russian and u.s. presidents are meet to discuss the most pressing issues between the countries on the sidelines of the apec summit in hawaii. believing it tower vera was tony finally calls the italian prime minister resigned after parliament approved a new austerity package intended as a last line of defense against collapsing confidence in the it said calming. the arab league has suspended syria recommending sanctions against in the country in an effort to force president assad to end the deadly unrest that's claimed more than three and a half thousand one. broadcasting

live direct from our studios in central moscow this is our t.v. i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us the annual apec forum has brought together the worlds of political and economic heavyweights from the asia pacific nations in hawaii this weekend the summit touches upon a vast number of issues ranging from establishing a pacific wide free trade zone to the euro zone crisis bilateral meetings are also taking place on the sidelines of the foreign archies on associate europe and brings us the latest from honolulu. president rivetted has held quite a range of bilateral talks here in honolulu including with the leaders of japan malaysia vietnam and korea he's meeting with the u.s. president barack obama among the issues they're supposed to discuss is of course the issue of missile defense. russia's future of the world trade organization bilateral talks really reassessment of ties between russia and the united states as

well as the situation around the adoption of russian children in the united states now when it comes to of the issue of missile defense of course russian media agreed to cooperate on a possible project for european missile defense plans at the summit in lisbon in two thousand and ten this however didn't see somewhat of a stall because russia has been asking for the united states to provide a set of legal guarantees that any such plans would not be afraid to russia's security says this however has not been done yet so this is expected to be a big focus of talks between the two presidents are also russia's future of the world trade organization of course this is something that's been a desire of russia's since one thousand nine hundred three and is expected to be finalized as soon as the summer of two thousand and twelve so far we have seen a very wide range of meetings and talks in q. and a sessions and meetings with business leaders and so far we know that the leaders have been focusing on really economic and trade corp in this inside the

asia pacific because this is of course a summits one of the biggest economic groups that make up countries of the asia pacific they have been not talking about issues such as lifting custom barriers and trade but it's important to note that even though this is the traditional focus of apac this year of course it's been impossible for leaders to ignore the fact that the european financial crisis is really looming over the world economy and this is something that we are expecting for the leaders to really give a big push to and really a nod to europe and ask europe to act this process possible and come up with solutions to the financial crisis and this is. really one of the results with that we're expecting to come out of this summit here in hawaii traditionally economic and financial issues are the focus however because there are so many leaders gathered in one spot for such a short period of time political statements to get me political topics to get raised in this case we have seen syria take the headlines because of course after

a long time about anti-government clashes on the ground with the arab league really suspending syria we have been hearing from u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton who has said that the united states calls upon the syrian president to resign russia on the other hand has been are very careful with this in saying that it's had it's ready and happy to help to four parties to to get together and negotiate for talks because they are russia believes that it would be irresponsible to arts otherwise to avoid a scenario in syria which would be similar to what we saw happen in libya. is not our only correspondent in honolulu for instance updates from the asia pacific summit georgie's of twitter streams. ahead of a meeting between the russian and u.s. presidents our correspondent on the boat the tweet that obama says russia's entry into the w t o would create opportunities for american business there's also plenty more at audrey's and facebook and you tube pages as well.

if you go. to. the end of an era in italy as the country's charismatic prime minister silvio berlusconi steps down and comes out. the lower house of parliament gave its final approval to a vast new austerity package which was a precondition for his resignation the p.m.'s though won't remain vacant for long with a veteran euro crowd mario monti looking to take the baton from berlusconi the public reaction so far has been mixed with some celebrating berlusconi's fall while others are wary of the future our correspondent in italy sir further details. that of

stairs he will finally say oh 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 optimism certainly for a future future will be right now remains uncertain it's been a caretaker government is going to be put in place and the man is being paid the top spot is very well respected economists here in the country. he's the former you commissioner. he knows the system inside and could link to brussels this certainly a question mark a whether he's going to have the democratic legitimacy that is needed to gain public support of course and elected government taking the reins does raise a lot of questions once he's seen these measures pass through these are just the initial steps he was a short term measure certainly they're going to be ok some way to stemming that

panic that we saw at the beginning of the week and to coming some was the fear that if he was literally about to be sucked into that spiral that we've seen countries like greece be sucked into a political short term measures only last so long you're going to really now need to look at whether the 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. today speaking to some people in the town there who were holding. protests there were a couple of thousand and one of the measures that they were protesting. government spending a waste of taxpayers' money and really what they were saying was very clear is that whatever happens whoever takes power is that they're really going to want to see politicians and the people in charge leading by example and of course they simply haven't seen that under berlusconi specially in the last couple of years i mean

quite the opposite in the face of the crisis berlusconi's been proceed just partying his way very. very critical time for the country i mean that's where the focus is turning to and the country is and has been suffering for years. the economic social and political speculation and kick starting that is going to be a major challenge and a big part of that is going to be regaining public trust and the credibility that's been lost in recent times because without the public support these reforms are simply not going to work and peter mandelson the former british state says it is incredible that market pressure on greece and italy managed to oust of their respective leaders when millions of protesters in those countries did not. well what we've seen recently in new year is there 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 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 said in the case i think of greece and italy we've seen the bond market speaking able to achieve what normal democratic means have not been able to do or not 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. it too much for a team rather more effectively than ordinary democracy. and as the euro crisis continues to chip away at the confidence in the european union's leadership max and stacey are back to cast their eyes over why speculators are so eager to see the

crisis rage on the cries of reporters coming your way next hour here's a little bit of what you can expect. every time the euro zone creates a dollar or euro instead the less they create a hundred euros in naked short selling 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 an entrenched called takhar see with unlimited credit and zero percent interest rates with the central banks at their bidding and politicians and just basically lying down to doing nothing about it so this is the new world order. and coming up in just a few minutes the pros quality occupy movement blossoms in germany as thousands of protesters applaud the political and financial capitals of the country demanding the government rein in corporate and banking greed. and

china's a booming economy isn't always met its open arms with the united states and sometimes painting the emerging superpower as a dangerous prospect. the arab league has voted to suspend to syria from the organization until a peace plan is implemented to stop the bloodshed there member states have also been urged to withdraw their ambassadors from damascus and use economic and political sanctions the decision of which one has already received c.v.t. 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 movies with only lebannon yemen and syria itself voting against the director of the center for research on globalization michel chossudovsky believes the leaders movies an act of provocation orchestrated by washington. this is not the decision of the hour of lee all the arab

world is a decision of washington. and it is there to justify war plans directed against syria which are already on the drawing board of the pentagon this is not a protest movement it is an armed insurrection and egypt. the peace proposal on the arab league on gunman which are al qaida appreciated entities paramilitary forces 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 uls so complicit in supporting an insurgency and arkansas urgency with that if you could destabilize the syria as

a nation states nato and the united states are preparing for a military campaign directed against syria are going humanitarian pretext but at the same time they have supported the rection which has created this this process of instability duckie ibrahim a professor of economics said to ne university in jordan says russia and china should try and curb the arab league's ambitions. it's very important for russia and china to use the veto in the security council because the arab league has said that the issue will go to the security council the international organizations namely the us in the u.n. shortly what we have here is a plan to topple the syrian regime and clearly establish and they are friendly regime and its place so we have to look at this in geo strategic terms the arab

league does not represent the arab people presents nato at this point i do not think that we can call it a revolution especially after the new revelations that there is an armed insurgency and now there are open that liberations by the people conducting these operations against the syrian army and against syrian security troops so now they are openly performing military operations all over the place against the syrian army and the military apparatus so we have seen support from turkey from the g.c.c. and from the european union for and i thought that encompasses economic military as well as economic political and diplomatic means. pro equality occupy movement is quickly gathering pace in germany with almost twenty thousand people protesting in berlin and frankfurt protesters waved placards and

a locked arms in solidarity seeking to draw attention to rampant corporate greed the increasing poverty of the masses the german occupy movement has also made significant steps in legitimizing itself having earned of the support of two major political factions juta sunderland of the quality germany group believes grillin is partly responsible for europe's economic woes. it is needed to have protests and broader movements in all european countries and we know that cheering germany germany is one of the countries that causes 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 that be exported also poverty and sharpless in the us 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 banks if you ask people here on the streets they agree with the protest they agree with the people of the occupy movement that it is needed to go out because everybody learns that democracy is in danger but in our country too there is no purse protective how to go on if this crisis is going on further and it's unreal. and still ahead this hour it's the return of our new york president where this week or the harshness finds out of passers by are fed up with political correctness. we've go thing in england where the sun comedians have been pulled up on political correctness has been carried overboard people were getting a little crazy with being having to worry about every word they say. should we censor every word that comes out of our mouths more of what the people in the big apple think in just a few minutes. amid the financial woes of america and europe

investors are making a sharp turn to the east and the china keeps on rising in the ranks on the global economic stage beijing's might however is not being met with enthusiasm in the us okies adriana sarah assesses the kids. we shall not always was young. maybe once a week we come up against the cecil look. she's with the. moments of common sense. gen zack i'm going to 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. 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 march twentieth levon 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 and 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 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 woah whoa does it have to be us or them and isn't 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 just a straw man when. presidential candidates bring it up but think of it in a business sense of the economic sense was countries to just work with joyner as any other country so yeah i don't know whether it comes from from the u.s. about trying 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 go west to see how they deal with reporting from washington and i can decide oh i see. carter caroline held been from the occidental 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 confide 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 prove 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 perceived because then they act with impunity and i believe that various points in u.s. history we have seen the other answer that i think having china in the mix will be very positive for social political relations from china to watching what you say has political correctness gone too far lawyers are finished better known as of the resident hits the streets of the big apple to find out. a recent poll indicated that people are starting to feel like political correctness is having

a negative effect them for friday 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 if you live in this country you should be politically correct because this is your country what does that mean that so you can you 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 i think i mean we've got a thing in england where comedians have been complicit in this well i think you've just got to realize that you of comedy. just loosen up you know everyone's going to be offended by something and i just think there's always going to someone who looks for something to complain about my generation we don't relate how we just laugh it's funny but i just depends if like generations across if you're talking to people then yeah. 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. but sometimes what comes out of your map 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 or you'd rather be offended in at least have the truth yes very much so whether or not you feel like political correctness is having a negative impact 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 suspected islamic militant five police officers were among those shot by the gunmen in the southern city of to rise he also killed the owner and a customer of a weapon store and hijacked a car reports say the attacker then returned to his home where he collected a rocket launcher and fired on security forces buildings authorities say the gunman

blew himself up once cornered by. now some more headline news from around the world for you. iran has been rocked by a powerful explosion at an ammunition depot about forty kilometers outside of tehran with at least seventeen people reported killed and sixteen wounded two consecutive blasts ripped through the site southwest of the capital shattering windows in nearby buildings immunizations 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 has opened 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 data looted by devastating tsunami in march it was the world's worst nuclear crisis since chernobyl.

the turkish prime minister has visited the region of vonne which has been struck by two worth quakes in a matter of weeks the latest on wednesday claimed the lives of more than thirty people about evil japanese aid worker has been returned home he was rescued alive from the rubble but died later in the hospital two journalists were also among those killed they had been reporting on the previous quake which left six hundred dead and now it's time for our close up series as we put the spotlight on many of the wonders that russia has for you. and we are 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 but now this region is also attracting hundreds of thrill seekers artie's dumbarton 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 of be 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 a 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 this kills and sharing a growing water sports experience here and on is one of the best like that. 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 has skimmed the waves in european competitions and sport isn't cheap and he 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 women of all ages bathing in the black sea it's evidence of the growing status of watersports. i won't be joining them many times through. a neither would i be taking part in even more tricky quite surfing here too they have been battling it out to prove their speed and agility surrogate has been crowned number one in russia.

is 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 fall a hundred times a 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 but yes we have a number of good spots for writing 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 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 in russia. 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

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