i. but the world's largest borrower just days from defaulting on its debt now international lenders begin to panic over the consequences of america failing to reopen its frozen government. i. do in the south of moscow leads to violent riots with hundreds of arrested after angry mobs chanted anti migrant slogans and storm a shopping center clashing with the police. to syria's key opposition group bells on russia u.s. brokered peace talks with look at how the lengthy conflict devastated once prosperous cities can force people to take up arms and defend.

for the morning for me kevin owen if you just joined us a monday morning here in moscow this is r.t. our top story in just three days than the u.s. will be forced to make a decision that will affect the entire global economy if lawmakers don't find a way to reopen the frozen government and then agree to raise the national debt ceiling america will default on its debts now if that happens the shock would be felt well beyond its borders let's go live now to washington artesian this now is there. is there any sign that it is full can be avoided at this stage now. no there is not and there's been no headway over the weekend in fact without a budget the u.s. has run out of cash to pay thousands of federal workers but that's nothing compared to what will happen if it doesn't go ahead and rise raise i should say the debt ceiling and secured that before it's forced to default on its over sixteen and

a half trillion dollars of borrowings that deadline is thursday october seventeenth at midnight and right now it doesn't look like we're getting any closer to preventing that and that's why you have the rest of the world so they're panicking you have the heads of major financial institutions global financial institutions warning about the grave consequences calling them catastrophic of what they will do to the global economy and that is threatens to thrust the world economy back into recession i.m.f. chief christine lagarde calling on american legislators to be responsible she thinks it's ridiculous what is happening this bickering between republicans and democrats that really threatening the entire global economy you have the head of the world bank talking about the consequences it will have for the developing world as well as developed economies and then also you have u.s. trade partners they're terrified countries like china what will happen everyone is

watching very closely and some experts are saying that whether or not the u.s. does default it's countries like china there are huge economic partners that are going to have to rethink. bagot states here is jeffrey some earth of the university of wisconsin milwaukee. and united states of course is an economy which lives on global credit and the foreign purchase of its treasury bills so this puts it in a very precarious position moving forward in terms of the ability to fund many of its programs domestically for those countries in which finance is a very very big player in their economies they're very very nervous so i think it's you further you will see that move and of course china has been trying to see if it could coordinate a new order which would be less dollar based so a huge amount of uncertainty abroad about internally in america how the people on the street dealing with the continued paralysis of the government. well first of

all this first government shutdown in seventeen years has seen eight hundred thousand or so federal workers not have jobs basically plus you have thousands of workers who i would say are being forced to work but basically we're hearing reports of people being threatened with this missile if they don't show up to work with no pay so that's one thing then you also have one of mark's parks and other public places closed because of the shutdown and we're seeing pockets of protest especially here in the capital over the weekend you had truckers come into the you can see the u.s. capitol holding up traffic on the beltway in their protest against the shutdown and then on sunday we saw thousands of veterans try to make their way to world war two memorial in fact breaking through barricades you had riot police out and ready to try to control these veterans who really just wanted to get to the monument they're trying to make a statement that these veterans this these military personnel should not be political pawns in this government shutdown and that protests actually spread out

across the capitol some protesters making their way all the way to the white house and throwing aside barricades there and we're really seeing more and more people come out and it's hard to imagine what will happen on thursday if this default does go through it's only expected that these protests are going to get worse and worse not to mention of course the effect it will have on the rest of the world if you can really close on that with your help with this in washington d.c. thanks ever so much with the u.s. shutdown threatening as we heard there the entire global economy some countries are already on the brink just bit later this may be interested to know we're reporting on the situation in greece where the country's oldest universities are going out of business that's to come in a couple of minutes time. next the must have brought up to the south of moscow with thousands joined protests over the murder of a local resident there was a man from russia's north caucuses so most four hundred people were arrested. went

on the rampage still being a shopping center and clashing with police it's fun i want to. live with this from the center of the russian capital to you just. what was the police response well though the clashes at one point did look like they were going to get out of control you have to understand that according to witnesses and to police reports most of the people who were rioting in the southern south of moscow were football fans and representatives of nationalist groups now these mostly young men are known to be quite to get carried away they were smashing storefront windows like you have mentioned they have essentially rain stacked shopping center overturning cars throwing bottles we know of at least we know several police personnel have actually been wounded at least one of them received a blow to his head with a broken bottle so he did look really while into one point you have to also understand that when we're talking about the violence being directed against migrant workers we're talking mostly about workers from the central asian region

now according to the information that was supervised by the girlfriend of the end of this year old who was the main witness off the incident of the the the suspect and murder was actually on the northern caucuses that however did not stop the rioters on sunday morning of the one to two. a produce warehouse which was nearby and there were fears that this could go on for hours and go over into the morning hours as well and there were signs that various sick groups from all over the russian capital nationalists as well as football fans were going to join forces with those who are already in this other. in this other moscow region. by midnight apparently the crowds have been dispersed and the police response was quite heavy handed some say but they're also saying that the police were facing rather see the year and very end. where over a century on

a rampage well into the night this isn't the first sign of a murder of moscow's cause a backlash like this either is it absolutely in fact something very similar happened about three years ago in december of two thousand and ten when five thousand people roughly gathered in the center of moscow on the national square again protesting after a murder other. things have gotten out of hand there as well but again were the police the police response. came in timely however the tension between the ba'ath and nationalist the multitude of. migrant workers from the single engine the as well as those who come here from the north caucasus region they remain on the surface in the russian capital at the moment so there is still hope that this will not get any further than last night's writes. thanks to that update from the center of moscow the issue on a culture with more marcos the broker in the south of the city we wanted to go to

our website is what were pictures of what unfolded there over the last few days to see some dramatic pictures from that ended in clashes and hundreds of arrests. the syria peace conference planned for geneva will not be attended by leading opposition group the syrian national council moscow and washington are both staking a lot on those talks as a way to try and find a solution to the deadly civil conflict because the longer it lasts the more once peaceful cities become. peaceful citizens to go bombs. reports next from the embattled city of homs. this is the frontline as watched by a syrian army sniper. after a thousand days of war this is what victory looks like and the eerie silence of what once was a vibrant quarter of. twenty meters from here rebel fighters hold their ground

while the army does the same squeeze between a few streets that throw up unexpected heroes from among the rubble had been less had a mechanical sort of look and i saw smoke a bad fall away and i could and i could come so close you could also go for two and a half years ago bus i was a school teacher friend is a as if this was a known and separately i mean that thing that it was for him. to twenty nine year old signed up for war that it suddenly shattered right inside his costume and he saw some volunteered his paintbrush for kalashnikov but something happened i was teaching on a mortar shell landed in a schoolyard as if it were a lot of victims and i remember as i held one little girl who had been killed and seeing a blood i felt so sorry for her family from then on i knew i had to get involved. my fear he seemed to like beheading even icons and start she says that i mean these are the messages you want to send us in the city you know we were serious

terrorists and there was no military security only innocent civilians as like some people here were praying for peace and this is one of the bombs that fell but one of the bombs that caused all this devastation this is their message to put it here just as a reminder. the church of babel shum was built in eight hundred eighty five four hundred twenty six years it served as a house of sanctuary overnight it became a house of salter. this yard was for the children also for many families deserve well they were killed because they refused to be able militants. all the militants have been cleared out of this quarter but we're still here and we keep up a presence to protect the area and prevent the terrorists from returning to them and we're also trying to get the area back to normality what we defeat them we will rebuild the steerage and children will once again play here on prayers with. the

handful of families are starting to return in the ravaged streets the sound of children's laughter punctuates the rumble of machine gun fire. and i remember when i used to play football just like them you know i have to carry a gun just so that they can play here safely when i was their age i dreamt of being a professional footballer and i'm sure they've got the same dream we're protecting them so nobody comes along to destroy their dreams. we're approaching sniper valley it's about twenty meters from here are the snipers and pass around is that explaining to me when i went on that right now we're going to go slowly and i think it's going to take my hand and we're going to run. ok you know what you had armor on the belly ok he's telling me not to be afraid and i don't know if it. was that you ok ok i trust him and we're going to make a run for it ok two three. if i can i

cannot participate in the birthday love interest we get across ok government. if we still do apparently one person was killed here betty and i make a mess and thank you but it's a right as night falls the streets of bubbles become more dangerous the soldiers light fires every few meters to help them see as i leave but some asks me to pray for him and his comrades you most of us he says will probably not be here the next time you visit. policy r.t. bubble shah. syria. meantime the work of international organizations in syria is getting more difficult by the day seven aide workers from the red cross and red crescent were kidnapped by gunmen in the north east of the country on sunday and twin car bombs rocked the center of the capital damascus to one near a hotel where chemical weapons inspectors are staying while the locks and reuters no expert on the syrian crisis he says some rebel groups are working to undermine

international efforts. we have this already in the past we if we think bank we know that u.n. employees where where captured by rebels we had the un inspector team which was investigating in galata a couple of weeks ago which we are attacked by sniper fire so it's not in the interest it's not at all in the interest of the so-called armed opposition that those teams can approach a way it would mean that all the chief amends which gave the syrian government as well as the whole of earth which was almost expecting a regional war or even overt war in that area would complete. the situation and this is in the interest of the rebels. coming up this morning a first for black gold rush but he could only grow forces china to become the largest oil importer in the world we look at the prospects of pressures that rising

demands placed on the far eastern giant. of the gaza strip should not be a launching side for rocket attacks on israeli women children and civilians yet to be a palestinian leadership is responsible for this but this is why israel is not willing to repeat this experiment but in judea and samaria so israel is not willing to be the sucker of the middle east and to make long term concessions sacrificing the security of its own citizens is a point only to find out in the end of the conflict isn't a word that is going on as before except that israel is now in a much worse position. child. rights.

to the. pain of the young girls cam all for the future harder. between two and three hundred million guns the united states so you can act like they're not here and keep kids away from them. the pass' that is they won you know i mean this teaches them a lot of for us both ability to contemplate through the eyes of children if we can't do it for our children for our future. as afghanistan prepares for a presidential election many in the political and media mainstream speak with the country's first democratic transition but it's less talked about is the dire security situation on the ground where the karzai is angling to succeed him self the powerful presence of the taliban and whether the u.s.

will ever actually leave afghanistan. it's eight seven in the morning in moscow now this is our t. now those in the u.k. want to break from the european union will be angered by a new study suggesting jobless migrants from all across the e.u. are flocking to britain let's take a closer look at the news war in two thousand and six the u.k. was home to four hundred thousand unemployed migrants since then that figures increased by forty two percent there are currently over six hundred thousand of them then they come with a hefty price tag for britain's health care system to costing one and a half billion pounds every year now in comparison france and other european countries a large foreign born population spends less than one percent of that on health care for immigrants robles is director of the u.k. based anti e.u. bruised group who says native britons are becoming less well off because of uncontrolled immigration. situation where people are coming in from predominantly

eastern europe such as poland and no doubt more will follow from boca every rumania from the first of january when they can seek employment here is of course undermining british people and of course a working for less so the wages are being depressed and of course british people are finding that they're left on the scrapheap so to speak that will stop everybody coming here is actually coming here for work someone coming here to use the national health service which he's free some are claiming benefits and of course there's also pressure on school also in housing in london the cost of rent has gone up enormously because there's just so much demand we need to do television in this way she told us see that suits british needs and where we can supply services for those who are actually contributing in the u.k. than it's open to approach we have at the moment of course was a lot more stories here online r.t. dot com today reporting on cultural heritage up for sale it's really the story

villas and even of a nation island on the market in a bid to keep its plagued economy afloat worried about more but that's on one. night raids extreme temperatures just a few of the methods used by the guards and now out of america's growing town of a prison to break up the detainees hunger strike and i want to get the back story that's about to go. oil imports of china make you the biggest energy imported now on the planet the rapid growth of industry infrastructures created insatiable to fuel. the benefits

and implications of china's ambitions yet again china is number one this time surpassing the united states as the world's biggest importer of oil what's more according to u.s. government findings china is expected to remain the top global gas guzzler well into the next year part of that reason is china's economy is growing as well as rising auto sales that has increased demand as a result china has used more oil than it can actually produce having to turn to outside sources in order to fill that gap americans still consume more oil per person but china is slowly catching up on the one hand it is a sign of progress the economic boom has raised incomes and boost to china's influence around the world china's economy may be cooling but it's still expected to grow by nearly eight percent this year which is well above forecasts for the united states but this is one a world beating achievement the chinese leaders may not actually want they've seen the experience of the united states economy often hostage to political instability

in the middle east importing more also means less energy independence it's forcing china to rely on countries like saudi arabia as well as a rawn and communist leaders see that as a weakness because of instability in the gulf as well as iran's political isolation well over and over again china has proven its capacity to surge ahead and to beat out rivals the question is whether china will be able to avoid its rivals mistakes . r t moscow. so we'll be using brief now u.s. registered ship seized on thursday disputed waters of the new school to port by venezuela's navy vessels reportedly conducting studies for a texas all company awarded a contract to search for oil close to ghana but venezuela claimed it entered its territory proofreading five americans will be held on board while the owners say they're working with the u.s. government to secure the release of the ship. at least thirty nine people are now known to have died in a boat accident in mali the tragedy was caused when

a small vessel which was briefly overloaded broke up and sank into the needs river so far around two hundred people have been rescued but many remain unaccounted for . in china's history matic video showing dozens of people plunging into water when i wouldn't bridge used to board that ferry collapsed fortunately nearby park employees were able to throw inflatable life rings in ten people still needed hospital treatment and investigations being held into why that bridge which was only opened in september collapsed. the economic crisis in greece has forced the oldest university in athens to close down along with seven others we administration says they can no longer function after government cutbacks slashed stuff in levels and now students who should have started a new academic year have been left in limbo that on his own to farm reports. students have studied at athens university since the middle of the nineteenth century but today they carry placards not books youthful fight austerity it says

the message is black and white america the anger aimed at government cutbacks but you force the university to close. of course i'm concerned right now a lot of students you know in schools in universities feel that they have no future here. the protesters are heading towards the greek parliament among them administrative workers who've borne the brunt of the redundancies archivists treasury employees and security guards standing alongside students who should be starting a new academic year across time it's a similar story at the national technological university so this auditorium should be full of students right now here's some saluki fortunately it's because of a serious cutbacks in administrative personnel and in public subsidies what kind of

work we are to choose not to work because there's no possibility for that in fact empty lecture halls and desolate corridors can be seen it eighteen of the cities across greece all deciding to shut this cut bank slash their admin staffing levels by as much as forty percent back at the demonstration one lecturer shows me a letter being sent to universities around the world asking for their support there is a serious threat against brick universe it's against greek public universities so everybody fears. people who are going to lose their jobs and that public universities will be i think of the past in a few months it is a desperate attempt to protect the higher education system but the greek government at this stage stands for a deal. struck with the e.u. and i.m.f. to secure more bay that funding means four thousand public sector jobs have to be

axed by the end of begin and another twenty five thousand posts have to be redeployed and it isn't going to happen without a fight while this latest demonstration is ended here i saw at the ministry for administrative reforms which many people but i for the cutbacks all the way through the process i have been singing chants including people will mostly by that history is written with resistance and they really do believe that expression themselves lot i have done today can make a difference andrey pharma. athens. news wrote up so far this off thanks to a company of about and with more than five minutes next the questions that stick and says that matter in the latest edition of r.t.e. suffolk.

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hello and welcome to sophie and co on sophie shevardnadze israel may be losing its cause with the us because of a pretty unexpected arrival iran president obama after his failed attempt to strike syria welcomed the chance to be remembered for possibly opening a new iran relations with the islamic state israel's alarm calls over aidan's nuclear ambitions said nearly been drowned out by the friendly face of iran's rouhani at the u.n. general assembly well israel now stand alone will it strike singlehandedly.

contrast and conflict israel has achieved its right to exist even though. it's used to dictating its terms that's not to conform knowing this is thereby. how things change for israel is their big friend drifting carried away by its own fights and failures is israel up to the task of defending itself. so our guest today is israel's deputy foreign minister. thank you very much for being with us on this program that benjamin netanyahu his visit to the united states doesn't seem to have produced the desired result for its row so is america less of a friends now. i have to say this was a very interesting visit companied the prime minister and we visited new york and washington. it is too early to talk about specific results of this point

that israel's goal is very simple. we wanted to discuss some issues with our american friends and allies and in addressing the u.n. general assembly to show the whole world a simple truth to present israel's facts based position regarding iran's nuclear program atmosphere at the a week before our visit there was an atmosphere of euphoria all the iranian president had to do was to say a few words and the whole world immediately for god that the concept of the reigning democracy is quite unusual they elect a president from a list of candidates approved by spiritual leaders many candidates are basically bared from running the world seem to have forgotten about iran's military nuclear program which is still under way and this is not just israel saying so the i.a.e.a. and other international agencies gathering intelligence on this program say so. what these really prime minister did.