made in china the apac and g. twenty summits leave the world where the feeling that the asian state is now in the driving seat of a global economy. with republicans in the u.s. congress urging spending cuts in every field education and health care are likely targets not it seems to fancy an imperial ambitions. hold for the

homeless our teammates one doctor in moscow has made of her quest to help the less fortunate some of whom have no one else to turn to. and on the business russian a rare ways is looking for a foreign partner to build a national high speed roadway network across russia botts investors want government guarantees i'll have that much more in twenty minutes time. this is r t coming to live from moscow i'm renay joshua welcome to the program the center stage of world economy and politics shifting to the asia pacific region and that's the view of russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov he was speaking in china at a meeting of ministers of three emerging powers russia india and china a part of a powerful blog known as bric which is hoping to change the economic landscape of

the planet so who's already leaving the dominant powers of today behind artie's tests are cilia answer. from a pile of ruins right after the second world war to an economic powerhouse second only to the us all of the spat of a single life to. major pan economic miracle. you enjoy you but nowadays the land of the rising sun is becoming rising discontent. down. the unemployment rate itself is. around five percent but. the quality of the jokes play. out of me being cut. even when companies hire new people they tend to the condition of without social security so the social benefits economic growth is on a standstill and exports the engine of its economy are hurt by

a soaring again pushing them to take their business elsewhere in the short run we would be doing you should we be increasing the prevention we would be increasing the impulse of the concert for the buses by overseas he's referred to china also known as the factory of the world with a major chunk of every manufactured art of today either fully or partly made in china i'm here in the heart of the largest chinatown. there have been for generations of chinese that moved to japan and they've been fitted greatly for the rise of this country economically but ironically irrational country they had left has now overtaken their adoptive home to become the second largest economy in the world which means japan is now chasing the pack rather than leading it and japan you're quite right still seeing you're stuck in the mud struggling to generate. growth beyond the u.s. so the sluggish. and i'm not sure

either of those things are never going to change many would say we're witnessing the beginning of china's era its economic clout is undeniable at the recently concluded g. twenty and apec summit barack obama repeatedly demanded that china. the let's the you want appreciate seeing below chinese currency is hurting u.s. exports chinese president hu jintao remained unmoved china gets the last word that's the new reality in asia if not the whole world. tests are cilia r.t. yokohama japan. and still plenty to come this hour here in our team clothing. at the. sundown as an imperialist power republicans seem eager to throw countless piles of dollars at us to fans mostly at the cost of social benefits. are they a way of saying sorry apologies service opens in moscow where anyone can pay to

bribe the wrongs of the air relationships. and military assistance is what's on the table as the lebanese prime minister is coming to moscow saad hariri is expected to meet with his counterpart was a reporter during the two day visit had his trip are to talk to the lebanese premier on relations between the two countries as well as international issues such as russia's role in the middle east peace process and watch the full interview in about twenty minutes time here on our team here's a preview. and therefore i think russia could play a very important role does mean your friends in the arab world we need to use our relations with russia in order to communicate the arab stance and think through the international community because it is very unnerving to see that in just as done by israel to palestinians as well as to lebanon and syria we can no longer ignore that israel is trying to pose its own agenda it keeps using lands daily unfortunately

the world is not doing anything about it literally relations with russia are very important to us and we would like these relations to be economically beneficial as well also like to find out how russia could assist lebanon and equipping their army and security forces in this respect we are going to propose some ideas to our russian friends. the republicans call to slash spending across the board seems to have gone down well with voters in the u.s. midterm elections with the economy in ruins politicians say there will be cuts in education and health care but there is one multi-billion dollar area that they won't touch. with the u.s. debt in the trillions in the economy still in the toilet it's no surprise politicians in washington are calling for this solution it's across the board spending cuts and in fact it was the rallying cry heard round the cable channel talk on midterm election night when you get right down to the details so charity

made here medicaid you can however that is not what i say it looks a lot more clear that across the board cuts really exclude a fifty eight percent chunk of the budget and i mean clearly it has turned to spending would you cut defense across the board as well as the best example you do you do not cut defense that how can politicians afford not to touch the six hundred billion dollars a year elephant in the discretionary room. that rises to over a trillion dollars depending on what you factor into what you're calling defense minutes a politician democratic or republican or a particular session of congress begins to reduce significantly cut spending there's an immediate outcry of those congressional districts that are impacted. i'm sure it's political and hey being a superpower doesn't come cheap it's a question of brain training ready to have the capability to project force in other words it costs a lot of money to support this it's our empire we have an empire we have half

a million of our troops in other people's countries all over the world. maybe the spending isn't that big of a deal when you put it like that sounds like a huge giant number of terms of u.s. dollars but we have a fourteen trillion dollar economy but here is what else is quickly approaching fourteen trillion dollars the u.s. debt get the u.s. continues to demand spending almost as much on defense as the rest of the world. fine relies on other countries to pay for this countries like china to fund us debts or another words to fund us to america storing all of these dollars in iraq and. afghanistan in japan and its bases around the world that's what the deficit is and that's what the us isn't talking about the federal american politicians would rather sidestep the issue i know. or protect defense at the cost of programs americans count on such as social security some high profile players

are drawing attention to what actually resembles reality comedians for one america is like a family that spends way more than they bring in and dad to give up that big stupid boat. and you know what america's stupid boat is it's our empire oh yeah and former budget director is a republican president. and the. son is an imperialist power and we can't have credit card imperialism we can't be the policemen of the world anymore because we can't afford it we're going to cut defense drastically but with the will on capitol hill looking more like this do you do not cut defense and the president overseeing this astronomical defense driven debt what does this really mean for the country it means that mr obama is trying to turn the united states into a third world country just as george bush did and just as clinton did there's just as reagan did so there's been a constant movement of the united states to run up foreign debt without any ability

to pay or even without any intention to pay and when that credit card is maxed out that tough talk we're hearing now that you're going to be falling on defense you assume it's more in mr r t you your. and there are always more stories on our website or t. dot com but here's a quick preview what my cats are right there. forecasters predict the coldest winter right. ever seen there is no sign of a yet but mosque of eyes experiencing record breaking warming of them for days. to discover why horrific side effects of the vietnam war are still felt today with mary saying now about of the west compensation to give them back their health all this and more at r.t. dot com.

well thousands of people living rough on the streets of moscow the chief concern for them remains how to make it through each night but thanks to one only doctor help is a hand however sean thomas reports she battles with a chronic lack of funding to bring treatment to the city's poorest people. as winter approaches in moscow hundreds of homeless people stand in line waiting for just a small bit of food. says well people come here to eat you see this food here and eat some of it and take the risk to my kids i've got kids you know. sygate a car the of is just one of thousands of homeless in moscow simply trying to get by but i live under a railway platform that are like forty of us there there are two openings so twenty people fit in one of them and twenty feet in the other three have been living there for one year recognizing a needle is a veteran drink and regularly sets up a makeshift clinic and distribution center near the pub the let's go to

a train station in central moscow she has also started a blog to let people know the problems moscow's homeless face those who come to her for help simply call her doctor elisa. we help some people to return home the priority here is people who are seriously sick with cancer and tb those who are beaten up if we can we find their relatives i also try to. those who have come out of prison all at once a week the homeless and the needy from all over moscow come here so that they can get supplies of food and even medical treatment if needed but as is the case with many operations of this kind the supply just does not meet the demand. in summer will active shirts in the winter we don't have enough food because they need to stay warm in the winter which is impossible without food we need more room it would be good to have a place where they could stay at least when it's really cold though she faces

a daunting task with limited resources those who know her say their lives are better because of dr lee's influence one of the when i met elizabeth in two thousand and six here help anywhere i can we met when we were in difficult places in our lives her mother was sick and my daughter was also at the same hospital one of my daughters died in a car accident the other one barely made it she noticed me and asked what was wrong that's how we met everything i have now is thanks to her and love those who come here for help understand the stakes this is where your daughter born i don't know what we would do with it this help were not for these charity organizations we will be done for them dr lisa's fear is that politicians with the power to make real changes just don't understand the problems. i don't know why this issue is being ignored because these are active people who could be returned to normal life when

it hospitals that could solve many problems related to prolong to deaths or chronic disease it's not just the patient himself who is handicapped but the people around him who are the caregivers also become emotionally handicapped they have nowhere to go for help a dilemma that gives dr lisa the inspiration to continue to help one person at a time sean thomas r.t. moscow. and i will take a look at some other stories from around the world and the african union says north and south sudan have agreed a framework to smooth out tensions ahead of a vote in southern independence the parties have disputed border sudanese citizens will have the right now to live in either side and registration for january's referendum has now begun the vote as part of a peace deal which anabel long north south civil war several years ago. turbulent times continue for the australian airline quantas another of its planes this time

a boeing seven forty seven was forced to return to sydney when smoke started coming from its electrical systems in the cockpit the jumbo was carrying two hundred twenty one people heading to argentina when the problem rose over the pacific and this is the airline's fourth such incident the smile the most serious was an explosion in the engine of one of its brand new a three hundred eighty s. and its fleet of super jumbos has been grounded ever since. french president nicolas sarkozy has reshuffled his cabinet but kept in place his prime minister that's just five francois offering his resignation on saturday most other cabinet members have lost their jobs political experts say the move will give the president much greater support allowing him to implement his controversial hysteria measures. governments around the world are slashing their spending in order to stay afloat in these trick economic times and social benefits are often service for the

chop the future of the welfare state is up for debate in today's cross-talk next hour here in our. study to me properly. the problem is that the government doesn't believe that we can afford it well peter can you afford it. i don't see why i don't it's a great decision about how you spread in public but in the welfare state is not another pay t.v. program which we can switch on and off it's part of a social contract it's part of our constitution the welfare state we're helpings making some people better off or a clear proof proving their welfare but we've got the same time around on welfare state for those people are paying we're we're redistributing.

now if you're in the doghouse with your loved one while we look at next could be your get out of jail free card one russian entrepreneur has started up a new business and its unique product is apologizing on your behalf yeah be careful though as it could have the opposite effect and prove the final straw are these hapless from magic jacob greaves want to find out more. for many asking for forgiveness is a daunting task but it doesn't have to be any war that's now a sneak peek and by the apology even plucking up the courage to say to a loved one was not you know when it comes to apologies a person needs help so i think that it's a great idea to help people make peace with each other and the five letter word can come in many shapes and sizes and they all know we have a list of the forms of apology that we offer clients so that is envelopes that can be personalized by the customer we also send get you like cuddly toys balloons and flowers so his what they have on offer i'm in thirty roubles can get you

a text apology if you want done in person you back around a thousand if that's not enough and you really want to go the full hog or can actually get it done in a comical fancy dress old fashion romantics may go at the prospect of paying a stranger to fix rocky relationships with those who use the service having seen its praises. i guess. i was the one who went to the agency it was two weeks after we had a fight and i was browsing the internet and there i saw an advertisement i used it because it was something new something interesting and all your likes and usual things and it seems to have done the trick is a business concept that doesn't just help those looking for a new way to ask for forgiveness is also a last chance saloon for desperate lovers trying to mend broken bones. with my i didn't realize that she was the one it became clear only when i last time i hope i can still fix this i couldn't think of anything on my own i read about this in the

paper decided it was a sign and came here. there are however those who see the rise of such services as a warring trend in modern society to shun face to face contact in favor of the latest means of communication in france in my opinion it demonstrates the tendency for people to shy away from expressing their feelings nowadays we communicate via the internet and mobile phone a lot and stay in sort of isolation from each other. but even with its detractors many who showed up for forgiveness from a stranger feel it's a minor price to pay but it helps reno is a long time love as jake agrees. and coming up adds ten am g.m.t. here in our tale we take a trip to a place geologist called nature's and make what our special report of the can talk about insulin and the far east of russia here's a preview. for you. are comfortable shuttle

will take you to see. just a few hours. to form and spirit to start. your day. on the moon. craters. scorching soil. yeah are included. a photo with the wild lunar rover for free. well stephanie joins me now with the business of change. and good news for russia's insurance market marina it looks like the industry should be back at pre-crisis levels within months that's driven by life and motor insurance i'll have more on that just a bit later on in the bulletin but first russian roadways is looking for

a foreign partner to build a national high speed rail way network across russia several companies are showing interest in the project but investors are seeking government guarantees you know adamant about reports. faster journeys with greater comfort and service that's the aim of russian real ways project to build high speed transport across the country and should there has turned to the leaders in the sector for promoting project among future partners spain is one of the leaders in europe with its network to become the largest already in december of this year high speed rail or transport contributes two points by percent to the country's g.d.p. with the sector better ging to grow fifty percent even in troubled two thousand and nine six hundred sixty kilometers in two and a half hours the target said but after a day and it will want to cover more than ten thousand kilometers with high speed rails in a twenty year programme it's the responsibility of russian state to create the

conditions moreover we think that they're based on the research shows that we have . presented for the ministry of finance the minister of transportation minister of economy it is clearly showed that during the time of the construction there will be a ratio of different new industries that are going to be created in russia cost jobs and a lot of new services as well as saving time high speed real shoes to go looking to make development in russia's regions foreign partners will provide to knowledge and expertise forming a joint venture with an attitude to subsidiary cost estimates excess of forty billion dollars but that could come down. that means that all new high speed rail is a built to the same standards the rolling stock is built to the same standards and in theory you should be able to run a train anywhere in european network has been built so be very careful which standards it chooses if it wants to have a low cost railway for the future and you ear of rail travel began in russia with

area express linking moscow center to the airport and sub sun the first rapid train to st petersburg customers are convinced it only remains to win over investors high speed trains are unlikely to pay back their construction costs before two thousand and fifty. nine wounded your business r.t. russia hopes to completely go ca sions on entering the world trade organization and become a member next year as a medvedev set top eight arkady dvorkovich made the announcement on sunday and yokohama in japan. we have already published the stage of bilateral talks and of stores multilateral negotiations the time frame no depends nor the participants of the talks aiming to join the w t o next year it's more of a technical question our experts and their counterparts in geneva see a report of the working group can be prepared by the supreme twenty eleven the question is will we have enough time for the admission that will likely take place

in the autumn it is difficult to forecast in this case. there was an insurance market will reach pre-crisis levels within months so far this year the market has grown by only five percent with the key drivers being life and motor insurance but he reports. that young tourney and his company and read the russian insurance market only two years ago from the start of the financial downturn two years on some saturation of the economy have almost recovery to pre-crisis levels and among them the insurance market we have followed this guy and the market. with what's going on on the other market and based on that though we are strong if you've got a in. control of the market especially in the sector off of what insurance the fast growing life insurance business is sin expanding by almost twenty four percent this year x. three say the mortgage will reach the pre-crisis levels of two thousand and eight

within months one key driver is domestic car production forecast to reach one point seven million next year another growth sector is buildings insurance in september president of the video suggested the return of compulsory fine surance after the summer's devastating wildfires however this will take much longer than the government wants according to one of the country's leading insurers the general director of industry says negotiations along now take two years but there you see what we see now are only talks on how to implement mandatory fire insurance in the country if we talk about insuring apartments it mostly means insuring liability but if you talk about countryside houses then this deals more with property insurance the state hasn't made its decision yet i think talks will go on virtually to years it's clear that number is so long it won't drive the recovery consumer confidence is crucial as the industry is to meet its potential my dinner which is no business

outing. let's take a quick look at the equity markets in asia. stocks are mixed on monday with tokyo's nikkei finishing up more than one percent higher it was supported by better than expected economic growth in the third quarter exporters rose helped by the recent weakness against the us dollar bought in hong kong stocks are lower after gaining early in the session tech stocks are higher but the basic materials sector is striking. and here in moscow the r.t.s. has just started trading high after finishing in the red on saturday m i six will open in a few minutes also closed lower in the previous session most of the blue chips when the red but energy majors at the biggest drag but fact spot the trend. the russian markets traded for six days last week and was showing growth at the beginning but they ended saturday in negative territory. from troika dialog takes a look at the week ahead i think the correction which started last

week can continue for a few days more technically we can see s. and p. dropping more five six percent but on friday and thursday of last week we haven't seen any sizable sellers in russia and to also see some of the national a bar is covering short positions and building one positions you know i don't think that we have really good insight so we can see today on monday or tuesday the continuation of the correction but i would probably recommend to use it is buying opportunity. the t.v. is in talks to buy a home credit bank from czech financial group p.p.s. the deal is estimated to be worth a two billion dollars home credit and finance bank is the second biggest consumer loans operation in russia group has reportedly decided to sell one hundred percent of the bank to be as well as its operations in belarus kazakhstan d.t.b. has not officially confirmed the deal but experts say the assets could be very

interesting to the russian bank. and that's all the businesses for now but i'll be back with more for you next hour and of course you can always find more stories on our web site that's r t dot com slash business. wealthy british style. tirelessly.

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