breaking news on r t e n rage anti-government protests in the north of the country turn violent clashes between demonstrators and police while in rome tens of thousands of marching against austerity cuts through in what's being called antique munty day. a fresh cache of alms is finding its way to the libyan government's

deadly assault on the besieged city of bani walid its residents are accusing western governments of turning a blind eye to the bloodshed. al-qaeda reiterate its support for the rebels in syria as the u.n. security council rejects a russia proposed statement condemning friday's deadly blast in damascus. ten days before the u.s. presidential vote the democrat and republican hopefuls are neck and neck in the race while the third party candidate strive to offer an alternative for many a work americans which might be ready. with live from moscow this is our with me rule re sushi let's start right now with our breaking news this hour fierce clashes have erupted between protesters and police in a town in northern italy. well the country's prime minister mario monti arrived for

a convention it's a so-called no munty day and italy with people expressing their anger over tough economic measures being taken by the government i live now to watch these are sara firth who's in madrid where crowds are also expected to gather to see evening sarah good to see you not so happy weekend mood across the e.u. this saturday it seems. absolutely no no we've already seen anger exploding in parts of italy we've had the clashes breaking out as he said in that town in italy it was when he was visiting today to give a talk to a conference and. he's come out today in this day already had a run in with the police the so you can see from the pitches that some take us is being nice to me these clashes getting quite nasty as well unfortunately these types of sites forty five million now all of course the usa if you close your mind back to last year around the table fifteenth and we saw all these protests in italy

and you know the violence breaking out that. it was described as a sort of more extreme groups the lodging on. the larger demonstrations and the violence breaking out in these clashes with the police offices but you know a very very very volatile situation and one year on with thing much the same thing happening again it's not just italy i'm here today in madrid where crowds are expected to gather later on today finding out we'll start the protests again in spain is just hit post the twenty five percent most one in full people in spain now unemployed actually cripplingly high figures and as you said really a story that's repeated time and again across the years and we've seen it in greece the seen it in spain with thing it in italy the euro crisis hasn't discriminated the large members the small members all of them have been dragged into this and it's just continually ongoing i think people are really starting to get to the

point where they feel like there is no end in sight and then not being listened to and no solutions on the horizon and that's really what you're seeing so much of this anger in scenes as we were these things they initially breaking out. for our daughters or so for the life in madrid thank you. but when it comes to a solution to the ongoing euro crisis author and publicist william angle says we constantly saying the same problem in the e.u. itself all talk and no action i can imagine if you if you plan a scenario you get everything wrong in the way that the e.u. governments have done in the last four years of this crisis for three and a half years but from the get go they have shied away from any resolute action on the banks involved in in the in the dodgy loan in the first place during the financial bubble years so those banks remain the source of the problem there's no lending going on to the real economy and that's what is the root cause of twenty

five percent unemployment in spain and greece and elsewhere across the e.u. the same errors are being repeated again and again you have to isolate the dodgy credits of these banks that went on a speculation binge triggered back in the last decade by here ultra low interest rates generated out of the u.s. fed from alan greenspan and others so until that problem of the banks is addressed we're not going to see economic recovery we're not going to see treated only as a sovereign debt crisis is grabbing the tail of the old phone when calling it a snake. when i do stay with us if you can hear on our teeth all the updates on the protests and the correspondent are bringing you the latest throughout the day here on out.

this is arts he now after three weeks of siege and deadly rocket shelling thousands of families are now trying to flee the libyan town of bani walid residents of the traditional stronghold of the late leader moammar gadhafi say there is no water food or medicine following an assault by government forces and loyalist gunman but even those who managed to escape say the violence is still there and their suffering is far from over as they're being blocked by militias on a desert highway. this is good this gun and this people know this thing now one of the no one week now this is the buildout sign and didn't know what the were doing when i was leaving when i think when when one of the government you know meant that it was chaotic shelling they fired at homes and shelters indiscriminately more than two thousand families have fled seven families are with us at the moment yesterday we fled to the valley but they were firing into even their their families who died in the shelling children died to their flooded

by women and children the straight to that head i saw explosions and rockets above our heads i saw the dead. and i see a libyan political activist whose relatives are trapped in bani walid he says those inside the town feel abandoned by the international community i should warn you here on our team that you may find some of the following images upsetting. he is out of the. houses are being both. people who are inside the city who can. leave the city you go to the people of the militia of fear of. the inside and see if the united nation grown too few. people who are inside their houses you will. feature. the worst it is those who are only

libyans i was living in these militias who would have the world to believe the indian if you lived though she didn't know who i was. and the worse it is you the sizing these militias so leave you alone with the rest of the. world of the interview and so you use militias and i live in the program here on seven hundred g.m.t. we'll be getting reaction from a european politician on the developments in body one that we're keeping a close eye on the situation in that besieged town and more firsthand accounts from the embattled city are available at our tube dot com check out the analysis on the troubles in libya is facing a year after its longstanding leader moammar gadhafi was toppled in the armed revolt with the help of nature. are turning our attention now to bout of the u.s. and the race for the presidency is now heading towards its final week with the

polls putting both republican and democratic candidates effectively neck and neck is the third party candidates though that many believe could affect the outcome as former cia officer philip giraldi explains i think there the possibility of there being some kind of political shift in the united states is much stronger now than it has ever been. because there is a lot of disillusionment in terms of how the two parties have managed the economy i mean basically we have a right now a small a a large government republican running against a larger government democrat there's not a whole lot of difference between what each would do and in terms of foreign policy they're very close i think a lot of people are actually very much disillusioned with this. i can see a split developing probably in the republican party and possibly in the democratic party in terms of foreign policy and other issues where you're going to have these issues emerging in a much more forceful way in the future. and despite the u.s.

political landscape seemingly ready for a new political forces many americans still don't realize they have a bigger choice than just two candidates ignored by the mainstream media third parties have a hard time making their views heard the president took to the streets of new york to find out of people know that they have any options in the first place. this week third party candidates for the u.s. presidency held a debate do americans even know that this week let's talk about that did you watch the third party debate. do you think did best. obama do best no that's not the third party debate who do you think did a good job in the third party debate i think think their parag obama did a little bit better job than mitt romney i know that the third party debate that was the main candidates that day but the third parties are we have actual other

candidates that are running did you know that no i didn't there's jill stein she's the the green party is gary johnson and libertarian none of these names ring a bell and i don't think it's unfortunate that americans don't know they have more than two main options but you know we're stuck with democrats republicans we don't cover for that so why do you think that is. the tradition. tradition. we do we used to work i don't think either one of the third party have other ideas other than democratic somewhere sure they do they're against the n.c.a.a. they're against the war and junks they're against drone strikes there's a lot of other ideas. you don't agree with any about you know drone strikes no one to protecting us and saving our soldiers from being killed even when they have a very low actually percentage rate of unfortunate collateral damage as part of war you know what else is running besides the two main ones don't i don't so do you

feel informed enough to make a vote. no. for to go to rice i think the media has pretty much walked to that whole aspect out why do they do that they're supposed to be impartial the supposed to be saying the news the poor ocracy you know i mean the. democrats go. two heads of the same snake and they're both supporting big business big corporations they want to make it look like you have a choice. of the same coin so it seems like most americans don't know that there are more than two candidates running for president and with only a few days left of voting day chances are obama or romney is going to be elected and. well while being blocked out by the mainstream media third party candidates do have a chance to deliver their messages to the voters that will be right here on r t

this coming tuesday the final round of the us presidential third party debate will be hosted on this very channel in the run up to the event moderator tom hartman from the big picture shared his view on the significance. third parties historically have have influenced presidential elections there's never been a third party that actually won one but there have been third parties that have changed the nature of presidential elections i don't think that in this election cycle the third parties are going to have a real significant effect in terms of this particular election but what they are doing and what these debates are doing is raising those issues raising those topics and subjects that generally are ignored by both the corporate mainstream media and the two major political parties in ways that that tend to energize movements and movement politics is typically where actual political change happens movement politics eventually infiltrate even major party politics so so i think that these

are very important events. the final round of third party debate so you will see that nowhere else but exclusively here are not see this choose to forget we have special coverage of the u.s. election on air and online each week looking at the race from a different perspective and starting this monday we assess the presidential campaign through the eyes of the protest movement the focus on domestic policies on the economy do stay with us for that if you can throughout the week what will change when america picks its president amid muslim rage working the iran tightrope pushing china and russia as occupy anger spreads to parties still dictate will there be. u.s. election close got there they are beginning to over twenty second and a many more stories still lined up for you that will be off to a short break if you can to stay with us.

green party candidate jill stein was arrested for trying to enter the presidential debate at hofstra university and now i know why there's never a third party candidate at the debates because the cops let the cuffs on them when they try to get in we all know we have a two party system so why do we lie to ourselves and pretend it's not that way it's the lying that bothers me it's the illusion that you have the freedom of choice when there are only two real options cut out the games just make the two party system the law of the land just make the two parties part of the government make their inner workings transparent and bound by the law and make it clear to every american that there are only two real ladders to climb to power stop lying to me and to everyone else about this democracy stuff what forty percent of the country are independents with virtually no representation either cut the lies and make the

two party system the law or make your lies become true by letting the candidates like jill stein and gary johnson have a simple conversation with obama and romney on t.v. if they are indeed extremists then this should show through at the debates right there's nothing scary about competition in an election but that's just my opinion. will change when america picks this president made mostly rage working the run times wrote pushing china to russia as occupy hunger spreads to two parties still dictate move their feet to the selection of clothes go right. to the fifth arts. critique three. arrangement three. three. three.

three brought us to video for your media project free media down to r.t. dot com. thanks for joining us here on r.t. today on roofs you shy al qaeda leader ayman al zawahiri has called for muslims to kidnap westerners as a bargaining chip to win the release of its members held captive around the world in a new video posted online as a wadi also urged islamists to support syrian rebels with quote all that they can be accused world powers of giving the syrian president opportunities to quell the uprising which the terrorist leader sees as the rise of she harvests. well meanwhile the u.n. security council has rejected a russian proposed resolution that condemned the latest deadly blast in the syrian capital damascus the explosion that killed at least five and wounded dozens more

took place shortly after the four day truce between the government forces and the opposition came into effect on friday following the attack syrian warplanes reportedly conducted a series of air strikes in the wrecked ceasefire had initially led to a rare consensus being reached at the u.n. security council over the body united in its calls for all sides in the conflict to observe the agreement the independent journalist robert harness suspects alterian motives could be at play. or sincere the western powers are of course is another matter they are beginning to realize that what they're doing in syria because it's taking so long and then so messy and unsuccessful is beginning to make them look very bad indeed i don't think there's any doubt that the west if ever they have are losing the argument the internet. logging on to in this case they're beginning to look very shoddy they're willing to look as if all they're interested in is oreo and power and it doesn't matter how many syrians get killed now eventually it sinks

into the to the political leaders that this actually doesn't make them very good look very good enough to even domestically and eventually people are going to notice so they start moving a little in the security council but how sincere they are i seriously question and as the bloodshed in syria continues its effects are being felt in the nearby israeli occupied golan heights artes or in english go reports on one druze community which chance for years been dependent on damascus and is now facing desperation because of the ongoing conflict. he cannot hear the gunfights of homes and aleppo from here but residents of the small village of marsh in the golan heights are nevertheless feeling the effects of fighting in syria since two thousand and five the dirs farmers here in the golan heights have been selling the excess of their crops to damascus at trade facilitated by the united nations and the red cross but since their arrest began in syria many farmers here start to worry that these may end up being

a rather bitter fruit apples are the main source of income for the druze families in this area until seven years ago they struggled while trying to compete with the produce of the israeli settlers who locals say the same apples but because of the israeli government subsidies pay less to go the harvest and sell for a bigger price an offer from damascus seemed like a blessing at the time the syrian government. says part of syria. their produce our produce is part of syria so they were committed. to help. farmers. for marketing. the golan heights have been occupied by israel since one thousand nine hundred sixty seven some twenty thousand jews living here consider this land syrian and themselves syrians does a helping hand from damascus seemed a logical solution to the problem even these are the government allowed the export

to take place but with the civil war raging on across the border there still has been no offer for the apples from the syrian government something which begins to worry local farmers. we are just simple people we have no idea of politics country used to be. and now they're not and that affects us financially farmers say this year's harvest is much bigger than last year's but says the quota for the israeli markets has already been made and syria remains silent the druze leave much of the produce too right. the middle east is in. big and we're the ones getting hit it in. the golan heights of course so many more stories available on our website including dangerous waters around fukushima eighteen months after japan's nuclear disaster plant owner admits that dangerously high end of radiation still flowing directly into the sea. pretty

divorce online we've got the story of one chinese man who's received more than one hundred thousand dollars after suing his wife why giving birth to an ugly baby. all right i just a moment on the world update here on r t for now there were fears of a police state becoming a reality in seattle that's after the federal government gave its permission for aerial spy drones to be used over seattle tim an activist for the electronic frontier foundation doesn't believe the claims that they are only for basic law enforcement. people are really worried that their privacy is going to be invaded by these drones you know the argument is that these drones are exactly the same as the ones that fly overseas because they're smaller and their battery life is lower but

the problem is this technology is advancing so rapidly these drones are going to be able to fly for hours and days the time very soon and the police will take advantage of that and when the technology advances to the point where they can fly for hours at a time for very cheaply police can start using them for surveillance i mean a bunch of police agencies already have expressed interest in this police across the country have expressed interest in using them for proactive purposes in california for example here sheriff down the down the street actually said he wanted to use it to find marijuana growers or use it for proactive policing public records requests that suspicious persons or large crowd control so there's definitely a legitimate worry that this is what they're going to use them for. are starting off the oxy world update now with iraq where violence has continued to set a gratian zopa muslim holiday of a youth in the country twin blasts claimed the lives of at least eighteen people

and injured twenty four in the first attack a roadside bomb detonated as a bus carrying pilgrims from iran pasta by it came not long after a gun attack on worship was in the northern city of mosul authorities are now promising to ramp up security during the holy period. for the rubber bullets miners in south africa who are trying to prevent a trade union rally from taking place they were furious of what they see as the poor handling by the unions of a recent dispute that ended with twelve thousand workers sacked for striking over the miners were reinstated earlier this week under a demand they return to work by huge day south africa's mining industry has been plagued by under arrest for months now feeling it shoots financial blow to the country's economy. seem to be pulling bats. their plans to sell land in latin america's largest duty free zone however the announcements done little to quell street rallies as protests once again turned violent demonstrators battled

police with sticks and rocks angered at a move they say will cost them jobs government security forces were called in to bring the situation under control and have arrested hundreds of demonstrators. states of emergency have been declared across parts of the u.s. made forecasts hurricane sandy could merge with winter weather to create a super storm is expected to bring high winds heavy rains and even snow to america's east coast sandy has already claimed at least forty lives across the caribbean cuba said it was the most destructive storm to hit the country in years after severe flooding killed more than a dozen. well burdened by heavy domestic economic challenges india still remains one of the world's fastest growing economies as aussies preassure explains things are looking up as long as people believe they will be rewarded with higher standards of living. in a country where every one in three people is still living in poverty it's hard to

imagine things are looking up but many people in india seem to think that's the case for most of the maybe you get your head in the don't feel stronger looking the ones who don't know until the economy going to the store and that's where the people are feeling strong about it and while the poverty rate in the u.s. is still less than half the rate in india some experts say the indians are actually more optimistic about their economy than those in the west in india you know everybody my quality of life may not be as high but if we can see that we can prove it what he's trying to say it's a relative thing really about. not so much about where you are as where you can get to. and i think a lot of western economies feel like the best is passed even in the u.s. . according to a recent poll almost seventy percent of indians categorize the economic situation in the country as good making it one of the top five most economically confident countries in the world in the u.s.

less than thirty percent of people were positive about the economic situation while india's economy is seen tremendous growth over the years the rate of growth has been cut in half in the last five still several. polls suggest that consumer confidence is up here and many believe that's because the government has put in place reforms that are going to keep the country's economy moving in the right direction. the most talked about reform foreign direct investment and would open up india to multi brand international retailers like wal-mart and tesco and being a consumer in different. worlds of growing bones of my. so to the ward what we can see the i mean we have the money on the consumer has good power so you come and invest in india so we're going to buy your products. optimism when the rest of the world is more cautious about what's in store preassure either r t new delhi india in about half an hour's time it's bill dog for

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