countries barack obama hosted the get together in hawaii and met up with dmitry medvedev to churn over some pretty hot topics here's our tease and i started. 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 and 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 of me. 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 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 thousand nine hundred eighty 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. well those side 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 strengthen the russian economy a lot or to. break still the arguments. for the person on the street w t o 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 in florida goods drop and domestic companies also grow quicker with foreign markets opening up. for workers of these metallurgical company it all looks like a win win situation their most recent project is the north stream pipeline should they enter international markets they'll face very little competition. and this is the last city much the largest plant in russia south producing harvested rushers is order book is full four months ahead and workers who conspired. but the head

of the company has a rather different outlook to that of the w t o cheerleaders. our oil and gas will be in demand even without entering the w well agriculture will tumble. agriculture will be among the hardest hit sectors but experts say the domestic automotive industry will be the one to undergo most step he will. the troubled mortgage giant 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. that the government's favored child but not all car makers in russia are as cherished this used to be a thriving want of musk reach open the 1930's most successful years what the fifty's and. six days when hundreds of thousands of my screech chorus flooded the

soviet and foreign markets after the collapse of the soviet union my screech was in desperate need of money but the government could not afford to loss making copper juices and muskie choice cost 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 t a wisely closely 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 come making but at a certain point the states 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 with

a reduction of customs tariffs and trade barriers to a more level playing field across international markets exceeding the grouch over r t. coming up the ethnic tensions on the rise this resistance in kosovo fresh clashes result in death and injury. story still to come but first in italy the race is all 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 commissioner mario monti is considered a top contender to replace one scrawny let's talk correspond sort of she's in rome . has been quite a week for italian politics isn't it with his resignation on saturday what is the situation. well these talks are continuing this evening on the possible.

take it government president politan it's been meeting with political leaders today to discuss to discuss he could take the top spot there are some differences of opinion at the moment 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 that that's a lot of people think that top spot is the former eat commissioner mary 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 so a democratic you just have a caretaker government and move 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 there and then he would be

hating that he'd be able to live up to that nickname because i don't think really huge task lies ahead but whoever does take a view that position now we saw silvio berlusconi resigning yes dear. there are two weeks this evening at 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 starting to take a little bit longer of course there were hopes that this would all be done and dusted by the end of today say that when markets a pencil or a it would send the message of confidence it's been described as being say desperately needed right now at a time when government have really lost a lot of that credibility in trust from the markets than from the international community and indeed the public here 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. soviet berlusconi's resignation there were celebrations

. we were in the land there was there was some reaction that oh that was that initial enthusiasm and people are a little bit more pragmatic when it comes to politics it got a history of mistrust political leaders and so certainly no one has things 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 passed in the parliament still need to be implemented by whoever now takes power and so the people here are facing. a very very painful austerity some of these measures including the eighty hikes job because pension cuts so you know that there is a lot of uncertainty about what is the what is going to happen moving forward now and of course you have the d.c. take power for the time being it's really like we said going to have their work cut

out for them to get the public side because without the public support none of these reforms again to be successful really is short term measures certainly what we've seen over the past couple of days will help to calm some of the panic we've seen in the last week the long term really going to be wanting to look at the sustainable solutions and you know it's a follow what people said and what we've seen for not just italian government leaders but for me here is they need us all together is measures that haven't really cut the mustard they felt safe to really come up with credible. credible ways to deal with this year and quite this is you know tonight as it continues into the evening these discussions continue perhaps this think the more that did the ring that really at a time when you need very strong united action what we see again is some of these divisions taking place that certainly don't send the message as certainty that everyone's 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 the coalition will 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 it could run out of money by mid december. in london two russian billionaires go head to head exiled tycoon but he's but is off scale 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 corresponding other 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 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 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 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 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. to i think it was the moment you know the only difference between a rat in a dumpster is people and he is pure good preserves the very image he doesn't really

come across aggressively that we say anything at all he wants to go respectable and suddenly we're always aware of the rather sort of see the origins of his wealth it's a third of that wealth but he claims he's still a wanted man in russia he's suing mr adam over it for six and a half billion dollars they set up the oil company sit next to gether in the ninety's. 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 for the legal fees mr abbott is a route 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 that claim this case rides on but there's no concrete evidence after all this was ninety's russia none of their deals well written down five weeks in and i've counted a cost of nine billionaires five russian one cause 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 few jokes strange deals recordings 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 lawyers 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. and money matters are talking point in the british capital this week with thousands of people taking to the streets of central london to get a huge rise in 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 un's atomic watchdog has heightened fears this week that iran could be developing a nuclear weapon israel's 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 iranian nor makers are now calling for a view 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 balanced with political motivation and under political pressure by us and couple 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 the company should read the term pages of the report of director general which says that all activities including a retread are continuously on their deceived by inspection the only second part which is the annex is about the american delegation the important thing is that we are party to n.p.t. all activities are on there. and we have fired even hundreds of shark short busy unannounced inspections this is great and we go invited depleted director general to even visit the r. and d. of scientific 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 gunfire broke out during a fight between if we call binion's and serbs along the serb kosovo border late on wednesday earlier that day nato peacekeepers in the area used tear gas to quell resistance as they try to dismantle the barricade and secretary general says the tension has been caused by kosovo's attempts to extend its control over border crossings in the serb dominated area political analyst alexander pavitra believes there's a bigger picture behind nato's actions. they've been doing it for years now and they've broken their mandate actually they're doing the job of the albanian control government to prishtina and they're doing it openly in spite of their mandate from the un which is supposed to be a peacekeeping mandate to keep to the warring sides separated this is an aggressive

show for syria they're acting like an occupier he said of the peacekeepers they're behind the crisis in greece they're behind the crisis in iran 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 two remain passionate about their fight against nato peacekeepers and the course of our authorities. takes a deeper look now into the on going to speak. that. perhaps not an old this venue for a wedding but this serbian couple living in northern ca civil decided to get married at the barricades and. buckle up to get it together here in. this era 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 kosovo serbs isolated themselves from the

k. four troops but also from their unwanted neighbors this is the famous bridge in that of it's there which splits the town into serbian and albanian parts it was called the bridge of friendship and 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 people. for every sound off the call the case for troops managed to demolish serbs built two piles there are times when the too close is taking place simultaneously. and. people like you see. the. serbs say they have

no choice but to continue barricading themselves in they believe 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 both great because civil servants have become accustomed to living in 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. 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 know the orthodox priest of the town's brand new temple sand here is never been busier with all the people flocking in lately to pray for the well being of their families. has seen different hard times it's even been my bird turkey ones but series with students all tests of times and everyone

in miniature of its own merits this land is the cradle of the serb culture and statehood or. 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. ski r.t. reporting from costa. 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 government protesters this comes as the leader of russia's orthodox church patriarch kirill begins a peace making peace making a 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 brought here and move angered thousands of pro-government supporters in syria who rallied 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 is so far claimed responsibility but officials have blamed previous violence in the area on taliban and is missed an innocence this 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 plant and 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 the 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 twenty eight sixteen in the us. the republican south ceterus held its first presidential election since it gained 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. over has this report. and this is the first election for a decade not to feature the current leader of south ossetia and two of the ten 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 each other word on the streets of south sucha puts the current minister from urgency situations and of as favorite. we need to start from the development of a region the development of infrastructure economy and tourism. indeed the number one challenge is to rebuild the devastated region following the war with the ga 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. being built all 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

there 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 of all of south asserted needs economic 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 marginal question are is he reporting from south ossetia. well still ahead this hour an hour to an insight into medicine that could poison people instead of treating them but up next 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 our.

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