demonstrators across the world are calling for an end to austerity global noise protests kick off in more than thirty countries with spain witnessing the biggest rally so far. the u.n. approves a resolution paving the way for military action to tackle is one must see in the west african country of mali the move comes amid criticism that international action in libya created of the crisis to begin with and spurred on al qaeda. and the family of a journalist working with the russian media in syria tells our t.v. she was kidnapped in an area of intense clashes between the government and the

rebels. and live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. certainly glad to have you with us because get right your top stories it has been described as a wake up call for the world against austerity global noise and protests are planned for more than thirty countries throughout the week with one of the major rallies having already taken place in madrid he is among the crowds in the spanish capital for our team. madrid has been witnessing very loud and very mass protests during the day with thousands marching the streets thousands gathering here at a central square in madrid a people have been saying that they have grown fed up with the country's government's policies in the steroids every fourth spenny are in fact is now out of jobs the unemployment rate is about twenty five percent and over with the spanish

government promising more cuts in budget coming next year definitely that people are getting more and more angry as certainly they get more and more hungry and there are certainly very boring calls for madrid because some protests which have been taking place in its wealthiest region in spain's wealthiest regions got the lumia some people there have been demanding. independence from madrid and. this protest particular protest in barcelona in catalonia comes only a day off the e.u. was awarded the nobel peace prize for containing peace and unity throughout the continent and definitely these events in catalonia suggest that they may not be such unity across the european continent as the nobel committee may consider this book protests has not been violent but we cannot rule anything out when it comes to a spanish protest because in the past there have been clashes with the police in fact this week having clashes in catalonia in barcelona in madrid definitely this this particular protest in madrid is only a part of

a huge string of global protests in spain alone there were thirty cities protesting expecting another week of protests which is called the global noise wender stand that everywhere across the world protests have happened during the day in melbourne in australia in italy in rome in venice in new york so definitely this is a very global a major movement the main idea of these protests is anti-capitalism that the people are unwilling to pay their own money for the bank loans which the countries have been having over the past several months as the austerity grips spain in particular and many other european countries there's no indication whatsoever that these protests will die down wender stand out of at least for another week people will be gathering and in at least thirty five countries across the world. reporting for us they're sticking with this story spanish journalist and writer miguel on home rago says european debt is so prevalent that it has replaced the single currency.

they're piling up more and more there because of these pilots who already have a banking bailout which is worth what we don't know exactly how much yet but probably will be around fifty billion euros and then leave for spain goes for the full bailout will be even more than that so yes i guess debt has become the common currency of the european union rather than the euro itself that there is now this central issue of the economic crisis would come to a point in which it has become unbearable it makes impossible growth and it forces yes the structures of austerity which are basically stalling the economy and killing growth the reason why i think that the european union sits in the east is because he's here there and they're trying to solve the underlying problem here no matter whether you have the nobel peace prize the fact is that they were opinion does not have a working a functioning democracy well and global noise continues to make itself heard as protests again momentum across the us. from the international action center in new

york explains what is pushing the public on to the streets to demonstrate. there is plenty of austerity going on in the united states food stamps a program that millions of people in the u.s. depend on so they can have a have food is being cut college prices are going on now they have kind of halted it because they're really they're planning after the elections to really have austerity basically global noise is saying we're not going to be silent because right now the banks are coming for us and they're cutting all of the programs you know there's mass unemployment there's cutting in government spending and the governments of the world are just having to pay back the banks and in the process our futures are being destroyed our educations it's impossible to get an education in this country without rising debt as mass unemployment and what we're saying is we're going to be a global noise we are the next generation the youth and youth part of the working class as our future is being destroyed we're not going to silently sit back and let

them destroy our future we're going to be louder we're going to be confrontational and we're going to demand that this stop austerity is a crime against the people these cuts are crime against us and we're going to demonstrate or any louder we're going to oppose it. meanwhile in europe desperation over debt means cash strapped italy is planning to dip its hands in two big church collection ten new plans might leave the vatican bank feeling of the pinch as the catholic church looks set to lose its tax exempt status plus. better late than never japan's justice minister admits after thirty years of silence to having ties to the country's mafia known as the accuser. and u.s. pharmacists claiming that company responsible for meningitis outbreak forced them to prepare dangerous narcotics in conditions that they deemed unsafe place and more online on our website our team.

the un security council has approved a resolution that could see a military intervention in mali the west african republic wants to help deal with islamic extremists who have taken over the north of the country the nation was plunged into chaos in march after a coup toppled the president. and the islamists took advantage of the instability seeing control of the northern half the country and proclaiming independence the resolution also called for secular rebel groups in the country to sever ties with al qaeda and to enter talks to end the crisis historian gerald horne explains why it might be too late for the world community to clean up a mess that can be traced back to foreign interference in libya. there is no question that what is happening in mali which is a humanitarian crisis and disaster is

a direct outgrowth of the north atlantic countries' intervention in libya in two thousand and eleven in order to dislodge colonel gadhafi and that when a country has had to dock tons of weapons into libya which. negatively leaked into neighboring mali which there to for had been relatively stable with the leaking of these weapons into mali you saw the eruption of civil unrest and then military unrest in northern mali and now what we have is that an al-qaeda white formation has taken hold of a region of northern mali that is more than the state of france what has fallen in what has happened in the wake of the overthrow of the authorities and bomb a ko has been the flogging of suspected criminals the taisha and suspected thieves the persecution of single mothers of thousands have fled into neighboring algeria mauritania nice share it's also fair to say that this

event in northern mali has given a jolt of success to so-called us along with this throughout northern and northwestern africa al-qaeda was quick to respond after paris sponsored the un resolution on mali by threatening to open the doors of hell for the french nationals living in the country this comes as the leader of a terrorist group called for jihad against the us praising last month's assaults on the consulate in libya that killed four diplomats middle east expert james petrus believes al qaeda is going through a resurgence as a result of washington's own actions. what we have here is the unfolding of a very opportunistic policy the u.s. government and in particular the obama regime supported al qaeda elements freshly out of benghazi that were anti kadafi of washington's thinking on

this is that they could use the. extremists to overthrow gadhafi and then discard them. and of course this policy has backfired the al qaeda elements very strong they've moved from libya in part to syria and once again washington is playing that game of using al-qaeda against the of ashar assad regime thinking that once they overthrow they can impose some pro western ex-pats in power and what we saw in libya is that's not the case the al qaeda people are not going to allow themselves to be used and discarded washington thinks they're using al-qaeda al qaeda deliberately take saddam's and money from washington and from the european nato forces and then turns their guns the other way it's

a mutual manipulation that's going on here and you're with will be back with more news after this short break. it always amazes me the lengths that people go to for things that are pointless people camped out for a week waiting for a new i phone that will be archaic by next year when the next one comes out every black friday many but thankfully not all americans celebrate this holiest of shopping days by waiting outside of a wal-mart in the early morning to fight over trendy plastic gifts for their children that they're too young to appreciate hey even i'm willing to sometimes wake up early in the morning to drive downtown and pay twenty five bucks for

parking to watch a football game under cations but just imagine a world where we actually were willing to wake up early and stand a big crowd for something say more important than some stupid gizmo or the sake of our favorite sports team just imagine iraq and that world would be yeah maybe standing around some protester collecting signatures won't do anything we can't be naive enough to think that big corporations will bow to ten people with signs bought spending days worshiping at the altar of the i phone gods certainly won't improve your country but that's just my. wealthy british style. is not on my list. of. markets why not

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who threw stones on t.v. dot com. morning's today violence is once again flared up the film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. child hope for a shelter old today. on your t.v. screens on the computer screens this is r t twenty four hours a day from moscow glad to have you with us the family of a journalist who was assisting russian news outlets in syria has told r.t. that she was kidnapped near the city of holmes the area is at the scene of intense fighting between government forces and the opposition our correspondent in the

region and is following the story. the husband. of a has contacted r t and saying that she was abducted on hard courts to i was working in syria she has been there for almost a year and now she has been to all major hotspots in this country torn by the civil war as well as russian diplomats in syria are working on establishing what exactly has happened to and where for whereabouts could be we have also been contacted by one of her cold weeks and this is how she described the situation for you know the time harder when you're home to freshen journalist. since then. and haven't been able to return. then through. that she was captured by a group of people not far from syria remains a highly unstable ground for work for journalists well known are going is

a sure reporters without borders have come out with an open letter directed at the free syrian army they have said. that while they have been condemning the attacks on foreign and local journalists by the subversion they have also unfortunately witnessed. and have received reports from syria's pro-government media who are saying that they have been increasingly becoming targets of abduction and murder of targets of opposition groups while foreign journalists are also reporting that they are being targets of death threats from opposition groups of course. we'll be keeping a close eye on the situation in regards to the journalists missing in syria. tensions are heating up between syria and its neighbor turkey with refusing to release cargo confiscated from a syrian plane turkey says the shipment contained russian made weapons claims strongly denied by russia. why and more about the diplomatic standoff to dot com is also exclusive and first hand reports from the passengers and the crew of the plane

intercepted by turkey they described how badly they were treated at a car airport. britain is a failing to honor its own heroic veterans who saved countless lives during the second world war they risk themselves on perilous journeys to help their brothers in arms artie's further explains what has been stopping their valor from being properly recognized. think the worst journey in the world winston churchill's description of the grim ordeal faced the british soldiers who were part of the arctic convoys during world war two getting supplies to russian forces the convoy faced danger from above and below you will not see your base and aircraft it was carved into the spray and how it was there free for fell i was. there i mean the temperature world below zero i mean i was nineteen years of age

eighteen years of age going up to russia and endure an order. but we done it well could our because the chopper to. turn stories and memories are among the most harrowing of the war for the russians it was more than just supplies it was psychological support contributing hugely to the war. that's why in april the russian president awarded the issue of medal to the allies he taking part in the convoy missions but incredibly the push governments blocking russia from rewarding british veterans for their valor. of the arctic convoys in recognition of your outstanding contribution inter allied cooperation due to world war two the description of the attack. apparently. unless the british government. is a non starter what i think. forgivable war the foreign office it's

against the rules in order for permission to be given for an award to be exerted there has to be a specific service to the country concerned and that service should have taken place within the previous five years john's wife says that's ridiculous they're all eighty's early ninety's some of them what on earth are they supposed to do over the last five years they still pray at maine of what they were during the war it never leaves them. so why are they being painted and not being given this. i think it's disgraceful absolutely disgraceful angry not just from a whole while the ship might those and those who passed on across the bars beside me discussed in june says it's time the current prime minister says that to do the

decent thing common diver awhile nation we were there in there yes we were all in together. the russians the americans the belgium yes we were all in it together they currently we've been left there because you believe we can lift this medal everybody's guilty only but the foreign countries get a we're not good campaign is in both britain and russia i refusing to back down in pushing the government to get these men properly rewarded for their bravery it's. really extraordinary service and the. important people during the work to see that. t. pivotal war time he found friendship real adversity is treated by john's

pictures and stories of his time working with the russians like dancing and bartering. these are the medals that dorothy for his heroic the cheering world war two he was hoping along with the other veterans involved in the arctic convoys to add the issue called medal to their collection but as long as the british government continues to refuse to allow them to be awarded they won't be adding that medal that they say deserve. r.t. london. now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. a suicide bomber has killed at least seventeen people after blowing himself up in a market in pakistan's northwest he was supposedly targeting a pro-government militia as well as local tribal leaders no group has admitted to the attack but pakistani taliban militants have carried out similar attacks against elders who have helped of the government flush out insurgents. two

suicide attacks in southern afghanistan have claimed the lives of at least eight people the first blast was aimed at afghan intelligence officers and was carried out by the taliban the second explosion targeted a local policeman they follow a chain of attacks by insurgents seeking to undermine government attempts to secure the region. iran is considering a limiting your rainy i'm in richmond if it is allowed to fuel for a scientific reactor from abroad the foreign ministry says if other nations respect its right to peaceful nuclear energy iran could keep enrichment below twenty percent iran is suffering from western backed economic sanctions aimed at halting its nuclear program over suspicion it is making atomic weapons which tehran denies . sunday worship used to be routine for millions of americans but today the congregations are looking a little thin or his lawyer harnessed went onto the streets of the big apple to see whether new yorkers need a face lift. a

new pew poll indicated one in five americans has no religion and more and more americans are becoming atheists is america losing its religion and if so why this week let's talk about that i think as we get smarter we realize all the religions with the same you look at each different book every book has a similar story. it's all the same we're on one planet there should be one war doesn't matter if you're in pakistan or new jersey well i think i see more people that maybe keep to themselves i mean you can be religious without going to a sanctuary or something along those lines so i think the perception is probably changed a lot i just got baptized last year everybody has their own way of coming to their beliefs but for us it was just you know we're getting older and you know we're getting closer to those they say the pearly gates on what we agree was was

insurance you got baptized for insurance purposes. i believe what you want to believe but don't force it on other people or use it for you know things that hurt other people is that what it is is that people see the organized religion as something detrimental to other people well i'm speaking i guess for mostly myself here but yeah that's what makes sense to me yeah when you see wars being waged in the name of religion it makes you think yes the bottom line is american seems to be losing their faith in organized religion which might be less of a sign of their waning spirituality and more of an indication that it might be time to reorganize. after a short break corporations are buying their way to control you exchanging their cash for your rights because reporters here just a bit on are today. the

sun rises over what seems like and lost forest but here in the new directions cry for hundred kilometers north of light of all stalk as in much of the world it's disappearing at a catastrophic rate. bloggers both illegal and those finding ways to outsmart the system for filing down the forests of the region for them profit goes well beyond the future of our planet and the result could be an ecological crisis the world wildlife fund for nature makes regular trips to help local rangers do what little they can to stop the logging but it's not easy logger set up trucks making them hard to reach in an already rough terrain and have mastered ways to jump through legal loopholes this is a nature reserve we're only sanitary logging of disease trees is allowed according

to law and not a single berry can be picked but loggers like this use their sanitary logging permit to cut down absolutely healthy trees and sell the profitable timber over the border in china we are on the hunt for illegal loggers and it's not going to be easy the forests or it's in our chances are slim now for now we can stay in our dreams but as soon as we find solid tracks we'll have to drop our wheels and get out silently in order not to scare the loggers off alexander some morning call has been a ranger for over twenty five years he can spend weeks at a time tracking a single group of loggers easier to work when snow falls in autumn it's impossible to find human tracks and even transport tracks are hard to see after hours of driving we get sent in the right direction by word of mouth you can see that the ground is soft here which means that there's twelve the tractor trails are very fresh which in fact means that we need to be quite. in order to not scare them off as we get closer. this team says they're legal but have no

documents now xander can now call the police to take over his work here is done he's overwhelmingly outnumbered there are too few rangers working in the promote the region and the w w f says the government isn't doing enough to stop it i guess the government now as they started city for more whole forest legislation sort of the polls and so on ribs and you'll forest court and according to close up in your loaf every forest of the guys in waltham in the in the forest through the still forest courts still doesn't work just. as no one tries to stop them in just five years the force will be gone they'll sell it all to china what will the people who live afterwards do like it's a question more and more people are aware of today climate change in the safety of our environment as a whole are being discussed around the world and perhaps it's those small steps

that might be a start to people living in harmony with nature. i am max keiser welcome to the kaiser report workers of the world unite and give up your rights nations of the world unite and give up their sovereignty yes uniting is the new dividing and conquering stage here but explain. well max kaiser the first headline the big headline here this week has been george osborne workers of the world unite and give up your rights so he used that famous marx quote to give workers of the world unite butt. what he means is that companies can now from april

give shares worth between two thousand pounds and fifty thousand pounds but in exchange the workers have to give up their rights to claim for unfair dismissal they also have to give up their rights to redundancy payoff if the firm goes under and any rights to demand flexible hours or time off for training oh this is a terrible plan coming from the slippery snake george osborne first of all they issue all this new stock to give the workers are mainly diluting all the shareholders including the new workers additionally giving away shares now historically at a time when stock markets are trading at their all time highs you know it reminds me oh not too long ago when gordon brown decided to do the nation a favor and sell half the nation's gold at an all time low of children fifty dollars an ounce now years georgie porgie was born coming in saying oh give the boy your rights.