i'm. getting down to business asia pacific nations are looking to kick start global economic growth at the apec summit in russia's far east. fury over crippling cuts spreads from athens to the country's second largest city as thousands of people including police are to protest against fresh stared package. and canada cuts diplomatic ties with iran over its nuclear program and support for the syrian regime expect a move seen as part of the u.s. led campaign to increase tehran's isolation.

it is a.d.m. of the russian capital you're watching r t with me arena joshie leaders of nations that make up half the world's population are getting down to business for the apec summit in russia's far east aimed at spurring global growth asia pacific economies gathered in lot of us stocks are seen as the best bet for fueling a recovery with traditional powerhouses like the u.s. and europe flagging. is that a form for us. it actually is no surprise that it was trying to squeeze and it was opening the economics of it after all china is arguably the world's leading economy right now the course there is a lot of wide ranging issues which are not the list for the participants of the forum to discuss of course there's the freer trade there is the broadening trade between the regional countries and the developments also every trade that was something that's. done during his opening speech russia and china are neighbors and

their relationship has been growing more amicable here by here recently and it had of the time it's a russian president as it puts in has given an exclusive interview to our team which he spoke about the importance of this relationship between moscow and beijing . becoming a global economic and political hub has taken up this new leading role in russia's but also in the always of the whole world makes this rather special is that russia and china are neighbors social relations took thousands of years to evolve to where they are. over the coming years we are bound to achieve a one hundred million dollar turnover rate russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has met with his american counterpart hillary clinton they have discussed. various ways a variation between these two countries that have signed. them around them agreeing on furthering their development their work in antarctica most of that of course was focusing primarily on nature conservation in the south in the south pole but

also they are looking forward of course to a lot of mutual mutually agreeable. operation which is what is happening right now of course there's the regime which is becoming much easier starting from sunday as a matter of fact now that those who are going to be traveling to russia from the united states will have will not have to go through tools and people work. in english reporting there and can see a lot of reporters exclusive interview with r.t. which he gave the head of the apec summit by having a line to our you tube channel our financial consultants us sankara mani says relations between russia and china are designed to counterbalance u.s. influence the ta is between putin and hu jintao been extremely strong and this has frankly been at the expense of relations with the us and not overtly obviously but when it comes to issues like syria and iran there is

a great deal of court nation between the two sides on those political issues then you know these things spill over into the economic side as well of course you know and we're starting to talk about how both countries handle the oil embargo that the u.s. has been sort of pushing on iran you know russia as a producer and china as a consumer they both you know the fact that they're harmonizing this really sort of helps to. counteract u.s. and u.s. influence and the ability to which the u.s. can exert its influence on its european allies in asia and japan specifically so we're seeing a lot of that now we'll have more live updates and analysis from the apec summit in russia's far east and you can join us for that throughout the day.

to europe now where debt crippled greece is braced for more protests against a new round of severe spending cuts the country's e.u. creditors are demanding that an eleven point five billion euro stare and package is adopted to secure vital rescue loans and this time it's not just the capital where people are fewer us where the plants thousands are expected to take part in an anti-government rally in greece the second largest city this week an artist peter oliver reports greece's economic problems are well documented but they don't show signs of going anywhere anytime soon to saloniki the country second city is pretty likely when it comes to the economic hardships compared to the likes of athens but even here the telltale signs of economic downturn a clear to see closed shops boarded up businesses all around the town antonia said maurice the greek prime minister is coming here to open the trade fair on saturday but if he thinks he's in

for a warm reception he might have another thing coming every year old in every election the good. of the things the sea lice to us in order to go to be in the government and after two hundred two days they forget everything everything and they go to uni and they do whatever the european countries would like that they do not do what ever the good people like the greek word for crisis also means judgement and there are plenty of people that haven't ruled out the possibility of an economic armageddon taking place in the country that's why thousands are expected to gather here and thessaloniki is main square on saturday evening to demonstrate against the government's handling of the financial crisis. now the european financial crisis hasn't spared countries which used to be associated with stability in belgium as companies look for ways to cut costs local

see their jobs in jeopardy due to huge inflow of workers from poorer e.u. states as are just as are still you know explains the situation with employment there in the short term it's only likely to get worse. over here at a construction site where all the workers as well as the owners of the construction company are from belgium is seeing an influx of foreign workers from other e.u. countries and more often than not these workers left the belgian counterparts in the emberg for example a province in flanders which has a significant construction sector thirty eight percent of all companies have lost bids to foreign firms ninety percent of them expect to lose bids in the future and this is prompted fears that in the coming months one in five companies will have to lay people off something prices or too low it's what we can call wage dumping of people who need to work but if that work is going to other companies then we will lose

a lot of jobs in our. local firms say they are also losing out when it comes to speed of delivery our building sectors have lead you know. to do good for strict. rules but if you look at the foreign companies people work ten twelve thirteen fourteen hours a day sixty seven of course for the delivery speed of your project is a huge advantage and more belgian clients are opting to try their services base people are much more flexible so that's that's why we tried it and it was a it was a success europe's debt crisis has dealt a massive blow to a sector that employs up to sixteen million e.u. citizens and with no clear signs of the tough times letting up tension is brewing especially when local firms feel they're getting the short end of the stick. on their own turf kisser cilia r.t. antwerp in belgium and later today in the kaiser report financial gurus mass and

stacy take a look at this week's other victims of the e.u. debt crisis and here's a bit of what's ahead. in italy morals all this bank faces uncertain future moment to do passkey did not survive berlusconi's bunga bunga parties it seems the country the bank is on the verge of bankruptcy it's the third biggest bank in italy and now it has all these government bonds which is trying to sell but of course the yield keeps going up and up meaning their bonds are going down and down so they are caught in a spiral nobody knows for sure there is some sort of bailout agreement reached with the italian government but nobody knows what it actually means the government debt became toxic and there are aware of this you know member if you have a jones at the scene where he replaces the bag of jewels with a bag of sand. but it doesn't quite do it and the big boulder follows him down through the tunnel this is the this bank now in italy they realize that there was a swap and they now hold government bonds that are junk and they're trying to run

away down the tunnel. twenty blasts have rocked the syrian capital damascus leaving at least six people dead the first blast was reportedly caused by a booby trapped motorcycle which exploded near a mosque on friday afternoon while worshippers were leaving prayers the second explosion went off between the just as information ministries leaving no casualties meanwhile calls are getting louder as the u.s. congress for helping arm the syrian rebels and intervening in the country with some senators pushing for greater american involvement in the conflict but president of the arab lawyers association says the west is preventing the syrian people from changing their dire situation. i think the western powers have gone well. beyond what was acceptable even and the questionable matter of trying to interfere in

internal affairs of countries under the pretext of human rights protection of civilians civilians protection of civilians is a duty it doesn't still allow the intervention internally but here we have a situation which is ten times worse whereby in fact the western powers are stopping the civilian population from actually coming to terms with the government in order to change the government in order to affect the domestic change at the end of the day the western powers want to change the existing regimes because that regime is the only one that is left that is not pro west we've seen what happened and libya we've seen what happened in iraq is no country which is i know you're patient not just by the usa but by iran as well fundamentalism is being spread. everywhere but now they and the west is trying now even to work with the

islamist movement in order to thwart any of the movements in these countries and i think syria definitely the people in syria are looking for democracy and looking for change but at the present moment the west has moved from that go into really fighting a civil war against the regime and the regime has a responsibility to protect the country to protect even if it's only interest. and stay with us here in our team because later on the program we're asking what people in new york think of generic modified food. you read those labels and you don't trust them don't trust any labels. find out what people in the big apple think the great debate surrounding what we are told about g.m. products. plus a future is free lance the super smart indian of workforce that's happy to sign a steady salaries bod is blamed for jeopardizing jobs in the west.

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you're watching r t now canada has severed diplomatic ties with iran closing its embassy in tehran and kicking a rainy and diplomats out of the country explaining the surprise move officials said that iran represents the biggest threat to global security with its nuclear activities poured for the syrian regime and the threats against israel to iran slammed the decision accusing canada radical foreign policy that puts the interests of israel had of those of its own citizens but michelle has it off the director of the center for research on globalization based in montreal believes canada wasn't the one making the decision here. this is a timely statement the only moments. really also very serious this is because it closes down communication it isolates iran it's taking diplomacy and it is creating calm voice of lomas the so to speak this is what can

in our life it was taken in washington careless very much a policy of the united states we have an integration of the military between the two countries there's consultation in foreign policy it's well known that the harper government really more or less follows in the footsteps of washington and i think that they want it concisely calendar to take the first step now it's interesting to say the least that when the foreign minister made the statements he also said well there are no reports of on one actual attack on iran everybody is talking about an attack on iran israel's talking about it not bomb us talking about it it's part of the election campaign it's an act of it's a recreation it's very unfortunate because we have to maintain dialogue with countries and build peace rather that create conditions which could lead to you

know to a military accidents and let's look now at some other stories from around the world french investigators want to interview the brother british man killed along with his wife in the french out attack have to have turned their focus to the possibility of a family feud which may have been about money that they dance for and a seven year old daughter is are being treated in hospital and they are believed to be the only witnesses to what happened. sixty four people have been killed and over seven hundred injured after a series of earthquakes hit a remote mountain region in southwest china more than one hundred thousand have been left homeless with power lost in the worst affected areas poor housing construction has been blamed for the high death toll the red cross of work to sandy relief supplies rescue crews try to reach outlying towns. thousands of people have packed the streets of brazil's capital protesting against

a corruption and demanding a government cleanup wednesday's arrest of several high ranking politicians on suspicion of fraud and the demonstrations coincided with independence day celebrations brazil has long struggle tackle corruption and improve government accountability. was concerned growing over global food security the use of genetically modified ingredients is becoming increasingly common and increasingly controversial much of the debate centers on whether it poses a risk to health and whether or not g.m. foods should be labelled the resident show host laurie harshness has been gauging opinion in new york. more than forty countries around the world have mandated g.m.o. labeling on food products but not in the u.s. is it fair to consumers to not have that information this week let's talk about that you would like to see the labels that absolutely why do you think we don't

have them here oh i have a big conspiracy theorists and i'm sure that like the government you know because they're getting paid by pharmaceutical companies that own the g.m. most of they don't that's all that's what i think it comes down to money like everything out right exactly and it's all about big corporations making the seeds that are genetically modified i don't know i mean i've got a daughter who's really really particular about what she eats where it goes no i mean i guess in our generation we do see what it has been there it is it a younger generation concern is i think cite a lot of people say there's no direct link to it in terms of what it does to your how but then again they said that about smoking two decades this is true i mean they do listing greens in a way whether they're good for you or not so maybe there's a groan on there are you ok with it you know i'm ok with it you don't care if it's been messed with and i. just think you know we've got to be careful because we're not going to have enough food at some point if we don't we maybe need to look at other wise that we can help. a whole. food production really think

should be labeled the consumers you know the point where you get to go everywhere and you may go away what do you do put a barcode on that's not going to read it right no you only have the other thing are people going to pay attention and care anyway right the price being someone that works in retail with food on the shelf you know you read those labels and you don't trust them i don't trust any labels or you know what organic labels. you know some of them i do just because they're a little healthier regardless like organic milk because i'm the same cow the cows are in label or again. regular you know they're not a lot of people say there's no evidence that g m o's are bad for your health. so but when it's on the label you can decide if you want to eat it or not so i think that's the difference if you think it's the or not or it makes no sense you

can buy it whether or not you think it's fair for a company to not have to label for g.m.o. information but the bottom line is if you live in the united states you are probably ingesting a lot of g.m.o. food whether you like it or not. while much of the world is getting dragged ever deeper into recession and unemployment in the east is finding ways to innovate and expand in india many workers are now moving out of offices and staying at home part of a flexible approach which has seen a boom in the highly skilled freelance sector. in our reports this shift is blamed for a knock on effect in the west. it's the middle of the day and while most of his peers are out and about working nine to five in the corporate world twenty nine year old buck she is sitting at his workstation in the comfort of his bedroom i haven't they would have a job where i would go to open them to six i'm not a. bonus and so i'm pretty much doing it on my own when i work from home. i'm

feeling less with what i need some inspiration for writing i would go to a self professed tech nerd but she graduated with high marks and has four years of work experience at microsoft under his belt while he may have had his pick of cushy jobs buc she chose to become a freelancer and is now working online on short term branding campaigns for multiple clients around the world such as american express she's part of a growing trend of people who are moving their work out of the office and online studies show that one third of the global workforce will be hired online by two. twenty and it seems like boxing is the hot commodity experts say that one third of their freelance projects from around the world are being completed by people here in india they say it's not just about hiring workers for lower wages they also believe that indians are extremely competitive when it comes to getting white

collar jobs the internet has created a level playing field and now indians like buck she are being chosen to work for major international companies there are. very old. what i would call situational. understanding of us or cations and cultural norms it's a matter of pride for many indians who believe that the country can be known for more than just outsourcing call centers and manufacturing a time new image in the our quit his full time job last year to develop digital databases for european universities. good workers. who go to good schools in india probably good. people are. more educated more skewed in different areas and need something more technicalities much

in their specialized skills and digitization has made him highly sought after and he's now earning twice as much as he did when he worked full time he believes that india's economy will prosper as freelancing becomes more widespread economy would be stronger the. more money but while the popularity of freelancing might be good news for people in the east it is causing some concern for highly skilled workers in the west sometimes for the definitely concerned i don't really know people who are concerned about that on the friend of mine actually that that people are going to get laid off soon her husband's company because they're looking outsourced think did. it makes economic sense to take here and to invest in the place where you live and work and ultimately that's likely to benefit you i think the u.s. government and the american people need to think for themselves about how they can make themselves more attractive or work for any company living there. for all

the shit box she freelancing allows him to focus on his work for free and so you just get the job done and before the designated as the nation with the highest number of freelancers the indian labor force is using it skills and education to give workers around the world a run for their money preassure either r t new delhi india well surely we discuss the possible future of julius mean to you but i'll bring you the headlines before that stay with us.

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