is attracting growing numbers of daring water sports fans. ten am in the russian capital you're watching our marina joshie leaders from the asia pacific region are gathering for a summit in sunny hawai but the dark clouds of european financial turmoil sow's of miles away are likely to dominate proceedings that weekend gathering is focused on establishing a pacific wide free trade zone but the euro crisis and its implications are set to muddy the blue pacific waters i guess a future report from honolulu. basically even though the primary primary goals of the apec summit are improving the trade relationship and economic relationship all the countries that make up the asia pacific because of the extent of the european financial crisis this is certainly a headache that's looming over leaders having gathered here and many are seeing

this as sort of a continuation of the g twenty summit without the participation of the european states we are expecting the leaders gathered for the apec summit to send another push to send an extra message to the european countries to try to find to step up their attempts to improve the financial situation so this is an extra message important message that we're expecting to hear a lot of about here on the ground in the next few days to come even though the top of the topic and the substance of the effect summit is usually traditionally economic issues certainly political issues are surfacing we've been hearing because of the situation in syria where anti-government clashes have been really attracting so many headlines and we have heard from u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton saying that the united states believes that the syrian president should step down regarding syria we discuss the ongoing escalating violence perpetrated by the assad government against its own people our position is

clear we are supporting peaceful transition assad has lost his legitimacy to rule and he should step down russia on the other hand believes that it's important to take for negotiations to take place and it says that it intends to help and kick starting those talks inside syria the russian foreign minister has spoken and said that he believes that it's the only responsible thing to do so mobilization groups particularly those were used in turkey and the u.s. . just position can be me this is just we will continue to encourage field position to constructive leads to and to show concern about this country and the syrian people of the state with russia believes its import. to avoid the libyan scenario when it comes to syria but this is certainly not the only political issue that is being touched upon here on the ground we are expecting a meeting between the russian and u.s. presidents to take place where they are very likely to discuss the u.s. plans for a european missile defense shield as well as russia's accession to the world trade

organization as well as really a range of other political issues so definitely a lot on the agenda here in honolulu the situation reporting there and we'll be bringing you more from honolulu throughout the day as the summit there unfolds. italy could welcome a new prime minister and government as early as saturday after a final vote on a final eyes is the exit of silvio berlusconi well the most likely successor is a former euro graph leading to some public concern that the influence of brussels will be at the very center of national politics let's now cross to sara for the following that for us in rome so sara berlusconi era may officially and as soon as today and how do the tines feel about that. well there's certainly a sense in the country at the moment that not only is change needed but it's been long overdue and we saw that reflected in the market and international loss of confidence this week in italy the last thirty measures are expected to get final

approval today in the lower house of parliament we saw them pass reasonably easily through the senate yesterday the voices. being such quick reaction to this because the m.p.'s we've been speaking to here has said that italy is now absolutely desperate to send a very strong signal that they're able to get the situation under control now of the measures i get that a preview today that would then of course pave the way for the resignation of prime minister berlusconi as he promised. the man he's being paid at the moment to take the top spot is a month he now he's not only a respected economist here in the country but he's also the former e.u. commissioner and as we've seen in greece with the appointment to the top spot over for me e.c.b. official you know mario monti's you're a kraut you know the system inside and out that appointment would certainly please brussels but there is concern about whether that would gain public support because there is

a question mark really of whether an unelected government is going to have credibility whether a caretaker government can garner that public support they still have to pass some very harsh austerity measures and we've seen rioting in the past in the country over these measures and a loss of serenity is also another deep concern with what would be seen as brussels extending its influence in national politics now that public support as you said is absolutely vital because implementing these austerity measures having a new head coming up with a caretaker government is not going to be enough certainly if everything goes ahead this weekend without any glitches in italy will have won a battle but they still have a war on their hands and it's a war that the entire eurozone now has to for. and that's just how you bring long term sustainable solutions to kick start stagnating economies like italy. are right there sarah thanks very much indeed for bringing us us data from rome sara

for of there. the changes in italy and greece were instigated in brussels and show that you used and see the words dictatorship and that's the view of john law and director of studies at the paris institute of democracy and cooperation these people who have taken power in greece and shortly to take power in italy have never been elected these are men who made their entire careers through garnering important appointments and cases like the european commission or the european central bank initially they have no democratic mandate at all and precisely what is so frightening about what is. the european union and the euro enters its death agonies because that's what i think it is is the way in which the european union really is showing and i'm so this without any exaggeration it's true nature is a dictatorship after all it is europe which has effectively commanded these two prime ministers to leave office and you had to leave office the moment he suggested

a referendum on the package and berlusconi had to leave office the moment he said that italians would become poorer under the euro so we're seeing really a very ugly development now in europe where people are being put in power because they serve the interests of the demands of the european union not because they have gone at any and electoral support in their home countries they only need to bailouts from the european union because they don't have the option of devaluation they don't have the option of managing their own economic and military affairs it's precisely europe that has got them into this situation and as always max kaiser and stays here are the offer are there a unique take on all the latest twists and turns of the debt crisis saga phil kaiser report is coming your way later today. every time the eurozone creates a dollar or euro in stimulus they create a hundred euro's naked short sales they'll never going to win that war but the fact is that the tail is wagging the economic and financial dog around the world and

we're totally powerless against an entrance called takhar see with unlimited credit zero percent interest rates with the central banks at their bidding and politicians just basically lying down and doing nothing about it so this is the new world order . israeli forces have clashed with palestinian activists protesting against the confiscation of land across the west bank protesters hurled rocks at israeli troops who responded with tear gas and water cannon over a dozen demonstrators are reported to have been injured the situation in the area has been even more tanks than usual following the palestinian bid for statehood and full membership at the un by the latest round of debate of the security council and in deadlock after members failed to reach agreement the us has been strongly opposed to the recognition of palestine and has been willing its veto power even

palestinians to question washington's commitment to two state solution in the middle east. the approach to the united nations is less about membership of promised by the united nations and more of challenging the west in the ability to walk the walk over to speak paradigm what we're seeing is forty four years of the west specifically the united states making a case for two states but in the first real test of bringing to speech about has failed to move forward i believe that the u.s. foreign policy as it relates to this issue has been hijacked by a prude is really love inside us politics and i don't believe that it is acting. it's introduced by ignoring this big which is exactly in line with what it has been calling for not only for forty four years but for twenty intense years of new biomedical negotiations the palestinians having given twenty years to negotiations

with these really have come to the conclusion that they are not interested in their allowing a state to emerge in palestine so we've tried to go she sure has israel has completely ignored its commitments so this is a bass basically is a first for his political survival he cannot continue to sell to his people. and collapse peace process and i think that's what you could nations. so i have for this hour here in our two decade search for justice. under our water two hundred fifty thousand serbs and albanians were. a senior possible official goes on trial for atrocities against serbs during the ninety's war we talk to former nato officer who says the law is equally to blame for ethnic cleansing plus . people are getting a little crazy with being having

a worry about every word they say r.t. travels to the core of the big apple to find out whether people there are tired of political correctness or by modern necessity. view anatomic watchdog has released letters and satellite images that allegedly back up its report suggesting iran's nuclear program is military aims but iran's chief found void to the agency dismissed the findings saying their presentation was based on material fabricated by the u.s. and its allies earlier mahomet's amy from the university of southern california told r.t. the i.a.e.a. report contains more politics and evidence. the tone of the reports of the agency how has moved in a more decisively political direction for example. where as a moderate abroad a diff former director never talked about the united nations security council

resolutions and only talked about the technical issues at hand the new the new reports by. a year brings out the political issues that france the evidence that it presents actually not very convincing a lot of it is a speculation the report itself uses the boards alleged everywhere it uses the word coup may be might possibly could have been things of that sort so in that sense to our. reports and tone have moved in a very decisively political direction which in my view actually has the credibility of i.a.e.a. because as a as i said the task of the agency is not to talk about political issues and leave them alone for united nations security council and the international community and rather just talk about the technical issues. and remember you can always find more stories on our website including five ngo wall street bull york police detain two

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fought nearly marsh and eight other military officers tortured and killed serbs christian cars former nato officer riding a book as an apology to the serbian people told r.t. the alliance should also be held responsible. in cost of all. we basically took charge of the whole security situation. there are walked two hundred fifty thousand serbs were ethnically cleansed from the territory of course of. so we went to war nato gave very harsh conditions. we basically gave them the option either receive bombing or you would have to accept the unconditional. use of roads airports and. in order to facilitate the nato infrastructure so this was basically

an occupation or. like any sovereign nation. bombing instead of accepting nato powers all over the territory it's a common complaint across the world political correctness has gone too far so artes and lowering oftenest to central new york to ask people whether there's just too much you can't talk about in public. a recent poll indicated that people are starting to feel like political correctness is having a negative effect on society how do you feel about it this week let's talk about that it's been carried overboard. people are getting a little crazy with being having to worry about every word they say whether it's actually politically correct or not well if you live in this country you should be

politically correct because this is your country what does that mean is that so you can have to censor what you say you should think about what you say you should you should take time to use the correct words before you say something that you don't mean us and i mean we've got a thing in england where comedians have been pulled off on political correctness where i think you've just got to realize specially with comedy just loosen up you know everyone is going to be offended by something and i just think there's always going to be someone who would look for something to complain about my generation we don't really we just laugh it's funny but it just depends if like generations are crossing if you're talking to some elderly people then yeah you show some respect even if you know you don't completely think it's necessary it's different when you're young but when you start getting a bit older you realize this but sometimes what comes out of your math is not a pearl. it's refreshing to see somebody like chris christie from new jersey cause he speaks his mind regardless of what the consequences are versus always being

worried that people are going to think what the poll numbers show so you'd rather be offended and at least have the truth yes very much so whether or not you feel like political correctness is having a negative effect on society the bottom line is it's probably just going to keep becoming more and more prevalent. thousands of women in the disputed region of kashmir have seen their husbands literally disappear leaving them to live with the loss of a wild one but even harder to live in. society which shuns women left without a man to have the family explains. gunfire and grenades becoming a familiar sight for the people living on this disputed land that is currently ruled by india but has also been claimed by neighboring pakistan but beyond the daily bloodshed in the background of the conflict the women of kashmir have been silently suffering more than fifteen hundred in the area are estimated to be in

a limbo status known as half widows these women's husbands have disappeared leaving them in a male dominated society with little government protection because they cannot confirm whether their men are dead or alive though it has been seven years and we still don't know where he is small children have to beg sometimes to know that windows has arrived they don't even have warm clothes and shoes begum john lives in the mountains of srinagar with her five children she has been unable to hold down a steady job and had to take her else's children out of school so they could go to work or when her husband disappeared the indian government says that in the past two decades of the kashmir conflict between three and four thousand people have gone missing victims advocates groups say that number is really closer to eight thousand while the indian government maintains that many of the people who have disappeared have actually joined the militancy others believe that thousands have been captured by indian security forces after their husbands go missing many

halfway toes are abandoned by their in-laws most of these women were living on the property of their husbands families and surviving on ration cards provided in their husband's name because of social stigma many believe that is unacceptable to remarry or live with a male relative who might be able to help most women say that it's the psychological and emotional trauma of not knowing where their loved one is that is the most unbearable it's mentally very disturbing it's an intense and. curable disease like cancer the woman who suffers from it is always in a state of restlessness and panic they say they just want answers especially for their children who are constant reminders of their missing partner. they were very small when their father go disappeared had he been alive he would have gone in the seven years if they had even given us his dead body we wouldn't be complaining attempting to make sense to stay strong for what remains of their broken families

preassure either r t srinagar india now take a look at some other stories from around the world and turkish commandos have stormed a hijacked ferry and shot a lone hijacker authorities say none of the eighteen passengers or crew members were hurt the vessel was seized a few hours ago by a suspect the kurdish militants near the turkish city of a stamboul hijacker was reportedly armed with explosives bought it only demanded food and fuel. to lebanese people were wounded when a landmine exploded on the lebanon syria border opposition activists claim government troops laid mines in the area to prevent army defectors and opponents of president bashar asad however authorities say they're trying to stop illegal arms and weapons smuggling which has soared in recent months. nearly forty people have been injured after anti mining protests turned violent in peru

the clash happened as the nation's mining and agriculture minister refused to sign a pledge to ban mining in the region eight hundred thousand protesters came out to claim that rivers are being polluted something the government strongly denies. well time now for our russia close up series and today we're hitting the beach. we're on the black sea which has long been a popular holiday resort for russians however the region is now becoming a hub for daring action watersports as i discover. slowly the old soviet resorts on russia's black sea coast are becoming centers for very modern water sports throughout the week hundreds of children and adults have been competing here in the black sea cup windsurfing trophy and it's hoped that with the right support this region could become

a real center for water sports. it's the black sea cup in southern russia the waters full of jellyfish the sea full of waves and the wind whips the air with salty spray and that's just what everyone here has come for. children and adults have traveled from all over russia to show their skills and share in the growing water sports experience here and on is one of the best that they have but when you write in your board at top speed your feelings saw you have control of two forces of nature in your hands wind and water. he's currently number two in russia and has skim the waves in european competitions the sport isn't cheap and he's short of financial backing to match that of his european and american competitors but he's hopeful for the black sea coast as a potential world class water sports center oh this is a wonderful place with a great wind the infrastructure is ok but with some investment it could be good we

had a freestyle competition here not long ago and we have hopes of hosting a world championship he'll be trying to win that championship i was just getting the hang of standing up i'm surrounded by hundreds of when service of all ages bathing in the black sea cup it's evidence of the growing status of water sports here but that i won't be joining them any time soon. and neither would i be taking part in even more tricky kitesurfing here too they have been battling it out to prove their speed and agility surrogate has been crowned number one in russia that . there's a lot of. adrenalin that's what it's all about tricks and a lot of adrenaline now is easier but to master trick you have to for one hundred times the black sea provides good conditions for the sport too. it's a difficult sport to master with many of these young riders taking years to reach

this standard yet we have a number of good spots for arriving this wonderful day and on the other side of the black sea here in russia the season is short so we don't have much practice time on the water but the advantage of russia is we can snow kite. again it's money that's the problem for most kitesurfing now whether it's on the way to joining the list of the lympics sports and that raises the profile of what is still a fledgling perceived to national. or to sport needs young people in ten years i want to see hundreds of kids kiting here and then we'll be in good hands we'll have a future. the future that will be played out here in the surgeon blue of the black sea to martin r.t. . be back where we have our top story shortly say this.

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