on our t.v. at nine pm fears of autocracy in the cradle of democracy greek police arrested the journalist before he could reveal claims of fraud surrounding the country's bailout . cash to bounce back fire the british prime minister rebels from david cameron's own party did his worst blow since he took power by voting for cuts to the country's payments to brussels. and washington calls for total revamp of the syrian opposition is main body as the main western backers appear to have lost faith. or even from moscow this is our team our name is kevin first the greek authorities

looked to be tightening their hold on the media as another journalist is taken into custody an alleged attempt to silence him spiro scouts of ferrous promise to reveal potentially damaging information of the greek bailout on t.v. but he was arrested before he could cross the first claims he has proof that facts about the greek deficit forced athens to seek aid in the first place were fraudulent he says he received the data from hackers group anonymous who broke into government computers now the same time another great journalist costas vaxevanis is on trial for breach of privacy for publishing the names of two thousand greeks with swiss bank accounts let's get some comment on this tonight tim gods is the editor of free press magazine campaigning for more accountable media to crave the good of your program and now in light of these arrests nothing i've just said do you see a problem with media freedom brewing in greece i would say so because they're getting a bit close to home day i mean journalists in greece oh absolutely doing their job the culture is in. riteish the people need to know what's going on and their rules

on telling them what to do what do you make of what's happened there do you believe that this has been too quick too heavy handed a response by the greek authorities and when of course one of these journalists even get to reveal the information he claims to have had i guess it does prove that the government maybe has got some to hide yes well i would say so yes i mean they are trying to close it down on day because what these are journalists are doing is trying to reveal to the public the very most important information relating to the economic crisis i mean cost us about severities exposure relate to the real crisis in greece and in other countries too which is tax avoidance and the export of capital the taking of money out of the country which is what's happened to the greek economy. and the country one of the bastions of free speech are you surprised by all this. well i'm not surprised in the sense that the government is in absolute crisis in greece the economy is tottering there's most terrible social deprivation

it's a terrible time for greek people and they're being very badly treated not just by a degree but by the whole european financial mismanagement they need to know the truth the fact is that the avoidance of tax and the and the taking of money out of the country is one of the main causes of a crisis it's absolutely right that it should be publicized well both these journalists who are of course rested within the days of each other while two television presenters as a reporter yes they were also suspended for criticizing on air the authorities and the police what we read into the timing of it all. but the timing is related to the to the economic position doesn't it but it's getting closer and closer to. a confrontation between greece and the european union and the euro zone i mean. the euro's only showing very little mercy to the greek people or the people suffering in. the bailout to greece is not going to the pockets of the people in order to the income or the livelihood of the people it's going to the banks who rather rashly

lent greece buddy in the past and of course on a very crucial day of voting of the very people who are suffering that are left in the dark for information that journalist reich left the greeks with no news for twenty four hours wednesday just at the time when the politicians were debating those new cuts for next year's budget was it do you think playing in some or make his hands because they know that if they do what else could they do i mean all they can do is try to do their job and tell the truth that's what they're trying to do but when they do that again or a strike well yes i think so because they've got to put pressure on the government and. all these of and serve drawn attention to the situation of the the bigger pictures we're talking about the media freedom in greece of the authorities efforts to gardening and the secrets being counterproductive and you think well i think i'm pretty certain that they will in the long run i don't see how they can get away with prosecuting these people it's actually going to be a very. trysting test of freedom in greece not just the press but the courts i would expect that these journalists under the greek version of the human rights

legislation that we have in this country that we have throughout europe under the european convention and so on will ensure that the court don't control the ten seconds yes or no other countries are suffering in the e.u. do you think we'll see more of this kind of things briefly if things get worse yes to spill editor of for free press magazine thanks ever so much. more funding for the european union sparked a rebellion in the british parliament surprised this david cameron's own conservative backbenchers dealt him the worst defeat since he took power in twenty ten euro skeptic tories joined forces with the opposition and voted for cutting the u.k.'s cash flow to brussels r.t. sarah first got the details from london for you. well the most significant defeat for the government since they came to power we saw two m.p.'s standing alongside labor calling for real time cuts to the budget now those negotiations old that budget against take place in brussels later on this month the prime minister david cameron had been calling on his party to stand with him in his approach to these

negotiations that he'd been through taking about a rise in line with inflation which would have been at about eighty percent the government today very much trying to downplay that defeat saying of kools they're going to be fighting for this person's best interest clearly many members of their own party and feeling that the best wasn't good enough it was a significant that the fifty three tory m.p. that has left the government looking increasingly disconnected not just from their own policy from the british public as well certainly when it comes to this question of the e.u. now we had the prime minister nick clegg speaking today in a keynote speech talking in defense of britain's role within the e.u. he spoke about the arguments the repatch ation of powers from the as a full promise wrapped in a union jack one m.p.

describing it last like not very passionate debate that we saw taking place in the house of commons as alice in wonderland economics and that's very much the sense you get from a lot of people that is disconnected from reality draws people to a tightening that. to be contributing even more money to. the decision made last night isn't going to be binding on the government but it's certainly going to put prime minister david cameron under a fair amount of pressure when he joins that negotiating table we don't know of course what the outcome of these negotiations will be but one thing is absolutely certain that this very heated debate and argument about britain's role within the is looking set to run and run. sarah ferguson lotty spoke to one of those conservative m.p.'s who posed the prime minister voted for cutting the yukos contribution to brussels pritchard believes the e.u. is in efficient in the britain you should get the chance to vote on whether to stay part of it or not an inflation increase on the budget would equate to an extra

three hundred million pounds a year and that would increase over the multi annual budget up to two thousand and twenty in a time when u.k. families are having to make very difficult often painful decisions with their household budgets local councils doing the same and even our own national government here in the u.k. i think is absolutely right to expect the european union to try and trim some of its very large budget a budget that will increase to around one trillion euros up to two thousand and twenty so there is certainly room for efficiency savings this is a an entity which has failed to have its own account signed off for the last seventeen years it's i think a wasteful inefficient entity might think it's politically smart for the government and i'm a member of the governing party to actually be in touch with public opinion majority people in the united kingdom have never had a say on our relationship with europe we need a referendum this side of the general election in this parliament and let democracy

reign and let the british people have their voice heard. just days before the u.s. presidential election green party candidate jill stein has been arrested for a second time in two weeks she was trying to bring fruits and supplies to activists protesting against an extension to an oil pipeline in texas though she was later released after being charged with trespassing as puts a green party spokesman scott mclarty talk of the incident shows the target is to obama and romney are being sidelined. dr stein was assisting the activists in order to make a statement she was delivering supplies to the protestors i understand that they were camping out in trees they were in the they were in the way of the construction of the pipeline that we we do know that the last doctor stunt was arrested about two weeks ago and she attempted to enter the obama romney debate that was taking place at hofstra university on long island which she and running mate jerry hochul

were detained and handcuffed to to a sheriff for four eight hours before being released the obama romney debates are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates which is itself owned by the democratic and republican parties for the express purpose of privileging their own candidates and excluding other candidates and we we call that an outrage. carrie johnson will again try to break the mainstream media blockade set right on the eve of the vote set to broadcast the final run of debates here monday. we should not bomb iran to bring the troops home we should end the war in afghanistan.

coming up washington turns its back on the leadership of the syrian opposition we're looking at why the u.s. ditched the exile group and cooled now for a major opposition overhaul with plans to bring rebel fighters on board. and also in the program. what's the difference between a samurai sword and a blind guys walking stick well known if you're one of the cops in northern england

an elderly blind architect with taser in the back because his cane looks like a sword that was used in a nearby crime honest mistake because sorts are often tubular and use this walking sticks more and more we hear stories like this like the handcuffed youth who is shot in the back to death or the unarmed guy in a wheelchair who got blown away by the boys in blue i understand that being in the police is rough everyone lies to you and any gay. one day you could be shot dead so i get it when after a long police chase someone just snaps and in all honesty fire when the police might do the same thing but it takes a certain kind of person who enjoys abusing their uniform to make the helpless suffer you can't tolerate sadists or those with napoleon complexes in the police and you know what they aren't that hard to spot in the shower because if you like to taste the elderly or wheelchair bound people then you probably don't have much of a certain something but that's just my opinion. what

will change when america picks its president amid muslim rage working the iran tight rope pushing china russia as occupy anger spreads the two parties still dictate will there be. this election a close guy every time the fifth on our team. do we speak your language of the year or not at the end. user programs and documentaries in spanish what matters to you breaking news a little turn to angles to these stories. for you here. in troy the spanish to find out more visit i.

again practice a rebel attacks in syria's north of killed at least twenty eight soldiers swat a series of explosions of rocked the capital damascus this as one of the main rebels western backers washington meantime is called for a complete shake up of the syrian opposition providing plans and data and greater influence to militants on the front line syria has various militias fighting assad many of which have been in. filtrated by radical extremist linked to al qaeda nonetheless secretary of state hillary clinton said the u.s. no longer sees syria's national council as a leading opposition force because of its lack of opposition a lack of support rather on the ground now the exile group said it's planning to base itself inside syria in an attempt to try to prove its relevance but is it too late now the u.s. administrations whether you suggesting names to represent a new leadership taking over a major role from the s.n.c. that's where there's a very great source of political at least for a muslim parent isn't dot com so the line from new york on there eric so

washington's already suggested name to represent a new opposition leadership with the s.n.c. to have just a few seats why the shift and why now. well first and foremost i think it represents the manufacture nature of the opposition or at least the political opposition that we see in the public sphere the syrian national council and people like boss michael mani and other leadership there they never had any legitimacy among the syrian people they merely have legitimacy with within the ruling class circles of the west but what's happened in recent months as the offensive from the syrian military as it has developed what we've seen is that they have no real backing on the ground that is to say the manufactured opposition and so the united states in their imperialist project it destroy the independent nation of syria has to find another way and so a shake up of the opposition with new quote unquote leaders emerging this is the

u.s. strategy one that is doomed to fail isn't it just all the more smoke so the whole field of fire and the washington risking being accused even greater of controlling events on the outside rather than letting syrians decide it for themselves. certainly it does run that risk however i think that the united states the obama administration hillary clinton susan rice and the other major players they've taken the calculated decision that it is worth the risk if it means that they can stay. which the syria operation will have to remember that the end of the u.s. adventure in syria ending in defeat i should say would be the end of us hegemony in the middle east if they're only able to continue their march from syria that means their attempt to destroy iran is unlikely to hold that means that their stranglehold over the persian gulf and the oil resources is weakening so they're putting all their cards on the table and sort of putting all their chips in the pot when it comes to syria and the s. and sistani fight back isn't it now an attempt to try to prove its relevance

instead is going to move to syria but that might not be enough i guess to to save its credibility of the major western backed shift of the opposition to help change anything on the ground now though where what's what's interesting about the development that you just mentioned of the s. and c. moving into syria is that the propaganda line from c.n.n. and the western corporate media is that this is to prove their relevance to prove their legitimacy but what i'm hearing from my sources and from independent sources around the world this is in fact because turkey has grown tired of facing the syrian national council turkey has grown tired of basing the free syrian army and so they're pushing them and sort of prodding and encouraging them to enter into syria because it seems that turkey is looking for any way to disengage from this conflict once they've seen the writing on the wall that this would be the end of modern turkey and what about the dangers here of this plan as well washington so you want to humble political major figures fighting on the front line but a guess that says extremists should not hijack the same revolution there is

a danger that could happen. sure and we shouldn't be taken in by the the rhetoric of for the syrian opposition the syrian opposition the manufactured opposition i should say has been riddled with al qaeda and other forms of extremist many of them imported from the imperialist war against libya directly into syria so when they say on the one hand that they don't want to arm the extremist elements on the other hand it is those same extremist elements that were imported by the united states in qatar and saudi arabia so they're they're talking out of both sides of their mouth but the reality is they're only in the opposition they're arming the extremists because they want chaos in syria that is the only way to get military intervention and to move forward with the imperialist project eric foner quick full while you're on the line let's get to the russian side of it the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov just yes they warned of the violence in syria could spread terror throughout the middle east and ousting assad's government would lead to more bloodshed so much of your food before reiterated again yesterday why do you think some western sites

still view. that they don't share the view i think it's an objective fact that alawite sin. and armenians and druze and christians would all be slaughtered under an al-qaeda regime this is an objective fact well it's not being recognized by the west is that the attempt to destroy syria has stalled and has as ended the rhetoric from moscow has always been the same defend human rights defend territorial sovereignty and international norms of international relations but what we see time and time again is that the united states is not interested in that the united states is interested in the singular goal of the destruction of syria with the long term project of destroying iran and so it makes sense that any attempt to reconstitute the office it. would be in the interests of the u.s. and of ministration which is going to be the one that suffers politically from all of this things take the time to be with us and a great said to political analysts from still him to listen don't call him on the line for thank you. russian businessman platon lebedev who was jailed for his

involvement in russia's infamous you cause scandal said his prison term for corruption reduced by three years he's now set to walk free next july at the sean thomas reports. his sentence was reduced from thirteen years to ten years by a local court in our current goals let me take you a little bit back through it to get to where we were today in two thousand and five both men were convicted of tax evasion and then they were retried in two thousand and ten and then convicted of stealing oil from their company now last year dimitri medvedev who was then president introduced legislation to soften white collar crimes specifically favoring financial penalties as opposed to criminal sentences that therefore decriminalizing the more white collar crimes basically saying that these were not violent offenders and they shouldn't be treated as such so they would be financially punished instead now this set the course if you will for the decision of this lessening of this sentence the lawyers have said that this is the

closest thing that they can get to a humane sentence and they do not plan to appeal this decision and just putting it into perspective has actually been in custody for ten years now he is serving his time here which means that he will be eligible for release in july two thousand and thirteen so this coming summer it's possible there. will be free. of the costs over tsunami relief funds siphoned off elsewhere exposing that shock in japan off the revelations the. reconstruction has instead go into everything from helping businesses know when they have the disaster zone online. and. as it is in space the curiosity rover has detected the. barrels of minerals. found in hawaii interesting story on our website. and you internet laws come

into effect here in russia allowing the government to shut websites potentially harmful to children earlier this year a number of the country's most popular websites spoke out against the plan claim. it could pave the way for online censorship he can authorize the details while an online registry which is going to contain the list of banned websites is already operating the purpose of this law is to protect children from potentially harmful information on the internet and the way it works is that authorities monitor the web and if you find things like instructions how to consume drugs or to make weapons or propaganda of suicide or force pornography then this website is recommended to take this information down if it doesn't then its host is recommended to do the same and if the info still stays online then the website a sport on this list in this registry is blocked and remains blocked until the information is taken down the reaction on this floor has been mixed while there are those who believe that it could actually help protect children or old but also

those who believe that it will be used to censor the internet but needless to say similar child protection laws are not something which was created here in russia it's a widespread practice over the wall for a look at europe then there is some very tough legislation especially in some scandinavian countries with punishments going all the way up to jail sentences if we look at the united states then there is the controversial law which show prohibits children under thirteen from using search engines like google and g. mail so this has been causing quite a lot of criticism as well well here in russia we're talking about temporary measures because like i said these blocked websites could be unblocked if the information is taken down there's also always the possibility of taking these cases to court which could also with the ban set by the authorities. so the day's big stories in brief for a fuel tanker explosion in the saudi capital riyadh killed at least twenty two people and injured more than thirty look at military buildings that lorry blew up

after it crashed into a concrete highway flyover engulfing cars and houses and flames awful scene there a multi-story building in a nearby industrial state was also destroyed almost entirely by the massive blast. kuwaiti authorities of want of harsher measures in their crackdown on demonstrators who are defying a ban on public gatherings it follows a night of severe clashes between police and protesters who marched in support of the jailed opposition activists the violence initially erupted over changes to kuwait's electoral opposition groups say the legislation favors pro raising candidates in next month's parliamentary poll. every tropical storm slammed into southern india it's killed at least eight people and forced thousands to flee their homes the cycler brought heavy rain flooding low lying areas and causing widespread damage to property on oil tankers also run aground it's six crew members and they're missing after their life boat capsized. coming up to twenty five minutes past not it not our business bulletin is moving to a new format here and this is what you can expect. lined up for you tonight in

business starts he will do an exclusive interview with richard branson way talks about his company's success and failure when doing business in russia then we examined the most expensive deal in russia's energy sector and we take a look at europe's new tallest building which is located in moscow's financial district all that and more at six thirty at eight thirty pm g.m.t. . is to me to come up in just a few minutes the latest episode of capital account with laura lester and kevin are in fact you for being with us. yet. in this remote siberian village people still seeing the signs which russians

sang in the middle ages and they cherish the practice will set up church before the seventeenth century the old believers he resigned the area are a conservative community. the debate believes need air yet again i feel. that i now am i correct that i. was that. people here are happy to show their way of life to tourists and teach them how to dance in the local star. seventeen year old nadia is from the same village she now studies in the city and dances at a club. she puts on her costume and the traditional amber necklace only when she comes to visit her grandmother. ok i didn't ask on time pronouncing

this because i want to keep up to date with this morning world but still i would like to hear of can my background how my ancestors lawyer vera testament to the church brought not just an sistas to this remote glen deflate by call more than two hundred fifty years ago they were exiled and persecuted for not agreeing to the orthodox who forms introduced in washing the sixteen hundreds the old believers still baal and cross themselves with two fingers not with three as they do in modern orthodox churches in russia and never knew when praying was more and more young people leaving for big cities this year is the old believers culture could be imperiled. plans to continue her studies abroad the grandmother says wherever she goes as long as the jews are fresh in her memory so is the culture.

what will change when america picks this president i made mostly rage walking the iran tight rope pushing charter dresher as occupying hunger spreads to two parties still dictate will serve. the selection of clothes guys every day to interfere on our team. download the official publication so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. is not required to watch all its food all you need is your mobile device to watch our t.v. any time. good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c.

these are your headlines for wednesday october thirty first two thousand and twelve . there you go the u.s. stock market reopened after two days of sandy and some ask if the superstorm had regulators bearing not on the side of caution because of erosion of their shoreline but the a rhodesian of investor confidence and a year that seen m.f. global terror grand knight capital disasters all to name a few on the one year anniversary of m.f. global's collapse which by the way is to day we'll talk about what we think is standing in the way of restoring confidence we'll talk to a customer peregrine who is still trying to find a way to hold regulators accountable and a superstorm sandy saw mother nature's wrath amount to death just struction fire unprecedented flooding on the east coast of the u.s. bad for victims is it all.