italian parliament his final approval to a sweeping new austerity initiative paving the way for silvio berlusconi's resignation as the country strains to restore confidence in its faltering economy. the arab league decides to suspend and sanction syria in an effort to force assad to stop the bloodshed in the country the move sparks fears of a western backed repeat of the libyan scenario. number one for travelers turns into a hot high profile discussions as the heads of the asia pacific nations gather in why couldn't you isolate themselves from the spreading eurozone crisis.

internationally is a comment live from moscow this is r.t. twenty four hours a day it's a lower house of parliament has given its final approval to a vast new austerity package it's hoped the move will steer the country away from the financial abyss it's been teetering on passing the tough cuts was a precondition under which prime minister silvio berlusconi agreed to step down the pm see no remain vacant for long with marian monti that he set to take the baton from dallas county public reaction so far has been mixed with some celebrating by the stonies fall the others are wary of the future our correspondent in italy sarah ferguson has the details. now finalized in the lower house today it's expected that prime minister berlusconi is going to be meeting with president. and handing in his resignation as he promises to be one state's reforms. had passed now moving on from

that you're going to probably see the formation of some form of caretaker government and it's expected that at the moment being paid to take that top sports is a very respected economist here in italy called mario monti he's been nicknamed super mario put a huge task. before him were he to take that top spot now he's a former commissioner he's a year he knows the system inside goodling so brussel so certainly they people used to see him but there is a question mark over whether a caretaker government is going to have the public support necessary to push through these reforms because of course it's one thing to pass these measures it's another thing to implement and you know having a successful implementation of reforms is going to take years and for that you're going to need democratic legitimacy and there is a question mark over an elected government now taking the reins virally today

speaking to some people in the town who were holding protests there were a couple of thousand and one of the measures that they were protesting with government spending a waste of taxpayers' money and really what they were saying was very clear is that whatever happens now and whoever takes power is that the really going to want to see their politicians and those people in charge leading by example and of course they simply haven't seen under berlusconi especially in the last couple of years i mean quite the opposite in the face of the crisis berlusconi has been perceived as just partying his way very carelessly through a very critical time for the country and really now that's where the focus is turning to because once prime minister berlusconi resigns as he's expected to the question is what kind of country is he handing to his predecessor and the country is and has been suffering for years under. economic social and political stagnation

and kickstarting that is going to be a major challenge and a big part of that is going to be regaining public trust and credibility that's been lost in recent times because without the public support these reforms that are simply not going to work. surface reporting there and peter mandelson the former british secretary of state says it's incredible that market pressure on greece and italy managed to else their respective leaders when millions of protesters in those countries couldn't what we've seen recently. is some governments not as strong as are those not taking the decisive action that they need to take frankly not getting on top of events now their elected government to draw 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 bond market democracy breaking rather more effectively than ordinary democracy. peter mandelson there and as the euro crisis continues to chip away at confidence in the european union's leadership here back to cast their eyes over why speculators are so eager to see the crisis rage on the report is coming away in the next hour but here's a brief preview of what you can expect. every time the eurozone creates a dollar or a euro instead realize they create a hundred euros in naked short sells are 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 entrenched katara 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. because report a little later here on. coming up in just a few minutes now in the program the pros equality occupy movement blossoms in germany as thousands of protesters flood the political and financial capitals of the country marking becoming the reigning in corporate and banking. but first the arab league voted to suspend syria from the organization until a peace plan is implemented to stop the bloodshed that member states have also denies to withdraw their ambassadors from damascus and use economic and political sanctions a decision which has already received a useful backing and was praised by u.s. president barack obama came at an emergency session in cairo an overwhelming

majority of member states supported the move with only lebanon yemen and syria itself voting against it richard the center for research on globalization show chossudovsky believes the league's move is an act of provocation orchestrated by washington. this is the north of the says you know really all the arab world is a decision. to go just. war directed us against syria which already on the drawing board of the pentagon this is not a protest movement it is an armed insurrection immediately following the peace proposal of the arab league young gunman which are al qaeda affiliated entities ambulatory in 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 and are going surge and see where you could destabilize syria as a nation states nato and the united states are preparing a war ability campaign directed against syria and the humanitarian pretext while at the same time they have supported but all of this rection which has created this this process of instability. amid the financial woes of american europe investors are making a shot 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. artes and leon are you sara assesses the that a change there. we shall know what you

always were tell me about. maybe we. were six or. eight years old she said to. succumb to the boss and. she and sat him until he was. 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 concerned it might be the right word for it and angelina isn't the only one how much twenty levin 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 happy at the thought of china nipping at their heels and for the u.s. nowhere is that clear but in the race to the white house china is on almost every dimension cheating 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 start in rich saying china with our model 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. doesn't have to be os or them and isn't buying it's the world 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 it up but they get in

a big. countries do just as any other country. comes from the us about well there you have it it seems china is the new kid on the economic block and it's up to the us. to see how they deal with. washington and are going to set up. and hold them from dental college in los angeles says 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 so when we hear this republican competitors 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 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. the pro equality occupy movement is quickly gathering place in germany with almost twenty thousand people protesting right now in both the capital berlin and the country's financial heartland of frankfurt protests are waving placards and locking arms in solidarity seeking to draw attention to greed and the increasing poverty of the masses. to make significant steps in legitimizing itself i mean the support of two major political factions of the protocol of the attack germany told me earlier that she is partly responsible for europe's economic woes. it is needed to have protests and broad movements in all european countries and we know there are tears in germany

germany is one of the countries their course is quite a lot of the trouble we have in europe now because of the way international competition is organized germany is very often on the winning side but that means the be exploited also poverty and closeness for people and we 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 bags if you ask people here on the streets they agree the protests they agree with other people are there are movements that it is needed to go out because everybody learns that democracy is in danger that in our country too there is no prospect if how to go on if this crisis is going further and it will. well that show of force by your movement in

germany is the latest demonstration just for the pain spread for more perspective on the phenomenon but occupy wall street has become i'm joined now by a man who's been taking a bird's eye view of the group and i don't really call him is joining me from the founder is indeed the founder of the sublime oblivion blog live there in san francisco but striking about this movement is health forced it's spreading how did something that we go on as a small protest by a dozen or so individuals evolve into a global movement. well i think it's important to note. the speed of it. but it is based on a. and that has been going for several years although they're. basically people are asking they have. big banks being bailed out during the during the economic crisis and unemployment has skyrocketed to nearly ten percent

and people basically. began asking why were they bailed out but i was i not bailed out so as you say. i was pointed to an attempt over ok short story what i want quickly the foundation clearly has when the movement has clearly some strong foundations there but what about the nature of the protests are they actually going about the right way to get their message heard do you think. well it's hard to say at the moment they're basically making. that they're making. i begin to push and they're getting media attention and. aspects of the movement connecting it with the issues facing americans which i think is important to the movement success for instance. i can give you examples there's the occupy homes and. basically youthful.

people are being a big buy the banks are on foreclosed homes. there's this part of the movement that occupy them and the also the blow against. the increasing costs of. education points than. u.c. berkeley it's called the ninety nine percent versus the eighty one percent the one percent the first the projected increase in tuition fees. over the next four years . so i think it's connecting a good deal issues but what the problem is that for now the the main a fairly amorphous organization and i am not sure that this model is sustainable yes you've identified that problem which the media is very keen to

highlight this element of mixed messages there this lack of cohesion one actual issues that they all want to protest about it's in some ways diluting the message not just how can they get over that then do you think. i think they should focus i think i think. it's a good statement being made but they have to move on to concrete actions such as these particular issues. and also they have to. play a shilling. and mainstream politics that they use and drive down. the cue from the tea party. mobilize the. old style the public and under please them with. publicans who are closer to. their world

views. of the occupy movement should. this us in all this that they do with democrats. it's interesting because we know there's been some political interest in germany's richest reported that they managed to win over the support of a couple of major political factions and as you say the next wave for dougherty two to get politicians on board but just finally do you believe this movement really has the staying power it's going to be going well it's been going strong after two months but do you think it will perseverance and of course the worry about an accused well some of the violence we've seen in these protests do you think it does have longevity. well yes i mean there are big questions. you're not going to. in some place like new york or. you have you have.

the media. here. i have to say it's basically are two ways the because the police sometimes sometimes the boats. on the other hand i think they should also. there's more respectable image. made by the south all the all choices i mean it's it's fun to go out in the our pajamas on along it's money. but. it's not going to. the mainstream is that what we need an attorney thanks so much for your time and joining us live in san francisco. the world's political and economic heavyweights from the asia pacific nations are descending upon a sunny why this weekend that's a storm clouds continue to build thousands of kilometers away over the euro zone forcing the apec leaders to find ways to protect their region from the economic

trauma but he's on the stump you're going to take a look at what's on the table in the looting. basically even though the primary primary goals of the apec summit are improving the trade relationship an economic relationship all the countries that make up the asian 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 effects 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 as 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 and 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 it's the only responsible thing to do so more decisions routes to see clearly that he's made in turkey and the u.s. just you know he calls for dialogue which just position can be needed just to do so

we will continue to encourage the you know position to small constructive leads to them to show concern about their country and disagree with. 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 it was really a range of other political issues so there are not only a lot on the agenda here in honolulu and we'll bring our viewers all the latest events that are all in kazakhstan at least seven people have died in a series of terrorist attacks authorities are saying that the followers of jihadism has blown himself up when cornered by law enforcement officers before the thirty four year old attack and killed five members of security forces and two civilians in gun battles in the city of thailand's. so get some more headline news now from

around the world in our world update at this stage of the day iran has been rocked by a powerful explosion i mean about forty kilometers outside of tehran but at least seventeen people reported killed and sixteen wounded two consecutive blast ripped through the site southwest of the capital shattering windows in nearby buildings the munitions facility supplies the country's revolutionary guard the blast were ruled accidental but the exact cause remains unclear. the crippled fukushima nuclear plant in japan has opened its doors to journalists for the first time in eight months reporters have to wear funny protective clothing before being allowed in the plant suffered a series of meltdowns and explosions after being diluted by devastating tsunami in march it was the world worst nuclear crisis since chernobyl. it turkish prime minister has visited the devastated region of which has been struck by two with quakes in a matter of weeks the latest on wednesday claimed the lives of more than thirty people whatever japanese aid workers being returned home it was rescued alive from the rubble but died later in hospital two journalists were also among those killed

and they've been reporting on the previous quake which left six hundred dead. now it's time for a close up series as we put the spotlight on the many wonders of russia for you. we're on the black sea coast in the south a place bustling with tourists who come here to get their dose of relaxation under the sun and now this region is also attracting hundreds of thrill seekers are faced albertan testing the waters. slowly the old soviet resorts on russia's black sea coast are becoming centers for very modern water sports the route the week hundreds of children and adults of be competing here in the black sea cup windsurfing trophy and it's hope 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 a 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 who've traveled from all over russia to show their skills and share in the growing water sports experience here and on its own with next that. 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 risk in the waves in european competitions 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 great when the infrastructure is ok but with some

investments 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 when third of all a day's bathing in the black sea. it's evidence of the growing status of water sports but i won't be joining them anytime 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. so there's a lot of adrenaline that's what it's all about tricks and a lot of adrenaline now it's easier it's a massive trip you have to full one hundred times the black sea we're going to good conditions for this war two. it's a difficult sport to master with many of these young riders taking years to reach

the standard yet we have a number of good spots for riding 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 kite surfing 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 to national. 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 biloxi tom watson r.t. . we'll be back with a recap of our top stories when just a few minutes from now i'll stay with us live here in moscow this is our team.

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