police sweep through the occupy l.a. camp arresting almost three hundred people but the anti corporate movement is still gaining momentum picking up support from the other side of the barricades. moscow says it can't grant because of in service of russian passports but will provide any aid necessary after thousands paid for citizenship to escape discrimination and hostility from ethnic albanians. brown faces for the right solution is before ministers agree on more sanctions following a mob attack on the british embassy in tehran.

international using comment twenty four hours a day this is. one of america's longest standing occupy cam stations at los angeles city hall for over two months has been cleared by police almost three hundred people were rounded up by officers in riot gear who forced out the protesters after they ignored and eviction order the city also cleared out of twenty five thousand tons of debris and personal belongings from the park. has this report. we're only 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 arrest no injuries as far as we know but still almost three hundred peaceful protesters arrested 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 some trees to avoid a victim 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 property damage as reasons behind eviction order we've seen this happening all across the u.s. under different pretenses authorities have been taking 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 there were brought down. this man who many fear that the message of the movement who vanished together with peds in those parts the message being against corporate greed against corruption in washington economic inequality and excesses of the u.s. financial system. kind of reporting that one as ten cities around the u.s. are cleared but just as of being forced to find new ways of making a stand that warning of a winter of discontent planning to turn their attention to these marches the mix movement is also seeking to define more specific goals and attract more supporters and. has been fighting off recent converts or 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 brady lewis became the game changer on nov seventeenth arrested while demonstrating with occupy protesters on the streets of new york city a twenty four year veteran was held in police custody for eleven hours and received one comment from a new york cop nobody is what makes 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 ws face dire consequences by going public followed tremendous fear of losing their job being disciplined being fired and then what they do everybody in the ninety nine percent has a fear police officers also they cannot risk they have children. what would they do what so far 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 about as close to a dictatorship when you actually the media. as with dictators around the world and that is very scary brutal scare tactics such as pepper spray at times and flash grenades canister. this has been used against occupy camps throughout 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 like i totally agree with occupy wall street even to understand what i can throw i am a part of them i do not perceive it but most of our people are peaceful they 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 it despite his arrest captain lewis is back at zuccotti park showing unwavering 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 murray and introduced himself and he started asking if you question do you know the risk you're taking and he was so brave they said this is still america 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 place involved realizing that world of work with america and america has got to be stop burning up or deny our party new york. well sco is pledged aid to kosovo serbs who it says face

a desperate situation the foreign minister has criticized authorities in kosovo for violating the rights of the minority there say they face discrimination and hostility from ethnic albanians and nato peacekeeping forces in kosovo has been little peace in the region since july that's what a standoff started between nato forces and protesters putting up barricades to prevent kosovan officials taking control of border checkpoints the foreign minister says moscow will do what it can to help. use the camille to steal the serbs in kosovo only desperate situation effacing leave it to the shippers with so-called republic of course civilians who are threatened with being stripped of their basic rights such as local silken illustration was the last word presumed guilty of this order them to be provided with humanitarian aid work at least i hope rebuild is that all churches russia will continue its diplomatic efforts to help protect the interests of serbs living equals as well if you do not see. that was russia's

response to a plea by the saps to grant the russian citizenship thousands had submitted their signatures to the russian embassy in belgrade and our correspondent traveled to kosovo to see what many opted for such a drastic measure. weren't allowed to board georgia's 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 pushed by kosovar albanians in nine hundred ninety nine now everyone here knows who he is since the summer around one hundred thousand people or most of the kosovo serbs signed up for his petition their cause a cleef 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 in the europeans have supported the interests of the albanians in kosovo postman of which ridge has constant blackouts low wages

and ethnic violence are a normal part of life here yet he says he will not believe nor will his three children because this is where they spend their entire lives for him and citizenship as a last resort but this is a risk we live in constant fear every year we see greater great intentions from the albanians to drive us out even if the few areas where there are still serves their country is 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 was surveyed in one thousand nine hundred ninety and the declaration of independence three years ago and the petition has gained attention in moscow it has continued this is an unprecedented outpouring of desire to become russian citizens so there is no past guidance on how to deal with this situation with the need we do think this is alarming and a direct result of how well. forces have tried to deal with the problem but big

green 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 one thousand nine hundred nine you can't help but feel for the serbian minority here in northern kosovo surrounded by hostility increasingly abandoned by belgrade ignored by the international community so they believe the russian citizenship to have should be taken literally but to the side of just how desperate the situation has become people. see kosovo. r.t. live here in moscow with the twenty four hours or days to the heavy the south first we says technocrats are having their leadership tested early by a massive strike with wells on a walkout over more cuts to secure yet another bailout. the first foreign ministers from europe have agreed to impose fresh sanctions against

iran over its controversial nuclear program ahead of the talks in brussels british foreign secretary william hague called for increased economic pressure and isolation on iran's financial sector syria has more. we're coming out of the e.u. foreign affairs council today fresh actions indeed have been put on iran specifically on thirty nine individuals and one hundred forty one organizations they've been put on a sanctions list of asset freezes as well as these events this is a rather watered down version of what some countries in the e.u. would have wanted to begin with for example the u.k. and germany have been calling for definitely stronger sanctions and earlier this week france had been urging e.u. countries to immediately impose an acid free and asset freeze on the central bank of iran as well as a suspend imports of oil from the country however this didn't go down well with some countries such as spain and greece and italy because they significantly rely on ring at all and they have said there would be no sanctions on oil in iraq that

this is coming at a time when there are economies are already battered as it is so divisions among you countries clearly this is coming on the back of course of an angry a u.k. after hardliners had stormed the embassy in tehran in the u.k. had already withdrawn its ambassador to the country and this move was followed by france germany and the netherlands in support of that in support of the u.k.'s move in showing their condemnation of that attack on the embassy now all of this again is coming after that i.e. a report that came out early this month in november so this is still part of that big umbrella where they want to introduce fresh sanctions because that report suggests that iran had been pursuing nuclear ambitions for sure is not peaceful this is something that we have met me and has repeatedly denied iran is not the only country hit with sanctions as of today syria was also on the edge and this is of course in line with what they have said in the past they want to do is show that

assad is isolated in this case they want to show that they are condemning the crackdown so sanctions still coming forward that the arab league of representative the head is also here for talks so he had said that by putting sanctions on syria is a better alternatives of military intervention but at the end of the day it has to have to be seen whether sanctions would actually corner or get the desired results that they want from the government or in fact just impact people and businesses. silly reporting there wolf for more we're joined by apollo a phony he's a founder of the italian film take the sea i.p.i. foundation let's talk about iran first the e.u. has collectively decided on fresh sanctions how do you think terror on will respond to this latest pressure. i believe that the sanctions as it was reported have been quite watered down in the final decision and this is because there is a use pleats between the interests of certain countries in the north and the other

countries in the south of europe. it is clear that for the u.k. or for germany iran is less relevant in terms of interest supplies and therefore they can have a stronger voice pleading for tougher sanctions it is not so for the south and the european countries moreover the entire situation is very very strange i mean we are in the presence of activities on the iranian soil which look like the beginning of a source of war type relationship let's figure out the explosions in the nuclear plants and then what has happened so just a few hours ago the british and just just quickly before we talk about a number of other points just to go back on this division you're talking about within the e.u. this then explains the lack of decision over the oil embargo because clearly some

countries will be affected by that and others won't because that is clearly very significant but that has not been decided on whereas they have decided on areas of finance and transport sanctions yes yes certainly it is the case i mean for certain countries the lack of supplies from iran would be very much a catastrophe especially in the current economic situation and therefore they have opposed to to take this measure and these measures not been adopted by the council of you for ministers however the key point is that the tension between iran and certain western countries has increased for a number of reasons and these reasons. have to be located pashley in the middle east so all of the activities that turkey is conducting with syria on the other hand on the position that israel has been taking to iran increasingly pointing out that it's good even the consider

a possible military action only to and therefore the europeans have been caught in the middle with a reluctant united states that is not feeling looking for a new war and especially not with iran on the contrary is trying to find a way to. reshape the entire region having a dialogue with this so the pressure on iran is so the pressure on iran isn't then all about the suspicions that it's developing a nuclear weapon there is a bigger agenda behind this and you're actually pointing the finger towards regime change at all is that really what the west wants there in iran maybe it's not the end it's not really sure they want the region change in iran it is a chess game iran is a key player for the reshaping of the entire middle east and the united states know very well that without iran they will not shape the middle east middle east that in the new concept the geopolitical conception is much bigger than the original one

that we knew from the nineteenth century. description so it is an area that goes from afghanistan down to even iraq so all this area has to be reshaped uncertainties in this region changes have been supported if not encouraged or imposed let's take the case of libya in other cases there is this activity from turkey turkey is declaring itself as central in the middle east for any decision which is probably true and he's taken care to find a way out from the syrian. mayor situation. however the real danger in all this is the nervousness. that is growing in israeli and. leaderships where there is that is that there is a problem there especially after the results of the elections in the neighboring countries our country just briefly and finally in effect what you're plying of

implying is that this reshaping of nations in the area we've of course seen regime change in tunisia egypt yemen and libya we're seeing those sanctions now being imposed on syria is that really a precursor to iran being the last country in the sequence once the regime changes in syria iran is definitely next just briefly. we have to see how the region change in syria will take place if it will take place. is a matter of rebalancing the alliances the old regina's where the result of a world that doesn't exist any longer their force in certain cases had to. be replaced by a new genus it is very significant what has been the result of the initial part of the elections in egypt very very significant and we have to see how this would be handled this will influence for sure the events that will take place in syria and therefore the course of events towards iran. i do not think there is an interest

from the major western country which is the united states to engage in any war fare with iran at this stage therefore europeans have to. me make a dr declaration sanctioning what i said but the specially after the british embassy was was invaded by protesters but i do not feel it is the in the interest of a number of european countries to broaden further color a funny kind of italian think tank and see i.p.i. foundation joining us there in brussels thank you for your thoughts. greece's ground to a halt as public service employees walk out of a new pay cuts job suspensions and emergency property tax protesters the first major test for the new technocrat leadership in athens which secured the next e.u. bailout tranche by pledging to go forward with austerity thousands of people went out of athens main square while the strike closed schools disrupted public transport and that hospitals rely on in the agency's style and wednesday the

humanitarian chief warned that eurozone is just ten days to stabilize the single currency and stem the crisis meanwhile the european central bank said it's ready to play a bigger role but nations should tie their budgetary policies closer together the nationalists you haven't found over felt says that tighter economic governance is needed for a country's sovereignty could be sacrificed in the process. 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 despain 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 that needs to be build up democratically but we have

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 that or you let the euro in the monetary union go down the drain. but we've got more stories and videos for you to r.t. dot com here's a taste for you bella roosts the last remaining european country to uphold the death sentence hands down the ultimate punishment for two men guilty of a metro terror attack. on a robin hood policy to hack a groups which infiltrated a u.n. server have joined forces to steal from the banks in order to give to charities.

it's been revealed that the record bomber has told russia's president he had no intention of signing any legally binding documents on the missile shield in europe that's despite moscow pushing hard for some kind of agreement it's over and over to explains obama's on winning this war 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 natures and 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 and north korea but the huge movie covering a large part of airspace over russia so it could not be not so russia's concern of course there was a response to that earlier this week the russian president dmitry medvedev launched radio location system not against against the west as she emphasized 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 crazy location system together with nato to targets common threats and goals however if nato is not willing to negotiate on the courtroom it could be a first step for russia to building its own and tell you so defense shield adding a strike misalliance to russia's borders strike missiles that are called a scum their nato has already labeled ass as twenty two or stone once again the president did it says that she doesn't want this to be the case and the last thing bhatia would want to do to be forced to do rather is to pull outs from the security arms reduction treaty the president with video and president barack obama signed some two years ago and she see that signified the reset of relations between the

two countries this issue ending of the cold war but if it's its security continue to be threatened that that's will be the case. could be up to twenty four minutes past the hour here in the russian capital up next it's the latest business news with kareena and i'll be back with a summary of on a new story stay with us live here in moscow. hello welcome to business the sol thanks for joining me on top story the european union has agreed to discuss exempting russian companies from some of the provisions it has to energy regulations the so-called third energy package requires the separation of energy production transit and sales something russia strongly opposes or even closer reports on the meeting between russia's energy minister sergei schmidt call and europe's energy commissioner into asking for. talks between the two have stalled since may and today was the first time since then both sides try to argue their case now even though there was no resolution the european

commissioner did say that amendments could be considered energy package next year and this is crucial for russia because the package does require the separation of gas transport production and supply going against everything that russia's gas mobley gas from the stands for got the same type in europe is currently trying to build its own pipeline trying to lessen its dependence on russia its main gas supplier and this is seen as the main rival to russia's downstream project even though russia insists it's far more efficient than the buccal pipeline does have europe's seal of approval so right now russia and gas row are trying to get the trans european network status for south stream which will increase confidence in european investors many analysts believe that eventually we will see a compromise from both sides because not only is a europe essential to russia to maintain its profits but europe itself sees

a russia as an entire group part of its energy provision. as i look at the markets now oil fluctuates in new york as more americans than forecast piled up locations for unemployment could prices are still a near two week high after the us federal reserve and why all the central banks cut the cost of a garden seed funding for european banks. now stocks in the u.s. are down the size. day after the markets had its best day in two and a half years the dow jones is losing losing almost half a percent our european equity markets are mixed investors are eyeing the mixed results from spanish and french bond auctions and a downbeat survey of the region's manufacturing sector you case would see is up just a notch in the dax is over half a percent and the brands in the red bank of england has urged banks to build reserves and face value of prices. well here and in russian markets have reduced the earlier high gains but ended the trading day in the black let's have

a look at some individual. majors finished lower a look or lost around one point two percent russia second largest oil producer plans to invest forty eight billion dollars in two thousand and twelve and fourteen as it seeks to revive and gas production growth gazprom and it people are four percent on reports the company plans to pay record high dividends in the upcoming year and financials were mostly higher with bt bank adding over two percent. and manufacturing activity in russia is speeding up the h.s.b.c.'s purchasing managers index rose to almost fifty three points and that under a reading about fifty signals growth in the sector has b.c. says risks of stagnation have diminished you orders only rise pushing employment higher however that's mostly due to stable oil price and state investment. that's all for now i'll be back with more a look at the large it's just about forty five minutes from now thanks to each.

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