the stories that shaped the week here on our team a deadly disaster hits the u.s. just days before the presidential vote we'll look at how the election is now to find not just by the two main candidates but the devastation of superstorm sandy as well. in the absence of democracy greece is governed by corrupt thirty two characters the greek whistleblower his message has been bad by thousands of journalists in the country claiming the government is muting those exposing its wrongdoings. russia claims washington is derailing peace efforts in syria by urging the opposition to continue fighting as rebels phase accusations of a war crime after a brutal video comes to light. this

is already coming to live from moscow with me where you know josh just as the u.s. was about to be sucked up into a political vortex in the last week before the presidential vote the country was hit by a devastating and deadly super storm tearing into the eastern seaboard sandy also tore away the candidates plans with the rallies canceled and early voting disrupted are just more in a fortnight now takes a look out the role the swirling disaster has played in the file rush of the presidential race. she was a storm the size of europe and it might be a game changer for america's upcoming us presidential election early voting was suspended as hurricane sandy ripped through the u.s. east coast monday causing eight and a half million homes and businesses to lose power president barack obama canceled campaign appearances to handle the superstorm the election will take care of itself

next week right now our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives national polls show the commander in chief garnered excellent marks for his response. i think it was the president flying overhead. he's my man. vote for obama. possible yet the biggest praise of all came from a staunch romney supporter the cooperation for the president i did states has been outstanding the president has been all over this he deserves great credit if you think right now i give a damn about presidential politics that you don't know me looking to also score political points republican candidate mitt romney rebranded his victory rally in ohio into a relief a vent for sandy victims. they're not going to stop their political campaigning. and before the. barry close but while the candidates attempt to feature sandy

in their quest for votes her victims are too busy piecing their lives back together below thirty ninth street has become known as the dark side of manhattan hundreds of thousands have been surviving without electricity heat and hot water for more than five days on staten island polling stations are no longer standing voting locations are being moved in parts of new jersey massachusetts connecticut and pennsylvania that are still dark and damaged by the storm some experts say the last minute scrambling will undoubtedly leave countless americans disenfranchised from democracy on november sixth it's destroying the legitimacy of the election potentially on the east coast early voting is been wiped out in these cities and states the voting of the elderly on election day the voting of the poor on

election day the voting of new yorkers on election day is likely to be diminished through no fault of their own and that will affect the outcome of the election an election now defined by two men and sandy marina port ny r.t. new york. now the damage done by superstorm sandy has put out about fifty billion dollars but would have a presidential candidate proves to be successful they won't be dipping into the massive military budget to help pay for it at despite the u.s. a fan spanning continuing to be the world's biggest wrong numbers of observers now say this money will be better spent elsewhere there's no more important issue in america today and how much we're spending on our military our military industrial complex that's where most of us tax dollars go most americans know that this is wasteful spending here it creates a few jobs but there's so many more jobs that would be created if that spending

that governmental spending was done on a whole bunch of other things like publicly utilities like a whole other range of areas so it's really destroying our economy in a lot of ways besides creating a lot on this is sort of violence around the world that seems like the legacy of us being involved in all these on this is sort of wars over these last several years is going to be the same legacy that happened to a lot of the other. empires that just they just spent themselves out of existence that happened to the soviet union in their own this is very wars that happened to you know it happened to the british you know it happened to a lot of other societies that these military industrial complex takes over nobody stops it and before you know it you know your whole country is like an overwhelming debt hand that will of course continue our coverage of the u.s. elections looking at the race from different perspectives plus artes hosting a very special event this coming monday as we're exclusively bringing you the final round of the third party candidates debate live from our washington studios. will

two parties keep us politics a one way street. or will new voices disrupt the power parallel. what is america changes. us election. monday nov fifth on our team. and i'm greek whistleblower arrested after publishing a list of the country's potential tax evaders was acquitted on thursday but his case was only the beginning of a string of scandals involving the country's journalists with another one remaining in custody after threatening to reveal a bailout deal fraud as artist peter all of our in our reports many greeks think the government is covering its wrongdoings by attacking those who try to make it public. is the greek government using bully boy tactics to cover up its own failings that's the question that took thousands of greek journalists to the streets of athens the consulate for their outrage was the arrest of journalist

constance vaxevanis after he revealed the names of more than two thousand wealthy and highly influential greeks accused of stashing illicit gains in swiss bank accounts when i was with them we published a list that other countries had in their possession and our government was aware of for two years but did nothing in the absence of democracy greece is governed by corrupt cartoon characters who deceive the public claiming they are handling tax evasion. vaxevanis was free after the judges decided that he did not have a case to answer however his story is sent a shockwave through an already fractious society we are in a period of political. political crisis social crisis it's obvious we have. high rates of unemployment we have a real thing one might say weimar republic kind of unemployment levels there is

poverty. there are there is more austerity coming but when it comes to reporting on government business one senior member of the greek union of journalists told me that it's getting close to cooperate all quit a mess americans are members of tough restrictions have been in police through any voice of the opposition and the media does restricting journalists some two thousand five hundred media professionals technicians included have lost their job since last year. and those who attempt to stand up to authority and expose corruption are handcuffed guy to be arrested because he revealed the names obviously you can understand that people can cooperate with the state but vaxevanis told me he won't keep silent i asked him if he was given another list of names but what would he do this is my job this is what journalists do they don't cover scandals they tell the truth and the elites have tried for two whole years to cover

up major evidence that renders them in the system entirely unreliable for the good the arrest of a journalist while trying to reveal wrongdoing has left some greeks feeling that the democratic rights of being a road here and the very birthplace of democracy teacher all of us are see. as the greek government keeps pushing through painful cuts the strategy is being challenged by the country's court on thursday of rolled out the plan panel reforms could be unconstitutional that has greece will reportedly have to introduce another one hundred fifty financial changes to please its international creditors but investment advisor patrick young says it won't be fulfilled anyway. alice in wonderland that fabulous children's book had alice famously saying that sometimes she imagines six impossible things before breakfast well now we've got the troika of lenders and they're imagining one hundred fifty impossible cuts before breakfast

for the greek economy the greeks are in this mess because ultimately they spend huge amounts of money we have terrible sympathy with the ordinary greeks on the street they are being left in a situation where they don't even have primary medical care in many cases but are we going to be able to see them manage to cut the economy or cut back in many different ways of course not they'll be lucky to manage to get twenty of these cuts to stick let alone one hundred fifty it's alarmed alice in wonderland economics. a little later in the program the u.k.'s prime minister is being crazily pushed to bid farewell to a european union. trapped between the block and a hostile west missouri he may have to decide whether his country's membership of a club is worth the regular fees. plus while britain a struggling to make ends meet some are taking a bath to basics in order to get things moving that much more in just a few moments here in our team. the syrian rebels have been accused of

a potential war crime after a video emerged online that the u.n. says could be used as evidence the food apparently shows opposition fighters were raiding soldiers who are no longer believed to be competent to tell matter called assets dogs before they are sprayed with bullets as they lie on the ground investigative journalist james corbat says it's our way or the case that the methods of opposition forces have come into international focus of the atrocities are definitely being committed by the rebel forces and unfortunately that is being completely ignored because it serves of course the interests of the people who are backing the rebels and who are against assad to try to portray them in the best light possible so we've seen over the months numerous documents coming out from different organization including amnesty including including human rights watch documenting summary execution of prisoners torture the use of children in these conflict on the part of the rebels but that has been conveniently buried in the headlines time and time again and even some of the reports that didn't know some of

these atrocities being committed by the rebels were almost always prefaced by reports of government atrocities and that was buried somewhere down halfway through the article time and time again so it is of course and it has the hypocrisy that's underlying this and that's trying to manipulate public opinion certainly in the west to to be on the floors and on the side of these rebel forces. russia has accused the us of encouraging the syrian opposition to carry on fighting against the government instead of urging political dialogue well it's have a washington call for a complete shake up of the opposition in syria revealing plans to bring in militants fighting on the front line but little analyst marcus papadopoulos believes the white house is unlikely to limit itself to just diplomatic support for the rebels. the american state department are probably looking at a more direct approach now to remove interest in society now when i say

a direct approach that doesn't necessarily mean nato intervention i think we both probably say certain groups of in syria the americans hasn't it so we're comfortable with. this even possibly american arms intelligence information one can argue that's possibly happen in a moment certainly the russian governments in recent days have alluded to that but i think in the future they could be director more direct assistance has been given to them so it certainly will turn into a proxy war between troops by america and very possibly some other western governments take charge on expose earlier to share the american ambassador to the united nations susan rice that she's the russian and the in particular the russians but also the chinese government of having blood on their hands well i think she needs to look closer to home to that the people that are arm in the syrian militants actually the ones that have blood on their hands both sides in syria must people together to try and compromise to try and bring

a peaceful end to what is an absolutely diabolical situation. while the u.s. and its allies are so keen to meddle in the arab spring uprising in syria they seem to be ignoring similar developments in another country in their region in bahrain police crackdown peaceful pro-democracy protesters reportedly arresting those sounding the alarm over the attacks more on that after right. docked in between the russian mainland japan and the circling island is the island of mine on named after french seafarer who discovered it it is described as the right of the sakhalin region we'll take a look at what's in store for us here. until two thousand and four the island was part of the borders own and was completely

restricted to visit is now this picture us place is open to tourists plants and animals are its top attraction. to be has been exploring the deaths of the world sees for several decades but it's here at more your own island where he has finally found what he'd been looking for . the water here is very clear the visibility is very good and the underwater world here is extremely rich i've been to many diving locations across the planet including the. iran tops my list while some go to the region to enjoy the sights convert the island's nature's riches into a healthy dollar it is home to the biggest seafood processing factory in russia the tonight shock hundreds of thousands of tons of fish get caught in the nets too late to produce delicious salamon caviar and necessary attribute of any feast.

the owner of the enterprise says a good fishing season can bring in more than a hundred million dollars net profit. extent this is. environmentally they do not shop operates in only and natural habitat and mild climate unique natural sights and delicious seafood. for a diverse holiday for those who are not afraid to travel ten thousand kilometers from europe the question is whether this distant land would ever be able to become a major tourist destination. i'm in sochi the only city in europe i'm the host of the twenty fourteen winter the picture. thank you.

so much. thank you the. dog days of. my days it. come. to. see it so. she could laboratory him occurred he was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach creation why you should care about humans and ensuring that this is why you should care watch only on the r.-g. dot com. welcome back you're watching r.t. i recently found public rallies has failed to deter protesters in bahrain from

taking to the streets of several towns on friday and there have been reports of police brutality towards the anti-government demonstrators and the rest of those documenting the attacks calling cavell former lecturer at the university of bahrain says the unrest in the country's only bound together pays. to jail so no one for voicing their opinion violates freedom of expression that violated any standard of democracy around the world there is no improvement at all except that the regime has learned to play the world media like a violin they claim they support human rights they claim they are instituting dialogue with the opposition they claim all sorts of changes and they are just rosy in bahrain meanwhile they could then either crack down they continue the torture they continue to daily and they continue the killings in bahrain majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population of

bahrain or add on it that the royal family which has been in power now for two hundred thirty years must lead they must abdicate otherwise there will be no social be in bahrain and the situation will continue to get more chaotic. but who alice screams hareem with believes that a like other arab countries here where rights abuses in bahrain continue to be largely on notice in the western world but here in good because our the unfinished segment of the arab spring which is now what we're not allowed to even throw are so . you know there's been a conservative powers in the region as well as the prove a student of the arab the western patrons of tried to completely demolish the voice of the people whom you have barely hear of input in the us about human rights abuses in bahrain so here you have a clear mismatch between america's ideals of disposing universal human rights and

the reality on the ground where human rights are selectively being enforced and are we used to block the regimes for political or not give you money what you have is a regional set up which is not allowing free expression are i and then why is for example syria such a hot spot and behind not this is the origin of the sin of the whole arab spring narrative and we have not been able to overcome these double standards just because what reinforce the fifth fleet of the u.s. navy does not entitle it to be so brutal and repressive and get a seat with crimes against humanity which are happening. and another hot spot for violence and one of the first arab spring countries yemen is struggling to recover after or the revolution. on our web site r.t. dot com we've got a voter report from the streets of the yemeni capital still rules after warning from. the e.u. is calling on britain to make a decision on its membership of the blog as its leaders begin losing patience over

the u.k.'s budget squabble they were cameron is facing huge opposition in parliament to how much the country should pay for being part of the club earlier this week a number of conservative m.p.'s sided with the opposition to find the prime minister by voting for demands to cut the money britain hands over to brussels every year cameron's deputy has already warned of a budget crisis may leave britain out of the block your m.p. paul the tub believes frustration over the new bills must continue with growing jordi of the british want to go it along just like every trickle the problem that you've got is there are studies he doesn't say exist in the european union that might exist in the member countries where but asking to cut back on almost everything we have real estate is the out the money doesn't. matter they spend more and more every single year the budget goes up a member states including states such as greece and portugal and ireland who are in serious trouble will be asked to put their hands in their pockets and give multiple szell's that's wrong. of britain actually out of the states which is in the code

and see we pay so much to the tune of around fifty million pounds a day just to be members of that i didn't see him to recount the mega amounts of money the street tens of billions it costs us to comply with a huge directives and regulations so it's bad and some of the british people it's something we know happy about you look at recent opinion polls eighty percent of people want a referendum so around sixty percent of people actually want to leave the european union altogether so the people are certainly moving away if the european union is a company the directors on the chief executive of the. but it's not it's cruel to not to know the reason why the british people want the referendum and want to leave . now the waves of the financial crisis keep rolling across europe bringing man a small companies to the brink of bankruptcy but there is one man who was decided to land a hand to those who only receive a cold shoulder from the big players and that's by founding his own bank has more of that story. oh. well don't look like you did fish which is

a cheeky northern charm or he made his fortune selling minibuses in his hometown of burnley but instead of fancy holidays and expensive cars when the credit crisis hit dave wanted to give something back so he decided to open a bank late two thousand and eight early two thousand and nine my mini. me to get funded for as the last fifteen years but overnight that just stopped the banks just stop lending to the to the customers and i'm thinking have they done something wrong have they made a mistake of that up at the gas bill electric bill you know it's not the people that are the problem it's the banks the problem so i thought well i'll end of the so that's what it banked on dave he says although thanks to extensive red tape he's not actually allowed to call himself a bank and he's keen to differentiate himself from banks in other ways too he offers five percent savings and he lends that money out to his local community and

no bonuses and the profits go to charity now in our state. there just isn't a day in every town more's the pity so his isn't a model which could be rolled out nationwide in its current form but financial experts say lessons can be learnt for a healthier banking system one point is clear and this is a point that the bank makes in a way is that banking has just moved too far away from its roots and its basic need. to understand being to saving with. highly leveraged games i think. dave's ultimate goal is to bring banking back to its roots no more faceless conglomerates where computers and mavericks make the decisions and the one percent pockets unimaginable bonuses instead local banks the

local people run by the community to benefit the community it's not a new idea in fact it's how banking used to be before the mega bucks and mega banks stepped in and dave still taking to get some political support you have to take save us money and invest it in real productive activity to take responsibility for doing it which is not the way that banking currently works in his comic kind of crazy we're showing the way to a better banking system which is responsible. in touch with entrepreneurship which actually could be the basis for going forward there's certainly got to be some way forward as wave after wave of scandal hits the financial sector banking on dave and others like him looks more and more attractive one of the same people who robbed banks go to prison banks who wrote people get paid bonuses that has to stop laura smith r.t.

birmingham. and later this hour our team talks to political analyst and sociologist jack goldstone on what the e.u. leaders are doing wrong and where the euro policies could ultimately lead to. your essential a has a double problem they have how do we get southern european and northern european economies to move in the same direction and for that i think the answer is don't pursue our sturdy pursue growth and then there's a second problem of once countries are all moving in the same direction can you fix the european financial system and create united structures so that this problem doesn't appear again as it may appear in the next economic difficulty if the current division among national financial systems isn't isn't fixed. the central voting commission in ukraine has a span accounting until monday due to reported disorders in several polls the

opposition's claiming the election has been blatantly rigged by the ruling party the election has also been overshadowed by scuffles between supporters of the opposition and police across the country clashes were also reported from be election commission in kiev polls predict the ruling party of president out of college will retain its lead but lose its two thirds majority the recent results also mark the rise of the nationalist freedom party known for its anti semite and almost fascist statements that scored solid preliminary results in the west and landed third in kiev a city that was a bold work against the nazi invasion in the u.s.s.r. . you want to talk to us now take a look at some of the stories from around the world the guard lost his life trying to prevent a suicide bombing in somalia's capital mogadishu two attackers detonated their explosive devices in a popular restaurant after refusing to go through a security check the anti-government islamic extremist al-shabaab are thought to be

behind the. last. spect of members of a jihad as group attacked a police vehicle leaving three officers dead authorities have cordoned off the city of el arish in north sinai in an attempt to trap the gunmen in august egypt some thousands of troops to the peninsula after militants carried out the deadliest attack on police in the region in decades. and what are the live from moscow will of course have more news for you in just a few minutes stay with us. technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got this huge earth covered. those fifteen. counts. forty kilograms of rice

one thousand flatbreads. but why is the bride in a bad mood. to tell the groupies the longer. it is done. this international rights on an international goal we should not bomb iran we need to cut the budget and bring the troops home we should end the war in afghanistan to. the persecution of whistleblowers. like. the patriot.