and there's a series of protests we've across europe s thousands demand alternative to severe cuts in countries from debt ridden greece to belgium where a key e.u. summit is due to take place this thursday. new international envoy to syria kofi annan balance to tamp launching dialogue between the syrian government and the opposition meanwhile the army warns it will cleanse a rebel stronghold in the city of homs where the worry is claiming armed terrorists of terrorists are operating. in the case of a palace c.d.n. hunger strike or draws widespread attention to israel's conversational detention policy holding palestinians without official charge or trial.

in the russian capital you're watching r t with the ring and josh you all come to the program for greece continues this race for cash as the parliament approves the latest reforms needed to please international creditors the painful bill reduces health care services as well as cutting pharmaceutical spending and as lawmakers rush to fulfill promises made to get the second bailout anger grows among the greeks who call themselves captives of economic crisis are he's talking reports from athens. the greek parliament you can see behind me is no stranger to protests and indeed have been protests throughout the day and throughout greece doctors have staged walk outs as have many public sector workers local councils were occupied across greece with the message really these cuts in k. these cuts in pensions are simply going too far we're talking about

a twenty two percent cut in wages across the board in the minimum wage and unions have turned out very very concerned over that protesting outside the parliament and outside the european commission's building here a lot of flak being directed at perceived interference from brussels from other eurozone capitals in what is perceived to be a greek problem that should be sorted out by the greeks i was talking to the federation police chief the police protesting here in central athens they're usually on the other side of the barricades and he was telling me that some of his members of facing a terribly bleak future not even able to put their meals on the table and he didn't said the police federation wouldn't rule out even perhaps withdrawing some of its services essentially a partial strike from the police this is the strength of feeling here and they want to try and send the message that these economic measures must not come without

consideration for the human cost here. and yesterday anger has been resonating across the e.u. even blocks political engine room brussels hundreds of union members gathered in the city center in paris thousands took to the streets in support of all europeans affected by the painful budget cuts their mass attack in portugal and spain with thousands of students protesting against reduced education spending and where and professor of constitutional law george car trunk the us says what's happening on the streets of europe shows greece can no longer be singled out. more. for the good people. of. the expensive before it is the special good people shows clearly that the goose is not the exception of coffee is not the great basin of europe is in the way of the future of that is the viewer.

that is used to these experiments of newly but of these results in experiment of the most extreme measures of the guns of the markets the problem is that the reaction of the people because look at closely the. political activity of the it was useless for me because not to get to minus the due course that i. think ultimately but i can hope for the future because the movement of the people from below i am sure that we are good in the political foreground new political powers. and these latest protests souffles on the eve of the e.u. summit starting later today and i have the meeting the e.u. commission president jose manuel barroso admitted sacrifices are being made on an affair basis as he says are still you know reports from brussels aside from public anger there are also major divisions among the politicians themselves. that's days the start of a two day summit leaders are expected to sign back to school stability pact agreed

upon after december nine summits it's an agreement of new budgetary rules are expected to be strictly adhered to all but two of the e.u. countries the czech republic and the u.k. are expected to sign on to this agreement the euro zone summit is not going ahead because of the sticking point between germany and the rest there are growing calls for the european stability mechanism this is the permanent bailout fund that would be put into place in july fourth to be increased from its power of the current five hundred billion euros by adding on to what is left of the temporary fund called the . two hundred fifty billion euros for the money has been used for bailout for portugal and ireland putting it all together would make seven hundred fifty billion euros whatever germany is now willing to agree to this going saying they have. to do so and it's also was willing to increase its share its contribution when he of

the parts it's also been reported that he was an honest ministers will be meeting ahead of the summit and were discussing to see if it has nothing. for it to get its one hundred thirty billion euro bailout the second bout of its kind. money a nation plans to lend a helping hand to struggling economies next hour on a cause report max and stacey discuss what lies behind a seemingly friendly gesture here's a preview. the german government is prepared to send one hundred sixty financial experts to greece to help the country overhaul its tax collection well actually this is the british method of imperialism they would send people to help the poor indians they would send people in to missionize and help the kenyans you know this was the method of colonization it's one method it's you don't have to send in the tanks there are no turning because this is a financial war and the credit default swap and derivatives are the blips big

destroyed greece with a good credit default swaps bank paulson blankfein goldman sachs big big destroyed group that another scarfing up and serving it up to the germans who were there a lot balraj were going to be managing these poor schmucks down there in athens while they get ready to invade spain tenderizing spain they're going to help spain oh excuse me they're getting ready to help spain. syrian troops are advancing on a key rebel held neighborhood in the city of homs as a government official warned the area will soon be cleansed the city has been the scene of intensive fighting between the regime forces and the opposition for almost a month now activists claim hundreds of people have been killed in the army shelling while the government says its military action is tackling armed gangs and terrorists he while a joint u.n.

arab amboy in syria kofi annan has vowed to pursue dialogue between authorities and the opposition jordan's upcoming visit to the country and says talks between the sides are essential to end the nearly year long crisis i didn't report no reports from new york. when. the u.n. secretary secretary-general ban ki-moon addressed journalists at united nations mr anon said that his assignment is a very difficult one and it will be a tough challenge to bring peace to syria but he said the first thing that the international community must do is to help stop the violence and facility a humanitarian process and work in syria a peaceful solutions that mr anon says can only come about by bringing both sides to the table having the syrian authorities and the syrian opposition

finally once and for all engage in i've dialogue now kofi annan also said that if the international community is going to succeed we must accept one process of mediation otherwise the parties can play between mediators in the meantime there have been reports of new security council resolution being drafted by the u.s. and france according to several reports this new draft resolution will reportedly concentrate on supporting the humanitarian access into into cities in syria the draft text also does indicate that the assad government is the cause of the crisis now we do know history has shown that russia and china have not and will not support any text that puts blame on one side of the conflict in

syria many analysts believe that the aim of this third resolution is to make it hard for russia to another veto to put them in a position where they must support any text that western countries to draft the lots of more discussions taking place within the united nations and outside of in it of course it has more information becomes available we will bring it to our viewers. maureen orth our reporting there in college hockey editor of the crave theory a website test and desire of some born thanks to a push for president ask his departure may hamper a call to be honest mediating mission can see area by sunday kofi annan who was accepted by is almost a friend to us i mean because they've negotiated on many things they are trying to be a little bit more friendly than they've been out there now. we'll see if that opens the door for anything but i think i know they're not trade yet you have qatar and

saudi arabia state wanting to arm the opposition rather than to talk and present to stubbs at the end of the day syria is too big to fail and it's not eleven on because they cannot afford to have chaos and they're going to put a year or two on i cannot imagine them being able to live with scales and studio so they would try to increase the temperature for the regime that would send more arms even if it goes to said i think it's not missed for a while and i think they will try to. so i have for you this hour here in r.t. interpretating the russian protest for the presidential election just around the corner we explore what exactly is driving people to the streets i'm asked whether to support or speak out against the political status quo. ante in is. tragedy.

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israel is under fire from human rights groups for thought a virtual policy of holding suspected palestinian militants indefinitely without charge they should drew international attention after a palestinian man was left clinging to life following a sixty six day hunger strike against these kind of virtual imprisonment are deserving of those go takes a closer look at the case. hundred miles wife wishes she could forget the day she was arrested but it's a memory that just won't fade but. the soldiers came to her house around two am and took my husband out of the bathroom and led him away there were many of them all dark they all acted like animals. israeli authorities have already arrested hundred

eight times before believing him to be active within the palestinian islamic jihad a group israel regards as terrorist hundred nine was put under administrative detention trial alone charges being brought a practice widely used by israel it's in prisons like this one but hundreds of palestinians are being held suspected of terrorism but accused of nothing their prison can last for years with no formal charges being brought against them the detention can last up to six months but there is no limit on how many times it can be renewed at the moment more than three hundred palestinians are in administrative detention but during the height of the second intifada or uprising just over a decade ago thousands were put in jail without trial many of them youths loka their i.z.'s who was just sixteen when he was arrested. or used to frighten us terrified by screaming eagles pushing us and forcing us to the ground keep us in

cells for two or three months in order to take confessions by force we were so frightened imagine a free young person who suddenly finds himself in jail israel insists it's doing nothing wrong and that it's necessary to protect informers identities but human rights groups both here and abroad beg to differ slightly give not only is extreme but also because israeli authorities applied all too liberally towards palestinians it's one of the basic moral principles that we you know that our society is founded on but if you deny a person's right to freedom you have to have a very good case and you have to have a trial and you have to defend themselves against accusations. when palestinians are placed under ignace of attention they're not told what they're suspected of there is no charge and there's no trial as long as family now awaits his really silly parole. officers you never know what it's like with hunger strikes it could end well but at the same time you cannot explain to your children why their father

looks so we may see the need when they sign him on his hospital bed he cried. a couple of non-surgical his sixty sixty holger strike was not in self interest but to draw attention to other palestinians in similar circumstances has a hospital the moment unable to walk and has been fed intravenously but there is already talk of moving him back to prison while he recovers his lawyers say that at least his shackles have been taken off even if only for the time being illegal israel and the west bank. remember you can log onto r.t. dot com our website for more news stories and coming any time you want online for you right now massive privacy breach at twitter reportedly trey's a multi-billion tweet archive causing outrage across the globe coverage who bought the data on our website. and also on our value item for grabs as auction house out of his prepares to sell edward long the screen discover the

staggering price tag antarctica. now this year's presidential campaign in russia has already delivered the usual candidate promises and rhetoric but has also been marked by a growing chorus of public opinion with the election only three days away are his jacob graves takes to the streets of moscow setting for some of the biggest protest in the country's recent history to gauge the mood in the capital. time there was a notion that russians were bullshit about politics but now that seems to change this year's race for the presidency has caused intrigue and i ever since been to be uprooted announced to be running different words to be splashed about characterize

a campaign slogan and here are some of the most distinctive. useful public we've seen increasing number of people take to the streets both for and against the government. a growing sense of civil activism these rarely these flash mob sounds a powerful signal not only the human portion but all the russian politicians present in the sense that they can't understand that site because of bacon's that political law is already. stands for reform. demonstrations president medvedev has put forward a number of elect or changes stretching as far as how parties are registered and who can be on the ballots all of garc mikhail prokhorov has garnered vast media coverage as the only candidate not treat that by a party in the duma his message is business orientated but he's often been hindered by a shady past and has struggled to resonate with the public twitter it and other social

media have been crucial for all ghanaians in demonstrations and embodies the very public and spontaneous nature of some of the opera felt around russia he stands for election commission the ruling body overseeing voting day is head bellamy tour of has been in the spotlight after allegations of electoral fraud were met with inaction this is force the brevity a buzzword for prime minister vladimir putin's campaign so far seen by many as someone who restored economic order years of hardship the power of this was resonates just how to popular man still is. testing despite his popularity it's been a difficult period for bradley in a two term president not used to such discontent. moscow and st petersburg and the big cities that really only these are not really his territory anymore i mean maybe

he'll get them back but it seems to me that he's sort of thinking that he has to rely on almost the other russia strange phrase for putin the russian of the region like he will probably manage to win with the you know somewhat majority of the selection is that one of the best slogans from appropriate in camp is if not putin who. is real the candidate seasoned political blistering struggling to convince voters they can deliver change and all those downs that make this the most definitive word so far in the election. by march the restoration protests regardless of the winner of the results on the fourth of march these guys have have their say impacts on russia's future do you greece moscow. an article look at some other stories from around the world it has set a date for the first presidential actions the country will see says the ousting of hosni mubarak last year where mark polls are scheduled to begin on the twenty third

of may if no one manages to secure the majority of votes in a runoff where we held in june with a final result announced at the end of the month its military power from the top of president last february but their popularity has dramatically declined since. the first one time all high value prisoner was alleged links to a nine eleven mastermind has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges as you can spree was reportedly in exchange for his sense of being reduced to twenty five years of pakistani nationals now expected to testify against his fellow prisoners karl has been in the u.s. custody since two thousand and three and claims he has been psychologically tortured during his detention. and to rename clashes have erupted as thousand protests against the construction of a new high speed rail road connecting italy and france at least ten policemen and several demonstrators have been injured in a skirmish a rally has been blocking the highway linking the two countries for a few days and

a stranger say the construction could potentially harm the local environment. but time article is how in the world of business let's cross over to the business das hi there you need three cell how do the markets open in a drop as we expect to pretty much in line with what's going on on the other global markets the r.t.s. index is at the moment i'm seeing it down around one percent and i six point six percent and also as we've been saying to myself is getting more support from a stronger ruble ok let's go through this one by one now on global markets the picture that we're seeing is generally negative including. which used to be the only market showing some positive signs the nikkei is now down just a point one percent i'm saying is down point seven percent there's also chinese purchasing managers index for manufacturing coming out now the states showing expansion at fifty one points whereas the private sector data from h.s.b.c. showing contraction of forty nine point six anything which is below fifteen means

contraction above the means expansion is pretty much i guess overall manufacturing is that's not really providing much support to the chinese stocks and you can see them saying down three quarters of percent now also overnight the u.s. markets closed in negative territory the dow jones was down point four percent nasdaq point seven percent all eyes there on the ben bernanke ing speech now it indicates there's little chance of a new wave of wanted it easy and therefore a lot of money was transferred into the dollar out of assets like gold for example well right now what we're seeing in gold and precious metals is a recovery from. yesterday's drops gold is up one point four percent the sell want to fell four and a half percent around eighteen dollars per ounce in the end of the previous session . and while it's not providing that much support the russian stocks it's still relatively high it's one hundred seven dollars per barrel but it's flat as you can

see there lights we down by a notch brant is up by five cents so not much dynamic over where now the u.s. exported more gasoline diesel and other fuels then it imports it in twenty eleven for the first time in six decades so it's a net exporter of oil now the country's refiners had to export a lot of products to meet higher global fuel demand well u.s. fuel consumption sank now in line with everything that i've been talking about currencies right now are seeing some kind somewhat of a big recovery for the euro when it fell from one thirty four in the previous session a lot of money was put into the dollar at the opening of the sessions you can see there the russian ruble is weakening by twenty kopeks versus the dollar has been strengthening versus the greenback for many sessions in a row whereas to the euro it has strengthened by the seven projects to move over to the russian markets and there are the figures the r.t.s.

is down one percent to my six point seven percent there more support to the my six because of a weaker ruble in my sixes as it's stocks nominated in rubles a second look at some of the main the stocks that i'm seeing right now now the most all across the board we're seeing shares cooling burbank is down one percent d.t.b. is down point seven percent now a lot of drops we're seeing in nickel one point two five percent pretty much the only shares that i'm seeing which are growing right now is as a group and it's up six percent growing more than twenty percent the previous session that's. even saying that it's interested in buying part of the company well that's pretty much all i've got for you this hour to join me in fifty five minutes time i'll be here with another updates after a short break the headlines on monday. if

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