now it just after five pm on monday here in moscow this is artsy with me rule research showing the u.s. and its allies are more interested in regime change in syria than a peaceful solution to the unrest that's according to the kremlin russia's foreign minister says western countries are trying to stir up syria's opposition to topple president bashar assad obvious pretty relevant as details. circular for all of us said in a statement expressing russia's dismay at the decision to suspend syria from the arab league he said thus with russia's help and advice president assad has been implementing the reforms that were put forward by the arab league in a meeting on the second of november a peace deal a deal to try and broker peace in the syrian conflict now. said he left office said this the decision to suspend syria from the arab league is counterproductive to a peace deal saying that the this decision really sends

a message to the syrian opposition to to continue fighting against president assad's on the pro government forces in syria not getting them to the table to discuss a peaceful resolution to this now russia has tried to mediate in the past and has offered it services members representatives from both the syrian leadership and the syrian opposition have been here in moscow for talks and in fact in the next couple of days a senior syrian opposition member will be here in the russian capital for further talks to try to bring about that peaceful solution on wednesday we're expecting to see that rubber stamp put on the decision to suspend syria from the arab league now the last nation to be suspended from the arab league libya and of course that's the exalted in the outside military intervention something that russia again was opposed to any military intervention that went far beyond the parameters that were laid out in un resolutions and when it came to the chance of imposing a u.n.

resolution on syria russia looking at sishen from going through what we have seen is further sanctions being put forward from outside the e.u. to suggest that they want to see further sanctions also they want to see the freezing of assets of eighteen senior members of assad's. government we're also seeing the reaction from the syrian people to this tens of thousands out on the streets of damascus across syria protesting against this decision to suspend syria from the arab league they want to find a peaceful solution to put an end to this conflict that's going on for eight months know the estimated three thousand five hundred people think killed during it. has put all of our reporting right there what i mean independent web journalist james corporate thinks that the arab league suspension of syria means the west now is much closer to achieving its goal of regime change in damascus but given the

incredible diplomatic and political ramifications of this move i think we can't be too far from seeing a similar type situation playing out as what played out in libya and i think it's absolutely almost inconceivable now to really see how assad can maintain power given the circumstances and given the as i say the incredible diplomatic ramifications of this with with all of the in the early nations no assuming that this is rubber stamped on as we believe it will be this decision will mean the withdrawing of important diplomatic and embassy officials from damascus which really does the government there in in a major way so it's almost inconceivable to see how assad would be able to stay on in power in any event right now. you with all to it's good to have your company today still ahead for you this divided europe. in the best interest of the germans to keep on going would be over you you have behaved badly we're going to punish that's not a union new government takeover in greece italy some question of whether they'll

have the interests of ordinary people at heart. books. tough military style discipline will soon be introduced in some u.k. schools to straighten out the pupils but a new front opens up in the debate with a warning it's a step too far. as the hosting torch is being passed from hawaii to russia for next year's apec summit some breakthroughs have been made by the twenty one asia pacific nations they pledged concrete commitments towards a free pacific trade area that the u.s. has been lobbying for but at the same time the u.s. has turned up the heat on its biggest economic rival china at the weekend's gathering president obama to beijing for his trade on currency policies this latest rift was in evidence even when it came to the smiles and handshakes for the cameras our correspondent honest reports. there is a tradition at summits where leaders get together and where national costumes for

a photo opportunity it's really a fun time for leaders to pat each other on the back and joke around but this year journalists were surprised to see that this photo op in hawaiian shirts never happened and we were hearing that this is because china was refusing to put on the hawaiian shirt so it really looks like the united states had a hard time during these last two days at apac in honolulu convincing china not only when it comes to economic issues but really issues of the wardrobe as well and this is something that many analysts are not surprised to see because 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. he's an associate you're going to reporting right there one of the two countries have exchanged strong words with china defending its policy on its currency oksana boyko now explains the differences that have piled up between washington and beijing. if there is any us state where the occupy movement has little chance

that's probably why despite the high concentration of politicians in wall street big week socializing at the apec summit the only place people are willing to offer to party here on mass at the beach is with one exception these protesters are against greed and social injustice they're against economic inequality and they are against china. i. mean sudan clearly the mood at the podium was similar to hostile i think we can benefit from trade with china and i want certainly to continue cultivating a. constructive relationship with the trying his government but we're going to continue to be firm in insisting that they operate by the same rules that. everybody else 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 others but as china's g.d.p. continues adding nine percent a year again and a half percent growth in the u.s. the reprimand seems to be internally driven conformant he's one of the top values in the chinese me of the wall also reflected in the country's political and economic policy so it's not that china doesn't play by their rules it's actually quite the opposite what the united states seems to have an issue really is that increasingly china rules and that they pretty much washington would prefer to keep it. 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 to get 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 is for me provided that i get to protect my precious

. industries that well will of our own personal national interests 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 its old adage 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 he had 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 it's one of my guards at the apec summit in honolulu. after years come to life in the heart of moscow still ahead for you this hour on the very way free

after notes are on course for the international space station in a russian soyuz it's the first crew to do so to do so since a similar unmanned rocket crashed three months ago. italy's new prime minister mario monti has begun work on forming a new technocrat government to tackle the country's towering debt an economist and a former e.u. commissioner who now has to implement structural economic reforms to pull italy out of its financial chaos our correspondent sara first now takes a look at whether a new man at the top can make a difference for the eurozone. it was never going to be easy to put it this year at seventeen countries of which are now under one currency 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 in key member states some might now be

wishing they'd heeded the warnings to one after another the member states begin to wobble at least 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 france and germany hardly the u.k. certainly the european parliament and the commission going to start but the crisis is safe in the leaders of greece and italy replaced by people who were never elected to office he knew their way around brussels here it is totally with me now gone doesn't that 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 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 have behaved badly we're going to punish that's not a union in that united states of america. behaved badly imagine taxes behaving badly when you think obama is going to we're going to kick you out of united states of america no they're not going to do that. sense is a bad year i agree pretty good year has not gone on missed by struggling countries lost it's clear that those who haven't spent less now face the painful stories he measures the sense of being treated like a naughty school child added to the growing strain. well so the say there will always much more france and especially germany to the times there and. that's to say two to express a political leadership not just for their own countries but for europe as a whole. by the. political leaders.

dealing with the crisis and struggling economies like italy even though. the stakes italy's being considered by many the test case for the in a year. and it could take down the entire. question now is whether or not they can see whether we'll see them going the same way as previous measures put forward by european leaders. failed to come up with a convincing. it is nearly quarter past the hour here in moscow ten minutes away from the business news but for now the world update here on. an israeli strike on a naval base used by hamas in northern gaza has killed a palestinian policeman and injured seven of those israeli officials in response to a rocket fired into southern israel earlier this comes a day after an israeli commander was quoted as saying the military is prepared to topple the regime. the norwegian man who confessed to killing seventy

seven people has now made his first public appearance in court in july a right wing extremist attacked central oslo with a car bomb and then went on a deadly shooting rampage at a youth camp on the. previous hearings. the main trial expected to start in april. the taliban in afghanistan it says it's obtained it leaked security arrangements for an upcoming government meeting in kabul the group published twenty seven page plan on its website and claimed the detailed maps and documents would allow it to launch precision attacks against the meeting afghan officials say the documents are forgeries. in the u.s. city of portland police and can't forcing them into the streets dozens of officers stood with batons to keep demonstrators away after they ignored eviction orders the protesters then broke the stand off and marched through the streets the

demonstration being part of the global movement against social inequality and corporate greed. the u.k. government plans to open new schools with army style boot camp and discipline to control disruptive pupils the measure was proposed after several cities including london were rocked by riots in august supporters believe it will weapon routines into shape but others think it will just make them worse as artie's are bennett reports 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 swap the front line for 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 adults or thorazine wants to provide more male role models

even giving teachers new powers to use physical force as a way to control disruptive pupils it's not a bad thing for children to know where they stand. if they step this side of the lie they will be punished accordingly if they stay on the right side of the lie. in the confines of the law and they will not be polish it's a line few would dare cross with a teacher like this afghans going to be headmaster at the 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 in oldham 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 if you could

say the police are a gang it would be the army case kids i think they would become more unruly this charity takes in problem people's 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 a ruler because they're bored putting 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. really one.

class of boring cause there's no talking it's just strict works. so you can focus on the door don't really want to go today listen to an individual attention was the only thing that turned this boy's education around but with a system that prides itself on conformant see the battle could be only just beginning i ve been it r t london. we're coming to you live from the heart of moscow now a successful blast off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan has now sent three astronauts aboard a russian spacecraft on their way to the international space station it's the first launch since a similar unmanned sorries rocket carrying supplies for the i.s.o.'s crashed almost three months ago artists on barton are picks up the story. launch time with the baikonur cosmodrome these three men have gone up to join their colleagues in the international space station but then late and unhappy about why it is a risky business you can never eliminate risk altogether that's that's the bargain

that you make for the privilege of flying humans in space on 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 of 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 said 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 until it's too difficult it's better not to talk about it. the crew themselves though accept the dangers as part of the job just as we are 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 situations of them and so it was a rocket just lifted into place at launch pad we can see the rocket taking off now and we'll watch the progress. bar but. with deep sighs of relief all watched as the rocket blasted successfully into orbit leaving the crew to experience what are all the rest of us really 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 bottom. a lot of hopes are tied into modern space exploration but there are also fears there are tons of butts on the ground now to track the course of the latest

unmanned russian mission to mars the rocket with tongues of toxic fuel broke down soon after launch more details on that on our web site the dot com. well look coming up soon here on r.t. we travel to russia some are region it's one of the most important business and cultural centers in the european part of the country but before that though it's natasha and the business. it's twenty two minutes past five pm moscow time welcome to the business program italy has no other choice but to exit the euro zone and bring back its national currency even if that means the co-op's of the single currency so says prominent

economist nouriel roubini also known as dr doom six congress is very silent to tell me that he's been inside those that have different degrees of even all the fiscal and financial difficulties that one or more of them may need to order structure if you subscribe to the public that's one or more of them may have rights of a euro zone if enough of them like the eurozone then bad so it's likely implies a breakup of the eurozone. debt may be soaring up europe but here in russia the budget position is reassuringly strong however suburban senior vice president denise grove believes there is no room for complacency the books may be balanced but the russian economy still has a number of problems that need to address. in russia's obese the in a very different situation we as old countries russia faces challenges but they those challenges are different. and in

a very good short term position from the fiscal standpoint there are plenty of food serves that the. question remains critically dependent commodity prices and. there is some concern over the beach you're trying to screw up. and let's now take a quick look at the equity markets european indices are shedding their earlier games that were due to some optimism about italy that has started building a new government italy's borrowing costs saying to six point four percent in the hopes that economist laurie monti will form a strong government. here in russia the markets are mixed the r.t.s. is flying too negative ball the mice x. is up two tenths of a percent. can hear some of the biggest movers for the day so far gazprom and of the energy blue chips are positive but lukoil is losing about how five percent that's despite a reported eighty percent increase in net profit for the first nine months of the

year and busters are disappointed by declining production as gold continues its last week's losses as the precious metals lower. russia's economic expansion has accelerated for the first time since last year g.d.p. grew four point eight percent in the third quarter compared to around three percent in the previous one that's due to a strong local consumption held by a rise in lending however it's too early to celebrate analysts expect a slowdown toward the end of the year as production declines as no recovery in external demand. personnel many i'm trying to solve third quarter net profit has more than doubled to two hundred ninety million dollars year on year that's after higher profit product prices than the ruble helped push its overall revenues however first deputies see over this loss all of you says the quarters maybe achievement was

a reduction in operating and finance costs. what you choose to fill the quarter and we're going to keep this result to other cities duction of our cost but significant reduction before compare it with the second quarter of our fortunes of the drop and how do we know for us just did not give us a billet to shore much better results over the second quarter but as you see with a short that was over the last year a difficult say what we the police will keep that you don't want to at the same level and the differences think what we might say in their low cost might help position is low cost but low scores producer it's hard to see the situation on. qatar's in talks to buy a stake in the arctic a liquefied natural gas project led by russia's gas producer nova tech they will project is expected to produce around five million tons of l.n.g. per year starting in two thousand and sixteen and reach about fifteen million tons per year by twenty eighteen the tars energy minister mohammad al saud a says the

country's keen to take part in the project the couple is very much interested in the system and. generally we can you can see your mom is. important to point six and we are going to be listening. to the. you tube. to speak to the. project and we are. in the discussions and negotiations our partners. the international energy agency expects natural gas consumption to grow fifty percent by two thousand and thirty five however russia is not likely to have the biggest part of the pie as china is expected to outperform as the world's top producer the chief of i.e.e.e. a shares hit her view on what should be russia's response to the global energy

challenge. if you really want to. gas into the gas the lucky fuel for the future and that's what you call the game called an age of gas looks like then you have to do a couple of things you have to see to it that you have golden rules of experts ation of gas there are some questions about the environment for instance you have to see to with that you use your gas efficiency russia has a lot of gas but it loses a lot of gas because of the inefficiency if you could see to it that this gas isn't last you've got quite a lot of gas extra to put onto the market. and that's all from the business team the sour i'll be back in about fifteen minutes three of them.

world. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've gone to the future covered. in two thousand and ten especially economic zone for industrial production was established in russia somalia region with a total area of six hundred sixty effect as. its investors are granted exclusive tax and customs benefits which includes

a five year exemption from property land and transport taxes as well as an income tax reduction to fifteen point five percent of the special economic zone operates as a free customs own which enables manufacturers to market their products in russia free of employer duties to some our region as he said is currently witnessing a sewage infrastructure construction to some our region special economic zone promises exceptional opportunities for developing fuel business in russia will come to the smaller regions for more information log on to invest and some are of the value. five thirty pm here in the. headlines for you now. syria's increasing

international isolation on the west to bring about regime change the arab league has turned its back on. the u.s. and its allies calling for to bring him down. turning up the heat the u.s. . the apec summit comes to a close in hawaii talks of free trade area. with russia said to be the next. crew of three heads into orbit on a russian soyuz rocket which is now the only way to reach the international space station this is. almost three months since a similar crashed shortly after liftoff. we discuss with james brown. delves into the local life and traditions of the region to stay with us.