streets of canada. trying to corporations are rooted in. the latest news in the week's top stories on our t.v. asia pacific specific apec summit the region's kiva powers agreed to stop work on a free trade zone could revolutionize relations but that's not all. the russian and american presidents hold talks on the sidelines of the apec summit in hawaii to focus missile defense and russia's future at the w g o we bring you all the latest from honolulu just ahead in the program. rewriting history in europe new governments being formed and prime ministers replaced in greece and italy as both nations raced to pull back from the financial abyss. plus a un report claims iran might be seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon but tehran slams the allegations as a u.s.

backed smear campaign top stories. back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly party the creation of a landmark free trade zone dominated talks at this year's apec summit which brings together the leaders of asian and pacific rim countries hosted the get together in hawaii and met up with the church over some pretty hot topics. the apec summit of course as we know gathers twenty want to call enemies that make up the asia pacific riza 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 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 force of today's talks was russia's future of the world trade organization because of me. 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 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 for those talks at the apec summit put the finishing touches on russia's accession to the world trade organization expected next year experts have long debated whether membership will help diversify and strength from the russian economy a lot well if you can turn of. the arguments. for the person on the street w two membership will not be just something bill read about in the news but it will mean prices removing trade barriers between states increases competition prices of

imported goods and the massive companies also growth with foreign markets opening up. the workers of these such a lurid you could company it all looks like you win win situation their most recent project is the north stream pipeline should they enter into national markets will face very little competition. and this is a must see much launches launch in russia's south producing harvester rushers. three months ahead and workers who can spy and. but the head of the company has a rather different outlook to that of the w.t. old cheerleader's. oil and gas will be in demand even without entering the. tegra culture will be among the hardest hit sectors but experts say the domestic automotive industry will be the one to undergo almost he will.

be troubled more to john up the virus 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. our parents are the government's favorite child but not all car makers in russia are cherished this used to be a thriving want of what screech opened a 1930's most successful years what if the fifty's and sixty's when hundreds of thousands of nice cars flooded the soviets and foreign markets after the collapse of the soviet union mass creature was in desperate need of money but the government could not afford to loss making car produces a nice creature was cast 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 entry to the w t o doesn't mean you instantly have to drop all

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 it is 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 but that should also be a somewhat easier place to do business in lieu reduction of customs tariffs and trade barriers to a more level playing field across international markets it's either going to chew over our tea. coming up. on the rise this resistance to kosovo fresh clashes result in. injury. story still to come but first in italy the race is on to form

a new caretaker government to pull the country but from a financial abyss this follows the resignation of silvio berlusconi who stepped out on saturday having ruled the country's prime minister for seventeen years former e.u. commissioner mario monti is considered a top contender to replace him skinny let's talk. rome. has been quite a week in politics isn't it we've got a scan his resignation on saturday what is the situation. continuing in the evening on the possible combination of they can take a government presence in the politan h.b. meeting with political leaders today to discuss to discuss who could take the top spot because there are some differences of opinion the name in amongst those political groups about what should happen and indeed. it may be the next to lead that can take a government that's what's to happen now can see a lot of people think that top spot isn't for me you can marry a month he's

a very worst affected economist here in the country. he knows the system inside and out he still but someone who would certainly have good relations with brussels there are question marks a democratic legitimacy of a caretaker government vitally whether or not he's going to be able to have enough support his nickname here is super mario and certainly if he was to take that top spot he would really have his work cut out and then he would behave being that he'd be able to live up to that nickname is a. huge task lies ahead for whoever does take a view that position we saw silvio berlusconi resign. yes there there are two to see him addressing the nation fire video link is uncertain what he's saying but where we've seen some very quick decisive action at the beginning of the week and i have this now it's going to take a little bit longer because there were hopes that this would all be done and dusted

by the end of today say that when markets they've been so morally it would send the message of confidence it's been described as being safe that's really needed right now at a time when it's least government have really lost a lot of their credibility and trust from the market down from the international community and indeed the public a within the country as well you know let's talk about those italian people now at the moment what do these changes mean for the. well yesterday when we had. so very palace gagne's resignation there were celebrations. we were in the land there was there was some reaction that day that was our initial enthusiasm and people are a little bit more pragmatic when it comes to that politics is the history of mistrust that political leaders inside this elite no one here thinks that is going to be resolved with a change of leader with a change of government. there is a lot of uncertainty ahead and of course as we were saying these reforms that we

saw hostin the parliament still need to be implemented by you have a now takes power and say the people here are facing. a very very painful austerity some of these measures including the eighty hike chop because pension cuts say you know that there is a lot that's in to about what is it what is going to happen moving forward now and of course you have e.t.c take power for the time being it's really like we say to have their work cut out for them to get the public side because without the public support none of these reforms are going to be successful we issued certainly what we've seen over the past couple of days will help to console the panic we've seen in the last week the long term really you're going to be wanting to look at the sustainable solutions and you know it's safe our people instead of what we've seen not just italian government leaders but from your is they need us all together is not just having really cut the mustard they fail safe to really come up with

credible. credible ways to deal with this year and quite this is you know tonight as it continues in the evening in these discussions continue perhaps this thing the more that did bring that really at a time when you need a very strong united action what we see get is some of these divisions taking place as such we don't send a message as certainty that everyone is looking for right now sara thanks very much indeed for that live update there from sheriff in rome. and over in greece a new coalition government has been sworn in after former prime minister george papandreou was forced to quit over his handling of the country's debt crisis his replacement is lucas papademos former vice president of the european central bank will head the new government because we have to approve a recent e.u. bailout package and steer the country away from bankruptcy the new prime minister faces a test of confidence next week after a parliamentary debate with international inspectors in athens to assess the

country's progress in tackling its debt greece must implement new measures to secure the next slice of bailout otherwise he could run out of money by mid december. in london two russian billionaires go head to head exiled tycoon release but as of ski and chelsea football club owner roman abramovich are locked in what's said to be the most expensive private court case britain has ever seen a correspondent on the bennett has been monitoring the hearing. it's been dubbed the battle of the oligarchs in one corner is mr a estimated fifteen billion assets for your child's the football club and a french chateau in the other corner nice to be 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 from an average overages rise to riches is a story precious few knew until now his turn in the witness stand has lifted the

lid on a life in the shadows he revealed how some of his companies employed primarily disabled staff lending lucrative thirty percent tax breaks and he came clean on the piles of cash he paid for protection and they 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 the wrath of the people and he has been very good because of the very image of it he doesn't really come across aggressively either we say anything at all he wants to be respectful and you know suddenly we're all of the rather sort of see the origins of his wealth it's a third of that wealth that produce better results he claims is he's still a wanted man in russia he's suing mr and promote it for six and a half billion dollars they set up the oil company significator in the ninety's to put as he claims he was blackmailed into selling his stake at

a fraction of its true worth a mere one point two million dollars the money here is massive the case is expected to smash the record for the u.k.'s most expensive privately funded litigation is thought to be costing eighty dollars a second in here as well the legal fees mr every moment is a route to be sixteen million dollars a barrel of skis lawyers have their work cut out there are no rain no fee basis the pair used to be close to. b. 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 that claim this case rides on there's no concrete evidence after all this was ninety's russia and none of the deals were written down by weeks in and i've counted a cost of nine billion as five russian one kazakh one is becky all israeli one

british the crown prince of abu dhabi is suddenly involved for transferring one point three billion dollars from one to the other and not to mention future strange deals records of meetings that maybe never happened the whole thing's extraordinary bizarre you try to place the whole thing together which becomes another difficult task because you don't know how much of this is even anyway true according to mr b.'s law is mr a has hidden 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. a money matters are a talking point in the british capital this week the thousands of people taking to the streets of central london. it's a huge what is it university tuition fees that will see a tripling of the cost of education in britain this report is coming up in the next hour. but first a report by the u.s.

atomic watchdog has heightened fears this week that iran could be developing a nuclear weapon israel is now calling on the international community to act despite being an undeclared nuclear power itself but russia is stressing the need for caution over what appears to be an inconclusive report iran's brushing the allegations aside blaming the u.s. for putting pressure on the international atomic energy agency runyan or makers are now calling for a review of the country's cooperation with the agency iran's envoy to the i.a.e.a. says his country will not stop its nuclear activities which he says have always been peaceful and transparent this report is not professional and not valid as any political motivation and under political pressure by us and coming out of 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 a confirmation manner read the ten page years of the report of director general

which says that all activities including a retread are continuously under to safeguard inspection the only second part which is there and it's is that the american delegation the important thing is that we are particularly pretty all activities are under a cloud and even as a snapshot short we see the unannounced inspections he says great and we go invited depicted director general i can even visit the of scented news you know richmond can you give me any example that any respect or have been permitted to any certainty in any other part of the war. e.u. police are investigating fresh clashes in northern kosovo which resulted in a serbian man's death and two injuries come far broke out during a fight to recall baines and serbs along the kosovo border late on wednesday earlier that day nato peacekeepers in the area used tear gas to quell the resistance they tried to dismantle the. u.n. secretary general says the tension has been caused by kosovo's attempts to extend

its control over border crossings in the so dominated area political analyst alexander pavitra believes there's a bigger picture behind nato his actions they've been doing it for years now and we've broken their mandate actually they're doing the job of the. control government and prishtina they're doing it openly in spite of their mandate from the un which is supposed to be a peacekeeping mandate to keep the warring sides separated this is an aggressive show of force things like an occupier instead of peacekeepers they're behind the crisis in greece they're behind the crisis in iran what we're seeing right now is the sawing of the new world disorder and serbia is one of the flashpoints. tensions been growing in kosovo for months now but life goes on for you remain passionate about their fight against nato peacekeepers and the course of our authorities if he's elected leadership skill takes

a deeper look now into the ongoing dispute. that. perhaps not an old this venue for a wedding but this serbian couple living in northern course we all decided to get married at the barricades and meet early it's the people of we get it together here and there were groups who were in dance. we've just received. this sort of barricades in northern kosovo have been standing for several months now for those who built them they're just a part of everyday life not only have the course of a sort of isolated themselves from the case for troops but also from their unwanted neighbors this is the famous bridge in middle of it's the which splits the town and the serbian and albanian parts it was called the bridge of friendship it was meant to symbolize that that so we can easily live together but the size of the barricades on the serbian part tells the whole story of how our unwilling to be part of the self-proclaimed state while the cemented barricades in the middle of

it's to have become the town's main gathering stalls tensions are still running high just a few people. for every sound off the call the case for troops managed to demolish serbs built two piles there are times when the two process is taking place simultaneously and some of it. by. people like you see. the. serbs say they have no choice but to continue barricading themselves and they believe would not hesitate to wipe them off their land forcefully help they believe by k. four troops despite constant clashes even making changes and political pressure from both great because the serbs have become accustomed to living in this cage they have built for themselves. it was constant first we run out of food and.

what we serbs are people who are used to provide. finding a way out we build alternative routes through the mountains so now we can again receive supplies we can plan for the humanitarian catastrophe. the orthodox priest of the town's brendan 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 seem different hard times even be in turkey ones but just aires with stupid old heart tests of times and everyone in miniature of it's of no use this land is the cradle of this sort of culture and statehood. 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 a look see russia ski reporting from. in kosovo the time to update you on some other stories from across the world in our world update syrian security forces reportedly killed twenty six people across the country in a fresh wave of crackdowns on anti government protesters this comes as the leader of russia's orthodox church picture a kittle begins a peace making peace making visit to syria for talks with president assad he called on syrians to build an open peaceful society and reinforce national unity to avoid civil war because it follows the arab league's decision to suspend the country until a peace plan is within and move agate thousands of pro-government supporters in syria rally and storm several foreign embassies in response. a powerful explosion has killed six people in northwest pakistan the bomb was placed in a car left unattended in the khyber province near the afghan border no one so far

claimed responsibility but officials have blamed previous violence in the area on taliban and is a missed innocence and it comes just a day after a dozen people died during a gunfight in a mortar attack in the same region. the crippled fukushima nuclear plant in japan has opened its doors to journalists for the first time in eight months reporters had to wear protective suits and masks before being allowed in site suffered a series of meltdowns and explosions after being hit by the country's devastating earthquake and tsunami in march the floods in the surrounding area remain highly radioactive. brazilian police are carrying out a massive operation to clear rio de janeiro's largest slum of drug gangs. shanty town controlled in part by local groups is officially home to seventy thousand people although some estimates say the real figure is much higher the project is aimed at cutting crime in the city ahead of the twenty fourteen football world cup and the twenty eight sixteen months. the republican south ceteris held its first presidential election since he came to international recognition the new

leader will have his hands full with the country still recovering from a devastating war to secure independence from georgia three years ago but he's ready to control over has this report. this is the first election for a decade not a feature of the current leader of south ossetia and two of the quartet and many have already caught of 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 assigned to battle for the top job but just a couple of days before the election that figure dropped eleven when some hopefuls decided to join forces feeling they had a better chance fighting together than fighting each other word on the streets of south ossetia the current minister of emergency situations and there will be love as favorite but. we need to start from the development of a region of development of infrastructure economy and. 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 said she had seen violet 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 needs solid foundations. 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 is always the resilient people here are putting their hopes in the future. i would like the future president to finish what the former one started to finish the construction let's move all the south are certainly to a moment 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 i do

not question i see reporting from south a sense here. well still ahead for you this hour now teen insight into medicine that could poison people instead of treating them with up next is a recap of this week's top stories in today's headlines with me that's after this short break stay with us life here on r.t. a mosque.

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