watch an r.t. live from moscow eleven am here on marina joshie welcome to the program police in los angeles have cleared one of the last and longest and occupy camps in the u.s. hundreds of officers and riot gear drove protesters out of the park making three hundred arrests in the process following in a fictional order to bring an end to a two month long occupation there i'll respond vanished account has more. nearly three hundred people were arrested in delhi on wednesday but police action against the protesters was not as heavy as what we've seen in other cities like oakland in california or new york in different cities police used tear gas on people rubber bullets sound cannons pepper spray no this time they just performed arrests no injuries as far as we know but still almost three hundred peaceful protesters arrested were people who refused to leave the park surrounding the l.a. city hall which they've been occupying for the last eight weeks some demonstrators climbed into trees to avoid a victim p

i can watching r.t. live from moscow in new york around twenty thousand people have staged a march demanding jobs and economic fairness to hold off the occupy movement protests it was organized by labor unions who have been demanding change our correspondent was that. this event has been organized by the new york city council that is an umbrella for more than three hundred unions and the reason these people say they're out on the street as that they are frustrated and fed up with the i think an ominous narrative between the rich important basically the more than fourteen million americans unemployed at the moment one percent the richest one percent in america has tripled its wealth in the past thirty years what this shows is that the highest sentiments that happen at the by the occupy wall street movement for over the past two months are now being voiced by labor unions at a larger scale did see labor unions join occupy wall street a month or so ago but that turnout was not as large as this one the people tak

he watching r.t. live from moscow do you bear in mind the arts he taught com is always online for you with a lot more stories and many i'm catching videos are here's are some of what you'll find there right now. the questions they were asking are absolutely stupid and that's when i actually got scared of russian women who earn her right to remain of the u.k. after being wrongly accused of espionage talks about her year long battle against the british security services. but as london hunts for foreign spooks there seems to be a lack of agents in its own ranks as intelligence services seek to recruit geeks through a code breaking game on the internet. in seven minutes is the business news but for now a vast new protest wave was swept through new york as some twenty thousand people marched demanding better jobs and economic opportunities the demonstration was organized by labor unions but the rhetoric borrowed liberally from the occupy movement which has been protesting in the u.s. for months he's heard the v

watching r.t. live from moscow now greece has ground to a halt as public service employees walk out over a new paper cuts job suspensions and emergency property tax and the protest is the first major test for the new technocrat leadership in athens which secured their next e.u. bailout tranche by pledging to go forward with austerity thousands of people went out on athens main square while the strike closed schools disrupted public transport and left hospitals relying just on emergency and staff on wednesday the e.u. monetary affairs chief warmblood euro zone has just ten days to stabilize the single currency and stem the crisis meanwhile the european central bank said it's ready to play a bigger role but nations should tie their budgetary policies closer together financial analysts tell you one hundred one over the fells says tighter economic governance is needed but country's sovereignty could be sacrificed in the process. the sense of urgency certainly has not only to do with greece's it has to do wi

talk about you watching r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories up to fifty thousand people are expected to descend on central moscow in a second major protest against the results of this month's parliamentary poll the opposition claims a vote was rigged and want to real action while the russian leadership has promised political reforms. while there is no merry christmas in syria worries spiral of violence continued with two suicide blasts in damascus which left over forty people dead the arab league is in the country looking for ways out of the crisis and the truth behind why it's happening. and now levy is taking care off one that has named somalia a failed stay embroiled in secret services have called it the new training ground for terrorists and it's leading to speculation that invasion is the next step. but coming up here in our t.v.'s special new year's edition of technology update stay with us. hello and welcome to technology as you can see from the decorations at the department store. it's that time of

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories russia demands an investigation into civilian deaths from nato bombings in libya response to a few rides group report which claims dozens were killed in air strikes that locals say atrocities are still being committed in the country with former gadhafi loyalists the target. russia's newly elected parliament embarks on its work two weeks after the polls that sparked massive protests against alleged vote rigging and calls for a recount the central election commission has looked into the claims and cancelled the voting results of twenty one polling stations but this didn't affect the overall outcome. and disagreements between the u.k. and the e.u. grow with a battle front now the welfare rules the blog insist that britain pays billions to non-citizens something london says will spawn benefit tourism. up next a special report about the survivors of the world's tories industrial disaster who are fighting for justice against the corporation responsible

could have you with this is r.t. live here in the russian capital top stories not half past the hour here in moscow russian billionaire playboy jumps into the presidential race be called broken overs formally announced he'll be running for russia's top job next march the country's third wealthiest person entered the political stage earlier this year when he headed up the right calls political party only to quit over disagreements with other party members. of the central moscow again but this time it's the supporters of the victorious united russia party it follows mass opposition rallies staged amid claims the results of the parliamentary vote were rigged. talks for greece's second a multi-billion euro rescue package amid skepticism over the efficiency of the emergency measure as also as cracks within the e.u. wide with britain earlier vetoing france and germany plan to create a common fiscal union. and occupy protesters take their rallies to a new level as they bring operations in some of america's west ports grinding to

global news twenty four seven this is r.t. live from moscow with me showing a twenty five thousand strong opposition rally in moscow is breaking up following a peaceful protest in the heart of the russian capital and the call to arms was issued after sunday's parliamentary election that the opposition claimed was rigged . joins us live with details of the rally appears to be winding up how's it going today. it is indeed on just some several hundred people laughed at moscow's biggest protest in some twenty years it has gone on throughout the day without any kind of incident it has been very peaceful protesters were calling for that in fact organizers have praised police restraint certainly there's been lots of security here in central moscow but like i said so far everything has gone pretty smoothly i just want to step out of the side and give you a better idea of what's happening you can see people trickling out no more for. flags people just walking through the park slowly making their way home no more music music was playing thro

for watching r.t. live from moscow one person has been killed some seventy people injured after a taliban suicide bomber targeted a nato military base in afghanistan the attack occurred just south of the capital kabul a suicide bomber is said to have used a truck packed with explosives and caused more concern now about just how stable the country is as a foreign combat troops start their withdrawal ahead of a two thousand and fourteen deadline to leave although a substantial presence is expected to remain to train locals but it's too late i am a child here from the gentile school of international affairs in new delhi things that by staying in the region because pushed through their own goals. it's an unfortunate historical reality that long after the immediate security needs in the rat race on the shore for us forces is all over this story on there will be says and then we hunker down and that is you know people you know we united states has view security through the lenses of its military bases which conti

you're watching r.t. live from moscow a quick pause in the weekly here to check out the world update for you some other headlines from around the world this hour fresh violence has killed at least twelve people in syria as clashes between activists and military forces continue many of the deaths were unarmed it's where dark clouds of smoke filled the air during the violence syrian president bashar al assad recently rejected accusations that he ordered the deaths of protesters an estimated four thousand people have been killed in syria since clashes began nine months ago. argentina president cristina fernandez has been sworn in for the second time making her the only female leader in latin america's history to be reelected later she addressed supporters from argentina's presidential palace reminding them of successes during her first term fernando's that won the last month's election by a wide margin the bulk of her support comes from the working classes who have received pay and pension increases as well as mo

welcome back you're just joining us you're watching r.t. live from montgomery and these are the top stories fresh occupy protests flare up right across the u.s. has this randall the activist target boards and trade hubs in an effort to hamper a financial giant goldman sachs that has always continuing a relentless for a down on the movements timid he's. taking the plunge again russia's third richest man announces he's second attempt to enter politics by running for president. and has brought obama celebrates the end of the iraq occupation in iraq his point to the devastated infrastructure and unstable governments american troops are leaving behind. that start he looks at the advantages and threats posed by the internet so find out how to avoid being caught in a giant web. well the true science technology innovation hall believes developments from around russia we've got the future covered. hello again a welcome to spotlight the interview show on our team i'm doing on and i guess on the program today scott goodstein. social networking has become m

this is r.t. live here in moscow with you twenty four hours a day top stories police sweep through the occupy los angeles camp arresting almost three hundred after they and eviction order but the movement that started more than two months ago is only gaining momentum picking up support from the other side of the barricades. moscow says it can grow because of an serbs russian passports but will provide any aid necessary this comes after thousands of a plea for citizenship to escape discrimination and hostility from ethnic albanians . in iran faces further isolation as e.u. foreign ministers agree on more sanctions it follows a mob attack on the british embassy in tehran that prompted london to order all iranian envoys to leave within forty eight hours. brings up to date for the moment i'll be back with more news for in this and half an hour from now in the meantime we take you to russia's far north west it's a place with a unique climate stunning architecture and fascinating culch. the call of the ninja

global news around the clock this is r.t. live from moscow with me. syria could be the next subject of a foreign military intervention if some opposition groups get their way their calls for outside help are growing louder insisting it's the only way to protect civilians from government security forces the libya style demanded comes despite the latest decision by damascus to allow arab league observers to monitor how the regime. recent reports suggesting that dozens of army desert as have been killed by syrian troops and as sara first found out the situation in syria now looks more like a civil war rather than a government. here in the in the city of homs and you can hear heavy gunfire in the background it's really hard. the civilian population here lives here as we call it to wait a month to month they've had to. deal is taking its toll he added that there are neighborhoods that have been suffocate. surrounded by armed groups there are many people who've been kidnapped had enough what did we do to deserve this holmes is being described as a city on t

a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me rory soon shane. is demanding a probe into civilian casualties in libya caused by nato bombings that's the reaction to a report by human rights groups which claimed dozens were killed in airstrikes despite the alliance saying its operation was almost flawless while the conflict is over and the man who stood in the way of western style democracy now dead atrocities against his loyalists continue be warned you may find some of the images and acts on a boy his report disturbing. this is what it's like to look down in the face a group of man the young and old captured after the needier propped rebels over iran get off his hometown of sirte there was behind a camera delivers a verdict you committed you worked for gadhafi did you. and the captives didn't sound seems dacs certain about what's coming next. and it seems like these where you know that possibly be as the rebels assisted by western powers so to liberate the country from gadhafi i've been lodgings about he said to stick tendencies grow more and mo

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories in iran a fire has long range missiles at a ten day naval drills and the persian gulf iran has threatened to block a key oil supply route if the west indies to tighten its sanctions over iran's alleged nuclear program. crash rallies flare up in syria with opposition activists reporting dozens of deaths at the hands of police in the land says more than five thousand people have died.

and watching r.t. live from moscow ten am in the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program two days after an oil rig capsized off russia's far east coast the search for any survivors has turned desperate dozens are still missing in the freezing waters while the handful of survivors found are now arriving back on land jacob griefs is out the port where they are coming in and he joins us live on the phone to tell us more well jacob tell us what's happening in the port at the moment how the survivors are lived. oh yes do you. really know that when i was talking about since i was so much in medical stuff and just being and seeing the psychologist was dr check on my general wellbeing. the fourteenth of which dealing with the president was that i'm sure i'm not missing him the fact that he's been missing and unaccounted for an increasing number of bodies a couple of days you know i think being but yet to find all of it and i did on the original and i thought. that already thank the source of the pr

don't want they want to still continue the process and causing instability inside syria watching r.t. live from moscow still ahead of the program mysterious newcomer our experts break into closer focus figure. son who is now holding the reins of power in north korea plots. first in-depth look at how a seemingly prosperous economy dystonia is in fact struggling on the poverty line demonstrating this growing within the block that's coming your way in just a few moments. right if you live from france to pressure its. stance on t.v. don't come. wealthy british style. sometimes. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cancer a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. north korea's morning it's laid longstanding leader kim jong il who died of heart attack at the age of sixty nine on saturday his death was only announced on monday and send shock waves around the country and the whole region images from the world's most reclusive nation show thousands of people uncontrollably weeping on the streets kenyatta all will

you're watching r.t. live from moscow over two decades since the collapse of the soviet union the russian language is coming under pressure in estonia and used to be an official language there but has since faced a clamp down by the north already as the vast russian community is now worried that they'll be forced to favor a stone ian over their native tongue as r.t. is alexy russia port's. a russian speaking fisherman catches a magic fish it promises to fulfill all his wishes in a stone ian but he does not understand the language and he dumps it this social ad urges the russian minority in the stony to learn estonian in a rather amusing fashion the reality is no joke at all. old state officials are obliged to know the estonian language in the course of their work this is written in our language law it also applies to people working in the majority of public services. just like other post soviet baltic states study has its own language inspection the body which oversees how the language law is being observed at

you with r.t. live from moscow are still to come in the program for you nailed down to the wall it's two decades since the soviet union collapsed but pressure on the russian speaking minority in estonia shows no signs of community members saying they will never give up their fight for the basic. what do you make of the first egyptian election since the revolution. well what do you think is the importance of it. your mind that shopping over global holiday getaway the rest of it asks people to. think shopping or world news headlines. in the u.k. even a murder may not provide enough of a reason to deport a foreign criminal a loophole in the law has turned the country into an asylum for many immigrants who have committed serious offenses laura smith explains the rights to a family life is not an absolute right and it must not be used to drive a coach and horses through our immigration system. article eight an innocuous sounding element in the human rights act but which means having children can stop illegal

very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me a recent shy police in los angeles have cleared one of the last stand longest standing occupy in the united states hundreds of offices clad in riot gear drove protesters out of the park making three hundred arrests in the process following in order to bring to an end a two month long occupation our correspondent guy nature to count reports. nearly three hundred people were arrested in l.a. on wednesday the police action against the protesters was not as heavy as what we've seen in other cities like oakland in california or new york in different cities police use tear gas on people rubber bullets sound can and pepper spray no this time they just performed around no injuries as far as we know but still almost three hundred protesters arrested were people refuse to leave the park surrounding the l.a. city hall which they've been occupying for the last eight weeks some demonstrators climbed into the trees to avoid a vigil and police were using cherry pickers to take th

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories fresh occupy protests flare up right across the u.s. as disgruntled activists target boards and trade hubs in an effort to hamper a financial giant goldman sachs that asked police continue a relentless crackdown on the movements to vittie. taking the plunge again russia's third richest man announces his second attempt to handle politics by running for president. and as brock obama celebrates the end of the iraq occupation iraq is going to the devastated the structure and unstable government american troops are leaving behind. those who are the top stories here in our next ranjit singh was in his ambassador to iraq in the one nine hundred ninety s. and he's analysis of the u.s. troop withdrawal from iraq is simple washington will still try to control the country's rich oil reserves are just freer shrader caught up with him in new delhi . president obama has announced the united states will definitively end the war in iraq at the end of this month b

r.t. live here in moscow with you twenty four hours a day still to come this unemployment falls in the u.s. a sign of recovery or massaging the figures. these are real jobs this is a plantation economy. we look at whether the recent drop in joblessness reflects the real state of things in the american economy. but also still to come for you investigate how the russian speaking community in the former soviet republic of a stoner is falling victim to what they call a language inquisition often losing jobs for speaking their native tongue. a story still to come but first in britain an article on the all of the human rights act ensures the right to a family life for those who live there but what sounds fair on paper is being used in reality by criminals because they can overturn decisions to deport them for their offenses by using the legal loophole that allows them to stay your smith explains the rights to our family life is not an absolute right and it must not be used to drive. through our immig

watching r.t. live from moscow a cat and mouse game between occupy protesters and us police has become the norm with new tent camps popping up as quickly as your thought is can dismantle them but there are some encampments that have been around much longer and the people there have felt abandoned for years an associate went to visit one of the. tent cities of outrage popping up all across the u.s. over the last months let's visible to the public eye and much quieter. this tent city of hopelessness around for half a decade this is our third time at the village tucked away in the woods in about two years the number of homeless turning to the camp for hospitality keeps growing these days the population of tent city has tripled compared to when it was first set up the place is home to about seventy homeless people who have nowhere else to go the mood here has become increasingly politicized over the last year the politicians and the government has not protected the american people they've allowed outsourcin

a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow worse now or just after six pm i'm. russia's urging nato to look into reports of widespread civilian deaths in libya caused by the military alliance is seven month long bombing campaign the claims filed by rights groups contradict nato's assertion that twenty six thousands of its airstrikes to not cause any civilian casualties and the killing as an end it just because gadhafi is now dead and gone former rebels continue to take their own supporters of the toppled regime you may find some of the images and acts on a boy has reported disturbing. this is what it's like to look down in the face a group of men the young and old captured after the needier propped rebels overran get off his hometown of sirte there was behind a camera delivers the verdict did you work for gadhafi did you. and the captives then sound seems doubtful about what's coming next. and it seems like these where you know that possibly be as the rebels assisted by western powers so to liberate the country from gadhafi i've been longines about he said distr

a clear you know successor symbol they can they can use to continue their power are you watching r.t. live from moscow still ahead of the program and nurse and dad we'll look at how we prospered the economy stoniest that struggling on the poverty line demonstrate that it's continuing rolling with a blog plus. at our business desk here would continue to analyze blood gains and benefits russell will get from the coming of that of the world trade organization joining a play that was stories out of this bill is that about twenty minutes time. three months eighteen and it seems no one is backing out of the occupy movement in the u.s. is celebrating another anniversary as it continues to defy critics and gain momentum artie's us here is a new york with more. these are the images of america over the last three months that cops are must beat themselves in the forehead because they've given such life to this movement not welcome by authorities a movement against wall street wealth inequality and government corruption exploded in new york and spread all across the us the nexus of all of our grievanc

you watching r.t. live from moscow now arab league monitors are heading to three more syrian cities to witness the government's peace plan implementation earlier they visited the city of homs saying the situation there is quote reassuring although clashes are said to be continuing with twenty five reported killed on thursday across the country information coming from the country it's hard to verify it's mostly footage and it claims by activists clashes began in march required government forces and protesters. afshin rattansi a journalist who used to work in that region says the difference between arab league reports and mainstream coverage shows that the opposition is winning the media battle. certainly the western media viewpoint that we must believe the we must believe opposition groups it seems that any mobile footage is no except as a source certainly what the arab league said about holmes very different a great deal of the reports we've been getting on t.v. channels of massacres going. what is no doubt

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories arab league observers and are syria aiming to help stabilize the conflict torn country russia hopes the peacemakers can help stem the violence before a foreign military intervention. more u.s. soldiers are now losing their lives to suicide than enemy bullets unable to readjust to peaceful life that's causing some veterans to warn young people not to listen. and british humor rises groups fight for no spies own it in the world's most surveilled country calling on oxford city council not to report what's being said in taps and or in other city rejected a similar surveillance tactic their. allies here in r.t.f. next are just crosstalk finds out of there are any winners from the turmoil of iraq and if a state of war has become the natural foreign policy of the us. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle with the american occupation of iraq officially coming to a close this week it's time to take stock was the war in occupation worth it are t

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories blackwater receives back into iraq the infamous mercenary company undergoes a rebranding facelift in an effort to raise its history and cash in on the country's uncertain future. police in northern casa both stop russian drugs caring for medicare and aid from reaching struggling local serbs stripping supplies in an apparent show off political force. revolution flashback tens of thousands of people across media take to the streets to demonstrate against the country's transitional government the protesters want immediate reforms and more transparency as impatience with the government where. you use latest plan to save the euro zone faces the very real prospect of falling flat on its face debt stricken eurocrats will have to persuade euro skeptic britain to call for a new block wide bailout through the i.m.f. . as the day draws closer for the u.s. to withdraw its troops from iraq we talked to one of the architects of the war in the country our interv

you're watching r.t. live from moscow international austerity inspectors the so-called troika are in greece to put in place a second lifeline for the debt ridden country athens narrowly avoided default in december after received a vital cash injection but still remains at risk it's what has cracked so widening in the e.u. after what's considered a major divorce between britain and other members at a brussels summit. as more. it's not easy running a business even a small one like this german company which produces isolation materials for gas turbines loans taxes salaries competition it's enough to keep any business man's head busy but mainly still wonder why rules different when it comes to the big book or in this case the euro. when a business takes a loan and cons paid back in and says it's bankruptcy i think a state which keeps accumulating debt has to do the same it's no different from a company in that sense you don't borrow money if you know you can't pay it back but for some reason often this doesn't see

you with r.t. live from moscow are still ahead for you this hour the never ending story of saving the euro. every week we have a news every week we have new hopes and nothing happens well monday's meeting between the german and french leaders actually offer anything new to ease public discontent a little bit more on that just ahead for you in the program here. plus as u.s. police continue to crack down on anti corporate protesters some officers are changing sides one of them who explains why he joined the chorus of those are not happy with the current economic policies. egypt's state newspaper is reporting islamist parties have taken an overwhelming lead in the opening round of the country's first post revolution parliamentary election the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party reportedly gained forty percent of the vote with the fundamentalist elnora party thought it a claimed maybe about twenty five percent however the results are not final as most parties are said to go through to further ele

with r.t. live from moscow time for your headlines now police sweeps through the occupy l.a. come arresting almost three hundred after being ignored and if. the anti corporate movement that started more than two months ago is only need gaining momentum picking up support from the other side of the barricades. moscow says it can't be granted because of un serves russian passports but will provide any aid necessary this comes after thousands filed a plea for citizenship to escape discrimination and hostility from ethnic albanians . iran faces a further isolation as e.u. foreign ministers agree on more sanctions and follows a mob attack on the british embassy in tehran that prompted london to order all iranian envoys to leave the country within forty eight hours. and greek technocrats face their first total with thousands on a walkout over new pay cuts job suspensions and an emergency property tax while italians express anger and you know most of military spending the base say they are forced to pay. well the arab spring was fast and dramatic with dictators disappearing in tunis

the kaiser report from their butts off a recap of the day's top stories in a few moments here on r.t. live from moscow with me kevin owen. thank. you are. wealthy british style. guys go. out of. their. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mikes. answer there are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. world with. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. there headlining tonight at r.t. it's a year old now since choosey is revolt that ousted president ben ali and gave birth to the arab spring across north africa the middle east but people complain that even after elections real change in their own country is yet to be see. kazakhstan says its western oil town is back under control after the riots there left at least eleven people dead yet rest began during celebrations marking twenty years since the central asian country won independence from the soviet union. and a new york called.

a very warm welcome to this is r.t. live from moscow syria could be the next subject of a foreign military intervention of some opposition groups get their way the calls for alcide help are growing louder insisting it's the only way to protect civilians from government security forces well the libya style demand comes despite the bases decision by damascus to allow arab league observers to monitor how things are not only with all the rest there have been recent reports suggesting that dozens of army desertions have been killed by syrian troops as. the situation in syria now looks more like a civil war than a government crackdown. we're here in the embattled city of homs and you can hear heavy gunfire in the background that is really hard to hear insurances that the civilian population here live here as we call the. wait a month after month to ensure this conflicts the on going violence is taking its toll best had they had the right maybe who's that have been suffocated surrounded by armed groups there are many people who cou

i am here in moscow welcome you watching r.t. live with me kevin now and first thousands of north koreans missing crying in the streets of pyongyang as they watched the funeral procession carrying their lately there kim jong il's youngest son of success and less of a farewell ceremony which is expected to last for at least another day because no one of the heir kim jong un but silva hoping his western education may see a more open country but asia specialist dr to be real thing six term liberals will decide north korea's future as much as the next. as far as we know he was educated above the edge and switzerland dogs do that and have an effect but i think that's grossly overestimating is freedom of action. part of the north korean system but also mainly in respect of the outside world an immune respect to the americans so it is not north korea and since don't want to open up and see americans and want to. constrain some what's like they want to contain china rather different differently but it's all part of the same like the same pack

a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow now with almost all votes counted in russia's parliamentary election four parties are preparing to take their seats in the state where it's clear the biggest force will be united russia even though it suffered a significant plunge in popularity meanwhile thousands of people took to the streets of the country's biggest cities to voice their reaction to sunday's vote on his piece all of the joins me now live from moscow for more on this peter first of all with the ballot count almost complete what exactly does the demon now look like . but it's only a handful of ballots left to be counted and we get a pretty clear picture of what we do is going to be looking like united russia. still have the majority of the votes there followed up by the communists the affair russia party come in third and the liberal democrats in fourth place there the four parties that picked up a nuff of the vote to warrant taking a seat in the duma now after the proportional representation seats had bee

with r.t. live from moscow now a america's anti corporate protestors plan a massive march aimed at shutting down ports on the west coast on monday the move comes after a series of police raids on demonstrators camps on the coast with the last remaining one in san francisco torn down on sunday now aside from the usual rests and arrests the police is the latest tactics include infiltrating the ranks of protesters he's going to each account has details. we've seen a lot of police activity in the last three months against the occupy movement which has been generally a very peaceful movement it doesn't seem to be new saying the more we hear about dozens of arrests every week we've seen the latest surge on surge of arrests on the west coast fifty five people were arrested over the weekend in san francisco they were protesting in front of a federal reserve building cuddled up on the sidewalk a witness said there had been no hands or structures over night the protesters were rustled out of their sleeping ba

if you're just joining us a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow the headlines for you now russians go to the polls with voting underway across the country and parliamentary elections the focus is on whether the ruling united russia party receives the same overwhelming support that it got four years ago. and in other news that shape this week terror tension iranian students stormed the british embassy in response to fresh sanctions that the u.k. to close its mission and expel the iranian diplomats from london. the u.n. human rights commission calls for international intervention in syria to protect civilians from the government's forces but russia and china vote against the resolution condemning the violations saying foreign meddling will only cause more bloodshed. and egypt's main islamist party emerges as the biggest winner in the opening round of the country's first parliamentary election since this year's revolution the muslim brotherhood freedom and justice party he's reportedly gained forty percent of the vote. all right a u.s. pa

this is r.t. live here in moscow coming up shortly a fresh expressive perspective on the state of the world's economy in the kaiser report that's after a quick business update with kareena. hello and welcome to business update this hour there's been progress in their gas dispute between russia and ukraine but gas paul says a deal will not be done by the end of this year media reports in kiev say the sides have come to a draft agreement on forming new joint ventures this would affect to guarantee russian access to ukrainian gas transport networks in return for price cuts for gas supplies daniel bushell has more on this. on the face of it this is a success for all soil so supply transit to ukraine and european gas customers most importantly finally gets a say in the point line but politics are always just below the surface of any rush ukraine agreement current ukraine lead to the cove which is pushing a hold to get as cheap russian gas as possible for ukraine but this may be a case of the will you know b

a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow the year has been dealt a severe blow at eleventh hour talks in brussels as the u.k. and hungry refused to sign up to new e.u. treaties marathon even talks left the core euro zone states making further agreements while all the european countries join in it to work out budget rules and changes let's get more now from our city he's an absence for us tess of germany and france have been stressing the importance of getting everyone on board at this summit it's not looking great right now so what next. well in view of the lack of a unified e.u. treaty including the all the twenty seven countries it seems like the direction it's taking is there will be a two speed europe basically those who are on board the franco german plan and those who aren't while the scoreboard right now is that it's seventeen a plus six or seven thousand euro zone countries plus six of the non euro countries are on board sweden and the czech republic said they will have to consult their parliament before

you're watching r.t. live from moscow welcome to the program millions of russians are hitting the phones and there's only one number thereafter for the next few hours prime minister vladimir putin is taking calls and some very direct questions in his tenth televised phone it. has more. but dimmer put in is widely expected to break his silence on the mass protests following the state duma elections elections which were tarnished by fraud in the geishas judging by the questions current listed as most asked on the shows website these heroes program will focus on traditional social issues such as housing. health care conscience but at least two visitors to the site asked put his opinion on the protests in particular people want to know the current law would be amanda and did they'll be top for punishment or for elections sports also people ask of they'll be a return to the against all option in the balance among other questions are russia get back to a lot to not as pointing governors how will people's lives chang

you're watching r.t. live from moscow let's now carry on with the other stories that we are following for you today our league observers are due to arrive in syria on thursday as part of a plan to hold violence in the country that's after one of the bloodiest weeks since the beginning of the unrest nine months ago well activists say more than two hundred people have been killed in the last few days the u.s. has renewed its call for president assad to step down warning of new international measures unless it was draws security forces fall the street syria is already suffering under a set of sanctions and as our first reports it's the ordinary people who are feeling the pain. it's been nearly ten months the third is uprising began the capital of damascus has remained largely sheltered from the conflict. in the bustling sand say it seems like it's business as usual as one says it's in the winds of change have begun civil over that will stronger the arab league's imposed tough economic sanctions the effects of whi

you're watching r.t. live from moscow black friday the biggest day of discount shopping in the u.s. may be over but sales are continuing in the run up to the christmas holidays so our own resident the big apple or harshness when to ask people in new york why we're obsessed with buying so much stuff. there's no doubt we live in a consumerist world are you sick of it this week let's talk about that it's christmas time so i think it's normal. to to buy something you know why is it normal to buy so much more stuff just because it's jesus's birthday. good question there's no thanksgiving it's black friday so i think that's sort of a real cultural shift here what does it say about us as a culture that when we're so obsessed with buying stuff. that we need to get a life i think it's because the human nature has a longing for something and they've decided to fill it with things instead of a spiritual focus to those things get in the way of our spiritual quest i absolutely believe so because i think distraction is one of the keys to getting humanity our focus if this isn't important anymore

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories doing the duma election fever strikes as russians pappa polling booths to determine who makes it to parliament. the war of words between iran and the west turns into an inferno as washington and the e.u. infuriated by to ron's on face reaction to threats bad by choking off oil revenues . the human the u.n. human rights commissioner calls for an international intervention in syria sanctions continue to pile up on damascus over alleged civilian abuses by forces loyal to president bashar. is on his party's claim to win a gypsy first post revolution election and frustration in the streets as many believe their voices are not heard. while u.s. pakistani relations are under the microscope next as r.t. talks to pakistan's former head of intelligence go to stay with us for that. i don't let them with the nato forces attacks residential districts of pakistan's tribal areas servicemen were killed others wounded how will this incident impact the pakistan u.s