become free. nature can give you. today's top stories. global powers come together in hawaii rather vowing to prevent europe's debt crisis from engulfing. the russian and american presidents hold talks on the sidelines of the apec summit in hawaii to focus missile defense and russia's future. we bring you all the latest from honolulu just ahead in the program. both agreed. governments fall of the height of the crisis but many are wary of the newly appointed or rather elected officials and their links to. the un atomic watchdog zeroes in on iran's nuclear ambitions again claiming the country could be building a bomb but iran says the allegations and political. police

investigate. as we report on fierce resistance to what they say are albanian attempts to control their lives. this week you're watching the weekly with me. the political and economic heavyweights of the pacific. tropical sun for the annual apec forum summit is touching on everything from establishing a pacific wide free trade zone to perhaps the eurozone crisis has given the presidents of russia and the u.s. a chance to hold talks. now reports from one of the.

the apec summit of course as we know gathers twenty one economies that meet up the asia pacific reserve 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 meet 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's 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 your own anti apec meeting if you will and 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 of 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 russian leader will agree to work jointly on a european missile defense project in lisbon in two thousand and ten those talks however did come through 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 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 force of today's talks was russia's future of the world trade organization because of me. no russia has been interested then being part of the

group since ninety three and it has plans that it looks like russia will be joining the drop 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 u.s. because this is a clause that was put in place by the u.s. congress back in one nine hundred seventy three and even though it has been under moratorium it's definitely been causing a little friction between russia and the west 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. reporting so what russia has access to be was central to discussions on the last day of the apec

summit after almost twenty years of thorny negotiations a geneva commission finalized a long awaited membership dues are about up so what will change and russia's economy i want so finally join the club. for the person on the street w two members should not be just something bill read about in the news but it will mean prices removing trade barriers between states increases competition prices of the word goods drop and domestic companies will see growth with foreign markets it will be not. the workers of these metallurgical company it only like you we see them most recent is the north stream pipeline should then for international markets will face very little competition. and most seem much longer wants in russia so we can see how distant russia. is for months and workers who can spot. but the head of the company has

a rather different health move to that of the w t o cheerleaders. oil and gas will be in demand even without entering the. well agricultural tumble the middle of. every culture will be among the hardest hit sectors but experts say that a massive automotive industry will be the one to undergo most upheaval. the troubled mortgage giant up the vase was rescued from the brink of death in the economic crisis of two thousand and eight by promise to put in more than one billion dollars in loans cash and guarantees. i think that is the government's favorite child but not all car makers in russia are cherished this used to be a thriving wants of musk reach zero point one nine hundred thirty s. most successful years what if fifty's and sixty's when hundreds of thousands of my

screech cars flooded the soviet and foreign markets after the collapse of the soviet union my screech was in desperate need of money but the government could not afford to loss making copper juices i must reach was crossed out. the only way to avoid the collapse of yes and now the industrial giant it would say is to use the transition period after joining the w g a wisely firstly entry to the w.t. doesn't mean you instantly have to drop all customs 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 one have to let go of its sons and work on their own two feet in the world outside of that should also be a somewhat easier place to do business liver duction of customs tariffs and trade

barriers to a more level playing field across international markets. if you aren't. watching r.t. live from moscow i thought to come for you in a program here about of. europe the real of the north korean pipeline is starting to flow straight to the. thousands of students marched across central london over furious over education cuts and a tripling of tuition fees. now it's the end of an era in italy the country's controversial and charismatic prime minister silvio berlusconi steps down it's after the lower house of parliament gave its final approval to a vast new austerity package which was a precondition for his resignation the prime minister see there will not remain vacant for long before my e.u. official mario monti looking set to take over the public reaction so far has been

rather mixed with some celebrating on his fall while others are wary of the future course italy is artists are. better stares he will finally say oh silvio berlusconi state and he stepped down as prime minister of the country now for better or worse he was certainly a character is against the a massive change and now that he's resigned from the pace optimism certainly for a feature of what the future will be right now remains uncertain it's thought that a caretaker government is going to be put in place the man is being paid for the top spot is very well respected economists here in the country very month say he's the former economic he's a year out he knows the system inside and out and killings of brussels this certainly a question mark a for whether he's going to have the democratic legitimacy that is needed to gain public support of course or i don't 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. ok some way to. turning that panic that we saw at the beginning of the week and to calming some was the fear that if he was literally about to be sucked into that spiral that we've seen a country like greece. but of course short term measures only last so long you can 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 and i was in virally speaking to people in the town there who were holding protests 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 how is that they're really going to want to see their politicians and those 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 credibility has been lost in recent times because without the public support these reforms simply not going to work. i think so a surfeit of courting right there while another embattled e.u. country that of greece has received a new coalition cabinet and prime minister after the previous premier george papandreou was forced to quit over his handling of the crisis now the new prime minister. 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 if not athens warns it will go bankrupt within weeks by western europeans. this winter though as we continue here with uninterrupted flow of russian gas to

keep them warm the north stream pipeline for pump fuel on the baltic sea floor and straight to you customers now without relying on transit countries like ukraine and r.t. the new bush will watched as president medvedev and european partners i went with the flow in germany. wheel of fortune turns in europe's favor a year leaders hailed russia's first ever route that skirts tricky transit nations bill routes and ukraine where the gets rich middle east also on stable energy chiefs aid projects a boom in several ways nothing brings action and i think that's. a very important admission of security off the price for with it and he's very proud of the world. he said in a tough security. very essential but this security comes with

a hefty price tag the project cost some eight billion euro and folk nordstrom operates again as prom was told by many top our list the world's longest subsidy gas route was doomed to failure. this is a pipeline they said couldn't be built it's too long too expensive and take nicknack they said it was impossible that it happened think experts is a russian engineering brilliance that with technical. is an off the pipeline which is i think the best we have. for guess what about nordstrom's first line has started successfully and the second goes operational in twenty twelve together they can hit twenty six million homes a year but more is needed yes use has jumped even through the current e.u. debt crisis and supply can't keep up with predicted demand has promised given the strongest in so far that the third line could also be built well meaning that if i

will add all the capacity of existing and future by both is still not enough expansion. that he will be discussed but is so some even call this project the first step that could take russia into the e.u. single market there are those who hold north stream will make the two sides friendlier. we are trying to bring russia closer to europe even integrate europe and russia into a common energy space and if this space will be successful then we can think about creating a common economic space free trade zone as the first guest began to flow optimistic . the next few months will show with streams really the stalls where we knew we were between the e.u. would russia or just another point three. altie in germany. just now a quarter past the hour here in moscow the republic of south ossetia north caucuses

are votes for a new president someday a new leader won't have a new job as the republic still recovering from a devastating war with georgia now three years ago that the current president carter stand for election that he's already served two consecutive terms and that makes the race a tough one. discovered. this is the first election for a decade not to feature the current leader of south ossetia and you are. and many have already called to the vote one of the most unpredictable because of the sheen number of people eager to get their hands on the reins of power seventeen candidates were sad to battle for the charge up but just a couple of days before the election after a group dropped in eleven when some hopefuls decided to join forces telling be had a better chance fighting together and fighting each other word on the streets of south ossetia because the current ministers from urgency situations and i believe the bill of as favorite president says. we need to start from the development of

a region the development of the infrastructure economy and terrorism. indeed the number one challenge is to rebuilt the devastated region following the war with the georgia three years ago the capital of south the city of him vall still looks like more of a construction site than a home to around thirty thousand people but other candidates feel there is something far more important than houses that need solid foundations of our main problems are not damaged buildings and roads but mostly the lack of unity among the people of our republic we don't feel like we are one nation but as always they are resilient people here are putting their hopes in the future. i would like for future presidents who finish what the former one started to finish the construction that's the role of self-assertive needs you can omit development that's the first thing that should be done. with so many candidates standing the need for

a second round runoff is the only thing that looks certain about this election i did a question i see reporting from south says here. well i do head over to r.t. dot com for more stories and i have a quick sampling of what's are waiting for you on line at this moment the daily bloodshed in the kashmir conflict over ruled by india but claimed by neighboring pakistan is now leaving women as the silent sufferers in a male dominated society. and russia's a black sea coast is attracting thousands of thrill seekers to ride the surf but it's becoming increasingly popular in the country for details and stunning footage at r.t. dot com. watching r.t. and how the un atomic watchdog has released satellite images and letters this week that it says backs up its report suggesting that iran is secret developing nuclear weapons and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has called on talk to iran to answer the

questions that the report the report poses claiming it has a quote long history of deception but iran's chief envoy to the i.a.e.a. dismissed the agency's findings saying the material was fabricated by the u.s. and its allies and he told us here at our see that his country is as transparent as any can be missing the latest report has politicized. this report is not professional and not balanced with political motivation and under political pressure by u.s. and couple other western countries this report has fifteen pages of the allegations and the materials which were handed over only last week to seeing the company should read the term pages of the report of director general which says that all activities including a return are continuously under to safeguard inspection the only second part which is the only it is that the american delegation important thing is we are party to

n.p.t. all activities are on their. guard and even hundreds of sharks show. we see the analyses picture this is great and we two months ago invited to a pretty director job i could when we see the ata and the of scented beauty richmond can you give me any example that any inspector being permitted to any sensibility of the trade in any other part of the word. twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital e.u. police are investigating ethnic clashes in northern kosovo after a man died in two others were injured in attacks that happened late on wednesday but it comes as nato ok for peacekeepers fired tear gas and ethnic serbs while trying to seize one of their barricades set up months ago in an ongoing dispute because of a border u.n. secretary general says the tension has been caused by cause of those attempts to extend its control over border crossings in the serb dominated area parties alexia

you know delve deeper into the causes behind the resistance. perhaps not an obvious venue for a wedding with this serbian couple living in northern course we all decided to get married at the barricades in the middle of it but we're going to hear induce now we're due for the wedding bells. this is just. 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 course of the service isolated themselves from the cave for troops but also from the unwanted neighbors this is the famous bridge in. albany and parts it was called the bridge of friendship it was meant to symbolize that can easily live together but the size of the barricades on the serbian part tells the whole story of how so willing to be part of the

self-proclaimed state while the cemented very kids in the middle of it so have become the town's main gathering spot tensions are still running high just a few kilometers. for every sand obstacle the case for troops managed to demolish serbs built two piles there are times when the too close is take place a multi-year sleep. an. alibi. like the. serbs say they have no choice but to continue barricading themselves they believe all benny and would not hesitate to wipe them off their land forcefully help they believe by k. for troops despite constant clashes with a nato contingent and political pressure from belgrade because of the serbs have become accustomed to living this cage they have built for themselves. it

was hard at first when we run out of food and petrol but we serbs are people who are used to improvising in finding a way out of the return of the routes through the mountains so now we can again receive supplies we prevented a humanitarian catastrophe. the orthodox priest of the town's brand new temple sat he has never been busier with all the people flocking in lately to pray for the well being of their families is this. close of all has seen different hard times even being my good turkey ones just arie's with stupid old heartiness of times and everyone and make sure it's so nice this land is the cradle of it's a culture and state. another deadlock in this balkan melting pot continues belgrade is still unwilling to resume negotiations with pristina which could put paid to this 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 russia. reporting from costa. in kosovo. so good of you to join us on this sunday here on arts here still having this hour on a welcome return a russian with tons of highly toxic fuel on board could crash back to earth if scientists managed to regain control those details coming your way just a few minutes. for thousands of students marched across central london this week protesting a dramatic increase in tuition fees and cuts to public spending a few straight it's carried banners and charter slogans while some four thousand police from what a ploy to longer route from the university of london to the city's financial district. plans to link up and see corporate occupy protest but ultimately were blocked by riot police officers anyone involved in criminal activity could be

surrounded and even shot out with rubber bullets almost a year ago similar protests in the heart of the british capital to send it into violence over the protests to say people have a right to speak out. people have all sorts of political views and i was under the pressure in that i was allowed in this country what the announcement that was my incredibly provocative announcement was made that was going to be rather bullets in preparation for this demonstration is absolutely outrageous i mean if anything is likely to increase the level of tension increase that the level of distrust and the level of fear actually of the police it would have been that and they have done that and that's a terrible terrible thing no one in their right mind that is about trying to keep the day calm the police the only role the police should be playing is to facilitate the rights to peaceful protests. you're watching the weekend here on our team now let's watch about some other headlines from around the world for you this hour 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 deluged by a devastating tsunami in march that was caused by an earthquake hundreds of square miles of the surrounding area were then turned into a no man's land. almost ten thousand activists gathered in the south korean capital to demonstrate against a 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 the deal even though it was approved by the u.s. congress last month. the arab league's voted to suspend syria from the organization until a peace plan is implemented to stop the bloodshed there but the move caused anger among regime supporters who gathered in the capital and stormed some foreign

embassies member states have been urged to withdraw their ambassadors from damascus and use economic and political sanctions the decision to suspend syria came up an emergency session in egypt receiving the e.u.'s full backing and being praised by u.s. president barack obama. but russian in the space experts are battling to fix a technical failure on board an interplanetary station that was heading to the martian building or phobos the aim of the probe was to get a better knowledge of how the universe evolved but there are fears the vehicle could now come crashing back to earth having never reached its goal artist hobart and reports not from the baikonur launch station or. 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 folks have since turned to fears of a potential catastrophe with bruce stages of rock 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 rocket firing that would carry the phobos spacecraft on a ten month voyage to the red planet they didn't fire what does this all mean now then it means that far from going to the red planet so boss is most likely heading right back down to earth it's likely that it will happen about the end of november the beginning of just somebody predicted date given at the moment is the twenty sixth of november as earth's gravitational field slowly pulled the the straight craft 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 small amounts of radioactive material in the equipment on board the chances of it landing on a populated area are very small and the and so are the chances that it will cause any harm but the chance is there and that's what experts at mission control are trying to avoid. thought i thought someone reporting on what i will be back with a recap of the week's top stories in just a few minutes to stay with us. we'll

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