with the world's largest borrowing now just days from defaulting on its debt international lenders begin to panic about the consequences of america failing to reopen its frozen government. there in the south of moscow leads to violent riots with hundreds of arrested after angry mobs chanting anti migrant slogans storm a shopping center in clash with police. and the serious key opposition group bails on russia u.s. brokered peace talks we look at how the lengthy conflicts devastated prosperous cities and forced people to take up are.

one of the afternoon here in moscow were very well morphed into this lunchtime if you just joined us my name is kevin now in this is r.t. our top story that in just three days now 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 would be felt well beyond its own borders he is 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 but 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 the dire consequences you have the head of the world bank speaking about how default would affect developing economies as well as the developed world menu 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 to 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 to finance a very very clear within their economies they're very very nervous so. this is of course china has been. trying to see if they could coordinate the new order which would be less dollar based on the first u.s. shutdown in seventeen years eight hundred thousand or so federal workers not have basically receiving no pay not being called in and then you have recourse so thousands of others workers basically be friends with some salt if they don't work for no pay so people here of course are not how do you have protests breaking out in chile in the capital here over the weekend

a group of truckers came in fourth 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 parts of the 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 a group through a barricade on sunday to try to get to world war two. just chanting slogans like break down these walls singing patriotic songs but yet there were riot police they are 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. economic reputation has of course been changed. and it's now reporting there for a while the u.s. looks to stave off economic disaster for some other countries it's to late but later this hour we report on the situation in greece there now the country's oldest universities are going out of business. massive riots erupted in the south of moscow this last weekend where thousands joined protests over the murder of a local resident that was blamed on a man from russia's north caucasus almost four hundred people were arrested as mobs went on a rampage told me a shopping center and clashing with police. 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 known slavic origin presumably according

to police he is hailing from northern caucasus which is essentially a part of russian federation however those who have shown up at the rally over the weekend most of them seem 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 it was somewhat 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 personal

have actually been wounded at least one of them received a blow to his head with a broken bottle there were fears that riots could last well into the night over 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 of russia also sparked massive riots in the center of moscow this time on when there's no square around five thousand people came out most of them again with ball fans and not just nationalistic groups so the tension is subsided but definitely there is still some upper henchmen hanging in the air. really because our correspondent there were for more on the chaos that broke out in the so the mosque you got a website out of on a timeline showing what happened in the city over the last forty eight hours it was really dramatic pictures as well you see them there full screen.

russia's foreign minister says syria's leading opposition groups refusing to attend peace talks in geneva because western powers are either unwilling or unable to persuade them to take part moscow washington or both staking a lot on most 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 war zones and then once peaceful citizens take up arms of his policy reports from a battle city of homs this is the front line as watched by a syrian army sniper that you know of we may see somebody and shoot. after a thousand days of war this is what victory looks like and the eerie silence of what once was the vibrant quarter of battle sham twenty meters from here where bullfighters hold the ground while the army does the same squeeze between a few streets that throw up unexpected heroes from among the rubble of us have been

missing out on account and that this was unknown and syria before now i knew nothing of this before the war icicles of. two and a half years ago last summer was a school teacher of the twenty nine year old signed up for war that it suddenly shattered right inside his castle and these are some volunteered his pin passion for kalashnikov. i feel that something happened because i was teaching a little more show landed in the studio there were a lot of victims overhead i remember as i held one little girl who had been killed and seeing our blood i felt so sorry for her family. they seem to like beheading even icons and start chances i mean these are the messages they want to send us the syrian army was based here there was no military for years only in the sense of. some people here were praying for peace and this is one of the bombs that fell into 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 sorts. so you hate about how. this yard is 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 to trying to get the area back to normality but when we defeat them we will rebuild the structure and children will once again leave your prayers will be heard doesn't matter anymore to 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 for protecting them so nobody comes along to destroy their dreams. they were approaching sniper valley it's about twenty meters from here all the snipers and. explaining to me when i went on the right now we're going to go swimming i think it's going to take my hand and we're going to run. 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 two three. if i can i cannot do that participating in the best interest we get across ok. if we still do apparently one person was killed here bet i'm ok thank you. 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 most of us he says will probably not be here the next time you visit policy r.t. bubble shah homes syria. meanwhile a car bomb in northwestern syria is killed at least twenty people and wounded dozens the powerful blast came just a day after twin car bombs rocked the center of the capital damascus one near otel where the chemical weapons inspectors are staying my noxon right as an expert on the syrian crisis explains why the work of international organizations in the country is getting more and more difficult by the day we have this already in the past we if we think we know that you n. employees where were captured by rebels we had the u.n. inspector team which was investigating ngata a couple of weeks ago which were 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 proper ways 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. coming up first black gold rapid economic growth forces china to become the largest oil importer in the world now for a look at the prospect some pressures the rising demand placing on the far east and . 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 only to find out in the end the conflict isn't over or it is going on as before except that israel is now in a much worse position. dramas that can't be ignored. stories others refused to notice. faces change the world writes now. the picture of today's leaves. on demand from around the globe.

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students who should have started a new academic year have been left in limbo therefore. the 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 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 and 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 it has absolutely fortunately it's because of the serious cutbacks in a minister of the of personnel and in public subsidies but cannot 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 is 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 a thing 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 protests they have been singing chants including people will not pay and that history is written with resistance and they really do believe that expression themselves like they have done today can make a difference and three farmer. things. is not more stories online for us as well twenty four seven a course today getting a lot of heads cultural heritage up for sale reporting on italy planning to put its historic castles villas even of a nation island on the market in

a bid to keep its plagued economy afloat selling with national treasures and the also night raids extreme temperatures just a few of the methods that were used by guards as america's prison to break up the detainee six months under strike but more on that too on by. oil imports are surging in china making it the biggest energy importer on the planet as you can see here beijing increased its all purchases steadily in recent years finally when outpacing the u.s. just last month the rapid growth of industry infrastructures created the insatiable

demand for fuel artie's lucy catherine of looks at 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 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 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 the wrong one 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. some world news in brief us were just a ship seized on thursday disputed waters off the ground it has been the school to support by venezuela's navy vessels reportedly conducting studies for texan oil company awarded a contract to search for oil close to garner but by this whale it claimed that its territory to prove living five americans will be held on board while the owners say they're working with the u.s. government secured the release of the ship. these pictures from china dramatic

video showing dozens of people plunging into this water when i wouldn't bridge used to board a ferry collapsed under the fortunately nearby park employees rubber throw inflatable life rings in pretty quickly ten people still need hospital treatment and investigations being held into why the bridge that will be opened in september collapsed. some two million muslims travel to saudi arabia's holy city of mecca to begin the annual five day hud's pilgrimage is a central pillar of islam and includes a march to medina where the prophet muhammad is buried this year the number of pilgrims those been restricted by the saudi government because of concerns over a respiratory virus centered on the rabid peninsula. i'm kevin zero in thanks for your company this next news update in just over thirty five minutes coming up next the watty sophie shevardnadze talks with israel's deputy foreign minister about how the recent forward relations between washington and tehran is affecting israel's partnership with the u.s. .

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 a two thousand. i've heard 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 to hunt because getting a sandwich thrown at them is a lot easier i mean why go to the effort of auditing 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 plan is 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 pay ratio is much better than the free swiss francs and it gets my seal of approval but that's just my opinion. wealthy british style. time.

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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 iraq in relations with the islamic state israel's alarm calls over aidan's nuclear ambitions said nearly been drowned out by the friendly face of aidan's rouhani at the u.n. general assembly well israel now stand alone will it strike single handedly. 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 the u.s. is always there but. how things change for israel is their big friend drifting carried away by its own fights and failures 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. should do it it is too early to talk about specific results of this point because 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 core of a week before our visit there was an atmosphere of euphoria all the iranian president had to do was to say a few words on the whole world immediately for god that the concept of a rainy and democracy is quite unusual 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. so what these really prime minister did is basically put a mirror in front of the whole world. will have to wait and see what kind of effect

this may have. to ship well heard this speech he made at the united nations and he also clearly sat in that speech that israel will stand alone against iran if it has to now considering how isolated israel is in the region now adays low limit is probably the word to describe it do you feel alone now. you know of course we don't feel alone. we've got a lot of friends and allies including the united states and many of the european nations and countries in other parts of the world you know these really prime minister made one very simple point he said that our experience with syria demonstrated that for our talks with iran to be successful two conditions must be met first we need to continue putting pressure on iran. this happens through sanctions without this pressure rouhani wouldn't have won the.