today's top stories and a review of the week here at r.t. global powers come together in hawaii to prevent europe's debt crisis from the pacific. the russian and american presidents hold talks on the sidelines of the apec summit in hawaii the focus missile defense and russia's future. we'll bring you all the latest from honolulu just ahead in the program. both greece and italy watch their governments fall of the height of the debt crisis many a wary of the newly appointed an elected official and. the u.n. atomic watchdog zeroes in on iran's nuclear ambitions again claiming the country could be building

a bomb iran says the allegations are fabricated and the. e.u. police investigate clashes in breakaway kosovo as we report on fierce resistance to what they say are albanian attempts to control the. top stories of today this week this is the weekly with me showing the political and economic heavyweights of the pacific rim meeting under hawaii's tropical sun for the annual forum where the summit is touching on everything from establishing a pacific wide free trade zone perhaps inevitably the euro zone crisis and it's given the presidents of russia and the u.s. a chance to hold talks. reports from one of the.

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 we 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 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 movements 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 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 then being part of the group since ninety three and it has plans and it looks like russia will be joining the job 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 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 that was an associate reporting right now from honolulu so russia has access to the world trade organization was central to discussions on the last

summit after almost twenty years of thorny negotiations a geneva convention to finalize terms for the long awaited membership parties you're going to observe what will change russia's economy once it finally joins the club. the person on the street w.g. members should not be just something bill read or go to in the news but it will mean little of prices removing trade barriers between states increases competition prices aloof ordered goods and domestic companies also grow weaker with foreign markets opening up. the workers of these much allured you can company it only looks like. the most recent even north stream pipeline should then for international markets they'll face very little competition. and these used rossi much launches launched in russia so we can see how distant russia. is for months ahead

and workers who can spot. but the hat of the company has a rather different outlook to that of the w. cio cheerleaders. oil and gas will be in demand even without entering the. well agriculture. group culture will be among the hardest hit sectors but experts say that a massive automotive industry will be the one to undergo most step he will. the troubled mortgage giant up the vast 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 think that's is the government's favorite child but not all car makers in russia are cherished this used to be a riving once of what's going to teach open the 1930's most successful years were

the fifty's and sixty's when hundreds of thousands of more screech cars flooded the soviet and foreign markets after the collapse of the soviet union but screech was in desperate need of money but the government could not afford making car purchases and must reach was crossed out. the only way to avoid the collapse of yet another industrial giant experts say is to use the transition period after joining the w g a wisely closely entreats the w.t. have doesn't mean you instantly have control customs tires and comply straight away there's a transit so-called 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 let go of its terms and walk on their own two feet in the world but that should also be

a somewhat easier place to do business in libya duction of customs tariffs and trade barriers to a more level playing field across international markets exceeding the gretsch over r t. welcome to life in the heart of the russian capital are still coming your way in a program here that of europe at the wheel of a north rim fire wind is starting the flow of russian gas straight to. a bubble of the billionaires to russian tycoons or take the ball to a london court and unveil some dark secrets from the past. it's the end of an era in italy as the country's controversial and charismatic prime minister silvio berlusconi steps down so after 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 seat however will not remain vacant for long with former e.u.

official mario monti looking set to take over the public reaction so far has been mixed some celebrating berlusconi's fall but others are wary of the future artists are a fourth reports. that of stairs 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 future to work that future will be right now remains uncertain it's been a caretaker government is going to be put in place the man is in paid for the top spot is a very well respected economist here in the country mary muncie he's a former you commissioner he's a year out he knows the system inside and out and killings 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 as a short term measure certainly. ok some way to spending not panic that we saw at the beginning of the week and succumbing some more it's the fear that it's the 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 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 the credibility that's been lost in recent times because without the public support these reforms a simply not going to work. but is there a further courting right there another battle the e.u. country that of greece has received a new coalition cabinet and a prime minister after the previous premier george patton dro was forced to quit over his handling of the debt crisis the new pm lucas papademos who is a former vice president of the european central bank says that 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.q. bell or otherwise athens warns it will go bankrupt within weeks. that's going to be with us on this sunday watching r.t.

now western europeans can be more at ease this winter with an uninterrupted flow of russian gas to keep the warm an austrian pipeline will pump fuel along the baltic sea floor in the e.u. customers without relying on transit countries like ukraine and belarus that is down a bushel watched as president medvedev and european partners went with the flow into . 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 where the gas rich middle east also one stable energy chief say the project's a boon in several ways nothing nothing brings a different give us a. back to. a heaven forfend admission a security officer for with him and he's very travelled the world. he said amount of security through very essential but this security comes with

a hefty price tag the project cost some eight billion euro in fake north stream operator goes from was told by many top high list that the world's longest sub c.b.s. route was doomed to failure this is a pipeline they said couldn't be built it's too long too expensive and take it that it was impossible that it happened think experts is the russian engineering brilliance yeah use that technical. design of the pipeline which is i think the best pipeline we have. forecast from ford 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 e.u. debt crisis and supply call to keep up with predicted demand gazprom given the strongest him so far the third line could also be built mean that if i will add all

the capacity of existing and future by both is still not enough expansion or not steam will be discussed later so some even call this project the first step that could take russia into the e.u. single market there are those who hold nordstrom will make tussauds friendlier. we are trying to bring russia closer to europe even 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 gears begin to flow optimistically leaders were all smiles the next few months will show with little streams really. between the e.u. would russia or just a little point dream you see in germany. just on a quarter past the hour here in moscow do head over to r.t. dot com for more stories and eye catching videos. of some of the items waiting for

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can possibly be dismissing the latest report as simply being politicized. this report is not professional and not balanced only with political motivation and under political pressure by us and couple other are the western countries this report has an an excel fifteen pages of the allegations and the materials which were handed over only last week seeing the company should man their read the temp pages of their report our director general says that all activities including a retirement are continuously on their to save but inspection only second part which is the n.h.s. is about the american allegation the important thing is we are party to n.p.t. all activities are on their. and even hundreds of sharks short visit analyses fiction this is great and we tour months ago invited the pretty director to our year to even visit the r. and d.

of city views in richmond can you give me any example that any respect or being permitted to any city video richmond in any other part of the war. you're watching t.v. now police are investigating ethnic clashes in northern cause of oh this comes after a man died and two others were injured in attacks late on wednesday it comes as nato k. four peacekeepers fired tear gas at ethnic serbs by trying to seize one of their barricades set up months ago in an ongoing dispute on the cause of a border the u.n. secretary general says the tension has been caused by cause of those attempts to extend its control over border crossings these nominees to the area so r.t. so i would see i was just you know girls deep into the causes behind the resistance . i think that. 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 in meter itself but google earth will get it together

here and does no do who would invent a well known business just received. 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 cost of a sort of spice elated themselves from the case for troops but also from their own wanted neighbors this is the famous bridge in which splits the sound and the serbian and albanian 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 are unwilling to be a part of the self-proclaimed state while the cemented barricades 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 k. four troops managed to demolish serbs built two piles there are times when the two

pro sisters take place and all ten year sneak in an hour. over by. people like you see. 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 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 used to improvise. finding a way out we've built alternative routes through the mountains so now we can again receive supplies we've prevented a humanitarian catastrophe order 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. closer to his sin differing hard times even being my good sir he once but series with stupid old heartiness of times and every one image of the tsunamis this land is the cradle of it's a culture and state that. another deadlock in this balkan melting pot continues belgrade is still unwilling to resume negotiations with pristina which could put dates 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 cost of. in kosovo. power twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow where i still have you on the program and welcome return russian probe with tons of highly toxic fuel on

board crash back to work if scientists managed to regain control back at those details in just a few moments. a british court is the setting for two of russia's richest to battle it out a small claim either six billion dollars at stake excelled in a boris berezovsky once the cash from a roman abramovich accusing the chelsea football club owner of robbing him and that is either been reported means britons are getting a rare glimpse into the life of a low profile billionaire. it's been dubbed the battle of the oligarchs in one corner is mr a estimated well if deemed billion assets for yachts chelsea football club and a french chateau in the other corner mr b. estimated fortune five hundred million he had to sell his yacht but he does still have his trusty stretch my book which he never fails to show off

a man i promote which is rise to riches is a story precious few knew until now his time in the witness stand has lifted the need on a mike in the shadows he reveals how some of his companies employ primarily disabled staff and big lucrative thirty percent tax breaks and he came clean on the piles of cash he paid for protection and he dived into the infamous salad minium was the benign things we now know someone was murdered every three days not exactly that clean cut image one of britain's most loved foreign imports he did want to i think it was the normal thing with the only difference between a rotten people and here is pure good preserve the very image you know he doesn't really come across aggressively in the resale anything at all he wants to go respectable and suddenly we're all of the rather sort of see the origins of his wealth it's a third of that wealth but police he claims is he's still a wanted man in russia he's suing mr adam overage for six and

a half billion dollars they set up the oil company significator in the ninety's. he claims he was blackmailed into selling his stake 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 but the u.k.'s most expensive privately funded litigation is thought to be costing eighty dollars a second here as well the legal fees mr abbott is a route to be sixteen million dollars but the result is the noise of their work cut out there are no win no fee basis prepare used to be close. 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 and knowing they were ever he's nice partners it's fact claim this case rides on but there's no concrete evidence after all this was ninety's russia and none of the deals were written down five weeks in and i've counted

a cost of nine billionaires five russian one one is becky paul 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 usual strange deals records of meetings that maybe never happened the whole thing's extraordinarily bizarre you try and piece 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 b.'s law is a has hit these billions in a complex web of offshore holdings so even if mr b. does win he'll have a difficult task it's correcting any money with so much at stake it's painstaking progress the battles expected to go on into the new year after bennett's artsy. heart a quick pause in the weekly here on our seed for the world update now some other headlines from around the globe this hour but the crippled fukushima nuclear plant has opened its doors to journalists for the first time in eight months reporters

fully protective clothing before being allowed in other plants suffered a series of meltdowns and explosions after being deluged by a devastating tsunami and show that of course caused by an earthquake hundreds of square miles of the surrounding area were turned into a no man's land. almost ten thousand activists are gathered in the south korean capital to demonstrate against a free trade agreement with the united states protesters say the treaty would endangered 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 just last month. the arab league has voted to suspend syria from the organization until a peace plan is implemented to stop the bloodshed there the move caused anger among the regime supporters who gathered in the capital in storms and foreign embassies member states have been urged to withdraw their ambassadors from damascus and use

economic and political sanctions but the decision to suspend syria came out an emergency session in egypt receiving the e.u.'s full backing pending praised by u.s. president barack obama. while a russian space experts are battling to fix a technical failure on board an interplanetary station that was heading to the martian moon phobos the aim of the probe was to get a better knowledge of how the universe evolved but there are fears now the vehicle could come crashing back to earth having never reached its goal there are. reports from the baikonur launch pad. 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 have since turned to fears of attentional catastrophe with

bruce stages of rock it 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 spoke was a 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 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 december the predicted date given at the moment is the twenty sixth of november as earth's gravitational field slowly pulled 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 hope 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 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. scott is talking about right that now nearly half past the hour here in moscow you without say a quick recap of the week's top stories coming your way in just a moment. the

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