tain't mainly because they were carrying things according to the police that weren't suitable for carrying on a march or had no place for carrying on a march but no injuries were reported that over in spain demonstrators clashed with the police slightly more severely they were throwing projectiles at the police there were marches certainly in madrid and in barcelona and in barcelona students set fire to a police car they also blocked streets with rubbish bins and police fired rubber bullets on them in the end of the day we saw picketers throwing eggs at buses and blocking trucks on a main road in madrid and striking workers also staged a sit in outside a bus station trying to prevent workers from crossing the picket line and going to work also be processed in our land those demonstrations were timed to coincide with members of the irish parliament going back to work after their summer recess to a cement mixer which was plastered with banking slogans was driven up the entrance

to the irish parliament building a man was arrested for that others say they generally a fairly peaceful day considering the number of people gathered also marches in portugal slovenia poland italy and but it has been announced that the unions in greece in athens will be planning demonstrations right into the evening and they're trying to show their respective governments what they call the human face of budget cuts that are being proposed and implemented all over europe basically e.u. governments overspent particularly the countries that we're now calling the pigs portugal italy greece and spain so now they have to borrow money they have to save money to pay that money back and how they're proposing to do that is by cutting pay they're going to raise the retirement age in some cases in some cases they're even cutting pension payments and they're slashing jobs in the public sector but people are saying it's not awful but the government spent the bank was reckless and then the taxpayers state money had to be used to. banks out so you know ordinary people

shouldn't be the ones who have to suffer these process this is a saying that actually cuts in danger. what looks to be a fragile recovery and some of the economies in europe they're arguing that actually a better way to go would be tax increases on hiring come groups and also investing in public services and jobs rather than cutting them in this way. david camm a better man a member of the european parliament from the u.k. independence party believes the single european currency is a key factor behind the current economic turmoil but i think the euro is teetering on the edge this is a manifestation of it this is a massive problem and you can throw hundreds of billions that is they're trying to do but it's beyond i mean the real underlying problem is you're trying to force together all these different types of column is some a doing very well others are very weak and you cannot force them together under one common currency called the euro the euro's a problem it's just unsustainable this as

a say you know they're throwing hundreds of billions of euros that's it and the germans are paying through the nose and you know the majority of germans now want to leave the euro and that's conceivable that we recreate all the national currency is for certain strong currencies leave all that we currently one or the other stay with us here on r.t. still ahead the land is not for sale at a message that many indian farmers who are protesting and dying to protect their only source of income all the details coming up. first though the ousted mayor of moscow says he won't make any legal challenge to the decision to sack him but it will continue to take part in political life is false reports a u.t. luzhkov was considering appealing the decision at the russian supreme court r.t. zero percent of has the latest. speaking for the first time to the media since being sacked you said that he was not planning to challenge the president's decision to take him down from power as moscow's mayor and in import and previously

there were reports in the media quoting a close friend and state duma deputies he was of clubs or did see that moscow was planning to file an appeal to the supreme court of russia so now these reports have been denied personally by the ex mary himself says that he will stay in politics although at the moment it's not clear exactly how he's going to do that just because he officially got out of the united russia party sent a letter to the party officially stepping down from power and also complaining about what he called was a strong media campaign against him since you want you to is quite a controversial figure he was the mayor of moscow for eighteen years that is quite a lot of time and that's why his sacking caused a mixed reaction among most whites and sweeney people who supported you saying it was because of him that moscow received the new modern rock and also his policies

towards pension years created quite a lot of support among many more stories however there are also lots of people accusing the school for feeling to resolve traffic problems in the city or failing to protect some of the buildings on memorial so that wore off historic heritage not only to be to moscow but to the entire nation as well were destroyed as moscow was getting in the face lift and also us not forget your. wife. who's thought to be russia's richest businesswoman and many people do say that she was able to become so successful because of. being the mayor of moscow at the moment of course former team is still at power until the new mayor is appointed and a new government is put together under the old law the united russia party which. holds the majority of the seats in the russian parliament passed to submit at least three candidates for the post of the head of moscow to the president who will then have to pick one of the candidates he would prefer best and submit this candidacy

into the moscow parliament many analysts who do see that despite the fact that we still don't know neither the names of these tenets they do say that we're going to find them out in the near future and perhaps moscow could receive a new head as soon as within perhaps but in the next two weeks even former leader of the u.s.s.r. mikhail gorbachev says he only gradually lost credibility over time although he believes he made a strong start in the office. i feel we will be in the first years of term as mayor and those were the most critical years when industry collapsed and the situation in the cities across russia was terrible he did a lot for moscow here exercised firm control over most schools resources and distributed them in the right way he supported people women children and war veterans in those years i myself used to say that moscow was lucky to have such a mayor as good as you real

a school of time past in law school started to change he had a billionaire wife by the authorities began to look more attentively at school spry but activities questions arose whether the mayor had room to wall to tackle problems a lot of things have now come to light it turned out that funds allocated for the reconstruction and expansion of my school streets and routes were invested in some enterprises from which someone received a huge profit of sanctions in recent years have been far from good they've discredited his past achievements or you can always find more on our website our team dot com including all the stories we're covering on air water at any time for a quick look at what your. little green men do exist and they're trying to save us from nuclear holocaust at least what a former what hope of former u.s. air force officers is claiming. the battle of the sexes find out about the legendary russian who served in the all male military for a decade without ever revealing her secret.

fifteen suspected militants have been killed in two separate counterterrorism operations in russia's southern republic of dagestan no reported casualties among police the operation is the biggest success for security forces in dagestan over the last month relatives of the militants were asked to first. waiting to surrender by the insurgents retaliated by opening fire russia's anti-terrorist committee says the two terror attacks were being planned for the near future have been prevented last week in the region a suicide bomber blew himself up killing two policemen and wounding dozens of civilians. dagestan the neighboring republic of english yet he is facing a similar battle with insurgents president you know is back you have caught up says counterterrorist operations are vital for the survival of the southern regions.

we don't want to brutally murdered to punish anyone as a warning to others we just want to deal with these terrorist disease we don't have written permission from the terrorist patient with treating who for now we don't have any other choice. the central asian nation of kyrgyzstan is gearing up for parliamentary elections the vote follows months of political uncertainty and ethnic violence in april care to stand was rocked by deadly riots in the capital bishkek that left dozens dead and led to the ousting of the president back back here in june ethnic clashes in the south of the country saw to two thousand people dead and about one hundred thousand displaced the election will be held on october tenth and more than two dozen hard part archy's are ridiculous the reports on the paper. is the clock ticks towards the kristen elections the country holds its breath while the polls bring stability or plunge the country into another round of violence and

chaos meet felix cool of the country's former prime minister who could be next to lead the country following the controversial reigns of this kind of cause and could get becky if pool has one of the few figures who have not been tarnished in the last fifteen or twenty years so he has a pretty hard moral standing. population and here is a good chance for us all we need in the next parliamentary elections who have has a different times been the national security general the regional governor and mayor of the capital bishkek but what he's most renowned and praised for in his home country is an ability to handle crisis situations. in two thousand and five there was total mass marauders in the capital police and national security had all running away at that point that's one pool of his friends revolutionaries ask him to take matters into his own hands and in three days he restored order. but also has a reputation for being difficult. he was

a close ally of both presidents at the beginning of their terms and soon fell out of favor with both of them finding himself in opposition and twice in prison with the need to that they can never be two or three powerful figures at the top of the . pool of has always been a very powerful person and a key of the kind of have both felt that he could be the person to sweep them from their posts and take power into his hands some predict school of the party on a number which translates as dignity is in a strong position it cool it will have to run against a multitude of other parties all of whom also fancy their chances of challenging him the problem is that it's very difficult to create a democratic country in central asia kyrgyzstan is the most democratic country in central asia unfortunately this is a very immature democracy and sometimes it leads to some very bad results right now

what kyrgyzstan needs is not the idea of you would be entire i don't think it's possible in kyrgyzstan what it needs to east ability and says say tional violence whoever wins the election this is a crucial decision for kurdistan a country that's been to the brink if you are. turning out of some other stories making headlines across the globe the u.s. has imposed sanctions on eight iranian officials for alleged human rights violations a financial blacklist includes the country's interior minister and the commander of iran's revolutionary guard bureau to impose a travel ban blocks any assets held by the man in the u.s. if follows alleged abuse against anti-government protesters after last year's disputed presidential election. western intelligence agencies say they have foiled an al qaeda plot to carry out terrorist raids on several european cities it's reported teams of jihad as were planning attacks similar to the siege of two hotels in mumbai two years ago the plot was reportedly disrupted by drone attacks. targets

in pakistan and afghanistan france germany and the u.k. are all on a heightened state of alert the eiffel tower was aware of that he waited for the second time in a week on tuesday because of a terror threat. colombian officials say at the thirty people have been buried by a landslide in the northwest of the country many of the victims were changing from one bus on a mountain road at the time emergency workers said could take several days to recover the bodies it comes as heavy rains devastate parts of the country triggering widespread flooding and mudslides. the youngest son of the north korean leader has been appointed second in command of the country's central military commission this comes a day after kim jong il was also made a four star general the moves are being viewed as a gradual transfer of power due to the ailing health of his father kim jong il the u.s. white house spokesman called the developments the ultimate reality show up later peter lavelle and his guests on cross talk to discuss whether the elevation of the

north korean leader is youngest son is likely to trigger reforms in the country. a lot more rhetorical fuss about kim jong il is a real reaffirmation by acclamation that the conference is general secretary there was just one problem kim jong il did not show up at the conference was he too ill to show up who are we seeing yet the kids at the party conference the old regime is very much in place and it's all together possible if not likely that kim jong un will simply continue the policies of the old regime. the cross-talk debate coming your way in an hour here on r.t. . in india thousands of farmers say they're willing to fight to the death to keep the government from building a motorway through their land while some fear losing their livelihood others argue the real consequence may be a full blown food crisis artie's charan singh reports. indian farmers took to

the capital recently in protest against a government takeover of their land to build a new two billion dollar highway this followed the death of three farmers who were killed after police opened fire on protesters in the state of the top of the. will not give learned for development to turn in price at any price at any price we are ready to die and will not allow anyone to step in our learned. these protests have stalled the government efforts to acquire farm land for industrial in india which means developers have been forced to put the roads refineries and power plants on hold the major tenant is the land acquisition if the land acquisition is going to production or even pick over the order given and in hand and that is what government is trying to do in case there is you know projects an orchid they after big and the land available to you live with only twenty thirty percent then they

believe that in the bill is going to happen the land is any more division in a country with two thirds of the population is still dependent on agriculture fifty five year old age we're saying doesn't want to sell out but nor some offers will be hard to turn down your gullet but if my land goes i will lose my livelihood what will i do so i say if you are going to take my form give me a fair price for my learned as well as a job. some analysts believe that acquiring prime agricultural land for non agricultural purposes a food crisis in the country and it was that. there will be no food to eat they aren't giving us good conversation and they're still taking our land without the land will we eat either the government listens to or demand within a month or we will take action. the farmers do have a point after all the government uses a colonial law to pay tiny amounts of compensation to farmers to buy their land for

development projects the government plans to update this law by the end of the year to get into market prices for farmers but until it does vital infrastructure projects remain in limbo something totally just economy can ill afford got and seeing r.t. new delhi. and monday joins us next with all the latest business news stay with us after this short break. hungry for the feast we've got it's. the biggest issues get voiced face to face with the news makers.

hello and welcome to the business bulletin russia's major gas producer gazprom will stop the construction of a new gas pipeline to china next year gazprom deputy c.e.o. said the two sides move closer to an agreement on the basic price during president medvedev some recent state visit to china they also agreed on new terms for gas shipments to china including the route gas quality and the final point of the pipeline idea this week gas from agreed to supply thirteen billion cubic meters of gas annually to china over thirty years so often from twenty to fifty. now while europe is facing a multi-year aslaug out of the economic crisis emerging markets are attracting more investor attention but will they be able to grow in the event of a sharp slowdown in the developed economies but tell you how clover reports in the

months leading up to the summer holiday season europe was gripped by fear that it would be overwhelmed by debt there was much talk of greece or island reve in spain defaulting on their bonds this opened up the bleak scenario of the euro zone collapsing and dragging down the world economy just as it was recovering from recession but a bailout package and investors started to focus their attention. on the other big problem the precarious state of the u.s. economy over the summer what happened was that the markets started focus very much on the concerns of the double digit in the u.s. and the fact that actually german growth was coming through very strongly and they were quite slow to realize that the sovereign crisis in the or as had never actually gone away spreads were actually rising over the particularly in august when we had all the concerns coming through about the cost of resolving the financial sector crisis it all and and i think now we're in a situation where the markets realize this isn't a one year problem it's

a multi-year problem while europe is busy cutting its way out of crisis much to the displeasure of public sector workers and the data from the u.s. is anything but comforting investors are looking for the next growth areas top of that list appears to be the bric countries brazil russia india and china but all of a strong enough to perform well if the developed nations start going into reverse again at least one analyst thinks not if indeed there is a second wave the second in the u.s. so europe markets will not be able to sustain that growth why do was say that is that because of a large share of trade and capital flows still a link to the u.s. and europe and therefore you know that in so regional trade in the merger markets is still very small and therefore if the demand in the u.s. or europe tanks completely then the emerging markets will no longer be able to export their big chunk of their goods will see a freeze up on the in the trade exchange and therefore slow down and growth in

short the emerging economies do not have the consumer to decouple they will not make it alone but given a moon more outlook where the u.s. and europe can sustain some growth in the emerging markets looks to outperform this is clearly what many investors are expecting and is likely to be reflected by money flowing toward the new markets. business r.t. . the russian active markets finished up on wednesday with both the o.t.s. on the my six closing living off of percent in the black box that the my six high would. be finishing around one percent higher energy majors also lent some support apart from lukoil down one percent. russia's top silver mine a poly metal has reported a five fold bryanston first half net profit to ninety five million dollars the company benefited from higher prices for the metal and increased sales volumes but the results fell below analyst for costs and shares in poly metal were down around

five percent on the my six. russia's national ara flocked to start its own budget carrier its part of the company's fifteen year development strategy it concentrates on increasing its domestic business while cutting the number of international flights are fought to set itself a target of quadrupling passenger revenues by twenty twenty five. ten k. b.p. and petro vietnam have signed a contract on s.p.i. blends crude to freeze so sing from november to cave b.p. will supply at least one hundred thousand tons of oil each month to vietnam vietnam has also offered to pay b.p. to set up a power joint venture it will include a three and a half billion dollar a refinery in vietnam and some of russia's oil fields b.p. says it's considering buying new fields in vietnam as it looks to expand its operations outside russia. it opens

a new partnership with one of the. most dynamic you're going the views of the world the east is that you are the core of the. growth of vietnam is one of the most dynamic economies in the east by two thousand and twenty five busy to be the most incredibly dynamic going to go to ten percent per year that's a partnership with us for assistance to egypt are valuable assets. i'm not sure update for now but of course you can always find the stories if you log on to our web site that's r t dot com the flash business. the little.

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visit the festival website. ten thirty pm in moscow good to have you with us here on r t easier headlines thousands of europeans gather in brussels to demonstrate against government austerity measures that slashing jobs and spain's been paralyzed by a general strike at least twelve other eurozone countries have been gripped by protests and clashes with police. moscow's deposed mayor says he won't appeal in his court in court against his forced resignation he says he'll be staying in politics despite falling out of favor with the russian president. plus kyrgyzstan gears up for parliamentary elections amid simmering fears of more violence in a country yet to fully recover from deadly ethnic clashes this summer former prime

minister felix kulov is among the favorites to lead the nation. the nato summit in lisbon in november will focus on the alliances course for the twenty first century from afghanistan and missile defense to improving relations with russia and head of that meeting r.t. spoke to the former nato boss george robertson about how he sees the future it's coming your way next stay with us. thank you very much for joining us now i'll begin with a general question on wars recently we've been witnessing a lot of guerrilla warfare style where you have poorly trained and you have. armed militants causing a lot of problems how is nato ready to respond to such threats and in what way all of us have to adapt to the changing nature of conflict you know i have to have the berlin wall came down and the cold war was over.