week you're watching the weekly with me rule research showing how the political and economic heavyweights of the pacific rim are meeting under hawaii's tropical sun for the annual apec forum or the summit is touching on everything from establishing a pacific wide free trade zone to perhaps inevitably the eurozone crisis and it's given the presidents of russia and the u.s. a chance to hold talks. now reports from honolulu. the apec summit of course as we know gathers twenty one economies that make 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 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 they 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 russia and nato agreed to work jointly on the 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 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 as me. no russia has been interested then being part of the group since ninety three and it has plans and it looks like russia will be joining the dog 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. associate you're going to reporting so what russia has access to the was central to discussions on the last day of the apec summit of almost twenty years of thorny negotiations a geneva commission finalized a long awaited membership. looks at what will change in russia's economy once it finally joins the club. for the person on the street w t a membership will not be just something they'll read about in the news but it will mean lower prices removing trade barriers between states increases competition prices of imported goods drop and domestic companies also grow quicker with foreign markets opening up. for workers of these metallurgical company it only looks like

a win win situation their most recent project is the north stream pipeline should then for international markets will face very little competition. and this is raw so much launches want in russia south producing harvested russia is disproved for months ahead and workers who can spawn. but the head of the company has a rather different outlook to that of the w t o cheerleaders. oil and gas will be in demand even without entering the. well agricultural tumble middle of. a group called chu will be among the hardest hit sectors but experts say the domestic 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 my promise to putin with more than one billion dollars in loans cash and guarantees. that is the government's favorite child but not all car makers in russia are cherished this used to be a thriving. open the 1930's most successful years what the fifty's and sixty's when hundreds of thousands of my screech chorus 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 copper choices and must creature. crossed out. the only way to avoid the collapse of yet another industrial john expert say is to use the transition period after joining the w g a y z firstly entry to the w t doesn't mean you instantly have to drop all customs tires and comply straight away the transit so-called transition period

roughly seventy years or so protectionist measures will apply for a number of sensitive industries which employ millions of people such as every culture timber and car making but at a certain point the state's industrial dependence will have to let go of it and work on their own two feet in the world outside but that should also be a somewhat easier place to do business live adoption of customs tariffs and trade barriers to a more level playing field across international markets exceeding the grouch r t. you're watching live from moscow are still to come for you in the program here hitting europe at the wheel of the north korean pipeline is starting. straight for the. thousands of students march across central london other furious over education cuts tripling of jewish fees.

now is the and often error in italy as 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 by the public reaction so far has been rather mixed with some celebrating his fall while others are wary of the future. in italy is. that a stairs he'll. finally ceo's a soviet 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 the future will be right now remains uncertain is that a caretaker government is going to be put in place the man has been pegged to the

top spot is very well respected economists here in the country mary month say he's the former commissioner he's a euro crowd he knows the system inside and a good length of brussels 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 these are just the initial steps and was is a short term measure is certainly going to be some way to stemming that panic that we saw at the beginning of the week and to calming somewhat the fear that if he was literally about to be sucked into that spiral that we've seen countries like greece be sucked in to but of course short term measures only last so long you're going to really now need to look at whether whatever government now follows is going to be able to put in place long term sustainable measures to get the country out of the crisis situation that it's found itself and now is in the viral is speaking to

people in the town there who were holding a protest 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 power is that the 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 the credibility that's been lost in recent times because without the public support these reforms a simply not going to work. sorry for the porting right there while another embattled e.u. country that 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 and 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 the new 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 western europeans can be more ease though this winter though as we continue here with the uninterrupted flow of russian gas to keep them warm the north stream pipeline will pump fuel on the baltic sea floor and straight to e.u. customers without relying on transit countries like ukraine and belarus artie's don't you bushell watched as president medvedev and european partners went with the flow in germany. the wheel of fortune turns in europe's favor a year leaders hailed russia's first of a route that skirts tricky transit nations bill routes and ukraine with the gas

rich middle east also on stable energy chief say the project's a boon in several ways nothing nothing will bring admission of i think that's. a very important admission and secure we too often always did and he's very he traveled the world. he said in a tough secure way through every ascension but this security comes with a hefty price tag the project cost some eight billion euro in fact nordstrom operate together from was told by many top ten lists that the world's longest subsidy just route was doomed to failure this is a pipeline they said couldn't be built it's too long too expensive and take they said it was impossible that it's happened think experts is down to russian engineering brilliance. with technical. design off the pipeline which is i think the best pipeline we have. for guess 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 gas use has jumped even through the current e.u. debt crisis and supply can't keep up with predicted demand gazprom given the strongest him so far the third line could also be built both mean that if i will add all the capacity of existing against your show by plenty still not enough expansion not study what will be discussed but is so so many even call this project the first step that could take russia into the e.u. single market there are those who hold nord stream will make the two sides friendly . 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. economic space free trade zone as the first began to flow to. the next few months will show streams really the stalls of the new year are between the e.u. and russia or just another point dream. team in germany. just now past the hour here in moscow the republic of south in the north caucuses our votes for a new president on sunday the new leader won't have an easy job as the republic still recovering from a devastating war with georgia now three years ago now the current president can't stand for election as he's already for two consecutive terms and that makes the race a tough one million a question of it discovered. this is the first election for a decade not to feature the current leader of south ossetia and two of the. and many have already called to the vote one of the most unpredictable because of the sheer number of people eager to get their hands on the reins of power seventeen

candidates were sent to battle for the top job but just a couple of days before the election that figure dropped to eleven when some hopefuls decided to join forces feeling they had a better chance fighting together than fighting. words on the streets of south sucha puts the current minister from urgency situations on a daily b.b.l. of as favorite. we need to start from the development of a region the development of infrastructure economy and terrorism. indeed the number one challenge is to rebuild the devastated region following the war with the georgia three years ago the capital of south the city is he involved 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. i think don't call 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 made one nation but as always they are resilient people here are putting their hopes in the future. and i would like the future president to finish what the former one started to finish the construction move all of south asserted needs you cannot make development first 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 my final question i see reporting from south ossetia. but i do head over to r.t. dot com for more stories and i have a quick sampling of what are waiting for you on line at this moment the daily bloodshed in the kashmir conflict ruled by india but claimed by neighboring pakistan is now leaving women silent sufferers in a male dominated society. and russia's

a black sea coast is attracting thousands of thrill seekers to ride but it's becoming increasingly popular in the country of details and stunning footage that are to talk. and watching r.t. and now 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 but 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 he told us here at our see that his country is as transparent as any can be dismissing it the latest report has politicized. this not professional and not balance only 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 us in the company should read the temp pages of the report of director general which says that all activities including a retirement are continuously under just. the only second part which is about the american delegation the important thing is that we are party to n.p.t. all activities are on their. guard and even hundreds of sharks. short visit unannounced inspection this is great and we two months ago invited the pretty director java e.a. to even visit the r. and d. of scientific richmond can you give me any example of that any inspector being permitted to any certainty in any other part of the war. now twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital e.u.

police are investigating ethnic clashes in northern cause of are after a man died in two others were injured in attacks this happened late on wednesday it comes as nato ok for peacekeepers fired tear gas at ethnic serbs while trying to seize one of their barricades set up months ago on going dispute on the border the u.n. secretary general says the tension is being caused by cause of those attempts to extend its control over the border crossing in the so dominated area artie's alexy you know delves deeper into the causes behind the resistance. perhaps not in the old this venue for a wedding but this serbian couple living in northern ca civil decided to get married at the barricades and. we're going to be others here in. this sort of barricades in northern have been standing for several months now for

those who built them there are just a part of everyday life not only have the kosovo serbs isolated themselves from the k. four teams 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 the two 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 i have become the town's main gathering spot tensions are still running high just a few kilometers. for every sand obstacle the troops managed to demolish built two piles there are times when the two process is taking place. i don't. like this the.

serbs 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 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 we've built alternative routes through the mountains so now we can again receive supplies we prevented a humanitarian catastrophe when you move toward the orthodox priest of the towns 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. or the close of all his sin different hard times even being my birds turkey ones but series with stewed all

heart tests of times and everyone and made sure of it so now it's this land is the cradle of its culture and statehood. another deadlock in this balkan melting pot continues belgrade is still unwilling to resume negotiations with pristina which could put great 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. reporting from costa. in kosovo. so good of you to join us on this sunday here on arts here still ahead for you this hour on a welcome return a russian problem with tons of highly toxic people on board crashed back. after. regain control those details coming your way just

a few minutes. while thousands of students marched across central london this week protesting that a dramatic increase in tuition fees and cuts to public spending a furious demonstrators carried banners and charted slogans while some four thousand policemen were deployed along the route from the university of london to the city's financial district students had planned to link up with an anti corporate occupy protest of ultimately were blocked by riot police officers had warn that 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 descended into violence over the protesters say people have a right to speak out. people have all sorts of political views and i was under the impression that that was allowed in this country. what the announcement that was my incredibly provocative announcement that was made that there's going to be rubber 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 could possibly say 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 weekly here on our c now let's watch out 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. at. the arab league's voted to suspend syria from the organization until a peace plan is implemented to stop the bloodshed the move caused among the regime supporters who gathered in the capital and stormed some foreign embassies member states have been urged to withdraw their ambassadors from damascus and used economic and political sanctions the decision to suspend syria came out an emergency session in egypt receiving the e.u.'s full backing and being praised by u.s. president barack obama. or russian space experts are battling to fix a technical failure on board an interplanetary station that was heading to the martian moon 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. reports now from the baikonur launch station. hopes were high when the phobos rocket was launched from the cosmodrome here in baikonur in kazakstan it was the first interplanetary mission russia hundred 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 turned to fears of a potential catastrophe that boost stage of the rocket went ok it went off into the overt of earth but then the problem started the second stage was supposed to commence with the cruise rockets firing that would carry the phobos spacecraft on its 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 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 pulls the 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 the and so what 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. reporting i want to i will be back with

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a review of the week in the weekly political and economic heavyweights of the pacific rim to prevent europe's debt crisis from spreading the presidents of russia and the u.s. meet on the sidelines of the apec summit to discuss missile defense syria future and the w t o. two e.u. countries watch their governments full of the height of the debt crisis with italy's prime minister silvio berlusconi resigning and greece swearing in a new head of. the un atomic watchdog releases satellite images and letters which allegedly prove iran could be building a bomb iran says the accusations and politicized. police investigate fresh clashes in northern cause of the nato peacekeepers fired tear gas at. a disputed border crossing. with the north stream a gas pipeline now enter.