political and economic heavyweights winds down and why it's the latest rift between the globe's two centers of financial which is dominating the u.s. has been criticizing china for its trade and currency practices and as our cheese and as he reports the fact that next year's summit is taking place in russia could help solve some of the biggest sticking points it looks like a new cloudy chapter in the book of currency wars between the united states and china has certainly been opened here at the apec summit in honolulu as barack obama is seeing really mounting pressure at home to create more jobs and take a stop a tougher stance on china he has been saying here in honolulu that it's time for china to start playing by the rules of the u.s. currently doesn't have a lot of leverage when it comes to dealing with china as china of course is the largest foreign creditor for the united states holding over one trillion dollars in u.s. debt russia is pretty excited to host the apec summit next year in the far eastern city of lot of us stock basically russia is not only just geographically very well

strategically placed for the asia pacific. gathering and this big economic group because of the where it is on the world map it's really convenient in terms of reaching the goals of the group in terms of boosting trade investment so on and so forth but it's also traditionally been a big mediator when it comes to certain misunderstandings between world players so this is certainly a good role that russia can play when it comes to continuing to develop the goals of the gathering and of course last but not least you know russia's accession to the world trade organization is something that the russian federation has been ready for for quite some time for almost a decade so certainly it's been ready to go this entire time so what better time than now to really spearhead this gathering next year as a full fledged member of the w t o. and a signature of the reporting there but this year the u.s. and china continue to outline competing economic programs hu jintao insisted on more influence for beijing as a growing power while obama zeroed in on china's trading decisions are these acts

on a boycott explains the differences that have piled up between the two if there is any us state where the occupy movement has little chance it's probably why despite the high concentration of politicians and wall street big wigs socializing at the apec summit the only place people are willing to occupy here on mass of the beach is with one exception these protesters are against greed and social injustice they're against economic inequality and they are against china. that. sadam plea the mood at the podium was similar to look hostile i think we can benefit from trade with china and i want certainly to continue cultivating a. constructive relationship with the chinese government but we're going to continue to be firm in insisting that they operate by the same

rules that. everybody else operates of his political opponents were even in the ledger and i happen to think that the. communist chinese government will end up on the ash heap of history if they do not change their version we have to have china understand that like everybody else on the world stage they have to play by the rules rules rules and again rules as a country that's been ruling the roost for decades the united states has never been shy of policing all others but as china's g.d.p. continues adding nine percent a year against the key and a half percent growth in the u.s. the reprimand seems to be internally driven conformities one of the top values in the china's real devolved also reflected in the country's political and economic policy if that's not that china doesn't play by the rules of factually why the opposite what the united states seems to have an issue rip is that increasingly china rule that the privilege washington would prefer to keep itself as the u.s.

president hailed his new free trade asia pacific pact as a win win to boost trade in the region some in china took it as a predator effort to change rules made game free trade tend to be. in the eyes of the beholder. it true for you but protection provided that i get to protect my precious. industries that well will. so it's always a dilemma as to how free it is as the euro crisis continues metastasizing throughout the world and china is asked to shoulder the load many analysts say the west should keep in mind it's all that age about he who pays the piper china is really in the driver's seat in many respects and this is coming at an awkward time for the united states because the united states is clearly a declining power at the same time and is having trouble adjusting to what that

means many chinese proverbs are difficult to translate into english here those about money usually have exact equivalents. one of them is money makes the world go round the concept experientially familiar to washington and progressively so to beijing some boys are at the apec summit in honolulu. and i spoke to professor john deere from the chinese university of hong kong he told me political reasons in the u.s. are driving washington's criticism of beijing it created the difficult days before the u.s. had to raise employment rates. the current the difficulties of the us government in creating jobs and the fact that the us has lost the compared to it's a competitive advantage in most of the traditional manufacturing industry so you hear china reduced to its exports to the us by increasing its. other low wage

emerging market countries to quit the stampede to repress china so these kind of debate i think the chinese leaders are quite clear minded you know upholding the interests the national interests of the u.s. the presidential election is approaching and the chinese case the chinese economy and the chinese currency is used to ask a. scapegoat for us a difficult economic difficulties again. recent thread that's why i mean the us is nearing its theory are trying to gain. asia pacific leaders in hawaii were also came to shield themselves from the fall out in the euro zone well later we see whether government changes in the e.u. will provide protection. technocrat governments are taking over in debt ridden greece and italy but critics say they'll be better able to serve the interests of brussels. and you're in the army now well almost a tough military like discipline looks set to be introduced in some u.k.

schools but will it make the on the rule we use perfectly behaved we investigate. syria has called an emergency meeting of the arab league in an attempt to reverse the decision which saw it suspended from the organization the freeze on the country's membership and accompanying sanctions received wide support from the e.u. the us and overwhelming majority of member states voted for the measure to urge president bashar lawsuit to stop eight months of violence it triggered new protests in attacks on the turkish french and saudi arabian embassies in damascus dozens more people have reportedly been killed across the country in the latest wave of crackdowns on anti-government protests had of russia's orthodox church has paid a visit to the war torn country and other efforts to bring in a chance to the bloodshed but author and journalist option written see things the conflict in syria is being fueled from abroad and could drag on for some time. many

syrian soldiers have died in the conflict they don't normally report but here they just say civilians where are they getting the weapons from. exhibiting in the dubai . profits are up they said profits are very good in the middle east at the moment what i think i fear and what many analysts may be feeling at the moment is that a saudi backed proxy war will continue and there will be an insurgency that is fighting in syria against the assad government and will continue to cause instability in syria and beyond and this will be a sort of slow burn phenomena with the united states and europe taking a kind of backseat almost. and also forget that turkey has been actively involved in the even told us diplomatic staff and as i understand it does advise its own citizens to leave syria to turkey is playing a game here too and the media is playing a massive game qatar's television station al-jazeera very obviously wanting the four of us out at the moment and the western media too and it's all change for

europe as a technocrat government takeover in greece and italy in rome the for my e.u. commissioner mario monti starts talks to form a new cabinet to tackle the country's huge debt argue sarah further explore is whether the new unelected leaders can do a better job down the old crew. it was never going to be easy to put it this year at seventeen countries of which are now under one currency from the very beginning attracted fierce criticism we've witnessed the beginning of a dishonest and downright dangerous german president. to revive the constitution but to do it in such a way that you want to avoid referendums like a member states some might now be wishing they'd heeded the warnings to one after another the member states begin to wobble it's nice being the latest country to come under scrutiny we have been witnessing in the last long. growing pressure from europe and i'm talking in particular from crohn's and germany hardly

the u.k. certainly the european parliament and the commission going to start but the crisis is safe our senior leaders of greece and italy were placed by people who were never elected to office he made their way around brussels and here it is totally with berlusconi now gone doesn't. paying for reforms now need to be implemented to meet tough. for the first time since the crisis began talks have now begun to turn to the possibility of exit from the year or the creation of the cool europe because countries like germany seem to be leading the way but i think it's not in the best interest of the germans to keep on going with this i think you know over here where you have behaved badly we're going to punish that's not a union in united states of america if they behaved badly imagine taxes behaving badly what you think obama is going to do we're going to kick you out of united

states of america no they're not going to go down the cooling stenciled bad year agreed had a good year has not gone on missed by struggling countries lost it's clear that those who have a spend less now face up to painful stereotyping measures the sense of being treated like a naughty school child any. added to the growing strain in the euro community if it's only now starting to behave well so the say there will expose much more france and especially germany to the times there are big must be up to us to say two to express a political leadership not just for their own countries but for europe as a whole your attentions have no gold on this by the financial markets here punish political leaders situating the feet in dealing with the crisis the struggling economies like italy even the new breathing the mistakes it's least being considered by many the test case for the entire a year you say it fails and it could take down the entire fifth the big question

now is whether or not those measures can fix whether we'll see them going the same way as previous measures put forward by european leaders who say fails to come up with a convincing your rescue service. three man crew bound for the international space station has successfully lifted off from the baikonur cosmodrome in council stand it's the first manned flight after a similar so use rocket carrying an unmanned supply vessel crashed back to earth shortly after take off three months ago was on the launchpad for us. launch time at the baikonur cosmodrome these three men have gone up to join their colleagues on the international space station but they're late and unhappy about why it is a risky business you can never eliminate risk altogether that that's the bargain that you make for the privilege of flying humans in space and accomplishing what they do up there on the twenty fourth of august a supply rockets engines failed on its way up to the i.s.a.'s and it plummeted back

to worth with a bang it was a moment but all launches were put on hold and the worries about the safety of soyuz rockets now the only link to the space station crew since the last u.s. shuttle flight and july. this crew of their launch date set back their relatives were especially nervous after the progress crash what do you think about your husband's launch coming up so soon. it's too difficult it's better not to talk about it. the crew themselves though accept the dangers as part of the job because we're upset about the accident of course but every big project has some room for failure unfortunately this is not completely avoidable but we shouldn't dramatize the situation. and so it was that the rocket was lifted into place on its launch pad we can see the rocket taking off now and will watch the progress.

with deep sighs of relief all watched as the rocket blasted successfully into orbit leaving the crew to experience what all the rest of us only dream about. you can actually get a good view of the earth during the flight and the spacecraft but surely will have time to enjoy it better while on the international space station for that view and from ams future in space they say the risk is worth it. tom barton r.t. . the u.k. plans to get tough on gang culture by opening schools with strange an army like discipline the measure was proposed in response to the riots that shook the u.k. in the summer and while the plans are there is believed discipline is key critics fear it could actually alienate problem use further our advantage explains as the going gets tough the tough get going army boot camps are the places set out of line

it's this culture of self control the government now wants to bring into schools so it's calling on the cavalry well former soldiers to sort the front line to the front of a classroom following the riots across the u.k. the government fast tracking troops into teaching as a way it says to restore adult or thirty wants to provide more male role models even giving teachers new powers to use physical force as a way to control disruptive peoples it's not a bad thing for children to know where they stone. if they step this side of the line they will be punished accordingly if they stay on the right side of the line. in the confines of the law and they will not be polished it's a line few would cross with a teacher like this afghans going to be headmaster at a new school where every teacher will be a former soldier uniform inspections and military style roll calls but with the polish of a strict routine when you can maintain discipline in the future war which is the

most high pressured situation you can maintain discipline in a classroom and all them but with corporal punishment now a step closer many fear it will push an already alienated youth further away i think they would start building their own gang as they've done towards the police now i've seen the police behave towards our kids is to gangs isn't it you could say the police are a gang it would be the army i think they would become more unruly this generally takes in problem peoples the state system chucks out and turns their lives around according to teachers here it's about finding the right kind of stimulation rather than just cracking the whip they become unruly because they're bored but in discipline it isn't the answer just on the tone this is yes but actually making sure to go something at their own level for this sixteen year old that happened to be art he was expelled from school after what he'll only refer to as an

incident and is still too afraid to be identified back then he was on course to fail all his exams but after just a year here he passed fourteen a far cry from someone supposedly too disruptive to teach. more discipline for children in schools do you think that would have worked for you. in the early one. class of boring cause there's no talking it's just strict work. in focus no there wouldn't really want to. to deliver some good individual attention was the only thing that turned this boy's education around but with a system that prides itself on conformance see the battle could be only just beginning august in its own c. you can always find more stories on our website r.t. dot com here's a quick look at what else is lined up for using their. even if colonel gadhafi had lived another one hundred years he could not have killed more people than nato did

during its bombing of libya that's what one syrian diplomat believes watch his interview in full at r.t. dot com. and in the caucuses there is no winner in the republic of south the city is first round of voting with none of the presidential candidates gaining the required number of votes find out who is left to fight it out in the second round at home. a crew member is reported missing and another person is in critical condition after a fire on a cruise ship in moscow around twenty people are reported to have been on board when the fire broke out in the early hours of monday morning most of skate on harm with at least two reporting injuries faulty wiring or careless handling of fire is thought to have caused the blaze this is not the first incident on the water in russia this year in july nine died in a boat collision in moscow and in the same month one hundred twenty died when a pleasure cruiser saying on the volga river. in an attempt to slash its

huge national debts the u.s. is looking to cut wherever it can even the might of the fans budget won't escape as the pentagon looks for four hundred fifty billion u.s. dollars in savings over the next ten years are these military contributor believes the pentagon chief should stand up for those who are america's security of the hands on. today when that debate about the pentagon cuts in the full rage and especially when america and its allies celebrated the veterans day and the enter verse of the us marine corps this provides a unique opportunity for the u.s. secretary of defense to tackle the question not what the u.s. marine corps can do for the pentagon but what he can do for the u.s. marines and here are a couple of suggestions first to exempt of them marines from the sequestration

and the personnel cuts all across the military services and the reason apart from their marine corps anniversary and the vets day is u.s. marines can do anything and everything the u.s. army does but they do it much more effectively and efficiently. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world an explosion has killed seven people and injured over a dozen in the northwest of china a blast ripped through a commercial building in a suburb of xiang city and shattered windows far away from the scene witnesses believe the explosion may have been caused by a gas leak in a restaurant. three french aid workers held hostage in yemen for almost half a year have been free they were kidnapped by suspected al qaeda militants at a restaurant east of the capital in may now details have been given about the terms of the release kidnappings of foreigners are frequent in yemen but most of the

hostages have been freed and harmed. in portland police in riot gear have surrounded hundreds of occupy protesters in the central park after they ignored eviction orders officers used the tongs and threatened the rest if the demonstrators failed to comply the protests are part of the larger movement against social and economic inequality and corporate greed of america and around the world . one palestinian has been killed and several others wounded by an israeli airstrike on a compound in northern gaza the strike targeted old base used by hamas the israeli military said the attack came after a rocket was fired into southern israel hours earlier and israeli commanders said the military is preparing to topple that most government. well freeze up today here in our t.v. dimitris next with a business news. thanks marina if somebody has no other choice but to exit the euro zone and bring back its

national plan c. even if it means the collapse of the so says prominent economist nouriel roubini also known as dr doom. six countries very silent to italy spain and cyprus that have different degrees of economic fiscal and financial difficulties. one or more of them may need to restructure the useless private public that one or more of them may have to take to the euro zone different off of them like the euro zone that likely implies a breakup of the euro zone debt may be strangling europe but here in russia the budget position is reassuringly strong however the burbank senior vice president in his book off believes there is no room for complacency the books may be balanced but the russian economy is still has a number of problems that need addressing. in russia is obviously in a very different situation we as as

a whole countries russia faces challenges but those challenges are different. and they're fairly good short term position from a fiscal standpoint there are plentiful reserves that being said pressure remains critically dependent on commodity prices and. there is some concern over the medium term fiscal. move to the markets or oil is still trading near the ice level of more than three months light sweet is adding three cents this brant is that hundred fourteen dollars sixty eight cents per barrel this is all coming from optimism on news italy has started building a new government and policy is no stare at the budget easing fears over europe's debt crisis at least borrowing costs of the sinking to six point four percent bond yields well below dangerous levels on confidence economists the mario monti will form a strong government without politicians in russia has also started to the week on

a positive note for both the r.t.s. my six shooting forward more than one percent in the first minutes of trading they're still positive financial was in the lead burbank in v.t. be some of the biggest gainers up one percent gazprom another energy blue chips are also positive so is no but after announcing russian accounting standards first nine months net profit going up nineteen percent but continued since last week's decline of the precious metal is the. russian equities tracked negative global sentiment last week over the deepening years own debt crisis doug rolls says investors should keep an eye on the rubles value and the strength of the. ruble could continue to strengthen a bit wouldn't be afraid of of holding rubles i think that the the euro should strengthen as well now that the issues over on you know greece and italy seem to be resolving themselves and expect that the in the euro would strengthen

a bit against the other dollar on the back of a strengthening no oil you know which tends to you know strengthen in line with a stronger your own weaker dollar. i would look again at russian oil companies principally in a certain have to gas and tapped left would be ones that would benefit from this in a strengthening oh well price i would look at those as well cat's eyes and talks to acquire a stake in the arctic liquefied natural gas project led by russia's gas producer nova tech the project is expected to produce five million tons of liquefied natural gas per year one production begins in twenty six deep cuts as energy minister mohammad says the country is keen to take it. up on its very much interested in the investment. generally and we've got some can you can see the amount is.

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a financial can of worms between the world's two biggest economies the u.s. has criticized china for its trade and currency practices of cold on it plays by the rules. syria seeks to reverse the arab league's decision just a span of from the organization by wednesday amid growing anti regime protests which some believe are sponsored from abroad the freeze on the country's membership received wide support from the e.u. and the u.s. . and of blasting off for orbit a crew of three head to the international space station in russia's soyuz rocket is the first launch since a similar rocket carrying an unmanned supply craft crashed back to earth three months ago. so we had lines here in our next discover russia with james brown as he builds as he delves into the local life and traditions of the some are region.