this weekend storm clouds continue to build thousands of miles away over the eurozone that's forcing the apec leaders to find ways to protect their region from the e.u.'s economic trauma. takes a look at what's on the table in 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

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 just really attracting so many headlines that 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 well 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. you see clearly there

is waste 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. well russia believes it's important 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're 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 and we'll bring our viewers all the latest events and arrival. the. aloha spirit.

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crazy with. hundreds of children competing here in the. hope that the right support this region could become a real sense of. once again. in the warm waters of the. prime minister silvio berlusconi's decades long grip on power could come to an end within just a few hours that's if italy's lower house of parliament approves a vast new austerity package the prime minister's seat though will not remain vacant for long with a veteran a euro crap looking set to take the baton from berlusconi our correspondent sarah

ferguson in rome with more on the build up to the vote. the m.p.'s we've been speaking to here said the italy is now absolutely desperate to send a very strong signal that they're able to get the situation under control now if the measures 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 to at the moment to take the top spot is. 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 a year across 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 ever whether an unelected government is going to have credibility what you're seeing now is an extension of brussels in the sense that

surely that is what's happening again the m.p.'s that we're speaking to are saying that this technocratic government now is really good it is pushing through these harsh measures just getting them off the ground because they've been long promised and have failed to materialize and we've seen rioting in the past in the country over these measures now that public support as he said is absolutely vital because implementing these are starting 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 face and that's just how you bring long term sustainable solutions to kick start stagnating economies like it's least. for the porn i mean time peter mandelson the former british secretary of state says it's incredible market pressure on greece and italy managed to oust their

respective leaders when millions of protesters in those countries could not. well what we've seen recently in the years is. not as strong as taking the decisive action that they need to take frankly not getting on top of. their elected governments the difficult democratic machinery. simply to take out. a government that's been democratically elected and. in the case i think of greece and. we've seen the bond markets being able to achieve. democratic means has not been able to do it for those countries to get the governments they need at this particular time now i don't attach any value judgement to that it's merely an observation that it needs circumstances we've seen. rather more effectively than ordinary democracy. pro-equality occupy movement is

quickly gathering pace in germany with fresh protests are now starting in the capital country. frankfurt thousands are set to join the demonstrations seeking to draw attention to corporate greed and the increasing poverty of the masses the german occupy movement has also made significant steps. having the support of two major political factions to discuss what the protesters hope to achieve. to one of them who's standing by in berlin. we understand you want us to just. so we will i thank you for coming on the program today thomas you're fifty one you're already retired any particular reason for that some might say fifty one is an early age for retirement. yes just because of illness i have to retire from drop. but i know activist occupier frankfurt and tell first a big

hello to russia and to occupy in moscow i paid us book to where this organization has been featured down. we want something like more democrats see more transparency and that the big banks and other big companies not abusing the power of their money and only is a mass of two people who would get this changes now you are at this rally here protesting against corporate greed which is perceived to be the cause of rising unemployment are you in fact looking for work yourself. look myself. myself i'm just a small man so i cannot change to a big bank by myself yet but i sings a protest if it gets bigger and bigger and now already to solve than four hundred cities in the world sure we will change something just by we are here. now let's

let's talk about the message that you're sending today because as you as we know the eurozone certain members of the eurozone for two thousand and eleven have been having a very very difficult time what makes your message more important than national unity in the face of the euro crisis. my personal opinion is that we have to look on that not just money get used by companies and not by the government so that people may have more money then the big companies just wasting their money by billions and billions of dollars and euros so there is no money for the small man underwrote to spend money in a small shop souls' a small shop can employ people and that's it no one if you are one of your movements one of your major concerns is as you were saying the greed among the banking lead put german banks are up powerhouse in the in the huge taxes they pay help to support the german way of life it would seem perhaps you are ready to make

some sacrifices are you. that what about the opinion office of banks i don't know much but i know that most of the banks using money from other places you know so what i do inside the business of the banks i don't know or idea oversea an uphill battle for you and your fellow activists there in frankfurt finally where do you see your movement heading now you do you see it snow balling and growing larger like an avalanche effect perhaps. yes i understand i understand what you're like to know but because of our movement is basic democratic so we have no point one two three five like other groups you know we have to approach it in a basic democratic way to rise up with one two three four or five sentences and i seeing movement and frank put at least we're start with this that gets me about

january then you can ask me again and then i would put you off at least five points what our demands or i demonstrate and activist thomas live for us from frankfurt thank you. all right well as the euro crisis continues to chip away at confidence in the european union's leadership max and stacy are back to cast their eyes over why speculators are so eager to see the crisis rage on because report coming your way at five thirty g.m.t. but here's a taste of what you can expect. every time the eurozone creates a dollar or a euro in stimulus they create a hundred euros in naked short sells 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 it and transcript ocracy 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 . well i made europe and america's financial woes investors are making a sharp turn to the east where china keeps on rising in the ranks on the global economic stage beijing's mind however is not being met with enthusiasm in the united states. assesses the attitudes. we shall not what you always were tell me a moment maybe we can see the city so what. she's waiting. while that's coming the boss as. she ends up going to get warm and go. change the future you have to

yikes ok let's just get right down to it shall we should we be afraid of china. well what other place in washington d.c. is chinatown to find out i don't think we have to be afraid of china but i do think that we should be concerned well i think concerned might be the right word for it and angelina isn't the only one a much twenty eleven b.b.c. poll shows that many in the west aren't exactly thrilled about china gaining more economic steam in the span of just five years negative attitudes towards china have skyrocketed with france germany italy the u.k. and the u.s. on unhappy at the thought of china nipping at their heels and for the us nowhere is that clear that in the race to the white house china is on almost every dimension cheated this is no longer a time for us to sit back and say we're going to let them steal our jobs what we need to do is stop enriching china with our money i want to be china

i want to go to war with china and make america the most attractive place in the world to do business woah whoa does it have to be us or them and is anybody buying it the world's changing you know so like the fact the fact that like china's economy is modernizing. isn't there a reason why our economy is doing poorly right now. and so it's maybe just a straw man when. presidential candidates bring that up but i think it is in a busy. most countries do just as any other country so yeah i don't anyway if it comes from the us about china well there you have it it seems china is the new kid on the economic block and it's up to the us and the west to see how they deal with reporting from washington i can see. meantime a daughter caroline from the year occidental college in los angeles says that

washington feels the need to paint china as a new evil empire. china becomes this very convenient target we need an enemy right the cold war is over terrorism doesn't provide a concrete enemy for the united states to confront someone we hear these republican competitors talking about china as an enemy i do think that it fills that notion of having something to oppose in order to do that resilience of nationalism and again i find i take issue with that nationalism but at the same time i think it's good for the u.s. to have competitors it's never good for a global superpower to be only one at the top of perceived because then they act with impunity and i believe at various points in u.s. history we have seen the evidence of that i think having china in the mix will be very positive for social political relations you without to live from moscow now political correctness may have many stopping to think before they open their mouths these days but has it gone too far the question that lori haas mr better known as

the resident has been putting the people in new york. 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 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 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 a comedy. just loosen up you know everyone's going to be offended by something and

i just think there's always going to be someone who looks 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 that sometimes what comes out of your math is not a pearl. it's refreshing to see somebody like chris christie from new jersey. 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. about twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital seven people

including five policemen being killed in a suicide blast on a shootout in kazakhstan's southern city of. officials say that they raided an alms shop killing a security guard in the process before trying to escape in a car several policemen were shot dead in the subsequent pursuit when police eventually arrest the man up claimed more victims as well the incident has been officially classified as a terrorist attack it comes just two weeks after twenty explosions in the west of the country for which an islamic militant group claimed responsibility. for the world update here on r.t. some other headlines from around the world this hour syria has been suspended from the arab league until a peace plan is implemented to stop the bloodshed there the decision came at an emergency session in cairo which discussed damascus is the inability to end the eight month long violent crackdown and civil protest as an overwhelming majority of member states supported the move with only lebanon yemen and syria itself voting

against. iran has been rocked by a powerful explosion at an ammunition depot about forty kilometers outside of tehran at least fifteen people killed two consecutive blasts ripped through the site southwest of the capital shattering windows in nearby buildings munitions a facility supplies the countries of revolutionary guard corps for now off the blast remains unclear. the crippled fukushima nuclear plant in japan has now opened its doors to journalists for the first time in eight months. fully protective clothing before being allowed in the plant suffered a series of meltdowns and explosions after being deluged by a devastating tsunami in march it was the world's worst nuclear crisis since the. world update for you here on r.t. but now it's time for our close up series as you put

a spotlight on the many wonders of russia. this time we're at the black sea coast just down there in the south it's a place with tourists who come here to get the dose of relaxation under the sun now this region's also attracting hundreds of thrill seekers. went to test the waters. 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 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 sharing the growing water sports experiences and tone is one of the best that. when you write in your board at top speed your feelings so you have control of two forces of nature in your hands when it is water. he's currently number two in russia the skim the waves in european competitions his 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 the championship i was just getting the

hang of standing up i'm surrounded by hundreds of women of all ages bathing in the black sea cup it's evidence of the growing status of water sports but 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. is a lot of a. that's what it's all about tricks and a lot of adrenaline now it's easier to master trick you have to fool a hundred times the black sea provides good conditions for the sport to. 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 of

the water but the advantage of russia is we can snow kite. again it's money that's the problem for most kites nothing ever it's on the way to joining the list of the limping sports and that raises the profile of what is still a fledgling seeped in russia. do sport needs young people in ten years i want to see hundreds of kids kiting here then we'll be in good hands we'll have a future. the feature that will be played out here in the surging blue of the black sea tom watson r.t. . our twenty five minutes past the hour here in moscow they are supposed to help people tackle diseases but in fact are simply creating them with a relentless chase for profit our special report on some filthy floors of the pharmaceutical industry in america coming your way in just a couple of minutes. in canada and the us today it is legal for you to use

a bubble bath on your baby that contains a known carcinogen something that causes cancer most of the shines out of most cooking different they are sponsored by the industry and most of the time they don't the cli is a conflict of interest to be an average cancer drug prescription costs nearly one thousand six hundred dollars a month oh my god i'm a nobody with cancer in my five therefore i protect focus because ninety two ninety five percent of cancers occur among people with funny history of gas or the pharmaceutical industry spends about fourteen percent of their budget on research and development and about thirty one percent for marketing and administration. in fact there are more pharmaceutical industry lobbyists in washington d.c. than members of congress. and a special report is coming your way in less than five minutes time your naughty but

before that though i'll be back with a recap of this hour's headlines. twenty years ago the largest country in the world to certain places of the.

fleet but how did you come to me to teach began a journey. where did it take them. to food close up team has been to the pencil region where technological breakthroughs save human lives. now marty goes to the sea the for. the unusual ways to protect nature or from. where farming pioneers place local cuisine to the highest pitch. and where future developments depend on the way. to russia's black sea coast commercial close up on our.

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