twelve thirty pm in moscow these iraqi headlines thousands of greeks unite in angry protest after the government passes another round of austerity cuts individual looming economic disaster this comes after the greek prime minister held talks with the german chancellor and to try in a store confidence that option's is on the right track. for nato peacekeepers in kosovo have injured seven serbs in clashes at the border area you know why and says he used rubber bullets but a local news agency claims live rounds were fired as released x. rays which it says show the gunshot wounds of. the international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory palestinian save israeli rules out any chance of bilateral stops with the u.k. and other western countries still involved in the libyan conflict are a prominent british journalist what he thinks of his nation's role of the intervention simon jenkins is a guest in today's interview stay with us. i'm joined by simon jenkins author and journalist who now writes for the guardian newspaper some like to speak to r.t.

jihad right thousands of greeks unite in protest after the government passes another round of austerity measures in a bid to avert a looming economic disaster this comes after the greek prime minister held talks with the german chancellor in an attempt to restore confidence that athens is on the right track. nato peacekeepers and kosovo had injured seven serbs in clashes at the border area the alliance says it used rubber bullets but a local news agency has released pictures of x.-rays showing the gunshot wounds. in the international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory palestinians say israeli moves rule out any chance of bilateral peace talks. with the u.k. and other western countries still involved in the libya conflict arche spoke with a prominent british journalist what he thinks of his nation's role in the intervention simon jenkins coming up in today's interview. i'm joined by simon jenkins author and journalist who now writes for the guardian newspaper someone to speak to r.t. now you've written extensively criticizing the way the inte

these are greeks united in angry protest after the government passes another round of austerity measures in a bid to import the looming economic disaster this after the greek prime minister holds talks with the german chancellor in an attempt to restore confidence that this is on the right track. nato peacekeepers in kosovo had injured seven serbs in clashes at the border area the alliance says he used rubber bullets a local news agency has released pictures of the x. rays showing a gunshot. the international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements in occupied territory palestinians say the israeli move rules out any chance of bilateral peace talks. for months up next with the sports news so europe's top club football event continues wednesday what do you think is the russian team's chances for tonight well i can say that the two russian seems currently in action and in the champions league are impressing however the fans are hoping it could all change tonight when is indeed st petersburg host the europa league winners force all all that coming up in the second. well w

thousands of greeks united angry protests after the government promises another round of austerity measures in a bid to avert a looming economic disaster it's going to the greek prime minister how talks with the german chancellor to restore confidence that athens is on the right track. nato peacekeepers in kosovo have injured seven serbs in clashes at the border area and that line says at least a rubber bullets but a local news agency has released pictures of x. rays sharing gunshot wounds. and the international community decision to build new settlements on occupied territory to put it in say the israeli moved rules out any chance of bilateral peace talks. this happy face and that means iran joins me now with the latest in sports there are also realized tonight in the champions league i guess good have used a little bit of luck yes this certainly could but despite so that the last of its words it's end champions in serbia land the russians we still have plenty of opportunities in the remains are all of this group campaign this stick around i'll tell you more things. a little walk into the

athens to assess the scale of the country's progress in reducing the debt this after thousands of greeks united in protest against the government's latest round of austerity measures. nato peacekeepers and kosovo have injured seven serbs and coffers at the border area the alliance says it used rubber bullets but a local news agency claims the live rounds were fired in this release x. rays which it says show shop around a little show gunshot wounds of the victims. the international community condemns israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory palestinians say the israeli move rules out any chance of bilateral talks. with the u.k. and other western countries still involved in the libyan conflict r.t. asked one of britain's leading newspaper columnists what he thinks of his nation's role in the intervention the guardian simon jenkins says foreign military action is restricted to countries rich in natural resources that's coming up. i'm joined by simon jenkins author and journalist who now writes for the guardian newspaper sun and that's this week that r.t. now you've written

thousands of greeks uniting angry protest over the government's passes another round of austerity measures in a veto of the new economic disaster it comes out of the greek prime minister held talks with the german chancellor in an attempt to restore confidence that athens is on the right track. major peacekeepers in kosovo how dangerous seven serbs inclosures a border area the airline says that he used rubber bullets but a local news agency has released pictures of x. rays are showing gunshot wounds. on the international community's land these are all decision to build new settlements on occupied territory ability and say the israeli move the rules out any chance of bilateral instal. offensive follow in the footsteps of two israeli arabs have its advantages trouble for peace in the middle east and find the apparent international apathy towards the illegal occupation of palestinian state. if you break into stone salt on the story of the education. we're here to tell you it's an occupation. if the palestinians will be afraid of the idea for us all the time is a rare will be afraid of the us.

thousands of greeks unite in angry protest after the government passes another round of austerity measures and it's had to avert a looming economic disaster. border disorder nato forces in kosovo clash with serves as a local news agency reports live rounds have been fired. the international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory that the palestinian state rules out bilateral peace talks called for at the u.n. . ten am in moscow i matras are good to have you with us here on r t our top story greece has been engulfed by angry protests after the government passed the most on .

in athens to assess the scale of the country's progress in reducing debt is after thousands of greeks united in protest against the government's latest round of austerity measures. nato peacekeepers in kosovo had the injured seven serbs in clashes at the border area the alliance says he used rubber bullets but a local news agency claims that i have rounds were used as released x. rays which it says show the gunshot wounds of victims. and irrational community strands of israel's decision to build new settlements on the occupied territory palestinians see the israeli move rules out any chance of bilateral peace talks. and staying with that theme up next in our tea party one of a special report we follow the footsteps of two israeli activists who continue to struggle for peace in the middle east by challenging the views of israelis themselves stay with us. i come here because i live in jerusalem and i am in shock and in the rage that. what is happening here. no democracy without freedom to demonstrate. that is not a very clear line between religion and nationalism personally. as it is as a litt

ten thirty am in moscow these iraqi headlights thousands of greeks unite in protest after the government passes another round of austerity measures in a bid to avert looming economic disaster after the greek prime minister held talks with the german chancellor in an attempt to restore confidence that it is on the right track. nato peacekeepers in kosovo have injured seven serbs in clashes at the border area the alliance says it used rubber bullets but a local news agency has released pictures of x.-rays showing the gunshot wounds. and the international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory palestinians say israeli moves rule out any chance of bilateral peace talks. with the u.k. and other western countries still involved.

thousands of greeks united angry protests after the government passes another round of austerity measures and a veto of that looming economic disaster it's going to the greek prime minister held talks with the german chancellor in a sense to restore confidence that athens is on the right track. they said peacekeepers in kosovo have injured seven serbs in clashes at the border area and the line says at least it probable is but a local news agency has released pictures of x.-rays showing gunshot wounds. and international community signs israel decision to build new settlements on occupied territory and if it is seen in say the israeli move rules out any chance of bilateral peace talks. could this happy face and that means iran joins me now with the latest in sports there are also realized tonight in the champions league and has since come off could have used a little bit of luck yes they certainly could but despite so that three two loss to this was its end champions inside milan the russians he still have plenty of opportunities in the remainder of this group campaign to stick around i'll

thousands of greeks united angry protests that the big government passes another round of austerity measures and you can only disaster it comes out of the greek prime minister how talks with the german chancellor and attempts to restore confidence that is on the right track. nato peacekeepers in kosovo having just seven studs and the border area deadline said that he used rubber bullets but a local news agency has released pictures of x. rays showing gunshot wounds. on the international community's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory but a scene inside the israeli really rules out any chance of by the school. the next of foreigner in the footsteps of to. continue.

doing is to assess the scale of the country's progress in reducing debt this after thousands of greeks unite in protest against the government's latest round of austerity cuts. nato peacekeepers in kosovo have injured seven serbs in clashes at the border area the alliance says it used rubber bullets but a local news agency claims live rounds were used and has released x. rays that it says show the gunshot wounds of victims. and international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory palestinians say the israeli moves to rule out any chance of bilateral peace talks. up next with sports stay with us here on r.t. . well welcome to the sport an artsy comment to you live from the russian capital with me were mom calls for the first ad lines. army men disarm says fight back from two goals down but still lose. five goal european cup earlier in moscow. inspiration from paralympians an annual awards ceremony has been held in the russian capital honoring athletes and others trying to overcome serious illnesses. downtime russia's a rugby team enjoy a day off from

thousands of greeks unite angry protest after the government passes another round of austerity measures it's have to avert a looming economic disaster. border disorder nato forces in kosovo clash with serves as a local news agency reports live rounds have been fired. from. the international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory that the palestinian state rules out bilateral peace talks called for at the u.n. . ten am in moscow i met reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story greece has been engulfed by angry protests after the government passed the most unpopular round of austerity measures yet in exchange for a new round of rescue loans a new property tax is expected to bridge a gap in the country's budget but people say they can't afford to pay for watch the protests out of turbulent night in athens. do you think here from the racing club the phrase has been pushed out house in times square you can head to take gas going off again we said the situation looking like he was going to escalate other things that that will that's what

thousands of greeks unite and i grew protests after the government passes another round of austerity measures in the center of the looming economic disaster. border disorder nato forces in kosovo clashed with surface as a local news agency reports live rounds have been fired. and the international community plans israel decision to build new settlements in occupied territory which the palestinians say rules on the bilateral peace talks called for the u.i. . and a very warm welcome for all of us here in moscow this is all she would need you know thanks for joining us greece has been engulfed by angry protests as sort of the government part the most popular round of austerity measures even exchange for rescue loans a new property tax is expected to bridge a gap in the country's budget but people say they can't afford to pay for what is the protests when it's happening right in athens where you're seeing here some of the roads being blocked the phrase has been are being pushed out sometimes but you can hear the kid gas going off again we said the situation looking like he was going to e

thousands of greeks unite in angry protest after the government passes another round of austerity measures in a bid to avert the looming economic disaster after the greek prime minister held talks but the german chancellor have to restore confidence that things is on the right track. nato peacekeepers and kosovo have injured seven serbs in clashes of the border area the alliance says it used rubber bullets but a local news agency claims were fired and has released x. rays that it says show gunshot wounds to the victim. international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory palestinians say the israeli rules i would any chance at bilateral peace talks. with stay with us. hello and welcome to the sport on r c coming to you live from moscow with. pursed the headlines. army man disarm says back from two goals down but still loose after a five goal european called filler in moscow. inspiration from paralympians and award ceremony has been held in the russian capital honoring athletes and others trying to overcome serious illnesses. russia's rugby team enj

headlines thousands of greeks unite in protest after the government passes another round of austerity measures individual looming economic disaster and this comes after the greek prime minister held talks with the german chancellor and an attempt to restore confidence that often is on the right track. nato peacekeepers in kosovo have been injured seven serbs in clashes at a border area the alliance says it used rubber bullets but a local news agency claims live rounds were fired as well as the x. rays that it says show the gunshot wounds of the victims. and the international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory the palestinians say the israeli move rules out any chance of bilateral peace stop . thanks peter lavelle asked his guest on cross talk whether intervention by the west and other countries can ever be justified and if such action ever brings up positive outcomes for the people on the ground state. can. follow in welcome to crossfire gun control of all western liberal interventionism is it ever justified for such military interventions

due in athens to assess the scale of the country's progress in reducing debt after thousands of greeks united in protest against the government's latest round of austerity measures. nato peacekeepers and kosovo have injured seven the serbs in clashes at the border area the alliance says it used rubber bullets but a local news agency claims a live rounds were fired and was released x. rays which it says show shotgun show gunshot wounds of the victim. international community condemns israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory palestinians say the israeli move rules out any chance of bilateral talks.

thousands of greeks unite in angry protest after the government passes another round of austerity measures in an attempt to import a looming economic disaster. order disorder nato forces in kosovo clash would serve as a local news agency reports live rounds with and fired. peter out children unity slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory the palestinians say rules out the bilateral peace talks called for at the u.n. . any business the south of us in markets struggle to maintain strong gains they enjoy at this time of the week but frankly i can't deny six started the day it's likely lower we'll look at the figures now this is a program. eleven am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story greece has been engulfed by angry protests after the government mass the most past the most popular or check that government passed the most unpopular round of austerity measures yet in exchange for a rescue loans i mean property taxes especially to bridge a gap in the country's budget but people say they can't afford to pay for a watch the prote

athens to assess the scale of the country's progress in reducing that this after thousands of greeks united in protest against the government's latest round of austerity measures. nato peacekeepers in kosovo what injured seven serbs in the clashes of the border area the alliance says it used rubber bullets but a local news agency claims live rounds were fired as released x. rays it says show the gunshot wounds of victims and the international community condemns israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory palestinians say the israeli moves rule out any chance of bilateral he stops. up next year lavelle asks his crossed our guest whether western intervention in other countries could be justified and if the action ever brings about positive outcomes for the people on the ground state with us. can. follow in welcome to cross talk on peter about western liberal interventionism is it ever justified for such military interventions within the confines of international law is there a case where western inspired forced regime change has worked as it's planned and can such interve

officials doing greece to assess the country's progress in reducing its debt this after thousands of greeks united in protest at the government's latest round of austerity cuts. border just ordered nato forces in kosovo clash with serves as a local news agency reports live rounds have been fired. the international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory which the palestinians say rules out the by the lateral peace talks called for. it's noon in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story senior officials from the e.u. and i.m.f. are expected in greece to study its progress in reducing its debt before deciding whether to release further bailout cash angry protests broke out tuesday after the government passed the most unpopular roundabout staring the measures yet it's a new property tax and it's expected to bridge a gap in the country's budget but people say they can't afford to pay it or he's sorry for a thousand more. well you think his arms race thing love the protesters i think i'll sometimes you can have to take ask going off

thousands of greeks unite in angry protest after the government passes another round of austerity. disaster this comes after the greek prime minister held talks with the german chancellor and try in a store confidence that. nato peacekeepers in kosovo have injured seven serbs in clashes at the border area. but a local news agency. released x. rays which it says show the gunshot wounds of. the international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory. by lateral peace talks with the u.k. and other western.

dozens of greeks united angry protests out of the government promises another round of austerity measures and sounds to me economic disaster. border disorder nato forces in kosovo clash with signs as a local news agency reports live rounds have been fired. the international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory which the palestinians say pulls out of the bilateral peace talks called for add to our. business because the reform of russia's banking sector to make it more transparent may be delayed starting up the finance minister could read what the analysts think about it find out in our business bulletin boards minutes. hello and a very warm welcome from all of us here in oscar this is our she was new year's eve our thanks for joining us and we started in greece it has been in my angry protests out of the government pause the most popular round of austerity measures yes in exchange for rescue loans a new property time is expected to bridge a gap in the country's branches but people say they can't afford to pay off the center for the pressure is go

thousands of greeks unite and i group prize has got to the government tosses another round of austerity measures in. center of that looming economic disaster. border disorder nato forces in kosovo clashed with us as a local news agency reports live rounds have been fired. and the international community decision to build new settlements on occupied territory which the palestinians say rules on peace talks called for at the yuan. and a very warm welcome to all of us here in moscow this is the with me today thanks for joining us greece has been engulfed by angry protests after the government passed the most unpopular round of austerity measures even exchange for rescue loans and you.

banks get their ratings downgrade it because of their exposure to greek debt and it's not just france we don't know how much the united states is exposed to greek debt credit default swaps which protect against greek debt so our insure against rate that would be a better way to say that so what would be the impact for the u.s. if there is a greek default well you're right thing about the credit default swaps and derivatives market we don't really know we had heard a lot about this in june few months ago that a lot of the american banks one of the other. side of these derivative deals so they were ensuring that the the the debt that was on the both of the books of of european banks so that in the in the event of a default the european bank would they would they would lose out on their bonds but then they would go to the american bank and say give us the money because when you wrote the insurance so the u.s. banks would be on the hook no one really knows and again that's the problem of the banking system there's a lot of uncertainty about counterparty risk and panics can create problems to quote it which with unmask the

market sources say the cancellation of greek prime minister's visit to united states to deal with his domestic crisis is causing concern. attention is now focused on looming negotiations between the eu and the imf. that loss on the dow marked the first loss in six days. markets were closed here on monday for public holiday so we are just now seeing the impact in japan this tuesday morning. let's how go to our reporter, ra min mel guard, standing by. ramin, how are tokyo markets reacting? >> very good morning to you, ai. the nikkei is plaching playing catch up. let's look at the nikkei and topics right thousand np nikkei is down over a hundred points and no real surprise, as you said, they are following the declines in europe, u.s. and also key asian indexes yesterday. in fact we saw a two-year low yesterday. now let's be pretty clear though, the euro zone debt issue continues to command market attention and that's really following the focus on greece, spain and italy. and that's a focus for stock, bond and currency traders. and if you have a look at currency levels right now, again, j

greek default. despite a rally in the united states, european shares are volatile, with french shares hard hit because they hold so much greek debt. >> if greece is the epicenter of this financial crisis, it is more than in paris. today shares of french banks were sent tumbling as concerns grow the exposure to get in spain, greece, and italy, and threats of a downgrade by moody's. some say it suddenly smells of 2008, the market's pricing in the need for government intervention. it is premature speculation, said the finance minister. >> there is no emergency for bakes. they have plenty of means for response, and the central bank said they will provide liquidity, and the european central bank said there is 5 million euros available for breaks. >> the french banks holding billions of euros worth of french bonds, and investors fear even a partial default would sharply received the value of those assets. american banks lent heavily to french counterparts, and they have begun pulling back on loans. the second-biggest bank was forced to respond today, announcing a new round of cuts worth 4 billion euros, and

colonial era and we need to prevent that and the only way to do it is probably to put up a united front greek is a microcosm of the movement towards a multi multilateral word a gin mill a multi-polar world and you can only be calamity through joint action by bric nations to prevent this but whether they can succeed or not is a matter of also of power projection on the ground diplomatically yes russia china india brazil even south africa have central emissaries to syria and they're all involved in behind the scenes but at the end of the b. it also could boil down to military pressure and there i think iran is important because the only deterrent preventing another libya like intervention from the west is the fact that iran supports the syrian regime although iran has asked the sooner you can moderate its response to the protests at the end of the day has been law in iran are there and they will materially prevent a takeover of syria the reverse impulse of now pretty much taken over libya by hijacking the human race. to protect civilians so it's important the brick also according to to be wrong

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debt crisis isn't just the greek debt crisis it's a crisis that affects the eurozone and that in turn also affects the united states and reverberates here but with this going on recently affecting markets we've seen a lot of volatility and this is said to play a role by analysts who follow this closely what you are american people think is causing it while our broadcast journalist went out onto the streets to find out. i'm here on the streets of washington d.c. asking americans what they think is to blame for the current state of the u.s. economy let's watch i'm certain he didn't get it would you say president obama simply. would push george bush president obama would you say that obama stood by him for no artful ended on bush would you say is to blame for all this if i had to blame anybody i would blame government who was to blame i think that. everybody you know what do you think about what's happening you know in greece and with the euro right now do you think that has anything to do with you know how the economy is shaping up here well i think that the stock market has already baked the greek potential g

the greek prime minister's canceled a trip to the united states as his country's debt crisis worsens george carlin driver was due to attend the u. n. general assembly and meet the chief of the international monetary fund but he says you know needs to stay home to deal with greece's deficit euro zone leaders decided to wait until october before ruling on whether to release the next eight billion euro bailout package for greece despite a recently announced property tax athens has been criticized for missing a series of deadlines and failing to implement reforms quickly enough he says without e.u. help it's only got enough cash to survive until mid october but financial journalists you're an overdeveloped says the only way to rebuild that shattered economy is to leave the euro. the greek economy is in an outright depression now keep shrinking at the moment at seventy eight percent on an annual basis unemployment is officially at sixteen percent but in reality it's more close to twenty five percent what we hear from people from the i.m.f. informally is that the budget situation is out of

that variety russia will ease and will continue to be the most important the greek prime minister has canceled a trip to the united states and with the countries that worsening debt crisis george purp and dry was due to attend the u.n. general assembly and meet with the r f chief but said next week was crucial for implementing deficit reducing plans at home this comes as eurozone leaders chose to wait until october before ruling on whether to release the next eight billion euro bailout package to greece despite a recently announced probably tax athens is being put aside of missing a series of deadlines and failing to implement reforms quickly enough with the debt in europe spiralling out of control struggling countries notably italy have been looking for help from the east for france's learn from hong kong based investment holding company says chinese cat isn't there then from the solution you would need to solve it over problem. yes precisely saying is europe's debt problem must be solved by europeans are long think of china last lend. last resort to. china and right europe's. politicians have been paying their b

the greek police, faced with personnel cuts, also voiced their frustration. a special guard unit hang a banner on the city's tallest hill that reads "the greek police mourn." tomorrow the greek parliament is set to vote on a key part of the austerity package. it's a new property tax that would be paid through electricity bills. for the latest from athens, i spoke with freelance reporter john psaropoulos a short time ago. john psaropoulos, welcome. well, the market seemed at least a little encouraged today by potential action, but there in athens you have new demonstrations, new strikes. how disruptive is all that? what does it feel like there? >> there is a constant tension in the air. people are always waiting for the next strike to be announced. it's become a fact of daily life in antens that public transport may not work or may not work fully from one day to the next. people carry on as best they can in their daily lives. the real trouble, the underlying trouble here that does threaten to blow stability in the air literally is the political balance because the government is ru

greek debt problem. he called on the common euro zone currency to tackle the debt crises. japan resistd social reform while the united states is facing record peace time deficits with no approach in sight for cutting its debt. he warned the global's con my will be drugged down unless japan, u.s. and european countries face up to their responsibility and solve their problems. >>> now it's time to get a check on the markets. u.s. market closed higher for a third day in a row boosted by reassurances from germany and france about support for greece and the euro. to see how stocks are kicking up here in japan this thursday morning, let's cross over to ram ramin who sat tokyo stock exchange. >> very good morning to you. we are seeing it higher following from the u.s. markets. i'm looking at most stocks here in most sectors trading higher. that follows the close that we saw in the nikkei yesterday which was another fresh 2 1/2 year closing low. that is after we saw losses in banks, brokages, teches, auto and manufacturing sector. we are seeing a rebound as i said there. the markets saw what could be termed as relief rally i

greece would have to be bailing out of our own banks and we know from the united states that isn't any more popular than bailing out greeks ok then daniel it's very interesting because you know the way to the perception it is in the media we're looking at sovereign countries with their sovereign debt i began to brings up the really good point it's really about saving all these banks and a lot of very very wealthy people connected to political power in these countries. i think what i did saying is one sided with respect because there would be costs involved with unwinding the euro or withdrawing from the euro zone but i think there are also very high high costs involved with maintaining the euro zone because you're maintaining a system which cannot really be stable you cannot look greece and germany or portugal and germany together in the same economic system and one is very very productive and the other is to be unproductive you create all sorts of problems if i the really remarkable thing about the euro is not this having a crisis now but it's lost it for so long i think it's only lasted for ten twenty years however long