problems with the global food supply take center stage at the apec summit in russia's far east with blood near putin urging asia pacific leaders to apply every effort to combat global hunger. more than ten thousand protests in greece against the government's approach for more austerity is the country faces one of its harshest rounds of cuts yet. at least six protesters arrested in bahrain after a rally breaks out despite authorities ban on demonstrations with people calling for the release of prisoners of conscience. canada and friends in iran calling it the biggest threat to global security and severing all diplomatic ties but some

experts think the u.s. could be pulling out of was string. seven am in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story begins in russia's far east where president putin has been has put combat in global hunger at the forefront of the apec summit calling for greater cooperation on the problem affecting more than a billion people this is the leaders from the twenty one economic powers looking to ways to revive the global economy or tease arena has more. cousin who's dead right now the global economy has reached a critical point and in order to ensure stability and prosperity china is ready to take on that role of the power locomotive to cool 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 it moscow and beijing seem to agree on the lot of matters and not just in matters concerning the economy but also concerning politics as well and now of course that russia has a lot to offer to china. 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 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 its election campaign

a 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 my feeling is that he is this and see a man and that he sincerely wants to implement positive change but can he do it will they let him do it to pick i mean that there is also the military lobby and the department of state which is quite conservative 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 going to use the room because such behavior in the international arena is the

same as using nationalism and segregation as tools of us domestic policy if you of course watch the full version of this interview on our tease you tube channel and you can also if i did in the next hour right here on r.t. talks over eurasia economic union have heated up the apec summit ben arris editor in chief of business new europe magazine argues the u.s. has made russia attorneys by failing to cooperate with. the idea is the you know the fast growing economies of the world are increasing linking up i mean they formalized politically with the break your organization has gone from being an acronym to actually a political organization and here. they are getting down to the business of just you know working out 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 in the trade who flows 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 to 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 who operate will 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 the russians with asia fivefold. america is only talking about doubling trade with russia since it is citizens. and so clearly the building what putin's been calling . union has gone to the top of the russian policy agenda and that's russia. led by china of course and that's where all the effort is going and i think you may have missed from the summit plus a detailed analysis a click away right now at r.t. dot com a lot of the words said plus a lot of sites to see including the spectacular laser light and fireworks show put on for the attendees of the forum and you can find all the footage at our t.v.

. turning now to the other top stories we're covering here on r t greece bracing itself to face one of its harshest rounds of cuts yet the country's prime minister antonius on maurice has made his pitch for the latest austerity package set to come into force thousands gathered in greece's second biggest city fesa long. ok to protest against the measures peter over reports. greek prime minister antonis samaras has said that he will do everything within his power to make sure the greece remains within the euro zone however he did acknowledge that the cuts it is government to are making were both unfair and painful for the greek people but as unfair and painful as they are he says that the necessary as without being in the eurozone greece would die as a nation he also says they're important is in terms of the country men taining any

credibility that it has left on the global financial stage and not credibility is said to be tested quite soon is old it is from the so-called troika arrive in greece to see whether they've fulfilled their part of the bargain when it comes to making the cuts that they were asked to do on whether they received the next round of bailout money a massive thirty one billion euros worth of assistance whether those cuts are necessary they're certainly not popular here in thessaloniki we've seen thousands of people out on the streets of greece's second city demonstrating against the way that the current government are handling the financial crisis when anger and the way the government is dealing with the crisis what they're doing is wrong it's not just in terms of protest the greek people are airing their their grievances with the current government if you look at the latest political polls we're seeing that some are ases government lies in second place behind a

a opposition party that anti bailout money was perhaps more worrying though is if you see that in fifth place is the ultra rightist party golden dawn party that has a far right agenda some of called neo nazi and fire they certainly have a seemingly growing popularity here in greece which is concerning many people many people i've seen out in the streets. saloniki protesting what they call the fascist . they should i have to say though this demonstration thessaloniki far more peaceful than some we've seen in the past in greece that people are upset airing their views but there's certainly none of the violence a that we've seen in cities like athens as people demonstrate against the handling of the financial crisis the major gripe of many protesters is that these new cuts target some of the country's most vulnerable including retirees low income workers and those on state benefits william dartmouth and i mean from the u.k.

independence party questions what is greece gains from clean to ear. i would have some eyes that many many people in greece will feel will feel that greece has has suffered enough already from being in the euro. what is it that they're really being offered they're just going over to more of the say it's another dead end. leading to nowhere and already the greek economy has contract by almost ten percent since the crisis but i mean how much more to going to contract i mean the fact of the matter is that the political establishment in these countries you know always tends to be in favor of more more you are more you are although the evidence is absolutely crystal clear that it isn't working it doesn't do what we're watching is a slow slow motion train crash which also could endanger the entire world economy with fires across the in the doldrums many once prosperous companies are having to

trim the fat but it's easier said than done with migrant workers flooding the job market across the block working harder longer and cheaper they're finding favor among customers and envy from those they force out. reports 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 countries and more often than not these workers much less the belgian counterparts in them broke for example a province in flanders which has a significant construction sector thirty eight percent of all companies have lost 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 setting prices to go what we can call the. need to work but if that work is going to other companies then we will lose

a lot of jobs in the. local firms say there are also. losing out when it comes to speed of delivery our building sectors have lee unionized to do good for strict working new rules but if you look at the foreign companies people work ten twelve thirteen fourteen hours a day six days out of seven and that of course for delivery speed of your project is a huge advantage and more belgian clients are all opting to try their services people are much more flexible so that's that's why if we try 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 are getting the short end of the stick on their own turf tesser cilia r.t. antwerp in belgium at least six protesters have been arrested in bahrain during

anti-government demonstrations despite the authorities ban people took to the streets calling for the release of prisoners of conscience and for more democratic reforms riot police resorted to tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowd bahrain's been witnessing constant protests since the end of august the latest follows tuesday's court decision to uphold the guilty verdict for opposition activists accused of plotting to overthrow the government patrick headings in a geo political analyst for the u.k. columns thinks it'll take more than that to break the protest movement. 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 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. bahrain is in the absolutely the most key position in the straits of hormuz so the existence and maintenance of the u.s. navy 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 is an outpost for western imperialism and coming up a little later in the program a matter of taste. organic not because of the same how in the cows are labeled organic and regular people in new york weigh in on the debate surrounding the labels on genetically modified foods plus as more jobs created online the freelance boom in india and t.'s office is both there and in developed economies but for different reasons we'll tell you why. but first canada is expelled all iranian diplomats from the country closed its embassy in tehran pushing relations

between the two countries to a crisis point to what declared an iran a state sponsor of terrorism claiming its nuclear plans and stance toward syria are unacceptable tehran didn't pull punches either as it responded with promises of retaliation saying canada is being manipulated michel chossudovsky from the center for research on globalization in montreal agrees canada wasn't the one making the decisions. this is a high only statement at that time a moment. really also very serious this is because it closes down communication it isolates iran it's taking diplomacy and it is creating calm boy diplomacy so to speak this is what until you can in our life take it in the carolers 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 wanted to concisely canada that sleep with us there 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 an actual attack on the wrong everybody's talking about an attack on iran israel's talking about it not bomb us talking about it it's part of the election campaign gets an act of it's a reputation it's very unfortunate because we have to maintain dialogue with countries and build peace rather than create conditions which could lead to you know to a military accidents. or some other stories making headlines across the globe washington designating a pakistani based tech company network a terrorist organization the movement criticism in islam a bad word senior officials say would undermine peace efforts in afghanistan and strained u.s.

pakistani ties the insurgent group said to be active in afghanistan has been blamed for a number of attacks on u.s. troops the organization came to prominence in the one nine hundred eighty s. when it was funded and held as freedom fighters by the cia. egyptian forces are reported success in shutting down thirty one of more than two hundred smuggling tunnels in the sinai peninsula they were used to move goods to the gaza strip like hated by israel with cairo previously turning 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 considering shutting its borders. drenching rains in northern vietnam triggered a deadly landslide that's killed at least twenty nine other parts of the country have also been flooded with hundreds of houses submerged villagers say they're completely cut off from civilization without access to electricity or clean water more than four hundred people in the country were killed by natural disasters last year. more than three thousand people have been evacuated in nicaragua as

a volcano on the country's highest peak skewed several kilometers high troops relocated residents of nine nearby communities where three strong explosions were heard before a cloud of ash blanketed the villages the country's been on seismic alert after a strong earthquake shook neighboring coaster rica earlier this week. new york city has been hit by two tornadoes in the span of ten minutes with debris hurled in the air and power knocked out videos from bystanders show a funnel cloud sucking up water and said several homes and trees were damaged but no injuries have been reported. when developed economies stall the effect can be felt across the planet but one man's loss could be another's gain and while professionals in some countries lose their jobs to cost cutting in india highly skilled tech workers are finding themselves increasing in demand for freelance work online or. more. 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 if the nine 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 tack 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 thousand and twenty and it seems like boxy 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. they do. what i would call situational. under student. u.s. 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 mount

a lot of young people go to good schools in the south probably good causes people are. more educated most cute 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 key believes that india's economy will prosper as freelancing becomes more widespread economy would be stronger because if the people are more money 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 a friend of mine actually said that people are going to get laid see her husband's company because they're looking outsourced 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 but if you don't 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 new delhi india can follow this and many other stories online here's what else is a click away right now if you were somehow to towards naziism in a stone you know startling many latest shocking move as a campaign using a whole cost imagery to promote diet pills bad taste or something more nefarious. at ted to bridge a cultural gap struggling to scale down cases of friendly fire nato issues a cultural guide to the afghan national army flip the pages that are.

finally in the news block genetically modified foods being touted by producers as an answer to the hunger risks facing the world's booming populace but there's a battle brewing between consumer groups raising the alarm about possible health risks and food producers resisting attempts to force them to label their g.m. products laurie our finest also known as the resident took to the streets of new york to gauge opinion. 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 site 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 bit on there are you ok with it i'm ok with it you don't care if it's been messed with or. 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. in whole. food production really things should be labeled the

consumers you know the point where you get to go everywhere lanigan medo rate what do you do put a bar code i have not got to read it right oh yeah that's the other thing are people going to pay attention and care anyway right the price being someone that works in retail 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 but 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 law evidence that g m o's are bad for your health. so but when it's under the label you can decide if you want to eat it or not so i think that's a different if you think it's probably or not or it makes no sands you can buy it whether or not you think it's fair for a company to not have the label for g.m.o.

information the bottom line is that if you live in the united states you're probably ingesting a lot of g.m.o. food whether you like it or not. headlines in a couple of minutes stay with us. there

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