russia china lead the way the asia pacific summit strengthening economic in the hope of jump starting the global financial recovery. international paymasters get to work in the books greeks shrugged off the government's pitch for yet more austerity. protests. also. calling it the biggest threat to global security all diplomatic ties some experts believe the u.s. could be holding off to a string. worldwide

news live from the heart of moscow this is with me will receive. top economic powers from the east and west are gathering at the apec summit in russia with a common aim of spurring global growth with traditional powers like the u.s. and europe in steady decline in asia pacific countries feel it's up to them to pick up the task of recovery. is following developments and of lot of all stock. president who said that right now the global economy has reached a critical point and in order to ensure stability and prosperity china is ready to take on the role of the power locomotive to pull the world the global economy out of this crisis so it's really no surprise that russia is looking increasingly more and more towards its close neighbor and moscow and beijing seem to agree on

a lot of matters and not just in matters concerning the economy but also concerning politics as well and now of course russia has a lot to offer to china and china is ready and willing to receive whatever russia has to offer of course we can expect the united states to be somewhat worried about china which it probably sees as its main rival as some have suggested but of course the united states to the geisha is here right now u.s. secretary of state has met with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov bright and early this morning they were discussing again not just economic matters a but political as well they talked about syria's foreign minister said that russia has expressed its dissatisfaction with the fact that as syria gets continuously appointed with sanctions and he talked about the pointlessness of such sanctions president obama sent his regards and apologies saying that he couldn't be here if the united states right now is in the midst of. pre-election republican contender for the presidential post mitt romney has expressed his opinion that russia is

united states geopolitical enemy number one president obama doesn't seem to share that if you point saying that it is sort of a leftover from the cold war era type of thinking and president bush in. an exclusive interview ahead of the summit that say he's willing to work with whichever candidate wins the upcoming presidential elections in the united states but he did pay some compliments to president obama feeling is that he is a son summa and that he sincerely wants to implement change. but can he do it will they let him do it. i mean that there is also the military lobby and the department of state which is quite conservative it q. and as for mr romney's position we understand that this is to a certain extent motivated by election campaign rhetoric but i also think that he was on what is clearly wrong because such behavior in the international arena is the same as using nationalism and segregation as a tools of us domestic policy if you of course watch the full version of this

interview on artie's you tube channel. reporting right there from at the summit in a lot of our stock now the u.s. itself made russia turn east by failing to cooperate that's according to better editor in chief of the business new europe magazine. the idea is the you know the fast growing economies of the world are increasing linking up i mean they formalized politically with brick your organization has gone from a marketing an acronym to actually a political organization and here we. are getting down to the business of you know working out which rose needs to be where the railways have to go which kids are going to go where this is going to you know you put a road down that's a permanent change and the trade will flow not so there is definitely a change in politics starting from about two thousand and four where russia was disappointed with the reception it was getting from the from the west europe and america particularly. going up to putin's famous speech in two thousand and seven where he called the west to account and said cooperate or we'll turn our back on

you and i think this conference actually marks the point where they begin to turn their back and pay much more attention they're talking about increasing trade to russians with asia fivefold. america is only talking about doubling trade with russia since it was ceded to the deputy and so clearly the building what putin's been calling eurasia economic union has gone to the top of the russian policy agenda and that's russia asia led by china of course and that's where all the effort is going. you've missed from the summit as well as i detailed analysis that's lined up for you just a click away on our website arts he taught com a lot of work and a sight to see the spectacular laser and for our work show put on for the movers and shakers at the forum you can check out that just stellar footage at r.t. dot com.

thanks for joining us here on our to today there will be no break for greece until the grades are in germany's chancellor angela merkel adamant that athens must press ahead with austerity the country is currently bracing for a new round of cuts as it welcomes a delegation of order to send by its an international paymasters to markets performance that was on his part or all of our reports it'll be anything but a smooth stay for them. greece's economic problems are well documented but they don't show signs of going anywhere anytime soon saloniki the country second city is pretty likely any 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 antonius 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 think coming every year old in every election the good. of the promise things of the sea lice to us in order to go to be in the government and after one hundred two days they forget every everything and they go to europe and do whatever the european countries like 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. and with finances across the e.u. firmly in the doldrums many once prosperous companies are having to trim the fat because certainly

a lot easier said than done with migrant workers flooding the job market from across the border and working harder longer and cheaper they're finding favor among customers and envy from those they force out artists are australia has the story. well we're here at a construction site where all the workers as well as the owners of the construction company are from belgium as big influx of foreign workers from other 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 bits in the future and this is prompted fears that in the coming months one in five companies will have to lay people off setting prices that are too low it's what we can call. to work but if that work is going to other companies then we will lose a lot of jobs in the. local firm say they're also losing out when it comes to speed

of delivery our building sectors have. 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 delivery speed of your project is a huge advantage and more belgian clients are opting to try their services 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 tesser cilia r.t. antwerp in belgium. and a matters are not any better for greece's fellow sufferer italy the world's oldest

bank there founded before christopher columbus discovered america is now on the verge of bankruptcy on the banks predicament is explored in the kaiser report with stacey explaining its looming downfall for the full program is coming out about seven thirty g.m.t. that's a nine hundred thirty g.m.t. but for now here's a quick preview here. in italy the world's oldest bank faces uncertain future monti 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 on going up and up meaning their bonds are going down and down so they're 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 in their own awareness you know remember any other 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 them 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. with us. you're watching r t after a twenty hour battle for syria's largest city of aleppo a government forces have managed to push the rebels out of the military base soldiers have destroyed six military vehicles the free syrian army troops have been stuffing with captured weapons one army official police say threw themselves into the fierce offensive at the base because they're running out of bullets and that's why some u.s. senators intensified calls for the arming of syrian rebels and an intervention the president of the arab lawyers association. thinks western nations are sacrificing

the syrian people for their own political goal. western powers have gone where you 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 the western powers are stopping the civilian population stopping the revolution from actually coming to terms with the government but what they are doing at the present moment he's putting a veto on anybody discussing with the government under the idea that you cannot work with the people whose hands are full of blood well we did exactly the same thing in britain when we called on the ira to speak with the government 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. britain america

and the countries that are assisting him are willing to sacrifice the population of syria in order to achieve their objective of changing the regime. now riot police in bahrain again resorted to tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the latest an authorized demonstration and dozens of people ignored the government's ban and took to the streets demanding the release of prisoners of conscience offer an expert's opinion on the story i'm now joined by patrick henningsen a geo political analyst for the u.k. colum website. it's good to see you today thanks for coming on the program as you well know the before any government has been internationally criticized for a brutal crackdown on protesters or even evidence according to the crane independent commission of inquiry evidence of so-called child torture all of this and yet at the same time the rulers feel safe and protected why is that there's a bit of a double standard at play as we know in bahrain. if you look at the situation in bahrain this has been brewing and boiling over for over one year now but yet it's

been more or less not commented on at all in the global mainstream corporate media and some of the state run media organizations like the b.b.c. so i think it's obvious why rain is hosting the u.s. fifth naval fleet and after the u.s. elections the war drums with iran will be beating a little bit harder and accelerating in aggressive talk from israel and whoever gets elected in the u.s. election so bahrain is an important military outpost for the west or certainly when it comes to israel and netanyahu as of late has suddenly been banging his fists and rattling his saber really wanted to launch some sort of strike on iran but for now i'll keep our focus on that a buck rain on tuesday a buck or any court decided to hold the guilty verdict for opposition activists accused of plotting to overthrow the government was actually a ruling deemed quote deeply regrettable by a u.n. representative where does the opposition movement go on from here. well there there

in a very difficult position the opposition movement because as a result of this ruling some of the potential sentences for protesting gets the government could be as much life in prison. what's happening in bahrain as they're sort of constructing a sort of program. to quell any dissent whatsoever but look at look at the history of this movement rory it's just been increasing and increasing and increasing over the last year so i don't think i don't think this movement's going to be a step down these threats because they've already been torturing and imprisoning people throughout the last few years but that's very sort of you talk about the movement gathering steam gathering pace and increasingly getting louder and louder but there are some people that are calling for all the radicalization of the movement and that would only make things worse as many would assume entirely what so what's your thoughts on that. well i would agree no one wants to see

a violent uprising no one wants to see the sort of the violence that you see in countries like syria but that's a different type of violence because it's being backed by the west in proxy fashion through various other countries and gulf states the problem with the problem in bahrain is this is an actual democratic reform movement this is a real arab spring movement this isn't like the kind of fake arab spring that you saw in egypt there was mostly. george soros and geo sort of driven twitter driven revolution this is a genuine. when you have the majority shiites being more or less oppressed by royal family that's been in power much longer than the assad family. you know for years and the prime minister for the uncle of the prince of the king but. i'm sort of jump in again i do apologize but when it comes to the issue of ok let's try and bring the sides together here let's try and bring those in the opposition to speak with those in the government. and ultimately there are many that are saying that

well those in power are just not interested what are your thoughts on that well it would be nice to see them come to a table and negotiate as you said that would be the ideal situation but the reality is much like how samantha power and some of the top heads in washington were given marching orders to the egyptians like morsi and all that their favorites for the election. are taking their marching orders from washington and london there's no doubt about it is too much at stake bahrain is in absolutely the most key position in the straits of hormuz so the existence and maintenance of the us using bahrain as their chief outpost is of excellent strategic importance and they will not negotiate they will not tolerate a democratic uprising in bahrain where they could make an unstable leadership they need that is an outpost for western imperialism. a political analyst for the u.k. colum website

a great pleasure to have you on the program today thanks so much and you were. still to come for you a bit later in the program here on r t it is a matter of taste. organic. in the cows are labeled organic regular people in new york weighing in on the debate surrounding the labels on genetically modified foods. as more and more jobs are created. there in the west for very different reason. expelled all iranian diplomats from the country and closed its embassy in tehran pushing relations between the nations to crisis point to a declared iran a state sponsor of terrorism claiming its nuclear plans toward syria are unacceptable but iran didn't pull any punches either as it responded with promises of retaliate saying canada is being manipulated michel chossudovsky the director of

the center for research on globalization and based in montreal he agrees he says it wasn't the one making the call. this is a hire only statement at timely moments. really also very serious this is because it closes down communication it isolates iran it's taking diplomacy and it is creating carboy diplomacy so to speak this is one taken in our life it was it was taken in in washington canada is very much a proxy 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 merely more or less follows in the footsteps of washington and i think that they want it precisely counter that the first step now it's interesting to say the least when the foreign minister there made the statements he also said well there are no reports of on an actual attack on iran everybody is talking

about an attack on iran israel is talking about it not bombers talking about it it's part of the election campaign it's an act of intimidation it's very unfortunate because we have to maintain dialogue with countries and build he's rather create conditions which could lead to your you know to a military accidents it is a six twenty pm here on a saturday in moscow or when the developed economies stall and shrink the effect it's felt across the globe but one man's loss is another man's gain or professionals in the west lose their jobs to cost cutting in india highly skilled tech workers find themselves in increasing demand for freelance work online artie's pressure to take a look at those who benefit from outsourcing. 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 the job it would go to open them to six i'm not of this person so i'm pretty much doing it on my own when i work from home. i'm feeling less productive what i need some inspiration for writing i would go to a coffee house 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 his 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 thousand and twenty and it seems like boxing is the hot commodity experts say that one third of the 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 skilled. jobs or exceptional they do. what i would call situational. understanding of us or occasions 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 university. good workers young people go to good schools in the south probably good causes people are. more

educated and most skilled in different areas and sometimes more technicalities macian there are 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 because different people are more money but while the popularity of freelancing might be good news for people in the east it is causing some concern for a highly skilled workers in the west sometimes for i.t. jobs that's definitely a concern i definitely know people who are concerned about that i'm a friend of mine actually that that people are going to get laid off soon after her husband's company because they're looking outsourced think that 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 leaving them there. for all the shit bucks 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 its skills and education to give workers around the world a run for their money preassure either r t new delhi india. order time for the r.t. world now and washington is designating the pakistani based network as a terrorist organization but the movement of criticism in islamabad where senior officials say it would undermine peace efforts in afghanistan and strained u.s. pakistani relations the insurgent group is said to be active in afghanistan and has been blamed for a number of attacks on american troops as ation came to prominence in the one nine hundred eighty s. when it was funded and hailed as freedom fighters by the cia. egyptian

forces report success in shutting down thirty one of over two hundred smuggling tunnels in the sinai peninsula they were used to move goods into the gaza strip located by israel and cairo would previously turned a blind eye lately though it's feared local militants are using the tunnels to smuggle weapons israel which neighbors sinai is worried about egypt's massive military presence there and is considering closing its border. well genetically modified foods are touted by producers as an uncertain the hunger risk facing the world's booming population but there's a battle between consumer groups raising the alarm about possible health hazards and food producers resisting attempts to force them to label their g.m. products so the resident lower half of us went to gauge opinions on the streets of the very big apple. more than forty countries around the world has 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 is no 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 a decade this is true i mean the greens in a way whether they're good for you or not so maybe they should put on there are you ok with it you know i'm ok with it you don't care if it's been messed with. 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 place where you get a good meal or get it made oh wait what do you do put a barcode i have got 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 levels but 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. craig miller you know they're not a lot of people say there's no low 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 about me 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 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. art i'll be back with a round of our of our top stories in just a few minutes. the .

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