prime minister silvio berlusconi's decades long grip on power could come to an end within a few hours italy's lower house of parliament approves a vast new austerity package that p.m.c. won't remain vacant for long with the veteran looking set to take the baton from the skinny our correspondent sara firth is in rome with more on the build up to the vote. the m.p.'s we've been speaking to here has that italy is now saluki 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 moment he now he's not only a respected economist here in the country but he's also the former commissioner as we've seen in greece with the appointment to the top spot for me e.c.b. official mario monti's if you're a crack in a 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 whether an unelected government is going to have credibility what you're seeing now is an extension of brussels in the sense issue really that is what's happening again the m.p.'s that we're speaking to is saying that this technocratic government now is really good it is pushing three 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.

reporting there and peter mandelson the former british secretary of state says it's incredible that market pressure on greece and italy managed to oust the respective leaders when millions of protesters in those countries couldn't. well what we've seen recently in the years is some government not as strong as all those not taking the decisive action that they need to take frankly not getting on top of events now their elected government to trawl the difficult for democratic machinery to be used simply to take out. a government that's been democratically elected and actually what we've seen to be in the case i think of greece and italy we've seen the bond markets being able to achieve what normal democratic means have not been able to do and that is to put those countries to get the governments they need at this particular time no i don't attach any value judgement to that it's merely an

observation that in these circumstances we've seen. prating rather more effectively than ordinary democracy. does the euro crisis continues to chip away at confidence in the european union's leadership max and stacey about to cast their eyes of a why speculators are so eager to see the crisis rage on because a report is coming your way at five thirty g.m.t. here's what you can expect. every time the eurozone creates a dollar or a euro instead they create a hundred euro naked short sells well 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 entranced 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.

the protocol of the occupy movement is quickly gathering pace in germany with almost twenty thousand people protesting right now in the capital berlin and the countries. financial hole learned of frankfurt more than ten thousand people have joined the demonstrations recently seeking to draw attention to rampant corporate greed and the increasing poverty of the masses german occupy movement has also made significant steps in legitimizing itself having the support of two major political factions what we can all talk to one of the organizers of the event. of the pro quality attack germany group joining me live from berlin thanks very much indeed there you are in the heart of the protest there in but there are scenes of the occupy movement is known as an organization with a mixed message something that's been highlighted by the media and indeed in fact saying that the movement lacks unity and cohesion so what exactly are you

protesting against today. yesterday it was quite a broad mixture of a broad group mixture of groups are going i think this demonstrations we said we want to design banks we want to redistribute wealth and we really have to fight for democracy because during the last two weeks we land a lot that democracy is no longer at stage if the financial markets yesterday if they demand the governments to act and this acting means austerity programs that really destroy social infrastructure and that is really killed the movement's unfasten europe already say. these protests when german banks are racking in fortunes by lending to economically under the under developed greeks and italians during the euro's heyday i mean why wasn't anyone objecting then. we think it is and it is needed to have protests and broad movements in all

european countries and we know they're tearing germany germany is one of the countries that courses quite a lot of the trouble you have and europe now because of the way international competition is organized germany is a very often on the winning side but that means that we export also poverty and joblessness for people and to be learned during the last years there it's very very soon tex players are forced to help to save the banks we learned in two thousand and eight what happened in such a very short time when billions of euros were given to the banks and in this time our german chancellor mismatch she said that that will never have to happen again that never again a bank should be so big to be able to blackmail whole societies and whole governments but this was not there was nothing really done in this direction and in

reality we still have the situation the big banks are even bigger and they don't do a lot of money even their public dept of greece and now we want to have solutions that include democracy that includes solidarity and that included a chance for the people really to develop a future what is interesting is very noble and gracious of you to be concerned about other people in other countries but of course germany has been the economic powerhouse of europe and of course it's emerge relatively unscathed out of the recent economic mess do you really believe the german people are concerned about others and that they will be following your message. it is not that easy as it isn't in some other countries of course in some fashion europe or european countries arab people especially young people who have no chance to get a job that is not the case in germany but if you ask people here on the streets they agree that the protests they agree with the people of the occupy movement that

it is needed to go out because everybody learns that democracy is in danger that in our country too there is no perfect if how to go on if this crisis is going on further and it will go you by the fact that there is some political element now in germany listening to your calls elsewhere it seems that the occupy movement isn't being listened to a told so do you really feel this could be the birth of a political movement well yes i think it is quite at the beginning i am i myself next to recenter a founder of their european on the german attack movement and we already work on this issues for now eleven years in germany the occupy movement is very new and it is a very mixed people of rev wright. monson ideas what to do of it and how to go on but there is there is a first start of movement and this is maybe

a child center we hope that there will be more of it and today we had to not place behind me there have been eight thousand people in the afternoon protesting and encircling here the german parliament and the government and in the same time we had more than ten thousand people in frankfurt and circling all the banks that means for me just the signal and a first step but perhaps there will be more and do you try to make it joe thank you very much and if you have time of the pro quality of germany group joining us live there in berlin thank you thank you. well on our website r.t. dot com you can find out how the occupy wall street demonstration was turned into performance art new york police detained. by their accomplice dressed as a matter door attempted to attract the attention had online to see how this fight ended. in a huge test for polish police ahead of the upcoming euro two thousand and twelve

championships as hundreds of football hooligans run riot you can find out how the authorities cope for you right now at r.t. dot com. the world's political and economic heavyweights from the asia pacific nations descend upon a sunny hawaii this weekend as a storm clouds continue to build thousands of kilometers away over the eurozone forcing the apec leaders to find ways to protect their region from the economic trauma. takes a look at what's on the table in one hundred. 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 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 so most particularly the israelis into the u.s. . just position can be me this is just we will continue to encourage field position. 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 as events unravel. and for instant updates from the asia pacific summit in honolulu you can head to our twitter streams and our correspondent there tweets that the aloha spirit overwhelms the gathering even undercover agents are patrolling the beaches in florida shirts and flip flops also plenty more facebook and you tube pages. it's.

the arab league has voted to suspend syria from the organization until a peace plan is implemented to stop the bloodshed the member states and also been urged to withdraw their ambassadors from damascus and implement economic and political sanctions the decision came at an emergency session in current which discussed damascus is inability to end the eight month long violent crackdown on civil protestors an overwhelming majority of member states supported the move within lebanon yemen and syria itself voting against wilders discuss this development i'm not joined by michel chossudovsky the director of the center for search and globalization he's in canada. so arab countries have turned against another arab nation in a significant way a surprising and unexpected move. shows the peace was already agreed upon a week earlier. but notes are expected but because these countries are socially.

all those animality from was this is not a decision of the power of lee all the arab world. it's it is a decision of washington. and it is there to justify. war plans directed us against syria which are already on the drawing board of the pentagon so it turns out i think michelle this is actually a precursor to foreign intervention it is definitely is that i should mention that. this is not a protest movement it is an armed insurrection and. reports to the fact that the so-called opposition is receiving weapons is corroborated even by the israeli press if you read between the lines but i have

been following this for several months and going back to all this the israeli press confirmed that the opposition forces were in fact being provided with anti tank and rockets mortars heavy machine guns no. immediately following the peace proposal of the arab league what happens. to armed gunman which are al qaida affiliated entities paramilitary. to trigger a new round of civilian casualties it is not to say that the government of bashar al assad doesn't bear responsibility but we must understand that the very parties to this to this arab league decision are also complicit in supporting an insurgency an armed insurgency with a view to destabilize the syria as

a nation state and so those implications now the eighteen arab states whatever the influences behind them whatever you say what are the implications then for a sat his days are definitely numbered nell well. first of all these all these arab states are late well in one way or another to nato they through mediterranean dialogue and so on so paul and what i'm saying is that the nato and the united states are preparing for. a military campaign directed against syria under the pretext of the humanitarian pretext one and while at the same time they have supported the other big suresh action which has created this this process of. what but what about the similarity with libya civilians were there to protect themselves i mean why what is it have said fronts and that would send somebody will say that was a people driven revolution so what's it listen to this it was not of people's

driven revolution it was an al qaida ribbons revolution was supported by nato special forces we know enough about libya to know that this was a that this was an invasion but i should i should warn that. syria is a country of more than twenty million people it's in the region which is a joke political hotspots and any kind of military action against syria is the whole region flares up from the eastern mediterranean right through to the chinese border and and we should also understand that actions directed against syria are called only with actions directed against iran and it and bear in mind that these actions are implemented civil to your sleep iran as being a demo and i. allegedly voice nuclear weapons program which it doesn't have using fake intelligence this is being documented and so on so forth so that again

lies and fabrications to create a justification for waging a war on syria first. subsequently on their own i say that this so daria oh well this scenario it's devastating consequences it is a world war three scenario ok michelle always interesting talking to on these matters and good to hear your point of view michel chossudovsky director of the center for research on globalization joining us live there in montreal thank you very much. amid 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 might however is not being met with enthusiasm in the u.s. . seto assesses the attitudes. we shall not be what you always were tell me a moment maybe we can see the six or nine years old

she's waiting. to see how the boss as. she and sat him down to get warm and go. into the future you have to yikes ok let's just get right down to it shelley 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 concerned might be the right word for it and angelina isn't the only one how 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 mani i want to beat china i want to go to war with china and make america the most attractive place in the world to do business woah woah whoa does it have to be us or them and is anybody buying it the world is changing you know so like the fact the fact that like china's economy is modernizing. isn't the 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 they get him in a big. this incident cannot make sense most countries to just work with china as any other country so yeah i don't know where the fear comes from 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 ammo west to see how they deal with reporting from washington i'm a genocidal party. talk to karen on hell been from 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 contenders talking about china as an enemy i do think that it fills that notion of having something to oppose in order to buoy the 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 the only one at the top are 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 is turning twenty four minutes past the hour in the russian capital where headline news from around the world for you know world update has been rocked by a powerful explosion at an ammunition depo about forty kilometers outside of tehran with at least twenty seven people reported killed and sixteen wounded two consecutive blast ripped through the west of the capital shattering windows in nearby buildings the munitions facility supplies the country's revolutionary guard that lost were ruled accidental but the exact cause remains unclear. the crippled fukushima nuclear plant in japan has opened its doors to june of this for the first time in eight months reporters have to wear 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 chernobyl. well now it's time for a close up series as we put the spotlight on the mend the wonders of russia.

we're on the black sea coast in the self the place bustling with tourists who come here to get that those of relaxation under the sun but now this region is also attracting hundreds of thrill seekers tom bottom tested 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 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. when you ride in your board at top speed your feelings saw you have control of two forces of nature in your hands wind and water and 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. 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 servers of all ages

behaving in the black sea cup it's evidence of the growing status of water sports here but i feel i won't be joining them any time soon. where neither would i be taking part in even more tricky kitesurfing here too they had been battling it out to prove their speed and agility surrogate has been crowned number one in russia. there's a lot of adrenaline that's what it's all about tricks and a lot of adrenaline now it's easier because master trick you have to full one hundred times the black sea provides good conditions for this book 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 kites earthworks now however 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 in russia. to 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. a future that will be played out here in the surging blue of the black sea turned out an arty. just remind you kate will be here in about fifteen minutes from now with the sports news including the latest from the world of football a review of russia greece is coming your way as a cent from now but first i'll be back with the headlines in a minute from now stay with us live here in the us.

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