r.t. sarah firth is in athens. where hailing from tiredness there you can see just how many people have for the protests by the may call them until they prefer being again you are very few measures that have been put paid by the government that would be speaking to people here in the bank is really been building for a year they've already had the implication very very very measured they say that the government not really a key to anything by that they would need. a lot of attention almost straight from a. friend and then they find a way to make up by raising it. people simply they think about the way forward i think that's the thing that that might be the case and that they. have a very few measures will have to be implemented if they continue to pay the international bailout money now this comes on the back to get the relief of let's say to fix the fence if we pull out and go a stopping point. the feet the fact that they've been twenty four year old thousand what he's begun to some of the younger people here they

r.t. sarah firth in the midst of those great protests that's quite compelling and also follow me on twitter at lauren lyster. a telemarketer broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. and. a low in welcome across talk i'm peter lavelle it is being described as one of the worst meetings we have ever had is the organization of petroleum exporting countries or opec in crisis if it is doesn't really matter and with or without opec are we destined to live with very high oil prices. and. cross-talk the controversial role of opec today i'm joined by bill found price in london he is the founder and c.e.o. of petroleum policy intelligence also in london we have so many he is a founding partner of the energy management institute and in boston we cross to robert kaufman he's director in full professor and the center for energy and environmental studies at boston university ok gentlemen this is crossfire means crosstalk rules in effect you can jump in anytime you want but before let's take a look at how the world has been reeling since opec's last meeting. when last week

r.t. sarah firth has more. on the street about the polices of discontent that's wearing loud. it's a war we did not create this tour not going to pay for this but we want to become less but as we continue to fight against economic ruin the second bailout is an attempt to prevent greece from defaulting on its previous lame payments. people will be feeling any. of this buyout money actually comes into the greek economy it all goes out the interest payments repayments the battles on save the banks and prevent a large scale financial crisis the people the price is simply too high they see their incomes going down they see taxes taxes taxes and nothing else their money does not go. here is struggling against harshest there is he measures the government now eight of the electorate opposed to the bailouts they are going to get all this thing. we're going to ship problem property and they are going to get almost everything. and live. off the good people they're going to get in this invest. it certainly can't it's a high cost cuts in public spending raising taxes and in the quest of pr

legislation that's until that happens in the murky world of arms production all of profits of business sarah firth r.t. the trades. time now for the some other news stories making headlines around the world this hour. the colombian the president says that one of the country's top insurgent commanders has been captured across the border as well. as even the most senior. levels court since two thousand the average stateside previously offered a two point five million dollars reward for his capture residence the rest comes and improving relations between the two neighboring south american countries. four people are reported dead after at least two tornadoes swept through parts of the u.s. state of massachusetts it's have caused extensive damage the state of emergency has been declared governor thousands have been left without electricity the region has requested the help of the national guard. another person has died and more than three hundred fifty cases of pension have been reported in germany. all across europe has risen to seventeen total number infected more than one thousand two hundred because of

until that happens in the murky world of bombs production all the means of profitable business sarah firth r.t. richard. at least twenty people are reported dead and more than three hundred injured after israeli security forces opened fire for a palestinian protesters on the syrian border thousands of demonstrators were in the area to among the fortunate fourth anniversary of the arab israeli war he is put to sleep or has the details from television hundreds of palestinians have gathered on the syrian side of the israeli syrian border and every one day today a group of about one hundred and fifty of them made their way to the border fence we're being told they were actually trying to cut that border face when israeli soldiers fired warning shots in the air now those one shots seem only to have inflamed the crowds because israeli soldiers were receiving thought about what actually taking aim at some of the protesters certainly this is a day that they have been preparing for several days now the country is in the state of iowa and has been ever since the call went out for palestinians from leban

that's until that happens in the murky world of arms production wall means of profitable business sarah firth r.t. the curate. and while the profits of war in danger civilian lives in libya in afghanistan the deaths of innocent bystanders go unpunished later this hour we'll report on the controversial acquittal of polish soldiers who killed a number of civilians in a mistaken attack on an afghan village. this previously unseen video when in rainy and plains deadly crash during an air show two years ago. a story still to come but first germany is considering e.u. aid to spain it wrongly accused the country's queue cumbers of causing the deadly e. coli outbreak it has so far claimed twenty two lives most of them in germany where a restaurant is now being investigated as a possible source the negative publicity over spanish produce has destroyed the country's vegetable exports and there's reports it may mean another round of global hysteria. some cucumber scale that much is clear and it's also become apparent that although germany planed spain as the source of the e. coli it's not that's costing inn

that happens in the murky world of arms production wall means of course it's a good business sarah firth r.t. the curate. and all the prophets of war in danger civilian lives in libya in afghanistan the deaths of innocent bystanders go unpunished and later this hour we report on the controversial acquittal of polish soldiers who killed a number of civilians in a mistaken attack on an afghan village plus don't miss this previously unseen video of an iranian planes they're really crashed during the show two years ago. the story still to come first israeli security forces of open forum pro palestinian protesters were marching on the syrian border reportedly killing twenty people and injuring hundreds syrian t.v. has also reported that thousands of protesters a staying in the border area for an open ended sit in all these port a slit has the details from tel aviv hundreds of palestinians have gathered on the syrian side of the israeli syrian border and every one midday today a group of about one hundred and fifty have been made their way to the border fence we're being told that they were actual

but until that happens in the murky world of arms production all things of profitable business sarah firth r.t. . syria has seen its largest anti-government protests it's worth more than three hundred thousand people railing for president asad to go the latest protests were labeled for. for children friday in order of the seventy children killed since the uprising began and the face of strong condemnation for the brutal state response president promised to bring forward democratic reforms but a number of nations have already applied sanctions some including the u.s. and britain have not ruled out possible intervention anti-war activist brian becker told us that military action in syria would be devastating wiping out the chances of peaceful conclusion. the assad government is seeking to find a resolution to the political crisis inside of syria and i think that this upset some of the plans by those who seem to be stabilized syria even further who seek to carry out regime change in syria from the point of view of the united states the argument will be made that the economic sanctions the pressur