.t. sarfarosh reports unrestrained austerity may carry and even a heavier price tag for future generations. students flock to the streets

across a silly greece they kusa traits has three main loud and clear and facing what they did bank is government and the economic situation this three singing neck teaches young people this is the problem and. with the people close in age with me and. they feel along these students have a lot to be unhappy about the dire economic situation he's seen youth unemployment crippling levels in the struggling economies and despite recent political labels in greece and italy to public and the markets remain unconvinced that viable solution has now been found 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 some of the youngest brightest economic minds in the country find out what they think should be.

proud. of. the growth promoting growth in the stagnating economies has proved one of the major challenges and the lady you imposed a. technocrat government is now fairly in place mary monti and lucas papademos are undeniably 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 them it's been seemingly little room for the younger generation to have

their say we have to think of the future if one of the future we have to. include young people and major criticism since the beginning of this crisis has been the inability of hear anything leaders to react quickly to the shifting economic circumstances and to adapt here is a he could well now rest in the political guys into a think a new approach so i think. great economist professor yanis varoufakis says his country has sacrificed and sovereignty to brussels but it's likely to have been in vain. since last fall and it's just like it heads under linux leadership sixty seven answerable for those who only have his government because it was a good man but it would have been something. if only we. could go. quality eludes as well as. space to move enough to move to.

a new government which will look if you really allow us to give confidence that both major political. line persist in union agreement to look at the graces or of the we know more trenches that the critics get a good hear when it's hard for. them to integrate a future or they're not an investment. just like all those bridges fall out of last year and a half. almost. without giving anyone a little more hope of some. crisis for

in the. ordinary people rushes out a drag us to ramp up its efforts in tackling afghan heroin. in production victor even of tells his counterparts in chicago there needs to be more concerted efforts to wipe out the root cause rather than targeting the drug smuggling ammonia issues would be high tech tracking to find out where opium is being grown which even i said would be available to everybody to help fight production afghanistan is responsible for ninety percent of the world's heroin much of it flooding into russia production of the drug has soared since the us led invasion a decade ago. turned out of some other stories making headlines across the globe and arrest warrant issued for former philippine president gloria arroyo charges have been filed for electoral fraud which it claims she helped a supporter win a seat in two thousand and seven something she strongly denies arroyo was prevented from leaving the country which she tried to do earlier this week to get medical treatment but using the government of violating her rights her condition means

she's of likely to face jail. that are up to the volcano was attracting hundreds of tourists to a national park in eastern congo rather fountains began flowing earlier this month now reaching heights of almost two hundred meters the visitors have been invited to a camp in atlanta area that officials say will pose no threat to pearl seekers 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 deer. less than ten minutes martin anders explores russia's opera scene in moscow but first the business news with the meter. thanks man hello and welcome to business as we've been reporting three former soviet countries have agreed to create so you rage an economic union russian president if and his counterparts from kazakhstan and belarus have agreed on the

integration chris we've got from troy get a look explains how the economic bloc differs from the existing customs union between the countries. the existing custom unit coming to place next year removes. restrictions difficulties of trading across borders between the three countries that's also it would be easier to for goods to cross between each of the three countries in the quest of you know what's now being talked about is closer economic policy integration so the three countries would pursue similar policy objectives which in terms of you know budget policies currency management policies capital policies as well so key. and policy budget policy objectives that's really what we're talking about we're not yet talking about for example the ultimate step which is monetary integration and that's really not only gender is point and i think that obviously you have to be a complete reassessment of what monetary integration means or how it can be done.

especially in the light of what's happening in the eurozone right now. so what's going on in the markets is rising as that the euro is gaining versus the dollar light sweet however it's still one hundred dollars per barrel brant is at one hundred in the. european stocks are mixed renewed frankl german spat increased concern of the region's leaders can't agree on how to contain the crisis however the dax has recovered from earlier losses and here in russia another twenty minutes of trading left on the clock this week and it's a negative week another session of losses for the r.t.s. bad for the my sex. most blue chips are trading in negative territory despite recovering well this is still putting pressure on the luke oil and gas problem with still seeing luke oil down forty percent just from one point three percent

financials also losing the cline in via notch. in other news rushers. giant gazprom has reported its european retail sales more than doubled from two thousand and eight to twenty ten growth was driven by great britain france the czech republic and it's only counted for around three percent of the company's total supplies to non c.i.s. countries gazprom is struggling to get direct access to european consumers in order to avoid middlemen get high revenues but your second largest oil producer lukoil plans to triple its gas output in the next decade because as gas production investment will amount to twelve billion dollars over this period because vice president lee i need to do and says i'll be looking for gas all over the world but . in the next decade we plan to boost our gas production to seventy billion cubic meters emily we have huge projects and russia such as the mole in the north and the

caspian sea deposits in the south we are already developing a huge build. and now we're starting new projects and saudi arabia so we're trying to work with global. central banks are making record gold purchases seeking to diversify our says amid the economic uncertainty in the world gold council says purchases reached almost one hundred fifty in terms of the third quarter and that's the highest level forty years and that's a buyers includes russia thailand and libya russia currently holds eight hundred tons of gold with the country's central bank aiming to further increase that portion of the unit and its reserves now if you're a private investor fused about how best to protect yourself in these uncertain times you're not alone in a consistent call from capital says even the big professional firms are not sure where to find shelter. because i've seen that in europe in the us for the merc

is it through something you see confused it's a situation of a nobody knows what is the savior and many of the best the wolf ones coming through view of the situation five see if the needs of they do little to claridge's regarding quartz would constitute safe heaven sensitive trades feel to close on twelfth i can find more on these stories and all the other business news that didn't make it all hell my website article called forward slash business.

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