markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause report on our keep. the leaning tower of scary finally falls the italian prime minister resigns out of parliament approves a new austerity package intended as a last line of defense against collapsing confidence in its economy. and the arab league decides to suspend the sanction syria and in effect efforts to force the sad to stop bloodshed in the country but the move sparks fears of a western backed repeat of the libyan scenario. under learn for travellers turns into a heart for high profile discussions of the heads of the asia pacific nations gather in hawaii hoping to isolate themselves from the spreading euro zone crisis our top stories this hour.

international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day it's the end of an era in italy after the country's prime minister silvio berlusconi steps down it comes after the lower house of parliament gave its final approval to a vast new austerity package which was a precondition for his resignation our correspondent in italy sara firth has the details. that austerity law finally sealed silvio berlusconi's they'd and he stepped down as prime minister of the country now the federal workers he was certainly a character is going to be a massive change now that he's resigning from the post optimism certainly for the future but what the future will be right now remains uncertain is thought that a caretaker government is going to be put in place and the man is being paid for

the top spot is very well respected economists here in the country mary monti to form the e.u. commissioner this certainly a question mark over whether he's going to have the democratic legitimacy that is needed to gain public support of course and an elected government taking the reins does raise a lot of questions was he seen these measures pass through the government was he seeing the prime minister finally resigning these are just the initial steps and was as a short term measure certainly they're going to be some way to standing up panic that we saw at the beginning of the week and to coming some more it's the fear that italy was literally about to be sucked into that this that we see in countries like greece the certainty that of course short term measures only last so long you're going to really now need to look at whether whatever government now follows is going to be able to put in place long term sustainable measures to get the country out of the crisis situation that it's found itself in so for reporting and peter

mandelson the former producer says it's incredible the market pressure on greece and italy managed to else their respective leaders when millions of protesters in those countries couldn't. well what we've seen recently in the year is 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 governments it's rather 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 has not been able to do or not 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 operating rather more effectively than ordinary democracy. and coming up in just a few minutes from now in the program the pro quality occupy movement lawson's in germany it's thousands of protesters probably political and financial capitals of the country running the government reining in corporate and banking green. stories to become the first the arab league has voted to suspend syria from the organization of the country's bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters member states have also been urged to withdraw their ambassadors from damascus and used economic and political sanctions the decision which came at an emergency meeting in cairo has already received the e.u.'s full backing and was praised by u.s. president barack obama most arab states have supported the move with only lebanon and yemen voting against but dr evil him and professor of economics at zeta me university in jordan has told me that the religion of the arab league is to repeat

the libyan scenario and establish a west friendly regime. the point behind this decision as to pave the way for a rerun of what happened in libya first the legitimize the regime that is opposing your interests and then install a regime that is friendly to your interests this is every iran of the transitional council that was installed in libya so what what we are seeing here is a war this war is not being conducted openly the way it was enough guns done or at has been conducted through other means meaning through clan the stein and underground enough roads and through opened up a magic and economic pressure and unfortunately the arab league is being a tool and despite it is very important to realize that these countries do not represent the arab people and those arab countries have been following the dictates of the us government for decades now these are not really independent states their

political decision making as that is dictated from abroad and we have seen that in libya before and we have seen that and iraq during the period of sanctions so this is not the first time that the arab league has adopted the citizens or implement the decisions made outside the arab world. daniel apec forum is pulled together the world's political and economic heavyweights from asia pacific nations in hawaii this weekend the meeting comes a storm clouds gather thousands of kilometers away over the eurozone and stuff the chicken that brings us the latest from underneath you. so legations with high level officials from twenty one economies have finally gathered for a two day apec summit here in the sunny state of hawaii well traditionally the goals of the apec summit are to work on lifting customs barriers boosting trade among countries off the asia pacific as well as eventually creating

a free and open trade zone but this year however there is no chance for a pact leaders to ignore the fact that a european debt crisis is looming over the global economy and this is certainly something that is going to be discussed here a lot on the ground in the two days we are expecting the apec leaders to send a strong message to the european countries for them to start working harder to try to find solutions to the debt crisis going on on the ground where italy has replaced the mean reds to security there are a range of working sessions taking place throughout the weekend as well as q one. business leaders from all over the world there are as many as fifteen hundred business leaders gathered here and also of course importantly bilateral meetings between leaders we are expecting a meeting between russian president dmitry medvedev and u.s. president barack obama they are expected to talk about things like u.s. plans for european missile defense shield as well as russia's future at the world trade organization as well as a bunch of as well as an area of other different issues so we'll certainly be

bringing our viewers all the latest when it comes to events throughout the day it's two days. well for instant updates from the asia pacific summit in honolulu you can head to twitter streams and of course one of the tweets that the aloha spirit overwhelms the gathering even undercover agents are patrolling the beaches in florida shirts and flipflops also plenty more doggies facebook and patience. is. china's booming economy isn't always met with open arms with the united states

sometimes painting the emerging superpower as a dangerous prospect. that story still to come. also still think of the protocol if you're caught by movement as quickly gathering pace in germany almost twenty thousand people protesting right now in both the capital berlin and the country's financial heartland frame those stories still to come but indeed will stay with the situation there in germany protesters are waving placards locking arms in solidarity seeking to draw attention to rampant corporate greed there i mean christian poverty of the masses the german movement has also made significant steps in digital mining itself having the support of two major political factions. of the pro quality attack germany group believes that burden is partly responsible for europe's economic woes. it is needed to have protests and broader movements in all european countries and we know there are tears in germany germany is one of the countries that course is quite

a lot of the trouble we have in europe now because of the way international competition is organized germany is a very often on the winning side but that means to be exploited also poverty. for people and we learned during the last years there it's very very soon taxpayers 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 asked people here on the streets they agree with the protest they agree there are people out there occupy movement but it is needed to go out because everybody learns that democracy is in danger of that in our country too there is no prospect if how to go on if this crisis is going on further and it's a real. still ahead this hour it's the return of our new york resident where this

week laurie hoffman is find out if pos is by are fed up with political correctness . we've got thing in england where comedians have been pulled up on political correctness being carried overboard people who are getting a little crazy with being having to worry about every word they say. should we censor every word that comes out of our miles well more of what the people of the big apple have to say in just a few minutes from now plus. amid the financial worries of american europe 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. . assesses the attitudes. we shall know what you always were tell me obama. maybe we can see the six. years old she's waiting. was the boss and.

she and sad i'm going to be warm and go. into the future you have to yikes ok let's just get right down to it shall we should we put front of china on it 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 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

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 money 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 the world is changing those who 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 out but they get into an abyss. countries you just as any other country. i don't know whether he 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 u.s. and the west to see how they deal with reporting from washington and i can see. holdman 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 this republican competitors talking about china as an enemy i do think that fills that notion of having something to oppose in order to buoy the resilience of nationalism and again i find 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 seen 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. i don't know what subtlety dot com you can find out how the occupy wall street demonstration was turned into performance art new york police detained two clowns run it by a compass dressed as a massive bill attempted to attract the beasts attention. and he could head on line now to see how this fight and. to the huge test of post police ahead of the upcoming euro trying to call championships as hundreds of football hooligans run riot and find out how the authorities cope tut. dot com. right to clean a ghost town. squandered money. more

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a recent poll indicated that people are starting to feel like political correctness is having a negative impact them for society how do you feel about it this week let's talk about that being carried aboard. people were getting a little crazy with having to worry about every word they say whether it's actually politically correct or not well if you live in this country should be politically correct because this is your country what does that mean that say 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 up on political correctness where i think you 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 be someone who looks for something to complain about my generation we don't really care we just laugh it's funny but it just depends if

like generations accosting if you're talking smelly 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 younger but when you start getting a bit older you realize that sometimes what comes out of your man is not a pearl. it's refreshing to see somebody like chris christie from new jersey because he speaks his mind regardless of what the consequences are versus always being worried of people are going to think what the poll numbers show that you'd rather be offended in at least half 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. in kazakhstan at least seven people have died in an attack by islam must militant five police officers were among those shot by the government in the southern city of also killed the owner. and customer of a weapons store and hijacked

a car reports say the attacker then returned to his home where he collected a rocket launcher and fired on a security forces building authorities say the gunman blew himself up once cornered by police. exactly twenty minutes past the hour here now in moscow some more headline news from around the world in our world updater ron has been rocked by a powerful explosion of an ammunition depo 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 initials facilities supplies the country's revolutionary guard the blasts were ruled accidental but the exact cause remains unclear. the crippled fukushima nuclear plant in japan is open its doors to journalists 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 devastating tsunami in march it was the world's worst nuclear crisis since channel. the turkish prime

minister has visited the region of burn which has been struck by two earthquakes in a matter of weeks he says and wins they claimed the lives of more than thirty people that believe a japanese aid worker has been returned home he was rescued alive from the rubble but died later in hospital two journalists were also among those killed it been reporting on the previous week which left six hundred dead it was 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 self the place bustling with tourists who come here to get their relaxation under the sun but now this region is also tracking hundreds of thrill seekers artie's tom barton tested the waters. slowly the old soviet resorts on russia's black sea coast are becoming centers of 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 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 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 sharing the growing water sports experience here and so on is one of the best. when you ride in your board at top speed your feelings so 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 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 have to face our 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 third of all a day's bathing in the black sea levels of the growing status of water sports. i would 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 sergio has been crowned number one in russia. there's a lot of adrenaline as well it's all about tricks and a lot of adrenaline now it's easier it's

a massive trip you have to fall one hundred times the black sea provides good conditions for this war to. it's a difficult sport to master with many of these young writers taking years to reach that standard. of us 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 with the advantage of russia is we can snow kite. again it's money that's the problem for most kinds surface 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 pursuit in russia. in 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. a future that will be played out here in the surgeon blue of the biloxi tom watson r.t. . they're supposed to help people tackle diseases but are in fact simply creating

them and never let this change for profit or the special report and some toxic floors of the pharmaceutical industry in america is coming your way in the next hour. in canada and the us for that it is legal for you to use a bubble bath on your baby they contains a known carcinogen something that causes cancer most of the chances of most put in defense they are sponsored by the industry and most of the guys and raised on the plates of coffee go first to be an average cancer drug prescription cost nearly one thousand six hundred dollars a month oh my god nobody was cancer and my father and therefore i protect softs of the force of nature ninety five percent of the cancers perth people without funding the history of cancer 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. and members of congress says. it's twenty six minutes past the hour here in moscow albeit out with a recap of our top stories for you in four minutes from now stay with us live this is auntie.