should shake the spanish capital with the greatest place to crack down on a mass anti austerity rally. creating protest about. prospects for peaceful solution in syria cameron opposition leaders came out of moscow sticking to their position and calling for the removal of president bashar al assad a blow for diplomacy. and the increase in violent attacks on immigrants in greece and the blamed on rising nationalism both on the streets and in parliament all linked to the economic crisis as we report.

this is r.t. it's nine pm wednesday evening or moscow my name is kevin now in our top story tonight first the violence has erupted on the streets of madrid as police launch a fierce crackdown against a mass demonstration security forces have been following rubber bullets and using batons against crowds have been supporting cold one as they converge on the bridge protesting it industry cuts workers were joined by thousands of other demonstrators venting their anger at new government tax hikes are you corresponding test for a sitter explains what's been stirring the last. escalating violence today it's a continuation of what we've already seen in the past few weeks there already been pockets of protest around spain on reports that the government is planning again to cut even more subsidies to different industries in spain and today we're seeing the miners coming out onto the street tension escalating between them and the police essentially they are very angry at the fact that the subsidies for the coal mine.

industries going to be cut by around two hundred million they say that that threatens about thirty thousand jobs according to the government that this is a very highly a funded highly subsidized industry but again given the situation that spain has been going through for the past few years now is the crisis started this is just in addition to what people are already go we through twenty four percent unemployment in spain this is already before seen by a lot of people observing spain as the government continues to ask for a bailout from creditors as it continues to cut subsidies cost benefits for people but social upheaval social unrest is going to continue certainly it's not going to be surprising that the other spaniards would be coming out in solidarity with the miners because everybody is going to be affected by the cuts announced by a spanish prime minister he's planning about sixty five billion euros in cuts now and let's not forget why he's doing business is the fourth tranche of cuts in spain and this is in exchange for the most the more recent one just a couple of days ago thirty billion euros for their bank bailout so this is again

the condition set upon spain so in general i'm just going to read to you some of the he's going to do increases first of all in the tax system so that will be cutting in consumer spending power he will also be cutting the bonuses unemployment benefits for those out of work for six months this is like a laundry list of just continuing cuts of of what is already existing and so we will see more people not she's probably the miners again as i said earlier what's important to see here is the social upheaval in spain it's not unexpected entirely given the circumstances the country is already in journalists right to go home rather told to suspend the government breaking election pledges. these measures are taken against what the government had been promised we promise india and electoral campaign they said they would not raise taxes they would not raise the v.a. to see that we not touch the holidays and the salaries of public workers well they are doing that now so it's obviously yes we are under the control of brussels

there's no doubt we need to save the banks of course we need a banking system but the problem is that if to save the banking system we have to put in danger all of the spanish economy i have to remind you that spain didn't have a huge. debt actually it was one of the lowest in europe now it will go up to ninety percent of its g.d.p. and this is because of the banks so people are angry about that they think they can cope with this protests partly because. mining regions are of course very localized in certain areas of the country this are a small area the truth is that the miners are getting a lot of solidarity because many people relate to them and sees their problems their own problems so well maybe the government is in for a surprise in that sense. tough negotiations been taking place in moscow russia's top diplomats been meeting with the syrian national council the country's main opposition alliance and those talks brought no meeting of minds with

a group insisting president assad's regime must be deposed before they'll be peace parties lucic of reports. after the talks we did hear from the syrian national council leaders sort of reinstating of their demand that assad step down in fact they upped that demand saying that everyone associated with the current assad government must step down for talks to be to me and in fact they also called the head of the delegation have called for you and help from the u.n. security council in the form of military intervention calling again for action to remove assad up blaming the russia for supporting a president assad that wasn't in the words of the opposition groups today russians essentially want to extend the mission for another three months that original mission is supposed to expire in about a few weeks what the russians are pushing for is to switch the mission from observing of a cease fire that clearly true all hasn't really worked folks so far but you're focusing on ways of implementing a political transition in some sort of

a dialogue within syria now it doesn't really look at this point like they're having a lot of support from the western members of the u.n. security council the u.s. and european up powers namely and of course with the syrian national council leader calling for the the u.n. security council to consider a military solution it doesn't really seem like that's going to boost the argument here we were we wound the clock back and had more powers at the table more dialogue with different factions within syria perhaps things could have turned out differently i mean if we look at the regional players here a saudi arabia namely and iran they have never been brought to the table formally a by the powers in the u.n. that was one of the proposals actually that the russian government would come out what they offered to host the talks right here involving more regional players trying to sort of get all the muscle power possible to try to resolve this conflict peacefully but again it really seems like all the sides have dug in and are really changing from their positions perhaps diplomacy really won't be the answer here but

i certainly hope it won't come to that we all know what happened with the example of libya and fortunately we don't hold me as a q.b. last hour is the editor of prime africa news why he blames the bulk of the crisis in syria on the actions of the opposition. the only thing that the opposition wants at this point in alliance with the western countries and the countries in the gulf that are backing them is regime change in damascus they have rejected the initial peace plan that was put forward by coffee anon and the united nations that was indorsed by the syrian government by other forces throughout the region by russia as well as china but the backers of the syrian national congress and the syrian so-called free syrian army have told any effort aimed at dialogue to bring about a political solution to this crisis they are refused to acknowledge any type of

ceasefire they have continued their aggressive activities against the syrian government and as a result of that the syrian government has had no choice except to engage in these military maneuvers that we've seen over the last couple of days the onus of the resolution to this crisis strictly with the armed opposition and also the opposition that is around the syrian national council as well as the other islamist groups which have refuse all peace plans that have been put forward by the united nations envoy kofi anon coming up in the program cuban leader raul castro said to be a big fan of the russian winter games instead of placing some essential in for three day visit and talks with vladimir putin. hard times in greece a meeting difficult once remembrance too with the economic crisis being blamed for reports of increased racial intolerance a recent human rights group report suggests that police in refusing to give

assistance to foreign victims of abuse are often accused of failing to investigate complaints properly jake agrees takes a look at allegations of xenophobia an austerity ravaged greece. all round the country crumbles some parts of greece acing firm foundations take root. in that we want a nationalistic state all of them should go back to where they came from the word of an elected official as unemployment grows hand in hand with extremist sentiments looking for people to blame for their current plight the golden dawn party has proven to be the prime outlet for public anger get that if you ask me about violence i would have to say yes we do have violence in greece but not the violence you're suggesting it is the violence that thousands of greeks suffer from but those gangs of foreigners that we have allowed to govern accumulate in our land. despite spouting racism from the podium and scandals including physically assaulting

politicians live on air the party still secured around seven percent of the vote in the parliamentary elections campaigning with a promise to throw all sick immigrants out of their hospital beds and then send three pledge as having dark consequences as greece and in particular athens have seen a spike in the number of hate crimes that have seen almost they are that's the part that's by organized groups there by turns very seemingly and these attacks are happening at night and they're whatever doesn't in a way by people who are often for dead and armed with clubs. came to greece two years ago fleeing war torn somalia but he's found no peace in athens and ultimately if i had known what it was going to be like here i would never have left somalia from what have you when you're. there beat me to the ground and ran

over my leg with a bike. his case is by no means unique the mother of these children was also assaulted while pregnant the perpetrators remain at large this in neighborhoods like this in central athens where an increasing number of attacks are taking place the so-called vigilante groups in discreet targeting minorities. victims say there's little point turn to the police they're just not interested. greece's immigrant influx is worse than any other e.u. country is poorest border with turkey where ninety percent of all those seeking refuge into europe and in a country that circling the drain and nationalist rhetoric is flooding into mainstream politics i think the. only good here are the groups millet tiredest insists it's an e.u. wide problem which hardpressed greece ends up paying for twice with

a doubling to our agreement what happens is once one illegal immigrant is been caught in there in another place in europe he's going back to the country that he entered europe and absent that means the end up in greece well athens pleads for more e.u. support of refugees just keep on coming the danger for them is not the trouble they're fleeing from but the fire of extremism they're entering jake agrees r.t. happens well let's discuss the reported rising racial abuse cases now agrees with pena got his authorities a journalist a lecture on social and political philosophy he's from the university of g.m. sir thank you for in with this i mean all these attacks that jacob was talking about there immigrants largely spontaneous saw organized in any way how do you see it. no they're organized think that we are witnessing the rise of money and fastest movement. which was also expressed in the electoral success.

there with open new fastest even. positions they're organizing all these attacks which is. propaganda and you know way of bill and this is how are they also tried tracked mainly people who are disappointed. and they're trying to direct this anger at the victim such as this immigrants it's a very it's a very. negative development it is a sigh and know her very deep social and political crisis in greece all this rise. in greece and all this racist attacks but it's it's also the responsibility of mainstream artists in the past two years just kind of got as i was going to say i want to remind our viewers just to bring them up to date on this story of course

that the ultra nationalist golden dawn party won seven percent of votes in the general election now we have heard about this before we have heard there was a worry in the times are bad the this is a time when you know far right parties can take hold fashions can take hold. how bad is the situation are you particularly linking the country's economic woes at the moment to this rise in attacks there is a direct correlation as you see it is there. well as a result there is a relation it is a society in crisis most of the people who feel the burden of crisis generally alter the net for the fastest on the contrary we've seen progress in forms of radicalization of society especially the last people in the past two years had experienced the struggle for endless people who have suffered from the crisis but they are they feel marginalized they feel they are isolated they are

individualized these are these people can easily tell. me a fantasist rhetorical because it's very easy to say ok who is to blame blame the immigrants of course it's the other way around the immigrants have been victims i'll share still an economic crisis in greece. lay has been worst hit i'm employed immigrants are much more than unemployed greeks in terms of percent that they're the weakest link in the labor market i saw they are also victims and that's a problem because if we see it if we see that picture of people people who are suffering greek people i say should be you know center to center with the immigrants because they say they say it's the same problems they live in the same neighborhoods they say the same danger. and that's a problem with a racist there rhetorical practices they divides social strata which would be part

of a broader audience for progressive change and public health is of course also must be forgotten immigrants are often prepared to work for less do a job that maybe other people don't want to do i like ask therefore the people agree should be actually supporting them because they're supporting an ailing economy in a time of crisis i guess that's the immigrants argument. one might development or groups in the past. two decades and grace it should be mainly i tribute it also to immigrant labor there's been part of this society that has been part of this liberal force and most of them when they want to be part of the great society they want to have a job they want they want to have a decent life and that's a problem with fastest practice and returning that they do not they do not turn anger against north korea space. and rage against the victims of character in crisis how the police been seen to be handling these complaints is

a very big problem with the police which it was a race can also be explained by the fact that our rights even fastest political positions today prevail in the greek police force as it were has made any dent by the fact that in pulling in special polling stations at their recent elections police officers. percentage as much bigger than their national average this is a serious problem. i do it to collate many of the police forces especially in special police forces truck to do this kind of hard and this is returning and also there have been many allegations police. fastest books and what have media coverage very briefly chronicle has time to bid against us has wanted to ask you that thought of it how is the media been paying attention to it i think that the media mainstream media has been really responsible because in the past couple of years

they have. immigrant siblings they have legitimized you know what i mean immigrants returning. when they saw that this kind of a minus in front of them that for example when i mean fastest member of parliament i think it's either members of parliament on live television they denounce this sort of practices but they have. rhetorical the cost thanks ever so much for your thoughts probably got us a terrorist journalist lecture and social political the political philosopher the university of aegean it's a mouthful that thank you of being on the line. ok he's a fan of the russian winter but cuban leader raul castro has chosen the blazing summer sunshine to begin a three day visit here to moscow including talks of putin on the agenda and r.t. shaun thomas reports next the two nations have long been friends will be discussing new ways of furthering cooperation to. relations between cuba and russia have

always been strong and this meeting between the two leaders castro and vladimir putin serves to reaffirm those relations in fact this is the third time that they've met the first time back in two thousand in havana cuba and a second time here in moscow one time three years ago and then this meeting of it just took place now in this meeting they discussed trade agreements and the economy how they can help each other's economies grow and also diversify also they talk about mutual ways that they can invest in each other's governments and economy another way is energy transportation and telecommunications industries the ways that both countries can work to shore up those industries now continuing in his brother's footsteps fidel castro the cuban revolutionary and former leader of cuba raul castro this is his international tour if you will before coming to russia he was in vietnam and in china before that and then also you know he had

a meeting with prime minister medvedev and in that meeting just to prove that the good relations mention that he really enjoyed russian winters and medvedev took that opportunity to extend an invitation to raul castro to the sochi olympics in two thousand and fourteen so this is not the last that we will see of the cuban leader here in russia more than a visit online if you want to see how we covering it out on these stories too religious activists calling for facebook to be fathomed russian over the site same sex marriage they desire to brides and grooms some people got problems with that find out why you. also learn how a new american law could give legal immunity to biotech companies involved in planting or cultivating genetically modified crops. a controversial child protection bills been approved by russia's state duma but with claims whoever it could actually had an internet freedom those back in the states needed to shield youngsters from web content but. didn't it online censorship that it talk about

here that as catch up about for us from illegal to spin off was across the story could you briefly then explain how this pill was planning to help protect children what's it about well the idea is for the authorities to monitor the internet looking for content which could be dangerous for children it could be instructions on to how to produce and use drugs child pornography of course as well and also instructions on to how to commit suicide and the resources with this information will then have two days to take it out or they will be put on the so-called black list and banned from the internet until. now the law itself does not paved the way for any administrative charges or even jail sentences but it is it is thought that respected internet resources for them even being put on this black list would already be tremendous hit to their reputation not to mention that they will be banned from the internet itself so the draft was supported by all of the deputies of the russian duma who voted and it's now up to the upper house of the federation

council to review it and then for the president to sign it used to leave me they fit in with you here for a second all right now the issue of child protection the broader issue here the this is on the face of it anyway and that is obviously vitally important yet we're seeing a lot of protests against it well there was quite a lot of criticism from many popular internet resources in fact you are watching a version of wikipedia even shut itself down for a day in protestants there are saying that. there are clear specific exact formulations of which information could be dangerous for children and which could be not dangerous then this could be potentially a hit to internet freedom since it could actually give huge power to the authorities who could then start closing websites down which they simply don't like so since it doesn't make sense there's quite a lot of information on the web which is. both good and bad for children and so

what deputies did is that we introduced an amendment which paved the way for the internet resources to take these cases to court which could then overrule the decision of take them out of the black list on banning them from the web if this information that we can gain is found to not dangerous which we go thanks very much thanks for brings up to date on that one small world news now in brief at least ten people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a police academy in the capital of yemen some reports say the bomber blew himself up as cadets were leaving classes ok it is active in the country which has been in political turmoil since last year. but the headline thousands been gathering in cairo's tahrir square to protest against the supreme court blocking the president's decree to reconvene parliament protesters say the judge's decision is illegitimate and denounce the general's breach of parliament was dissolved last month by the ruling military council after the court ruled the election of

a third of employees invalid because of voting irregularities. heavy rains have struck a tester in ukraine causing severe floods and damage it brought disruption to local power gas and water supply lines as well as roads and traffic emergency crews are battling to deal with the situation for those that massive deluge last friday of course in nearby southern russia one hundred sixty died culture business now i think it will be tough day for the banks absolutely j.p. morgan is demanding millions of dollars from executives it believes lost the bank billions now and it's just a t.v. and if i see jamie diamond is calling lord complex pollie reviewed poorly executed wholly monitored the f.b.i. got involved after the banks trade out the long while run up huge losses now several top managers including the chief investment of the image you have already quit but i want some to return the money is one of the lens that is expected to report because a loss is on from. at

a now as you say kevin another bank bad news for hey just b.c. today the financial will acknowledge and apologize for letting clients loans of money through the lender now the u.s. senate is expected to question executives as part of its hearing called vulnerabilities to money laundering drug and terrorist find out saying hey just b.c. case history it comes out of the export there's balls dive in said story for the bank consistent they re going interest rates. for your apartment right four and a half million more jobs could be lost in the region that's what the international labor organization is full costing and that the e.u. continues to full of parity the ilo are calling for job creation policies instead the director general said unless told to measures all taken to increase real economy investments the economic crisis. and the employment recovery will never take off so with that in mind it's going to have to be european markets to see how

they closed up today we can see that resource retailers they had a bit of a bit of a nightmare at you today i thought we saw some gains albeit more days for the basis boy that the dots around a quarter does that pose to territory but meanwhile spanish polls rallies are not softer drove right by allowed with specifications were those today's investors were a little bit at ease by that both ways well those who can point out the east not a lot of news while today six percent of the cells slowed in the first quarter that's how much they lost six percent all right we'll check out wall street them because they are up or running right now and they're dealing with losses at the moment that's that investors are really all know. they're awaiting the minutes of last month's federal reserve meeting for signs of stimulus and they're going to get all abercrombie and fitch their shares are over seven percent from the media of course that the retailer is reading a lot of stock by that program. on the calling card if we take

a look at these changes with two it's still loitering around those two yellows which means that the u.s. is. two years in rubles have managed to gain against the u.s. dollar and the european current state has a full russian though it was a narrow trading session which ended in the red here in moscow despite strong gains made yesterday and or gaining didn't really help matters head investors are responding to the generally blue retail on the global equity markets as thought oil routes through production of it took a wrong last month for the first time in more than two decades as a wrong lead a decline in opec's output for calls ahead of the european union found on purchases from the nation all right this is about. russia's or that. has significantly increased its spend a further decade the company plans to invest three billion dollars into the island's oil and gas development now the company has worked in cuba since two

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