police sweeps through the occupy l.a. county arresting almost three hundred people but the anti corporate movement is still gaining momentum picking up support from the other side of the barrel. moscow says it can grant because of on the surface a russian passport but will provide any aid necessary after thousands plead for citizenship to escape discrimination and hostility from ethnic albanian. iran faces a further isolation as each new foreign ministers meet to discuss more sanctions this is following a mob attack on the british embassy in tehran. and created technocrats face their first hurdle with thousands on

a walkout over new cuts well it's holly and express anger at the enormous military spending that's costing them did. worldwide news twenty four seven this is r.t. live from moscow with me rule reception i welcome to the program one of america's longest standing occupy camps stationed at los angeles city hall for over two months has just been cleared by police almost three hundred people rounded up by officers in riot gear and forced out of protesters are they ignored and if they can order now the city also cleared over twenty five thousand tons of debris amid personal belongings from the park he's a gun h.g. can reports. nearly three hundred people were arrested in l.a. on wednesday the police action against the protesters was not as heavy as what

we've seen in other cities like oakland in california or new york indifference that is police used tear gas on people rubber bullets sound cannons pepper spray no this time they just performed arrests no injuries as far as we know but still almost three hundred peaceful protesters arrested those were people who refused to leave the park surrounding the l.a. city hall which they've been occupying for the last eight weeks some demonstrators climbed into trees to avoid addiction police were using cherry pickers to take them off those trees the occupiers in l.a. received an eviction order last week officials were citing sanitation problems and possibly damage as reasons behind eviction order we've seen this happening all across the u.s. under different pre-cancer is authorities of things taking protesters out of their occupied locations in philadelphia police in riot gear confronted demonstrators

arresting around fifty fifty people about fifty people who refused to clear a street over the last two months around five thousand occupy protesters have been arrested across the united states the movement is generally very peaceful their message was all about nonviolence from the very beginning and to the credit of the occupiers in the l.a. even as widespread arrests were taking place and there were lots of emotions involved of course there were brought down there to this mental pain a fear that the message of the movement would vanish together with the peds in those parts the message being against corporate greed against corruption in washington it cannot make inequality and excesses of the u.s. financial system so it is going to reporting right as a tent cities around the u.s. are clear protestors are being forced to find new ways of making a stand the mixed movement is seeking to find more specific goals of a truck or more supporters as our correspondent we're in

a portnoy has been finding out recent converts are you from being recruited from the police ranks. occupy wall street has become an undeniable american household name. and police crackdowns against the democratic movement have become something of the norm not so normal is seen one side indoors the other. retired philadelphia police captain gray lewis became the game changer on nov seventeenth arrested while demonstrating with occupy protesters on the streets of new york city the twenty four year veteran was held in police custody for eleven hours and received one comment from a new york cop nobody this one individual said that i had the testicles of an elephant although all of america's police force is part of the ninety nine percent captain lewis says cops secretly supporting o.-w.

west face dire consequences by going public tremendous fear of losing their job being disciplined being fired and then what do they do everybody. here and police officers also they cannot risk they have children. what would they do once you're fired there are no jobs available the nighttime raid on zuccotti park and subsequent arrest of dozens of journalists covering the story are among many reasons captain lewis says he temporarily transplanted to manhattan that's close to a dictatorship when you actually the media. that's what dictators around the world that is very scary brutal scare tactics such as pepper spray tongs and flash grenades canisters have been used against occupy camps throughout the u.s. oakland california resembles something of an urban war zone this fall leaving a war vet in critical condition and the eyes of an eighty four year old burning from tear gas oakland police officer fred chavez is the only active cop who's gone

on record with his support but totally agree with. even though i am a part of the ninety nine percent that most people are peaceful and i want to see change many believe the biggest change could calm when or if u.s. law enforcement officials stop suppressing the right to assemble and begin supporting despite his arrest captain lewis is back at zuccotti park showing unwavering support for the occupied movement standing roughly ten or fifteen feet away from him a group of new york city police officers yes they're here securing the area but some are beginning to show a little interest for the first time i had an officer break ranks yesterday. officer and introduce himself and if you question do you know the risk you're taking and he was so brave they said. until

a supervisor ordered me back to the line i'm going to talk with you i hope to get mainstream america involved the place involved realizing that world health. and america has got to be stopped perino forty nine r. t. new york. that is coming to you live from moscow where here in the russian capital we have pledged to aid the cause of those who say that they face a desperate situation but the foreign ministry has criticized the authorities in kosovo for violating the rights of a minority of their subset they face discrimination and hostility from ethnic albanians and nato peacekeeping forces there there's been little peace in the region since july that's when a standoff started between nato forces and protesters are putting up barricades to prevent cars of on officials taking control of border checkpoints the foreign ministry says moscow is pledging to provide the serbs with any a possible. is the.

odds in considering a really desperate situation in a dictatorship the so-called republicans who supposed they threatened with. basic rights such as local self administered should that's why. has to be provided for humanitarian aid to help rebuild all the docks to choose russia will also continue its diplomatic efforts to help protect the interests of living in kosovo. while an attempt to resolve their problems serbs in the north and cause a vote turned into russia for help they've asked for russian citizenship that moscow says it can't do that and as we just heard or that we will they will right excuse me help by other means our cause wanted it got there for trouble because of our talk to serbs themselves. weren't allowed to board georgia which first started walking round the roads of course were with his writing pad he paid attention after all he was just an elderly refugee a man who lost his job as a lawyer and his home when he was driven out of pollution or by coursework old

binion's in one thousand nine hundred nine and now everyone here knows who he is since the summer earn one hundred thousand people almost of the cost of the serbs signed up for his petition their cause a plea for russian citizenship. we don't want to live in russia but belgrade is two weeks to protect us the minority here that's why we hope that russia will step in to help us same as the americans and the europeans have supported the interests of the albanians in kosovo. postmen brick each of which are rich there's constant blackouts below wages and ethnic violence are a normal part of life here he says he will not believe nor will his three children because this is where they spend their entire lives here and citizenship as a last resort. we live in constant fear as every year we see great and great intentions from the albanians to drive us out even if the few areas where there are still some countries being recognized by the west but we are no part of it just

like belgrade moscow has refused to recognize albanian controlled kosovo as an independent state following its conflict of serbia in one nine hundred ninety nine and a declaration of independence three years ago and the petition has gained attention in moscow and it is this is an unprecedented outpouring of desire to become russian citizens so there is no cost guidance on how to deal with this situation but we do think this is alarming and a direct result of how western forces have tried to deal with the problem but favoring one of the sides meanwhile serbs in kosovo continue to build barricades around their pockets of population ready to stay off anyone trying to force them out whatever the rights and wrongs of the conflict that happened here in nine hundred ninety nine you can't help but feel for the servant minority here in northern kosovo surrounded by hostility increasingly abandoned by belgrade ignored by the international community so their plead for russian citizenship or how it

should be taken literally but on the side of just how desperate the situation has become you go. see kosovo all right now ten minutes past the hour here still ahead for you are the high cost of living greece's new bella and if we. yes military project means that more cuts for people who feel the money is being poured it down the european train. european foreign ministers are expected to discuss fresh sanctions against iran following an attack on the u.k. embassy in tehran ahead of the talks in brussels the british foreign secretary william hague called for increased economic pressure and isolation on iran's financial sector on tuesday hundreds of protesters attacked the u.k. embassy occupying it for several hours the demonstrations came after iran resolved to reduce diplomatic ties with the u.k. following its decision to impose further sanctions over its nuclear program

parlance prompted britain to close the iranian embassy in london and to pull its own diplomats out of the islamic state capital political analyst and author adrian bucci thinks that these moves symbolize the start of a major conflict. this is a war by the west against most of the islamic countries now no doubt israel has been threatening for a unilateral military intervention into iran for many years now and the u.k. seems to be so we're ahead in. this whole process why are you now threatening military action them so it's a very complex war that's what they are waging but really accomplishing war means little not on the kind of the diplomatic speech on the financial stages they have been doing with economic sanctions against iran and its central bank very much so we can see how they are now hearing the whole scene so estie just by. a day that will live in infamy sort of. our embassy knowing that in the public eye or in the

public mind this brings our memories of the nine hundred seventy nine taking of the u.s. embassy in tehran no embassies should never be taken. not the proper way to go but we don't really quite know what it is that is happening around with the embassy where there are. we might have a much more generalized war in the region which could escalate to global proportions so we are seeing the west playing with fire. it's good to have you with us today you are watching live t.v. in greece has ground to a halt as topic service employees walk out of a new pick up job suspensions and an emergency of property tax the strike is the first major test for the new technocrat leadership in athens which has secured the next e.u. bailout tranche by pledging to go forward with austerity let's not talk to your husband over felt so the editor in chief of trends and mack business magazine i thank you for coming on the program today the greek bailout has been passed in brussels now but at the cost of more cuts imposed on the people is it in your

opinion really worth staying in the euro. well as a matter of fact it's a big problem for greece what is happening in greece is that we have now a very severe contraction of the economy one can talk about six to eight percent on an annual basis and this is of course due to the heavy in spending cuts that are imposed from the government side the tax increases that are pushed through and that in combination with the total lack of international competitiveness for the greek corporate sector makes the country condemned to go down in a vicious circle of more recession more unemployment larger government the sits or budget deficits and so endless need of additional money to fill the gaps so you talk about endless recession ongoing unemployment and government deficits is that why such a sense of urgency is needed here because yesterday the e.u.

monetary affairs chief war of the eurozone has just ten days to stabilize the single currency and stem the crisis is that is that why the sense of urgency. well the sense of urgency certainly has not only to do with greece is it has to do with what is happening overall in the monetary union there are a lot of countries on the pressure don't forget for example the situation of portugal the spain problem is also very much on the table and then of course there's the italian problem and let me illustrate that with the following in the coming weeks this between now in the end of january italy needs to read you something like one hundred billion euros in outstanding government that now it's not sure whether the markets are prepared to come up with that kind of money for italy at this moment and certainly not what will be the price the interest rate charged from that. that italy is really needing to renew now if there is

a problem with that that we knew will italy side that will immediately impact the french banks because the major frame friends banks four hundred billion euros outstanding italy and so the whole euro's story at this moment is full with this kind of stories where one thing is linked to the other and where you can have a lot of crisis situations leading to many other prices situations in other sectors or in other countries and this is a virgin see of course has to do with these but it is certainly not only due to greece and i know you covered the the specific financial aspects of your going to whole of the eurozone but if we may hear the e.u. is taking a very disciplinary an approach with the new regulations proposed to pull power and control into the hands of officials in brussels there are some would interpret that as eroding national sovereignty of the basic democratic processes where will the

line be drawn or will it just be erased altogether well the question is how biting really be i mean by that you can agree amongst each other. i mean for example the seventeen members of the eurozone that certain kind of budgetary powers or even powers with respect to social or financial policies are given to brussels the big question is if then brussels takes of this roster responsibility how much really biting and automatic power will it have to make sure that everybody respects those rules we had when the euro started the stability and growth pact with very specific rules on how large government deficits budget deficits would be are how high government debt would go both at the end of the day europe was unable to really impose its will and its rules on the member countries so we're doing more or less

the same discussion now but the question is will we make brussels really an authority that has automatic powers to intervene and of course i immediately admit i sidestepped now the discussion on whether this is democratic which also is of course a very big one i forgive me for interrupting but there are many saying that there are there are major democratic principles just being thrown to the side here with brussels essentially choosing the new leaders of italy and greece as some might say sidestepping the whole basic issues of democratic process but if i may next week e.u. leaders are set to try and hammer out a fresh solution to the continent's debt crisis once again they're meeting again and what more can they come up with well it's very basic you can't have a functioning monetary union without a political union that's a choice you have to make and you can't have one without the other that has been very much proven now in the last two years of crisis what we do lack is political

authority now of course that needs to be build up democratically but we have cornered ourselves so much in this euro crisis. we don't have the time left to build up the political union in a normal democratic way so we will have to do it in another way that is through the representatives of the different countries being the heads of governments of the different countries it still leaves a lot of questions with respect to the democratic value of all this on the table but there's no more choice either you do that or you let the euro and the monetary union go down the drain that all we'll just have to see if i next week get together as any solutions of the ongoing eurozone crisis a year and by and over from the trends i mak business magazine thank you. all right lisa technocrats circa one veil more cuts to status massive debt than our belts are some two trillion euros but at a time when italians want to cut costs and create jobs the government has another

plan in the works which critics say is nothing more than quote economic suicide party sarah first explains. the. name of the combine don't like the legitimacy of the project still in the development stage final assembly line is the case to be based in italy. everything's going to plan the town of navarre is eight kilometers from the military base where the final stage of the f. thirty five protects its place take place the people here have taken for the state to face what they think is a way to an italian taxpayers money it is a very expensive project and now that we are in crisis you know there. is a cutting pensions a. public health and saw not

strike fighter program that is its name is a defense project based on international ethics with the u.s. u.k. and italy just some of the participants if you need for united states sorry. we must and that's why you. are such a costly venture is least decision to purchase a hundred thirty one of these planes developed by american company located most in the country back then thirteen billion year in the projects come under white scale scrutiny being eva should chill the budgets of the people in the borough to slee extremely expensive but budget wasn't the main issue. well first of all. a lot of. politicians promised jobs and so people thought well great and then we start to say well you know jobs in what is very expensive in

a moment of crisis like now to spend money on these planes at a moment like this is absolutely ridiculous it's making people really angry it means to europe now mind in the year is a crisis mystery itself now if you teach million euros in dance taxpayers here see the time that they can actually participate in military spending they don't want to feel they can of food. we say that the now it's the right time to. expenses and to. project we don't need. we need something else despite the government fighting when the people here over with promises of creation they remain unconvinced what the project is they call economic suicide to eastlands serpa the virus. and we've got more stories and videos for you and our dot com a quick preview of what's ready for you there right now and

a robin hood policy to hacker groups which infiltrated the u.n. so i've joined forces to steal from the banks in order to give to charities. and to men found guilty of bombing the subway in a better russian capital minsk get the death sentence with no chance of appeal. now it's been revealed to iraq obama told russia's president he has no intention of signing any legally binding documents on the anti missile shield in europe but that's despite moscow pushing hard for some kind of agreement let's get more from artie's entirely another cover standing by for us right here on the program. thanks for coming on so how did barack obama explain his willingness to ensure a legal agreement for the. result wouldn't target russia. well according to president's new video during a bilateral meeting that was held behind closed doors between him and president

barack obama the u.s. president has said that it would be no political gain for the u.s. in such a decision in providing russia with any legal agreements that nato has and see missile defense shield in europe will be posing any threat to russian security of course nato has been saying all this time that the main purpose of the shield is to protect nato countries from potential nuclear threats coming from iran to north korea but the shield will be covering a large part of airspace over russia so it could not speak not russia's concern of course there was a response to that earlier this week russian president dmitry medvedev launched a radio location system not aimed against the west as heat and precise himself but located at russia's western or western most points in the region. russian president said that he's still willing to use that radio location system together with nato to target common threats and goals however if nato is not willing to negotiate

terms corporates it could be a first step for russia to building its own and so you may so defense shield he also emphasized once again that the last thing russia wants to do is to be forced to pull out from the city to arms reduction treaty its sides with the united states some two years ago but is that it's a security continued to be threatened that that will be the case. i live in central moscow many things are not so across to business news here on our team with korea. it's twenty five past four pm here in moscow welcome to our business update with me creating the account good to have you with me russell may get an unexpected bonus from the rising tensions between western powers and iran the country's benchmark urals plan could surged over record margin about brands and the conflict over iran's nuclear program have already pushed russian crew to a rare premium over its north sea counterparts urals blend is widely consumed by

european refineries on the mediterranean which are also big importers of the reigning world and you proposal by france to impose sanctions against all imports from the islamic republic could mean the market will tighten further. now who or i'm joined by natalia beals from information agency plats thank you nataly for joining the program so how likely is that scenario and what difference would it make to prices if those e.u. sanctions are imposed. well it's a very good question it's a very difficult question indeed we have already seen in recent days very harsh prices for your all screwed buying interest was a very strong and made because iranian supplies and potential ban on iranian imports into europe. urals and iranian barrels shares the same qualities that both

the medium height sold for crude grades and your rules will be extensively used to substitute iranian barrels eve eve even if they come off the market that's the sentiment in the market it's already pushed and it is difficult to say how it will impact the market it depends when the ban is introduced and if introduced and where they need grace period been granted to refineries which can substitute barrels in good time now could be just specific why is the urals blend that is rising on the all the tensions over iran. yes sure as i mentioned the iranian barrels and euro barrels they have both share some look well this is the grades are high in a very very region high so thought and iranian barrels come of the market european refineries will have to find alternative supplies and urals has already been

favored as one moves the grades preferred by europe and indeed it will be a barrel of choice if iranian barrels disappear. well until unfortunately we have time for and this business edition but thank you for joining the program that was not. from the plant. and that's it for me for this hour i'll be back in about forty five minutes with large media.

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