the occupy protesters are back with a bang but marches across the u.s. are marked with a new police crackdowns. deadly bomb and gunfire attacks hit of ghana's deal shortly after barack obama visits kabul to mark a year since the killing of osama bin ladin. and frantic campaigning in france as a presidential election with just days left for the two candidates to woo voters before the size of brown but not everyone's enthusiastic about the choice on offer . in the russian capital you are with r.t.m. arena joshie the anti-corporate all keep on movement has made a comeback in the u.s.

after a long hiatus activist returned to the birthplace of the protest in new york city having been evicted from their encampment last autumn the boys came back to to make arrests. is across the latest. may day doesn't just mark the international workers day it now marks the resurgence of the occupy wall street movement thousands of activists flooded the streets of manhattan picking up where the grass roots coalition left off in the form of demonstrations taking place throughout the entire city including bryant park union square and wall street repeating the message that they have been saying over and over again voicing their outrage against wealth inequality in the united states against him for influence on u.s. politics an affordable higher education and health care in the u.s.

and the ongoing jobs crisis that ninety nine percent of americans are dealing with ninety nine lines were set up throughout manhattan were active this were protesting outside of banks and the offices of us corporations and multinational corporations once the sun went down the thousands gathered at veterans memorial plaza in lower manhattan literally occupying the property many were organizing and demonstrating with respect to their issues but once ten pm came the n.y.p.d. stormed through the plaza evacuating it to literally forcing the activists to leave arresting some pushing many others out onto the street once the group was out on to the street. were all walking through lower manhattan and police officers were odd

motorcycles and trying to keep the activists penned in on the sidewalk once and activists stepped into the street they got arrested there were instances where activists were being taken protective into. with blood dripping from their face so there were some incidents where it got bloody between police officers and the unarmed occupy optimist but despite the violence that was seen in certain instances the group continued to chant their message walking through lower manhattan the exact location where this movement ignited in the fall of two thousand and eleven before police throughout the united states and eventually around the globe these activists back on the streets saying they are committed to to their message and they will be holding washington accountable for all the the

favoritism that is being seen to the one percent in the united states. reporting there in oakland the town to give a new life to the occupy movement was met with tear gas and stun grenades as police went on the offensive to disperse crowds of demonstrators are just medina caution of a has the latest from california. received reports of violence primarily that took place in california and that happened cording to the reports at least four people got arrested when police officers ordered protesters out of the streets of the city and that happened around men day when about four hundred people gathered at the city whole of the plaza to march and to protest and their main themes the war social inequality and police aggression but koechlin police did use to tear gas against those protesters have but that didn't really stop them but they

continued marching through the streets and chanting anti capitalism slogans we also received reports from my son francisco where it is sad that there is been some of violence and some clashes between protesters and police representatives later add to the end of the may day protest meanwhile we talk about did the state of california overall old the protest and there's been dozens of protests in major cities of the state went quite peacefully as though with seeing massive amount of police representatives in the streets and police sally called truce where in this throughout the hours of the protests the first of may here in los angeles has really been all about immigration but only this year however immigration sure the day where the occupy protests see a sadist really ravaged by high unemployment in the budget because many people were

also raising their voices for this issue we've seen a lot of protests and there have been a lot of people in the streets of los angeles today and in the streets of other cities in the state of california. but you know caution reporting there now violence has also marred may day marches in some european cities as hundreds of thousands rallied in support of workers' rights left wing protesters. in hamburg clash with police with injuries reported on both sides an estimated four hundred thousand marched across the e.u. to demand a boost to eurozone economies rallies also turned violent in italy as protesters clashed with riot police where to remain was the center of rioting in france where it's election time presidential candidates sought to use mayday as a chance to rally support in spain trade union activists marched against a record e.u. unemployment rate of twenty five percent as a country suffers a double dip recession while worst hit greece saw crowds mass outside parliament in

athens with some protesters calling for a revolt strategic plan are going to leave the economic troubles in europe's fell a larger political crisis. the problem with the euro zone idea and the european community it's a never been a democratic ideal whenever the european constitution has been up for a vote its has lost in every referendum popular referendum that's been out there and now you are having the problem of this economic crisis which is becoming worse and worse what you have is the european union and the european central bank demanding that the national governments cut spending and go into these austerity programs rather than devalue the euro and try to inflate their way out of this problem so it's basically helping the bondholders at the expense of the people now the people of course eventually if you keep on squeezing them an economic problem becomes a political problem and you start seeing massive discontent which you're seeing in italy i think that you're going to start seeing more and more of it in france it

seems to me that the establishment politicians of both the left in the right the sarkozy and who are not responding to the general popular discontent they seem to be responding to the quote unquote technocrats who insist on austerity and what we've seen in spain what we've seen in greece what we've seen in the u.k. austerity measures do not seem to be working to fix the economy and a swathe of this popular discontent and so i would expect to see more protests in italy during the coming weeks as spring becomes summer and not only in italy but in the rest of europe. watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow still to come in the program skepticism in france over the choice an offer between the two candidates vying to be president in this sunday's election runoff with some voters feeling neither are likely to address the most pressing issues. we saw officers in india resort to desperate and dangerous measures to escape poverty. bombs and gunfire

have struck the afghan capital kabul shortly after a visit by barack obama the taliban claimed responsibility and the attacks were in retaliation for the u.s. president's visit a total of five blasts have been reported in the afghan capital as many as eight people are dead and nearly twenty have been injured u.s. president's visit to kabul aims to mark one year since the killing of osama bin ladin by the american special forces in a speech about a gram airbase a bomb admitted washington is holding direct talks with the taliban and said many in the terrorist group are interested in peace a bomb and karzai also signed an agreement lining ties in the decade after the planned u.s. troop pullout in twenty fourteen artist has more. the fact that president obama traveled to afghanistan exactly year after bin laden's killing to signed the strategic pact with ghana's then is seen as an attempt to put the years of

a success story on the decade long war in afghanistan but success in afghanistan is very arguable to say the least the afghans want american troops out we constantly see people there expressing outrage over the killing of civilians over night raids and other actions by u.s. troops the american people want their troops out so both governments are anxious to tell their people that this is over but the reasons that the leaders have signed in visions the us staying in afghanistan through twenty twenty four at least not in those numbers of course and the agreement by the way does not address specific troop levels or the size or location of u.s. bases and this is something that many afghans are worried about and that is that the u.s. warrants a permanent basis in afghanistan so amid all these clashes you have the anniversary of bin laden's death which is hailed as a great victory here is my report on how bin laden's killing could serve as a convenient cover for some dubious policies we have been able to decimate the ranks of al qaida and

a year ago we were able to finally bring osama bin ladin just. by now nobody doubts that bin laden's killing is going to be the highlight of obama's presidential campaign it's already featured in his ads. the harder. and the more honorable. and the one. produced in my opinion the best route so. as hyped as bin laden's killing is some asked whether it's being used to mask the feeler of the us policies abroad during the last ten years the ben laden thing i think makes things easier it sells well but again i don't think you can put that good a face on ten years of combat in afghanistan and the afghan and the iraq invasion i think is to me question still yet to be asked about what the justification of that

was no matter how much killing bin laden means you can't take away ten years of failure it was going into afghanistan and especially into iraq ok that created more enemies you know and the recruits for. you know you had a kind of salafist. you know than that then weakening them the pentagon's new strategy is to move away from ground wars bin laden's killing has become the face of the new war on terror obama style through targeted assassinations in different countries with the use of drones and special ops experts say that policy can also backfire the attacks end up killing many civilians and they steer a new wave of revenge extremism you know how many people are we going to have to kill before we can finally say ok that's it objective achieved war over we can call this thing off and i look at the israeli experience with targeted assassination and that suggests to me that when you engage in that kind of

a policy really what you're going to do is end up having an endless list of targets and i fear that's the past we have gone down bin laden's death. it was a success on the war on terror front no doubt about that but there was an attempt to sell it as the success story of the whole war on terror and many fear that bin laden's killing could serve as a convenient cover for bad policies of the past as well as the future i'm going to check that reporting from washington r t now there's always more on our website r.t. dot com so going to read about a burning religious matter a florida court holds another koran burning certainly outside the church after the previous one caused outrage in the muslim world. and no more famous dutch coffee shops for the visitors the netherlands seeks to ban marijuana smoking for tourists leaving it for locals only all the details on r.t. dot com. french presidential

rivals nicolas sarkozy and front get their last chance to sway votes in the only t.v. debate before sunday's run off the incumbent president will have to throw everything into the duel with socialist challenger alond is currently leading the polls now they're fighting for the votes of right wing leader of marine le pen who herself has refused to endorse sarkozy and suggested her supporters make their own choice and that won't be an easy one as tests are still you know reports. so it's down to two men socialist francois long and incumbent nicolas sarkozy the french say around one of the presidential race is about choosing the candidate you like the most around to is voting for the one you dislike the least unless of course you voted for one of them to begin with and this is where it gets tricky for some especially for those who question what kind of a voice they really power or if there really is one. yeah yeah yeah. maybe in jest but what's seen as a lack of

a clear solution for france is economic woes have left citizens skeptical from the onset. of different people to see one of the two come to the t.v. you will see. this the most project the next five years. i will see the wall in this. and i will i would like to see for all in this wall in this in this. especially when france's economic quagmire is already a tough one to muddle through unemployment is at a twelve year high of almost ten percent debt is dearie ninety percent of g.d.p. growth has all but ground to a halt and a steady measures are likely to continue the problem could both candidates are in favor of euro bonds more intervention from the european central bank and to varying degrees both have put on a confrontational tone towards brussels and germany but there's doubt that there will be much room for maneuver at all. wherever the elected president is sarkozy

or he will subject himself very quickly and very visibly to the power of the european union it will always require more sacrifices for workers for the obvious interests of the large banking globalists. then there were very small things that are out there if you recall that ok we got the vote for immigrants in local elections ok you know what we're going to lead. and what sexual couples adopt children those are important measures but they're not the biggest measures a tough choice to make for those who don't see one to begin with. tess or sylvia r.t. paris. has exactly thirty years since the argentine cruiser general beau grainger was sunk in the first major british attack of the focus of war three hundred and twenty three crew died in what was argentine

a single have yes loss of life in the conflict over the sovereignty of the islands author and historian hugh bitch knows has britain hasn't learned the lessons from the war. it took everybody completely by surprise you know the political level certainly there were plenty of warnings that you know one of the things they say there was an intelligence failure no there was an and failure failure of the intellect but that's permanent in the british government it seems unable to process information and come up with sensible policies really very very very poor at learning the lessons of anything broadly speaking because they're going to face up to the truth about going to mass murder disappearances corruption cautioning the dirty war prime minister callaghan when the foreign office came out to try and sell the idea of selling out the islanders he said. handing over two thousand to a bunch of bleeping fascists. and that was the foreign office told but that didn't

stop them you see because the bureaucracy has its own way of doing things you know how trendy this country is and every charge is off in one direction at one time and it's tedious as hell but it continues you know right now we are on the. we're just coming off but we must stick to uncle sam's bleep. you can see the full interview with historian and author hugh but you know in an hour here on our team. israel is taking new steps to shield itself from its arab neighbors meaning further isolation having already walled off the palestinians the juror state is now seeking to do the same with the lebanese party's policy reports from israel. well the israeli army says it is building this seven metre high cement wall between israel and lebanon to prevent firing from lebanon into northern israel now over the past year and a half there have been and number of incidents just last week

a man crossed over the border with his two children from lebanon but a much more deadly example was last year when a number of people were killed during commemorations when they came too close to the border from the lebanese side and to now there has been an electrified fence along the one kilometer israeli lebanon border and this is monitored by unifil the united nations interim force in lebanon and in fact israel and lebanon while being taken to rule they always do meet under the auspices of uniform and this wall is being constructed in conjunction with the uniform of the israeli army as well as the lebanese army but in addition israel is also in the midst of building a wall along its southern border with egypt a war that it says it hopes to finish by the end of the year according to the israelis the wall of the self is to stop militant activity there and also to prevent smuggling and then there's another wall the very controversial war that israel has built since two thousand and two in the palestinian waistband and it's

controversial because very often it's built on private palestinian land and cuts through villages and it has caused outrage in the international community but the israel has cited security concerns as the reason for that particular area is one is becoming more isolated as tensions increase in the region and here we only need to look at recent developments between cairo in television who is the egyptian presidential front runner said recently that the camp david accords which was signed between israel and egypt back in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight i did and buried and in addition to that just a few days ago kyra stopped it's a longstanding agreement to supply gas to as well in addition to that we have the situation with iran and here. we are not seeing cracks between the political and military leadership of whether one ought to go ahead with people ration for whether or not they should continue talking about a war when there's a lot of confusion around that so certainly tensions in the region are increasing.

policy reporting there now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has arrived in china for any old two day strategic and economic talks between the countries but the meeting is at risk of being overshadowed by the case of blind chinese lawyer chan he fled house arrest last week and is now said to be under u.s. protection although it's not being confirmed officially before fleeing chan was being punished for exposing alleged abuses in official chinese family planning policy. seven people including three members of parliament have been killed in a suicide attack in central somalia a hotel cafe where politicians were meeting was the bomb target the parliamentarians and military officials were part of a delegation that recently arrived in the region to help form a local government the militant group al-shabaab has said it was behind the violence. i am their opposition leader aung san suu kyi she has been sworn in as

a member of parliament it comes after a two decade struggle against military rule by the nobel laureate who was subject to house arrest and travel bans the army has formally transfer power to civilians but still has considerable influence in the country her party boycotted the general election in two thousand and ten saying the poll was rigged in favor of the military but down and hurt the political process. and in india some police are being accused of using corrupt means to earn a living a bounty for killing suspected terrorists is leading to allegations that some innocent people are dying at the hands of overeager officers are these british reader investigates. schumi ma is a widow with six children desperately trying to make ends meet doing embroidery work for local shops her family has been at the center of the media storm after her daughter ish roth was shot and killed by police at the age of nineteen as an iraqi woman in my world fell apart and my house felt empty without her she was the only

one bringing light into my life and she's the one who supported the whole family i totally depended on her list i want to work on it really got me is sure it was part of a fake encounter where police kill usually an armed suspect and claimed the killing was in self-defense she was accused of working with pakistani militants and planning to assassinate a key regional politician a leader investigation concluded she was murdered by police hoping for financial gain for killing suspected terrorists is just story is unfortunately not uncommon here according to indian civil rights groups police everyman and it is that they've been trained encouraged to carry them out for money it's a reality that sheds light on india's lawless society where rampant corruption and bribery has led to a broken law enforcement and judicial system those who have served on the front line say it's a tough job with little pay police here have to cover three times as many people

per officer compared to many parts of the world who do support is a part of the business and this is. the border and some of the problems. i think of the. living god determines what can go to be sure they need to see change new committees have been set up to monitor police complaints while an extra two hundred thousand officers will be hired in the next two years but for those like shamima who have to live every day without her beloved daughter the government's reforms are simply too little too late when. both of them i have totally lost my faith in the police we were just living our life quietly even though we did not have enough money we didn't do anything wrong so why did they kill my daughter it just makes me so angry. and still trying to make sense of her family's tragedy preassure either our team mumbai india. and

straight to the world of business to marina so marina what's going on now in the world of business so asia is probably the only one because of the time zones trading at the moment so how the session going there hi marina well yes asia is the only one trading not much has changed from previous hours in terms of in terms of numbers but it's still impose it's of territory if we can have a look at the latest figures there we go we can see that there. are over one percent and basically one of them so hong kong the games are mainly due to here my data will show the chinese manufacturing data has improved and i helped to counter another data would show that china's a war biggest banks has shown a sharp slowdown in credit growth for the month of april but in general the optimism is a mainly the suv gains on wall street that let's take a look of what happened there if you take a look at the percent of us it doesn't seem that impressive but in reality the dow

closed at its highest close in over four years and analysts say that's an incursion saw and ahead of friday's monthly jobs report so if you look at that now moving on to russia it's now an hour ahead of the opening bell russian markets have been closed for public holidays so what you see on your screen is the closing picture from saturday which was a trading day year pretty much a lackluster performance because investors really have much to react to in the absence of these from europe and the u.s. of course and us we've been talking to say that russia's economy is actually go from strength to strength right now. there's a tremendous amount of growth not only because of the resource. as in the economy but also because of the growth of the middle class and the increasing the wealth even of the poorest people in society so i think that is an untapped potential think a lot of growth in the future will come more from the actions of companies than from the government only and i see some real new energy in russia's companies and

also a lot of interest still from foreign investors from american and european companies and investing in russia. it's harmful currencies and the euro is still flat against the dollar and absolutely nothing has changed from the previous hour when it comes to the ruble it lost against both major currencies and of course we'll have the opposite of figures on that next hour moving on to oil prices there are still heading south that's after having its highest close in about five weeks now this is a mainly due to an increase in stockpiles in the u.s. which counts are signs of a revival for the u.s. economy and that's how the business looks this hour finally next hour the russian markets will open bring us all have something to tell you all right we're looking forward to that surely with bated breath but thanks very much indeed for bringing us the costs were there at the business desk and of course a dome is joining us on just blockbuster program that's coming your way after they have lines here on our team.

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