today's top stories and a review of the week global powers come together in hawaii vowing to prevent europe's debt crisis from engulfing the pacific. the russian and american presidents hold talks on the sidelines of the apec summit in hawaii the focus on the sales of friends and russia's future at the w t o we bring you all the latest from honolulu just ahead in the program. both greece and italy washed their governments fall at the height of the get crisis but many are wary of the newly appointed and elected officials and of the earliest brussels. to view an atomic watchdog zeroes in on iran's nuclear ambitions again claiming the country

could be building a bomb but iran says the allegations are fabricated and politicized. and a usual nice investigate fresh clashes in breakaway cause it was reported on fear is serve resistance to what they say are already attempts to control their lives. because one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t the political and economic heavyweights of the pacific rim are meeting under hawaii's tropical sun for the alula a path for a summit is touching on everything from establishing a pacific wide free trade zone to perhaps inevitably the euro zone crisis and it's given the presidents of russia and the u.s. a chance to hold talks are jesus the future has more from honolulu. the apec summit of course as we know gathers twenty one economies that make up the asia pacific

region and this is where leaders take the opportunity to focus on all sorts of ways to boost trade between the countries they work out ways to make investments easier to improve the investment climate to make the economic ties more productive and this is certainly been the focus this time around as well but of course it's been hard this year for leaders to avoid the european financial crisis because this is something that's looming over the world economy something that's been very hard to avoid because it impacts all of the countries and are certainly not just europe there have been dozens of protesters here in honolulu gathering for their own anti apec meeting if you will and you have been protesting everything from open and free trade to globalization the protesters have been seen as sort of a continuation of protests going on throughout the united states around the world the so-called occupy wall street movement and the similar issues were addressed at those rallies here in honolulu earlier today in terms of agreements one of the highlights of the day has been of course the bilateral meeting between the russian

president dmitry medvedev and u.s. president barack obama during these talks they discussed very important issues that are not relevant just to russia in the united states but really most of the international community one of those issues of course is the missile defense plans of the united states as we know russia and nato agreed to work jointly on a european missile defense project in lisbon in two thousand and ten those talks however did come to sort of stalled because the united states was refusing to provide russia with legal guarantees that those projects would not cause a threat to security to russia and this is a fundamental issue for russia and at these talks the two presidents today did say again that those are issues still exist but they're going to continue working on missile defense together and try to work those issues out now another important aspect of course of today's talks was russia's future of the world trade organization because of me. no russia has been interested in being part of the group since ninety three and it has plans and it looks like russia will be joining

the dots becoming a full fledged member of the world trade organization by the summer of twenty twelve and a very important element took place today the us president barack obama said that he would start working with the u.s. congress to try to call off the jackson vatican amendment this is something that's been a major issue between russia and the west because this is a clause that was put in place by the u.s. congress back in one thousand nine hundred three and even though it has been under moratorium it's definitely been causing a little friction between russia and the u.s. when it comes to trade between the two countries now getting rid of this amendment is something that certainly could really improve trade relations not just for russia in the united states but the international community working with the countries so russia's access to the w t o was central to discussions on the last day of the apec summit after almost twenty years of thorny. geneva commission finalized terms for a long awaited membership or discussion or china looks out of what will change in

russia's economy once of finally joins the club. the person on the street w two members should not be just something bill read about in the news but it will mean lulu prices removing trade barriers between states increases competition prices aloof ordered goods and the massive companies also grow weaker with foreign markets opening up. workers so these smugglers you can accompany you don't look like you win win situation the most recent project is the north stream one should enter into national markets will face very little competition. and this is most a much longer sponsored russian producing harvest of russians. for months ahead and workers who can sponsor. but the head of the company has a rather different outlook to that of the w t o cheerleaders. our oil and gas will

be in demand even without entering the. new good thing let's go. and recall chu will be among the hardest hit sectors but experts say that a mastic automotive industry will be the one to undergo most up here with. the troubled mortgage giant up the vase was rescued from the brink of death in the economic crisis of two thousand and eight i promise to put in with more than one billion dollars in loans cash and guarantees. i guess is the government's favorite child but not all car makers in russia are cherished this used to be a thriving wants of what screech open the 1930's most successful years what the fifty's and sixty's when hundreds of thousands of not screech cars flooded the soviet and foreign markets after the collapse of the soviet union must creature was in desperate need of money but the government could not afford to loss making car

purchases and not screech was crossed out. the only way to avoid the collapse of yet and now the industrial giant experts say is to use a transition period after joining the w two was closely entreats the w.t. doesn't mean you instantly have to drop all customs terms and comply straight away there's a transit transition period roughly seven years or so protectionist measures will apply for a number of sensitive industries which employ millions of people such as agriculture timber and car making but at a certain point the state's industrial dependence will have to lead over time and work on their own two feet in the world outside but that should be a somewhat easier place to do business in lieu of adoption of customs tariffs and trade barriers to a more level playing field across international markets. if you aren't.

coming up later in the program heating up you are up the wheel of a north stream pipeline a stern starting the flow of russian gas straight to the e.u. market. and battle of the billionaires two russian tycoon to take their quarrel to a london court and unveil some dark secrets from the past. it see out of an era in italy as a country's car a virtual and charismatic prime minister silvio berlusconi steps down but after a lower house of parliament gave its final approval to a vast new package which was a precondition for his resignation the pm won't remain vacant for long the former e.u. official my you want to take over the public reaction so far has been mixed with some celebrating berlusconi's far while others are wary of the future of our correspondent in italy sara for of explains. the stairs he'll finally say oh silvio berlusconi states and he stepped down as prime minister of the country the federal

workers he was certainly it's going to be a massive change now that he's resigned from the optimism certainly for a teacher at what the future will be right now remains uncertain is that a caretaker government is going to be put in place the man is being paid for the top spot is a very well respected economists here in the country mary. commissioner he's a year and he knows the system inside and a good links of brussels 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 these are just the initial steps and was is a short term measure is certainly going to be against some weights it's stunning that panic that we saw at the beginning of the week and coming some more it's the fear that if he was literally about to be sucked into that that spy. that we've seen a country like greece. but of course short term measures only last so long you can

really man it's local weather where the government now follows is going to be able to put in place long term sustainable measures to get the country at the crisis situation that it. was in the virally speaking to people in the town who were holding protests 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 and whoever takes how is really going to want to see their politicians in these people in charge leading by example and of course they simply haven't seen that under berlusconi especially in the last couple of years the country has been suffering 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 the credibility that's been lost in recent times because without the public support these reforms

a simply not going to work sara first reporting there well interim doubt you country greece has received a new coalition cabinet and prime minister after the previous premier george was forced to quit over his handling of the debt crisis the new pm will cost papademos who's a former vice president of the european central bank says the priority will be to keep greece in the euro zone and you coalition government will also have to secure a fresh portion of an e.u. bailout otherwise athens warns a world go bankrupt within weeks. western europeans can be in more of these this winter with an uninterrupted flow of russian gas to keep them warm than a word stream pipeline will pump fuel along the baltic sea floor and straight to e.u. customers without relying on transit countries like ukraine and belarus i just watched as president here of an european partners went where the flow in germany. the wheel

of fortune turns in europe's favor your leaders hailed russia's first of a route that skirts tricky transit nations and ukraine with a guess rich middle east also one stable energy chief say the project in several ways nothing brings addition i think that's. a very important idea for the security of the rifle with it and he's there we travel the world. he said the man tough security through every sense of the security comes with a hefty price tag the project costs some eight billion euro. stream operating from was told by many top my list that the world's longest sub c.p.s. front was doomed to failure this is a point that couldn't built it's too long too expensive and take it that it was impossible that it's happened think experts. engineering brilliance.

technical. design of the pipeline which is i think the best we have. forecast what about nordstrom's first line has started successfully and the second goes operational in twenty twelve together they can heat twenty six million homes a year but more is needed because use has jumped even through the current crisis and supply corn to keep up with predicted demand has given the strongest him so for . the good line could also be built. at all the capacity of existing and future still not enough expansion. they will be discussed but is so thorough me even call this project the first step that can take russia into the e.u. single markets there are those who stream. we are trying to bring russia closer to europe integrates europe and russia into

a common space and space will be successful then we can think of. common economics. as the first guess began to flow over. the next few months. really the still to renew euro between the e.u. would show just a little point drink. tea in germany. and had to argue dot com for more stories an eye catching video and here's a taste of what's online right now. the daily bloodshed in the kashmir conflict ruled by india but claimed by neighboring pakistan is leaving the women as the silent sufferers in a male dominated society. russia's black sea coast is attracting thousands of thrill seekers to right of ways to serve surfing becoming increasingly popular in the country often more had to r.t.

dot com. the un atomic watchdog has released satellite images and letters this week that it says backs up its report suggesting iran is secretly developing nuclear weapons the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has called on to iran to answer the questions the report poses claiming it has a long history of deception but iran's chief adviser to the i.a.e.a. dismissed the agency's findings saying the material was fabricated by the u.s. and its allies it's all or t. that his country is as transparent as any can be dismissing the latest report as politicized. this report is not professional and not balanced and he's with political motivation and the political pressure by u.s. and couple of the western countries this report has an exile fifteen pages of the allegations and the materials which were handed over only last week to us in the company should man air temp ages of good report of director general which says that

all activities including a retread are continuously under to safeguard inspection the only second part which is the annex is about the american allegation the important thing is that we are party to in p.t. all activities are on there are the i. and we are fired even on this snapshot short visit on an ounce inspection he says great and we two months ago invited the pretty director general of i.a.e.a. could even visit the r. and d. of scientific richmond can you give me any example that any inspector being permitted to any sent in any other part of the war. police are investigating asking clashes in northern caso after a serviceman died and others were injured in attacks late on wednesday it comes as nato k. four peacekeepers fired tear gas at ethnic serbs while trying to seize one of their barricades set up months ago in an ongoing dispute on the surface of the border the

un secretary general sounds the tension has been caused by casillas attempts to expand its. border crossings in the serb dominated area and he's always here cesky delve deeper into the causes behind the resistance. that was. perhaps not an obese venue for a wedding with this serbian couple living in northern possible decided to get married at the barricades and it's what you call us we're going to be the here and the woodruff who will invent. this sort of barricades in northern kosovo have been standing for several months now for those who built them there are just a part of everyday life not only have the culture of a source isolated themselves from the case for troops but also from their unwanted neighbors this is the famous bridge in. parts it was called the bridge of friendship it was meant to symbolize that that through can easily

live together but the size of the barricades on the serbian part tells the whole story of how serbs are unwilling to be part of the self-proclaimed state while the cemented barricades and meter of it so have become the town's main gathering spot tensions are still running high just a few kilometers. for every sound off the call the case for troops managed to demolish serbs built two piles there are times when the too close is take place similar to a city. like the. serv say they have no choice but to continue barricading themselves in they believe albanians would not hesitate to wipe them off their land forcefully help they believe by k. four troops despite constant clashes with a nato contingent and political pressure from belgrade because the serbs have

become accustomed to living in this cage they have killed himself. it was hard at first when we run out of food and petrol but we serbs are people who are used to improvise and finding a way out we build alternative routes through the mountains so now we can again receive supplies we prevented a humanitarian catastrophe. the orthodox priest of the town's printing temple sat he has never been busier with all the people flocking in lately to pray for the well being of their families. closer to his soon differing hard times even being my good turkey ones but terry's with stupid old heart tests of times and everyone a nature of it so now it's this land is the cradle of culture and state good. another deadlock in this balkan melting pot continues belgrade is still unwilling to resume negotiations with pristina which would put rates to the standoff but

while politicians clash this sort of family has little trust in diplomacy their kids may be too young to realize what it's all about and why they are being shown the barriers but there is little doubt what views they will inherit once they grow up. let's. see reporting from course. in kosovo also have for you this hour and unwelcome return a russian pro with tons of highly toxic fuel on board could crash back to earth if scientists don't manage to regain control cavity tails in a few moments. and british court is the setting for two of russia's richest to battle it out and it's no small claim six and a half billion dollars is at stake exiled tycoon boris berezovsky wants the cash from ramallah which accusing the chelsea club owner of robbing him as a band of reporters it means britons are getting a rare glimpse into the life of

a low profile a billionaire. it's been dubbed the battle of the oligarchs in one corner is mr a estimated wealth fifteen million assets for your football club and a french chateau in the other corner used to be estimated fortune five hundred million he had to sell his yacht but he does still have his trusty stretch my back and she never fails to show off her manner of overages rise to riches is a story precious few knew until now his turn in the witness stand has lifted the need on a life in the shadows he revealed how some of his company's employed primarily disabled staff banding lucrative thirty percent tax breaks and he came clean on the piles of cash he paid for protection as he dived into the infamous salad minium wars of the ninety's where we now know someone was murdered every three days not exactly the clean cut image and one of britain's most loved foreign imports he did want to i think it was the moment you know the only difference between a rattler peel and here is pure good preserves

a very banal doesn't really come across aggressively the reset everything it's all he wants to go respectable and you know suddenly we're all made aware of the rather sort of see the origins of his wealth it's a third of that wealth but he claims is he's still a wanted man in russia he's suing mr and promote it for six and a half billion dollars they set up the oil company sit next to gather in the ninety's this debate is also he claims he was blackmailed into selling his stake at a fraction of its true worth a mere one point two million dollars the money here is massive the case is expected to smash the record for the u.k.'s most expensive privately funded litigation is thought to be costing eighty dollars a second in here as for the legal fees mr every move it is a rule to be sixteen million dollars a barrel laws have their work cut out there on a no win no fee basis the pair used to be close has to be. he gave his protege the

all important leg up into the world of the super rich and we now know he was paid for his troubles but mr a says that was just protection money knowing they were ever a business partners if that claim this case rides on there's no concrete evidence after all this was ninety's russia none of their deals were written down five weeks in and i've counted a whole story nine billion is five russian one. all israeli one british the crown prince of abu dhabi is suddenly involved for transferring one point three billion dollars from one to the other not to mention future strange deals because of meetings that maybe never happened both these extraordinarily bizarre you try and place the whole thing together which becomes another difficult task because you don't know how much of this is even anyway true according to mr pease lawyers mr a has hidden his aliens in a complex web of shore holdings so even if mr b. those when you'll have a difficult task extracting any money with so much at stake it's painstaking

progress the battles expected to go on into the new year after bennett's. london. now take a look at some other stories from around the world the crippled fukushima nuclear plant in japan has opened its doors to journalists for the first time in eight months reporters had to wear fully protective clothing before being allowed in the plant suffered a series of meltdowns and explosions after being delusion by a devastating tsunami in march caused by an earthquake hundreds of square miles of the surrounding area were turned into a no man's land. almost ten thousand activists gathered in the south korean capital seoul to demonstrate against their free trade agreement with the u.s. protesters say the treaty would endanger the country's economy and ruin their livelihoods the country's ruling and opposition parties have so far failed to agree on

a deal even though it was a. proved by the u.s. congress last month. the arab league has voted to suspend syria from the organization until a peace plan is implemented to stop launching of the air the move caused anger among regime supporters to gather in the capital and storm some foreign embassies member states have been urged to withdraw their ambassadors from damascus and husic anomic and political sanctions the decision to suspend syria came to the emergency session in egypt receiving the e.u.'s full backing and being praised by u.s. president barack obama. russian space experts are battling to fix a technical failure on board an interplanetary station that was heading to the martian moon for what's the aim of the probe was to get a better knowledge of how the universe evolved but there are fears the vehicle could crash back to earth having never reached its goal parties don't bargain is added by going to a launch station for us. hopes were high when the phobos rocket was

launched from the cosmodrome here in baikonur in kazakstan it was the first interplanetary mission russia had launched in fifteen years and there was great hopes that it would help to reveal secrets about the red planet and about how life evolved those hopes out of synch turns to fears of a potential catastrophe. stage of the rocket went ok it went off into the over it's over but then the problem started the second stage was supposed to commence with the cruise rockets firing that would carry the smoke was a spacecraft only ten months voyage to the red planet they didn't fire a lot of this all mean now then it means that far from going to the red planet phobos is most likely heading right back down to earth it's likely that it will happen about the end of november beginning of december the predicted date given at the moment is the twenty sixth of november as earth's gravitational field slowly

pulled the spacecraft back into the atmosphere the upper atmosphere is very turbulent and that was going to throw the rocket around as it comes back but eventually it's going to have to land somewhere the hopes are that it will land somewhere in the sea the rocket is carrying about ten tons of very toxic and highly flammable fuel and there's also a small amount of radioactive material in the equipment on board the chances of it landing on a populated area of very small and and so are the chances that it will cause any harm but the chance is there and that's what experts in mission control are trying to avoid welcome garden reporting get a recap of our week's top stories coming your way stay with us.

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