free. free. free. free volunteers to video for your media projects free media john darche johnstown. police sweeps through the occupy l.a. camp arresting almost three hundred people the anti corporate movement is still getting momentum now. bought from the barack. moscow says it can't a grand cause of one serves russian passports but will provide any aid necessary after thousands plead for citizenship to escape discrimination and hostility from ethnic albanian. iran faces further isolation as e.u. foreign ministers meet to discuss more sanctions was following a mob attack on the british embassy in tehran. and greek technocrats face their

first hurdle with thousands on a walkout over new cuts while it's highly and this express anger at the enormous military spending that's costing them dearly. and in business russian a profit from the rising tensions between western powers and iran that the country's benchmark here as blends could surge above brands we'll bring you the details of how this is going to. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me the recent show one of america's longest standing occupy comes stationed in los angeles outside city hall for over two months has now been cleared by police almost three hundred people were rounded up by officers dressed to the nine and riot gear and forced out the protesters after they ignored and if action order the city also cleared of

a twenty five thousand tons of debris and personal belongings from the park. 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 it 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 his trees to avoid addiction police were using carry pickers to take them off those trees the occupiers in l.a. received an eviction order last week officials were citing sanitation problems and property damage as reasons behind eviction order we've seen this happening all

across the u.s. under different pretenses authorities have been kicking protesters out of their occupied locations in philadelphia police in riot gear confronted demonstrators arresting around 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 has been generally very peaceful their message was all about nonviolence from the very beginning and to the credit of the occupiers in l.a. even as widespread arrests were taking place and there were lots of emotions involved of course their tents were brought down their camp this meant many fear that the message of the movement would vanish together with the tents in those parks the message being against corporate greed against corruption in washington economic inequality and excesses of the u.s.

financial system he's going to try to portray well as over ten cities around the u.s. a clear protesters are being forced to find new ways of making a stand but the mixed movement is seeking to find more specific goals and attract more supporters and as our correspondent kareen of course has been finding out recent converts are even being recruited from the ranks of police. the. 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 seeing one side endorse 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 talked to make sure 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's face dire consequences by going public oh a tremendous fear of losing their job being disciplined being fired and then what do they do everybody in the ninety nine percent figure 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 as close to dictatorship when you exclude the media. as with dictators around the world that is very scary brutal scare tactics such as pepper spray tons and flash grenades canisters have been used

against occupy camp route the us 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 occupy wall. even to us that we're talking broker i am a part of them i do not personally but most people are peaceful they want to see chased many believe the biggest change could calm when or if u.s. law enforcement officials stop suppressing the right to assemble and begin supporting it despite his arrest captain lewis is back at zuccotti park showing on wavering support for the occupy 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 at the

barricade line a white officer named officer and introduced himself and if you question i said do you know the risk you're taking and he was so brave they said this is still a market and until a supervisor ordered ordered me back to the line i'm going to talk with you i hope to get mainstream america involved the police involved realizing that we're all victims of corporate america and america has got to be stuck in a court nine r.t. new york. now at seven minutes past the hour here moscow is a pledge to aid to cause of those who it says face a desperate situation the foreign minister has criticized the authorities in cars of zero for violating the rights of the minority that say they face discrimination and hostility from ethnic albanians and nato peacekeeping forces in northern kosovo there's been little peace in the region since july that's when a standoff started between nato forces and protesters putting up barricades to

prevent cars or burn officials taking control of border checkpoints the foreign ministry says moscow will do whatever it can to help. because the serbs in kosovo situation to be seen would retreat issue because you so you could republic of course of those who feel threatened would be strictly a basic rights which is a local silverleaf gratian was the last one president beard has ordered them to be provided with humanitarian aid worker lisa rebuild the churches who should continue its diplomatic it has to help which really interests of serbs living equals is going to see i know that was russia's response to a plea by the serbs to grant them russian citizenship but meantime our correspondent igor never traveled to cause of to see why many opted for such a drastic measure. one slatted board george which first started walking around the roads of kosovo 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 by kosovar albanians and nine hundred ninety nine now everyone here knows who he is since the summer around one hundred thousand people almost of the kosovo serbs have 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 that he said much of each constant blackouts lower wages and ethnic violence are normal part of life here yet he says he will not leave and nor will his three children because this is where they spend their entire lives for him citizenship as a last resort for personal struggles we live in constant fear of this every year we see great and great intentions from the albanians to drive us out even of 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 with serbia in one thousand nine hundred ninety and the collision of independence three years ago and the technician has gained attention in moscow it is a good this is an unprecedented outpouring of desire to become russian citizens so there is no past guidance on how to deal with a situation where we do think this is alarming it was a direct result of how western forces have tried to deal with the problem by 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 right. rights and wrongs of the conflict that happened here in one thousand nine hundred ninety e-card help but feel for the serbian minority here in northern parts of oh surrounded by hostility increasingly abandoned by belgrade

ignored by the international community so they plead for russians this is just how it should be taken literally but to the side of just how desperate the situation has become. hard to see kosovo. still ahead for you this hour here r t the high cost of living greece's a new belarus and italy's a military project means more cuts for people who feel money is being poured down the european drain. the u.s. tries to play china in a game of influence with its highest level official the official visiting me in my in half a century. now eleven minutes past the hour here in moscow foreign ministers from europe have agreed to increase fresh sanctions against iran because following an attack on the u.k. embassy in tehran ahead of the talks in brussels 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 his decision to impose further sanctions over its nuclear program violence prompted britain to close the iranian embassy in london and to pull its own give live outside of the islamic states capital political analyst and author adrian subduction he thinks that these moves symbolize the start of a major conflict. this is a war by but 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 spearheading this whole process why are you now threatening military action them so. so it's a very complex war that's what they are waging a greater conflict of teen war means fighting a lot of diplomatic stage on the financial state as they have been doing with

economic sanctions against iran and its central bank are and very much so we can see how they are now preparing the whole scene so westy just stick by a day that will live in infamy sort of like pearl harbor they took our embassy knowing that in the public eye or in the public mind this brings memories of the one nine hundred seventy nine taking of the u.s. embassy in tehran our embassies should never be taken no doubt about that was not the proper way to go but we don't really quite know what it is that is happening in iran with the embassy whether there are local agitates as 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. all right in about ten or eleven minutes time is the business to use here in arts here but for now greece has ground to a halt as public service employees walk out over new pay cuts job suspensions and an emergency property tax the strike is the first major test for the new technocratic leadership in athens which secured the next you belt out tranche by

pledging to go forward with austerity on wednesday the e.u. monetary affairs chief warned the eurozone has just ten days to stabilize the single currency and stem the crisis next week e.u. leaders are set to try and hammer out some fresh solutions financial analyst van overtveldt says that tighter economic governance is needed the country's sovereignty could be sacrificed in the process. the sense of urgency certainly has not only to do with greece's it has to do with what is happening overall in the monetary union there are a lot of going to resign under pressure don't forget for example the situation of portugal spain problem is also very much on the table and then of course there is the italian problem 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 there needs to be build up there more graphically good we cornered ourselves so much in this euro crisis that 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 is no more choice either you do there or you let the euro in the monetary union go down the drain. in time at least technocrats. are set to unveil more cuts to stem its massive that the now amounts to 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 r.t. surfer thinks it's. this is the f.

thirty five we playing the combines down if i just be an agility the pushing still in the development stage final assembly line is supposed to be placed in italy. you know everything's cool thing to clan the town of navarre is a kilometers from the military base where the final stage of the f. thirty five projects its face to take place the people here have taken to the streets to place what they say is a waste of other talent taxpayers' money it is a very expensive project and now that we are in crisis you know that. is cutting pensions. school education. public health and so on that the joint strike fighter program that is its name is a defense project based an international effort with the u.s. u.k.

and italy just some of the participants. or united states. troops. and that's why we. are such a costly venture it's least decision to purchase one hundred thirty one of these planes developed by american company located most in the country back some thirteen billion year and the projects come under widescale scrutiny is being made the shit you and the budgets think people in the power of this league stingley against the best buy project is also the main issue with the. world first of all. a lot of local 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 a moment like this is absolutely ridiculous. it's making people really angry at

least of europe now mind in the year isn't quite is loosely itself a way to teach million euros and dance cakes case here is a good time that they can keep participating in military spending the day once they feel they can influence. we see that the now it's the right time. needed expenses and. projects we don't need. we need something else just like the government likes it when the people here paper with promises of job creation they remain unconvinced while the project that they call economic suicide to describe sarah. the car with me what i know we've got more stories and videos for you of course i see dot com here's a taste was waiting for you there right now. the last remaining european country to hold the death sentence hands down the ultimate punishment for the two men guilty

of a subway terror. and a robin hood policy to hacker groups which infiltrated the un so joined forces to steal from the banks in order to give to charities. it's been revealed that barack obama told russia's president he had no intention of signing any legally binding documents on the unseen missile shield in europe but us despite moscow pushing hard for some kind of agreement. explains obama's unwilling. well according to the president's new video of joining a bilateral meeting that was held behind closed doors between him and president barack obama the u.s. president has said that there would be no political gain for the u.s. in such a decision in providing russia with any legal agreements that nato is anti missile defense shield in europe will be posing any threats to russian security force 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

a lot in north korea but the shield will be covering a large part of airspace over russia so it could not speak not so as a response to that. the russian president's meeting with agents launched at radio location system not change against the west as seat and precise himself but located at russia's western western most points in the region. and russian president said that he's still willing to use that's the radio location system together with nato to targets common threats and goals however if nato is not willing to negotiate a quarter rates it could be a first steps for russia to building its own anti-missile defense shield the next that's nato could see is russia trying to install its all a missile defense shield adding a strike mr to russia's borders strike missiles that are called their

nature is already labeled as s twenty two or stone once again the president did it says that he doesn't want this to be the case and the last thing russia would want to do to be forced to do rather is to pull outs from the security council duction treaty that president and president barack obama signed some two years ago she see that signified the reset of relations between the two countries this issue ending of the cold war but if it security continued to be threats and that that will be the case talkies and. right now myanmar has hailed a new chapter in relations with washington during talks with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is the most senior officer the politically isolated country in fifty years are seen as a u.s. effort to push for democratic change on or a new toy after recent political shifts in me about the country is now in transition to a new civilian government after decades of military rule as part of new reforms the

authorities have also released over two hundred political prisoners and eased a media censorship dr park and long walk from the chinese university of hong kong says that washington's trip is an attempt to expand its influence eastwards countering beijing's position in the region. but i think china is seeing the recent north korean turns to miramar is a threat now this kind of threat tree is posing from two angles i think the one china are has been conjured to more than seventy percent of our own torah investment. and eve the u.s. is able to although not year mark and bring you more western capital into b.m.r. myanmar will have more opportunities and bargaining power to try the lair first the normans and even bruises of the chinese investors and the capitals as a result so the chinese government has been saying it is is the visit of the year most is over never more than peter completely either me or my market it also will

bring in some more uncertainty regarding regional security because china has been importing more than eighty percent of all through the market district. which is between the knees here in singapore now china has been working with me i'm across the age of trying to build up pipeline and that quarter has been could move in the past however the visit of clinton in the opening of myanmar to the western countries made coal certain is security and certainty on this particular project right out of the alley persons update here are see with korea. having worked up as a subject as russia may get an unexpected bonus from the rising tensions between western powers and iran countries your old great all is surging which you recognize above the brand mark it will screw it is widely consumed by european refineries on

the mediterranean which are also big importers of iranian oil. a new proposal by france to impose sanctions against oil imports from the islamic republic of these market will tighten further despite russia being the world's biggest oil producer urals grade is not considered a global buy inch mark for the markets that it builds from the information agency plants explains. well they've been some concerns over security of russian supplies and also for the grade to become a benchmark it has to have a very liquid we would see this market they have already been a couple of attempts to make your rules futures market illiquid and the stablish the small kid but so far these attempts have failed haven't for about the russian grades can become a global benchmark in the future but it's not ready yet let's have a look at the markets now oil is down a sob but it's too near zero two weeks high after the us federal reserve and five

other central banks cup the cost of emergency funding for european banks equity markets in europe are mixed this hour investors are eyeing mixed results from spanish and french bond auctions a downbeat survey out of range of the region's manufacturing sector because forty is up half a percent or so helped by banking stocks has b.c. holding is getting one point six percent and standard chartered is up nearly two percent bank of england has urged banks to build reserves in face of the euro crisis and here in russia markets continue to rally from wednesday april b.l.t.'s and isaacs are of nearly a percent let's have a look at some individual sham leaves there most of the blue chips are trading in the black and the majors are supported by the gains in oil price gazprom is up over nearly four and a half percent this our financials are also positive with bt be adding over two percent. now this is on the rise actually meters down.

the retailer is planning to raise a three hundred fifty million dollars in additional public offering here's alexander from. its greater true troy education is more that will be also it will be the largest blue chips of the year russian market we are just proves we are going through quarterly loss now have to close for me to maybe solve the metals in the medium. it took almost all starting to survive off to be two years off whether you. think that it was to be two weeks christmas where the stewards used to get an order for you make good use which are usually on expected at which point he goes. manufacturing activity in russia speeding up the age as he sees purchasing managers index rose almost fifty three points in november a reading about fifty signals growth in the sector has b.c. says the risks of stagnation have diminished new orders on the rise pushing

employment higher however that's mostly due to stable oil price and a state investment the largest steelmaker in russia said that it's set to spin off its north cold unit the company is also eyeing listing the standalone business in london severstal plans to complete the separation of its goal given by january under the deal severstal shareholders will be able to swap their stocks for shares in north called currently held by a severstal subsidiary goal was set up in two thousand and seven and since then has spent over one billion dollars on buying mines in west africa because that's down analysts estimate that the firm's value at around three billion dollars. that's our update for this hour we'll be watching how the oil price. is going to play in the next hour or so troubling about that. because.

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