as the details that are stairs he lot finally sailed silvio berlusconi's fate and he stepped down as prime minister of the country now for better or worse he was certainly a character and it's going to be a massive change now that he's resigned from the post optimism certainly for the future but what their 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 the former commissioner there's 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 seen the prime minister finally resigning these are just the initial steps and was as a short term measure certainly they're going to go some way to stemming that panic

that we saw at the beginning of the week and to coming somewhat the fear that it was literally about to be sucked into that debt spiral that we've seen countries like greece be sucked into but of course short term measures only last so long we'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 as of the crisis situation that it found itself in so for reporting there and peter mandelson the former producer 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 there is some government not as strong as others not taking the decisive action that they need to take frankly not getting on top of events now their elected governments the difficult for democratic machinery to be used simply to

take out. a government this be democratically elected and actually what we've seen 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 now i don't attach any value judgement to that it's merely an observation that in these circumstances we've seen. democracy. rather more effectively than ordinary democracy. and coming up in just a few minutes from now in the program the quality occupy movement blossoms in germany as thousands of protesters plugged the political and financial capitals of the country on the government rein in corporate and banking green. stories to the company 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 use 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 eba him professor of economics at zeta me university in jordan has told me that the real agenda 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 a rerun 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 of the way it was in afghanistan or

iraq at this being conducted through other means meaning through clan the stein and underground methods and through open diplomatic and economic pressure and unfortunately the arab league is being at all in this fight but there 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 is that is dictated from abroad and we have seen that in libya before and we have seen that 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. the annual apec forum is pulled together of the world's political and economic if he wants from asia pacific nations in hawaii this weekend meeting comes a storm. of kilometers away over the. chicken it brings us the latest from london

delegations with high level officials from twenty one economies have finally gathered for a two day summit here in the sunny state of hawaii now 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 crisis going on on the ground where italy has replaced the main threats to security there are a range of working sessions taking place throughout the weekend as well as q. and a's with 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 mainly 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 a 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 array of other different issues so we'll certainly be bringing our viewers all the latest when it comes to events throughout the night 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 flip flops also plenty more lottie's facebook and you tube pages. 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 this hour also still to come of the pro quality occupy movement is quickly gathering pace in germany with almost twenty thousand people protesting right now in both the capital berlin and the country's financial heartland frank 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 occupy movement has also made significant steps in legitimizing itself having earned 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 i didn't know that here in germany germany is one of the countries led courses quite a lot of the trouble we have in europe now because of the. a international competition is organized to germany is a very often on the winning side but that means that to be exploited 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 bags if you ask people

here on the streets they agree with the protests they agreed 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 still ahead this hour as the return of a new york resident where this week and its finds out if. are fed up with political correctness. we've got thing in england where comedians have been pulled up on political correctness is 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. the financial woes of america and europe investors are making

a sharp turn to the east where china keeps on rising in the ranks of the global economic stage beijing's might however is not being met with enthusiasm in the u.s. ortiz adriana usera assesses the attitudes there. we shall not what you always were tell me obama maybe we can see the six. years old she said. well that's how i'm the boss and. she and sat down to get warm and go. into the future you have to yikes ok let's just get right down to it shall we should we be afraid of china as 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 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 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 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 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 busy. countries do just as any other country. in the u.s. about china 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 dr karl holdman from occidental college in los angeles says that washington feels the need to paint china a new evil. 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 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 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. and on our website you can find out how the occupy wall street demonstration was turned into performance art new york police detained. for a minute by compass as a matter attempted to attract the beasts attention. you could head out to see how this fight and. to teach test for poachers police ahead of the upcoming championships as hundreds

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brightened if you knew all about song from phones to impressions. totty dot com. political correctness may have many stopping to think before opening the miles these days but is it going to fall and that's a question or healthiness but unknown as the president has been putting to 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 were 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 and i mean we've got a thing in england where comedians have been holed up in 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 care we just laugh it's funny it just depends if like generations accosting if you're talking to some elderly people then yeah the show some respect even if you know you don't completely think it's necessary it's different when you 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 because 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. in kazakhstan at least seven people have died in an attack by in islamist militant five police officers were among those shot by the gunman in the southern city of to you 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 a world of data ron has been rocked by a powerful explosion at 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 the munitions facility 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 chernobyl. the turkish prime minister has visited the region a version which has been struck by two earthquakes in a matter of weeks he says on wednesday claimed the lives of more than thirty people the body of 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 quake which left six hundred dead. so 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 the place bustling with tourists who come here to get their dose of relaxation under the sun but now this region is also tracking hundreds of thrill seekers auntie's tom barton 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. he's currently number two in russia in his skin 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 service of all ages bathing 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. and 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. a lot of adrenaline that's what it's all about tricks and a lot of adrenaline now is easier but to master trick you have to fall one hundred times the black sea you provide good conditions for this sport too. it's a difficult sport to master with many of these young riders taking years to reach this standard. 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 pursuit and 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. a future that will be played out here in the surging blue of the black sea to martin r.t. . we're supposed to help people tackle diseases but are in fact simply creating them in a relentless chase for profit or the special report on some toxic floors of the pharmaceutical industry in america is coming away in the next hour. 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 depend they are sponsored by things through and most of the guys they don't

know please it's a conflict of interest today 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 prefer to focus because the navy to ninety five percent of the cancers hurt people with the funny 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 ministration. in fact there are more pharmaceutical industry lobbyists in washington d.c. than members of congress says. it's. twenty six minutes past the hour here moscow about with a recap of our top stories for you in four minutes from now stay with us live this is auntie.

tom talked to john i'm a new stories this hour the leaning tower of the sky only funnily fulls the italian prime minister resigns off the problem of the prison new austerity package intended

as a last line of defense against collapse in confidence in its economy. the arab league decides to suspend sanction syria in an effort to force assad to stop bloodshed in the country of the new spawns fears of a western backed repeat of the libyan scenario. wonderland for travellers turns into a hot behind profile discussions as the heads of the asia pacific nations gather in hawaii hoping to isolate themselves from the spreading euro zone crisis. thomas will be next in half an hour as the news continues that's it for me today next financial guru max carson on with his co-host stacy herbert reveal the dirty secrets of the financial world. story. family. dynamic. so

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