with the top stories of today and of this week this is the weekly with me rule research showing the political and economic heavyweights of the pacific rim meeting under hawaii's tropical sun for the annual a pick for him at the 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 artie's honest i see a truck and 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'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 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 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 as we. 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 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 that was an associate reporting from honolulu so russia's access to the world trade organization was central to discussions on the last day of the apec summit after almost twenty years of thorny negotiations a geneva commission finalized for the long awaited membership to use your kind of looks at what will change in russia's economy once it finally joins the club. for the person on the street w two members should 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 you know looks like a win win situation their most recent project is the north stream pipeline should then for international markets they'll face very little competition. and this is raw so much the largest plant in russia south producing harvested russia. has food for months ahead and workers who conspire. but the head of the company has a rather different outlook to that of the w t o cheerleader's. oil and gas will be in demand even without entering the. well agriculture. agriculture will be among the hardest hit sectors but experts say the domestic 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 by prime minister 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 as 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 creature was in desperate need of money but the government could not afford to loss making copper juices and must creature. crossed out. the only way to avoid the collapse of yet another industrial giant experts say is to use the transition period of the joining the w two wisely firstly entry to the w.t.

have doesn't mean you instantly have to drop all customs tires and comply straight away 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 hand and walk on their own two feet in the world outside it but that should also be a somewhat easier place to do business in labor duction of customs tariffs and trade barriers to a more level playing field across international markets exceeding the gretsch over r t. we are coming to you live from the heart of the russian capital are still to come your way in the program here. europe at the wheel of the north rim fire wind is starting the flow of russian gas straight. so. i'm battle of the billionaires two russian tycoons take their 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 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 p.m.'s seat however will not remain vacant for long with former e.u. official mario monti looking to take over the public reaction so far has been mixed some celebrating berlusconi's fall while others are wary of the future sara for reports. that the stairs he'll finally say oh silvio berlusconi's fate and he stepped down as prime minister of the country now for better or worse he was certainly a character that is going to be a massive change now that he's resigned from the pace optimism certainly first feature at the 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 very well respected economists here in the country mary months say he's the former economist he's a year he knows the system inside and out a good links in 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 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 ok some way to stunning 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 countries like greece. 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 as of the

crisis situation that it's found itself and now is in the virally 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. sara further porting right another battle the 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 debt crisis the new pm lucas papademos who's a former vice president of the european central bank says the priority will be to keep greece in the euro zone a new coalition government will also have to secure a fresh portion of an e.u. bailout otherwise athens warns it will go bankrupt within six. that's good have you 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 them warm the north 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 dunya bushell watched as president medvedev and european partners went with the flow in germany. the wheel of fortune turns in europe's favor e.u. 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 brings attention and i think that brings a very important additional security officer for with did and he's very traveled the world. he said in a tough secure we. very essential but this security comes with a hefty price tag the project cost some eight billion euro in fact north stream operate together as promised told by many top the list 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. guests from 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 is given the strongest hint so far that the third line could also be built bill 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 thin some 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 . we are. bring russia closer to europe even europe and russia into a common energy space and this space will be successful about creating.

economic space free trade zone as the first began to flow. the next few months will show streams really the stalls where we knew we were between the e.u. would russia or just another point drink. tea 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 a quick sampling now of some of the items waiting for you online the daily lunch and the kashmir conflict are ruled by india claimed by neighboring pakistan is actually leaving their women sufferers in a male dominated society. and russia has a black sea coast is attracting thousands of thrill seekers to ride the waves with surfing becoming increasingly popular in the country for more just. but he went atomic watchdog has released satellite images and letters this week

that it says backs up its report suggesting iran is secretly developing nuclear weapons that the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has called on terror on to the questions that the report poses claiming it has quote a 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 r.t. that his country is as transparent as any possible to be dismissing the latest report as simply being politicized. this is not professional and not balanced and he's with political motivation and under political pressure by the u.s. and couple other are the western countries this report has a fifteen pages of the allegations and the materials which were handed over only last week to us in the company should man there read the temp pages of the report

of director general which says that all activities including a retirement are continuously under to save guard inspection the only second part which is the annex is about the american delegation the important thing is that we are party to in p.t. all activities are on their. guard and even as of shark short unannounced inspection this is great and we go invited depicted director general by to even visit the r. and d. of st if you reach men can you give me any example that any respect or have been permitted to any certainty in any other part of the war. you're watching t.v. and now police are investigating ethnic clashes in northern cause of this comes after a man died and two others were injured in attacks on wednesday it comes as nato k. four peacekeepers fired tear gas and ethnic serbs while trying to seize one of their barricades set up months ago in an ongoing dispute on the border the u.n.

secretary general says attention has been caused by cause of those attempts to extend his control over a border crossing dominated area so i. delved deeper into the causes behind their resistance. 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. 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 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 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 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 sound called the k. four troops managed to demolish serbs built two piles there are times when the two process is taking place. and. people like this. 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 and finding a way out we've built alternative 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. closer to his sin different hard times even being ok my bad turkey ones but terry's with stude 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 looksee russia r.t. reporting from costs. in kosovo. now we're twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow still ahead for you in the program. return. with a highly toxic fuel on board crash back to work if scientists don't manage to regain control but get those details in just a few moments. a push court is the setting for two of russia's richest to battle it out and it's no small claim either six and a half billion dollars at stake. boris berezovsky wants the cash from a roman abramovich accusing the chelsea football club owner of robbing him as

reports it 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 wealth fifteen billion assets for your a football club and a french chateau in the other corner mr p. estimated fortune five hundred million he had to sell his yacht but he does still have his trusty stretch my back which he never fails to show off. his rise to riches is a story precious few knew until now his turn in the witness stand has lifted the need on a mike in the shadows he revealed how some of his company's employed primarily disabled staff lending lucrative thirty percent tax breaks and he came clean on the piles of cash he paid for protection as he dived into the infamous alimony and walls of the ninety's where we now know someone was murdered every three days not exactly the clean cut image 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 rat in a dumpster is people and here his p.r. has been very good presents a very big image that he doesn't really come across aggressively doesn't really say 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 he claims he's 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 near together in the ninety's just a bit as he claims he was blackmailed into selling his stake at a fraction of it's 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 abbott is rumored to be sixteen million dollars a barrel lawyers have their work cut out there on

a no win no fee basis the pair used to be close miss 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 denying they were ever business partners it's not plain this case rides on but 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 the cost of nine billionaires five russian one cast 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 future 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 pease lawyers mr a his hit and his billions in a complex web of offshore holdings so even if mr b.

does win he'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 r.t. london. and i had a quick pause in the weekly here on r.t. it for the world up there now some other headlines from around the globe this hour 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 the plant suffered a series of meltdowns and explosions after being deluged by a devastating tsunami in march 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 us. 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 regime supporters who gathered in the capital and storm 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 at an emergency session in egypt receiving the e.u.'s full backing i mean praised by u.s. president barack obama. well our 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 now. 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 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 have since turned to fears of potential catastrophe the 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. right now nearly half past the hour here in moscow you with art see a quick recap of the week's top stories coming your way in just a moment.

the. world for. its technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've gone through a few jerks covered. top

stories on a review all week this is 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. also meet on the sidelines of the apec summit to discuss missile defense syria russia's future to the world trade organization. to e.u. countries watch their governments fall the height of the debt crisis with prime minister silvio berlusconi resigning and greece swearing in a new head of. the un atomic watchdog. letters which allegedly prove. politicized. police investigate clashes in northern cause of the nato peacekeepers fired. right now with los angeles paramedics full stretch the city's firefighters are now being for.