the world's largest borrower just days now from defaulting on its debt international lenders begin to panic about the consequences of america failing to reopen its frozen government. a mother in the south of moscow leads to violent riots with hundreds arrested after angry mobs chanting slogans storm a shopping center and clash with police. and this story is key opposition group fails russia u.s. brokered peace talks we look at how the lengthy conflict devastated once prosperous cities and force people to take up our.

futures joins us here in moscow very good afternoon for me just past midday here now my name is kevin know in this is r.t. first just mention in just three days time 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 and if that happens the shock will be felt well beyond its borders he's innocent now as the details. well there's been no headway over the weekend between democrats and republicans coming to some kind of agreement on how to raise or whether or not to raise the debt ceiling without said without a us budget in place the government has run out of money to pay thousands of federal workers but that's nothing compared to what we'll see possibly see on thursday october seventeenth at midnight if the u.s.

doesn't secure a debt arising of its debt ceiling will have to default on its over sixteen and a half trillion dollars of borrowings and that threatens to thrust the global economy back into recession so you have the rest of the world very wary they're panicking you have the heads of various major financial organizations global financial organizations like the i.m.f. the world bank speaking out i.m.f. chief christine lagarde talking about how american legislators need to be responsible that this bickering is ridiculous they need to find a way to get through this to the rest of the world doesn't have to pay for these dire consequences you have the head of the world bank speaking about how a default would affect developing economies as well as the developed world of men you of course have u.s. trade partners who are watching very closely some of them terrified countries like china huge economic partners what will happen to them if the u.s. does go ahead in the fall will reporting to experts whether or not it happens on thursday china is still going to rethink the way it does business with the united

states here's jeffrey summers of the university of wisconsin milwaukee and united states of course is an economy which leads 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 a fine and it's a very very big player within their economies they're very very nervous so i think you should get further if you will. of course china has been. trying to see if you could coordinate a new order which would be less dollar based and this first u.s. shutdown in seventeen years has seen an eight hundred thousand or so federal workers not have work basically receiving no pay not being called in and then you have reports of thousands of others workers basically being threatened with the stress if they don't work for no pay so people here of course are not happy you

have protests breaking out especially in the capital here over the weekend a group of truckers came in to ford the u.s. capitol covering the beltway really blocking traffic trying to get awareness there you had veterans this sunday coming together and coming to morial let's not forget that parks and landmarks are being closed due to the shutdown because there's no one to work there no one to keep up the maintenance so there was thousands of protesters who attacked broke through a barricade on sunday to try to get to a world war two monument they were peaceful just chanting slogans like break down these walls singing patriotic songs but yet there were riot police there ready to go to control these veterans the veteran saying that military personnel and their colleagues are being used as political pawns in this government shutdown and if the u.s. does go ahead and default of course those protests are expected to get worse not to mention the effects it will have on the rest of the world they're going to change

the way they see the united states the rest of the world is not going to forget these couple of days leading up to this to fall whether or not it happens the u.s. economic reputation has of course been changed. listen our reporting there while the u.s. looks to stave off economic disaster then for some other countries it's too late later this hour we report on the situation in greece where the country's oldest universities now were going out of business. but before that massive writes of up to in the south of moscow this weekend where thousands joined protests over the murder of a local resident was blamed on a man from russia's north caucuses almost four hundred people were arrested as mobs went on the rampage storming a shopping center and clashing with police artist really as the details. rides didn't start off of violently in fact they started off as a gathering of local residents who are concerned with the investigation of the into the death of a local man who was killed last week in the only witness in his case was his

girlfriend who said that the attacker was of known slavic origin presumably according to police he is hailing from northern caucasus which is essentially a part of russian federation hove are those who have shown up at the rally over the weekend most of them seemed to have been members of nationalistic groups as well as football fans and they have essentially hijacked the rally shouting ethnic as well as racist slogans and they have turned their anger against migrant workers a lot of whom are working at the shopping center as well as the produce warehouse nearby while some of them were smashing storefront windows others are said to have been looting stores inside afterwards they took to the streets where they were clashing with police overturning cars destroying a kiosk selling watermelons which provided for some colorful and somewhat eerie pictures and then they wanted to head on over to the to the produce warehouse

nearby they were stopped by riot police however we know several police personnel have actually been wounded at least one of them received a blow to his head with a broken bottle there were fears that wired's could last well into the night however by midnight police have declared that the scene was essentially cleared of all rioters almost exactly three years ago in december of two thousand and ten to be precise murder of a football fan of by a representative from the from the northern caucasus region over russia also sparked massive riots in the center of moscow this time on one there's no square around five thousand people came out most of them again with ball fans and not nationalistic groups so the tension is subsided but definitely there is still some upper hand and hanging in the air. we're going to chicago for more on the care of the broken so the mosque you got a website out to your com you'll find some dramatic pictures of the riot as well as

reaction to what happened in the city of the last forty eight hours as well. the syria peace conference planned for geneva will not be attended by a leading opposition group the syrian national council the moscow and washington are both staking a lot of those talks as a way to try and follow a solution to the deadly civil conflict or because the longer it lasts the more once peaceful cities then become war zones and once peaceful citizens take up arms artie's policy reports from the embattled city of homs this is the front line as watched by a syrian army sniper that you know of when a see somebody and shoot what you are after a thousand days of war this is what victory looks like and the eerie silence of what once was the vibrant quarter of battleship 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 of i've been

missing in a car and this was unknown and syria before now i knew nothing of this before the war because of the two and a half years ago last summer was a school teacher of twenty nine year old signed up for war that suddenly shattered right inside his classroom and he saw some volunteered his pain passion for kalashnikov. something happened while i was teaching about a mortar shell landed in the schoolyard there were a lot of victims i remember as i held one little girl who had been killed and seeing a blood i felt so sorry for her family. they seemed to like beheading even icons and start she was sending me these are the messages they want to send us the syrian army was based here there was no military hears only innocent civilians some people here were praying for peace and this is one of the bombs that fell and one of the bombs that caused all this devastation this is their message to put it here just as a reminder of. 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 saud. this yard was for the children it was also for many families as well they were killed because they refused to be the militants were from. all over the 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 and we're also trying to get the area back to normality to what it when we defeat them we will rebuild the steerage and children will once again until your prayers will be heard doesn't matter any animals will be a handful of families are starting to return in the ravaged streets the sound of children's laughter punctuates the rumble of machine gunfire. and i remember when i used to play football just like them you know i have to carry a gun just sort of 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 of protecting them so nobody comes along to destroy their dreams. and we're approaching sniper valley it's about twenty metres from here all the snipers and. it is plain to me when i get on the phone right now we're going to go slowly i think it's going to take my hand and we're going to run yes. ok. ok he's telling me not to be afraid and i don't know if it. was that you ok ok all right i trust him and we're going to make a run for it ok to three. if i can i cannot do that participating in the best interest we've got across much of it was to do apparently one person was killed here betts i'm ok thank you as night falls

the streets of bubbles become more dangerous the soldiers light fires every few metres to help them see as i believe that some asks me to pray for him and his comrades and most of us he says will probably not be here the next time you visit policy r.t. . homes syria. meantime the work of international organizations in syria is going to more difficult by the day it seems seven aid workers from the red cross red crescent were kidnapped by gunmen in the northeast 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 my new locks and reuters an expert on the syria crisis he says some rebel groups are working to undermine international efforts we had this already in the past we if we think we know that you n. employees where were captured by rebels we had the un inspector team which was investigating ngata 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 those teams can be a proper way it would mean that all the difference which gave the syrian government as well as the whole 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. this is tape coming up a first for black gold record economic growth forces china become the largest oil exporter in the world after the break then we'll look at the prospects and pressure is the rising demand placing on the far east and.

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economic crisis in greece has forced the oldest university in athens now to close down along with seven others the administration says they could no longer function after government cutbacks slashed stuff in levels and now students who should have started the new academic year been left in limbo farmer reports. students have studied at athens university since the middle of the nineteenth century but today they carry placards not books youth will fight austerity it says the message is black and white. the anger aimed at government cutbacks which you force the university to close. of course i'm concerned right now a lot of the 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 archivist treasury employees and security guards stand alongside students who should be starting a new academic year across town it's a similar story at the national technological university so this auditorium should be full of students right now yes absolutely fortunately it's because of serious cutbacks in administrative personnel and public subsidies but a lot of work we are to choose not to work because there is 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 back 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 greek 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 firm a deal struck. the e.u. and i.m.f. to secure more bailout funding means four thousand public sector jobs have to be axed by the end of the year and another twenty five thousand posts have to be redeployed although it isn't going to happen without a fight while this latest demonstration has ended here outside the ministry for administrative reforms which many people but i for the cutbacks all the way through the process they have been singing chants including people will not say that history is written with resistance and they really do believe that expression

themselves like they have done today can make a difference andrey pharma far. more stories for online is one of our two dot com including today cultural heritage up for sale this report on italy planning to put its historic castles villas even a venetian island on the market all in a bid to keep its debt plagued economy afloat. night raids extreme temperatures just a few with the methods that were used by guards at america's growing time of a prison break up the detainees six months hunger strike more by that too is a say for us this morning.

while imports are surging in china making the biggest energy import on the planet as you can see beijing's increased its all purchase steadily in recent years finally outpacing the u.s. last month now the rapid growth of industry infrastructures created an insatiable demand for fuel. of the benefits and implications of china's ambush. 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 the 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 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 world beating achievement of 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 these in brief this early lunch time us registered ships seized on thursday in disputed waters of the army's been a school to the port by venezuela's maybe the vessel was reportedly conducting

studies for a texan all company awarded a contract to search for oil close to guyana but venezuela claims it ended its territory the crew including five americans will be held on board while the owners say the continuing to work with the u.s. government secure the release of the ship. this is from china dramatic video showing dozens of people plunging into the water when this wooden bridge used to board a ferry collapsed under them fortunately nearby park employees are able to throw inflatable life rings in reasonably quickly ten people did need hospital treatment and investigations being held now into why the bridge was only opened in september it collapsed. so two million muslims and travel to saudi arabia's holy city of mecca to begin the annual five day hard pilgrimage is the central pillar of islam includes march to medina where the prophet mohammed is buried this year the number of programs has been restricted by the saudi government because of concerns over respiratory virus centered on the arabian peninsula. thanks for being with

a small news twenty four seven at r.t. dot com. switzerland will soon vote if they should start giving out thousands of dollars in cash to every adult citizen in the country you heard me right there's a grassroots campaign that is trying to get the government to give out to every adult says in two thousand five hundred swiss francs approximately two thousand eight hundred dollars per month the motivation for the project is that many in switzerland fear that the financial crisis has caused wealth inequality to skyrocket you know i'm not an expert at swiss culture so maybe people there are different but if they gave out thousands of free dollars per month anywhere i've lived you would see the majority of people going into early retirement and not working at all and sort of like how they tell people not to feed the bears at parks because then the bears lose their instincts and will go hunt because getting

a sandwich thrown at them is a lot easier i mean why go through the effort of the odd thing when the sandwich just magically appears handouts often creates law according to reuters some people are proposing a much better law for switzerland limiting executive pay to being twelve times higher than that of the lowest paid employee although this point isn't making headlines it seems like a much better idea because it doesn't to motivate people to be productive and yet it would create almost utopia like levels of wealthy quality also if the bosses salary is tied to the employees that a lot of people be getting raises very soon this one to twelve p. ratio is much better than the free swiss francs and it gets my seal of approval but that's just my opinion.

top action from russia around the globe with me. that is some of what's to come. nearly their group actually does russia win for nearly luxembourg a move a step closer to qualifying the next year's world cup finals. while the hero is world champion you you feel about wins again as russians win this dominate the most don't like the short course world cup. and fighting to aggression that the way to alexander the best can talk tactics talbott and do we match up to his defeat to super champions that make it. the first football and in a week a world cup qualifiers in russia one for nearly in luxembourg to go three points clear at the top of group earth with one game to go as far beyond capello's men took a big step towards reaching the finals for the first time in twelve years because of their top off reports. the routine for victory over logs some work so russia

almost wrapped up a successful qualifying campaign and they can confirm a place at their first world cup since two thousand and two with a favorable result against us or by john in baku on tuesday meanwhile israel's latest all eyes are again second placed war to go produced as shock won all draw in lisbon living on aldous side heading for the playoffs and only expected bonus for fabio capello's man. who heard the news on the way back to russia and of course were surprised by the scoreline but we're not thinking that we've already qualified for the world cup we need to win the last game and after that we'll be happy russia's only casualty from their trip to luxemburg is your is your cough the wingback will be out for a month with a hip injury and misses the last match however that shouldn't cause too many problems for as the russians hone in on their first world cup finals in twelve years. we had a tiring flight back but it's always easier to recover after wins everyone in the

team is in a good mood but it's too early to relax we have a very important fixture ahead and we're aiming to take all three points against as their budgets and. portugal are still retain slim hopes of flying to brazil by avoiding the playoffs banters team need to beat luxembourg by six goals and hope russia lose in those there by john meanwhile dirty bolts players have already been promised a record national feel one hundred twenty seven thousand dollars each if they pull off a surprise victory over russia yet midfielder muncher rock of who scored the winning penalty in the reverse picture in moscow says a russian know what's at stake is more now motivation easy to get to the world cup it speaks for itself the azerbaijanis said they'd beat us before our first encounter and you know the result we want one nil after the four nil drubbing of flux russia i just nineteen minutes from booking a berth at the world cup in brazil. and travelled to azerbaijan for their final

match on tuesday knowing their destiny is in their own hands concern about out of archie moscow. so while there was joy for russia in luxembourg there was frustration in lisbon as rivals portugal were held about late one one draw with israel ricardo costa open for the hosts after twenty seven minutes but with five to go how low by goalkeeper really portress you are allowed. to grab an equaliser and despite the best efforts of captain cristiana rinaldo one won it finished. well elsewhere group a win is belgium qualified for their first world cup in twelve years after a two one victory over croatia in zagreb but this is needed only a point and remember luke cocky was their hero thing after fifteen minutes and then just before half time the twenty year old added a second goal of a house full of gold back in the eighty third minute through the co-counsel but to

won it finished reading croatia place in the playoffs. while germany won group c. and cemented a place in brazil with a straightforward three no when either the republic of ireland in cologne also needing just a point the hosts opened after twelve minutes summited everest shots deflecting in a q. and clock then on the out tiny crews found under a shallow to make it to know. the old. adage a certain stoppage time to see the three two one winners go through to their eighty's world cup finals. while england started top of group h. with a four one win over montenegro in london where rooney fired the hosts ahead just after the break then branko boscovich then threw his own net to make it to know. they are done yet to pull the go back with twenty minutes to go but debutant under us turns. and restored the two go cushion. the only

in stoppage time daniel sturridge was awarded and converted a penalty to wrap up victory england postponement in the final game just point lead over ukraine travel to rock bottom san marino. well right about falcao converted to only eight penalties as colombia rallied from three goals done just not a three three draw at home to ten month chile and reached the world cup finals for the first time in sixteen years chile was three in a locked inside often enough arturo vidal opening from the spot alexis some just quickly added a second and then the third. in the sixty six minutes the visitors had carlos carmona sent off entire gutierrez who go back and then to spot kicks in ten minutes from. a stunning comeback with tyson brazil while chile need at least a point against ecuador on tuesday.