strong powers at least in the euro zone euro zone. >> working together towards democracy in burma. india's parliament the a deadlock which small shop keepers say puts their job at risk. i'm david. also coming up on the program, how the country turned an economic crisis into a period of prosperity. how far can a new generation of robots really interact?

>> hello. we must stop arguing over smaller details as angela merkle lays out her plan, she calls for tighter integration and suggests there's a need for european union -- here members work towards more sbe grated tax policies and discipline. we cap off with a little bit of what angela merkle had to say to the german parliament. >> in order to find ways to speak to and implement agreements, but also to fundamentally change the way we work together, in particular to make treaty changes. we need strong powers of intervention, at least in the

euro zone euro zone. >> our correspondents in the two major capitals have been giving us their analysis. first steve evans in berlin says angela merkle's speech was ambiguous. >> very loud and clear fiscal union would involve treaty changes. there would be no bailing out. no common liability or collective paying of debts while countries control their own taxation and spending. so she's moving or wants to move towards a much more unified europe rather than move away from that. and she's certainly moving away from any type of collective moving of the tab. we don't know whether this is political mood music, i hate the phrase, but whether quietly policy is being changed to deal

with more funds and that's the suggestion some people in the markets are making, but there was absolutely no indication of more money available or a change in her stance. >> the speech was well received as i suppose you may expect, but how do you think those messages are going down among germans at this point? they feel the weight of the euro bearing down on them day in and day out, don't they? >> i think it's just the right message for the german people. but having said all that. she has been criticized by even those close to her who argue that she's simply not made the case for the german business. if you had the deutsche mark still german exports would be much more expensive and criticize for not making that

case. in other words, this strong line resounds very well in germany, but her close critics, people close to her say actually it's not the right message she should be putting. >> steve, thank you so much. in paris. we heard from president sarkozy yesterday some very similar messages. do we have sarkozy and merkle hand in hand on this? >> well, i think that's what they are trying to get us to think. we'll have to wait until next monday when they get together here in paris and then the busals when they come out with any big bazooka announcement. but they do seem to be edging towards something. i mean, sarkozy was clearly hinting yesterday that the french should be ready to give up an element of their sovereignity. that's always been it, giving up

a bit of the euro state is something they cannot do but europe doesn't mean less sovereignity, it means more sovereignity. that's sort of buttering up the french in that they will have to give up a little bit of their sovereignity to europe or budgetting supervision from europe. but it's not clear how much chancellor merkle is willing to give up. that just hasn't been spelled out. >> thank you. they spread far and wide these days. let's take you to china for a moment. we have pictures of hundreds of laid off workers staging a protest outside a shanghai factory. we have manufacturing output last month down, the first drop in 33 months china and due in charge part to the situation here in europe and in the u.s.

where demand for exports is on the fall. manufacturers really battling with the higher cost and slower exports. this is high p. international that supplies electronics and those being laid off say they are angry over the decision to relocate some of the manufacturing to another city. it's interesting stuff, mainstream, isn't it? >> contagion spreads far and wide. >> indeed. we have been keeping an eye on the action on the back of what nicolas sarkozy said yesterday. >> it's building up a head of steam, isn't it? >> yes. we're heading to the biggest weekly gains in european markets since the start of the financial problems so it shows you what all the talk of the fiscal union

has. so plenty of course to talk about on the night of december meeting between the euro leaders. >> such touchy issues and yet the crisis demands things be down. >> really important job figures today, the world's biggest economy. and when america sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. it really does ring true. we're expecting the markets to react if we don't get figure we're expecting of an added hundred thousand jobs. the european crisis is one of the biggest threats to the u.s. economy, and that could be having an impact. >> mainstream, thank you very much. don't forget world business

report in 20 minutes time. the leader made comments after a second meeting with secretary hillary clinton. they met with aung san suu had been kept under house arrest since about a year ago. the pair did agree much more needed to be done by burma's government including hundreds jailed for closing the military. traveling with hillary clinton is our correspondent, kim. >> never before has this house in rangoon welcomed such a high-profile foreign visitor. the american secretary of state, hillary clinton arrived in the morning in her black lem zdeno with her -- for her second meeting with a woman held under

house arrest for at least a year. they test the waters and try to reengage with this country. a few weeks ago pro bowl pro bowl called aung san suu kentucky. -- she said she welcomed a visit by hillary clinton. only then did pro bowl pro bowl announce he was -- only then did president barack obama announce he was sending hillary clinton. she said she would stand for parliament in the upcoming election. these have been extraordinary days for burma but these are also early days. they will be watching closely to

see if this country's leadership does indeed deliver on its promise for change. >> the american vice president joe bide season also on a foreign trip in the turkish capital due to hold meetings with the president. a year after the relations between the two countries deteriorated largely because of the turkish refusal to debate and the breakdown of turkish relations with israel. and preparing to issue a new passport to the formerly -- after clashes between his supporters and security forces in bangkok. well, the current government led by his sister saying the passport is going to be issued as a new year's gift. >> advising football's

organization has now cut its ties they were unhappy two of its key recommendations have been ignored. fifa has made no comment. russell's here. let's move away from fifa and move towards the clock ticking with a big challenge between the ukraine and poland. >> yes. the draw takes place today in kiev. ukraine in particular delighted i think to have got on the this stage, because just 21 months ago, the head threatened to withdraw the matches from the ukraine because the construction was way behind schedule. >> i would say it was relatively easy to organize the euro tournament in austria and

switzerland in well-developed or well-organized countries, so our task was double or even triple, because we had to overcome a lot of problems in terms of infrastructure development and other construction. so for me this project is mostly a gentlemeno political project. >> down to the nitty-gritty, how did this draw turn out later? >> well, we have groups of debt. there are four different pots and the teams are in the various pots depending on how well they played over the years. four groups of four. you can see pots one and two, pot one including the two co-hosts including spain and the netherlands. now here we have the sting of the tale. in pop four france, 17 games

unbeaten so imagine if france comes out with portugal and maybe with germany and spain or the netherlands from group one which would be wonderful but not remotely funny for the coaches and players involved. from round about 17:30 on g.m.t. here on bbc later. >> thank you for watching "bbc world news." i'm david eades. plenty more to come. we'll be casting a beady eye on the new generation of robots. how far can they really interact with their human creators? >> south korea has quite a reputation for developing export industries. sam sung phones, cars and ships. now it's sending its attention to the renewable energy market. lucy williams reports. >> in the old days electricity began down a coal mine now it starts 60 meters up inside steel

bodies like this one. the green growth plan creating a renewable energy supply at home and new machines to sell abroad. except here, all the turbines are european. when it was built six years ago there were no korean turbine makers but they still buy from europe. >> people say the quality is similar, but to be honest, i'd by european because they are tried and tested, and there's not much difference in the price. >> locations like this one are very rare in south korea. places where you have both wind and access to build your turbines. and that's a problem for south korean companies, because until they can prove their you are the bines actually work, they are going to have trouble convincing customers to buy them, even here at home. unless, that is, unless they are

told to. the government said utilities companies will need to get their 10% of their energies from renewables. it's running a test plant with turbines from three different korean companies. >> perhaps if you were a private company we'd see things purely in economic terms, but we're a public company and we feel we have a role to play in fostering korean industry. the market is potentially big and even if it seems like we're latecomers, we already have a lot of experience in things like ship building and semiconductors. >> korea faces stiff competition in automobiles and other things and now their companies are market leaders. south korea's green targets are ambitious. 11% of its energy from

renewables by 2030. but that means more projects like this one, the world's biggest tidal power plant opened just a few months ago. several more are planned by they are controversial. opposition from fishermen and environmentalists have left them all but stalled. and an answer that goes to the heart of this key strategy, exactly how much green can you combine with growth. lucy williamson, "bbc news," south korea. >> this is "bbc world news." i'm david eads, and these are the headlines. speaking in the german parliament, chancellor merkle calls for fiscal unity and says solving the crisis will take years. and aung san suu kyi says she's confident about talks with burma

after talking to hillary clinton. discussing the situation in syria, its human rights council is to discuss evidence that the security forces committed crimes against humanity. it follows a report that accuses a them of a shoot to kill policy. addressing the meeting the high commissioner called on the international community to come together to help protect the syrian people. >> the syrian authorities continue ruthless oppression, which if not stopped now can drive the country into a full fledged drivel war. in light of the failure to protect the citizens, the international community needs to take you are intelligent

measures to protect the citizens. >> folks in geneva following those addresses there's obviously little the council itself can do. any idea of what they want to see happen? >> interestingly i think this meeting is aimed equally not just at the syrian authorities but at the united nations security council that have been asked in the past few months take action in syria but failed to act partly because russia and china objected. but now the member states are saying this cannot go on. look at the findings in this report. brutal oppression, crimes against humanity. something must be done. the u.n. cannot stand by and let this continue. the council is trying to keep this in the spotlight and pressure the council to move and remind syria that people are indeed watching, monitoring and

investigating the kind of violations that are apparently going on there. >> to india now where opposition m.p.'s have managed to shut down parliament every day this week in protest to bring major foreign retailers into the country. the government is keen to attract foreign investment. small shop keepers around are up in arms, though. >> why this has proved such a divisive issue. >> well, it's an issue that's dividing people right down the middle. the millions of shop keepers. knowing it's the local vegetable vender that supplies you with fresh vegetables in the morning and mom and popcorner stores that conduct most of the trade in ibbed quaye. the theory is that many of them will really be hit badly if the wal-marts and costco's are let

into the country. on the other hand government and business and economic analysts are saying it's very important for india to take the step, because it needs it for its own economic growth and it will help push prices down. this country has been battling inflation for a long time. so whether this policy will see the light of day. >> let's go back to economic matters. pretty gloomy, aren't they? certainly in this part of the world but many countries are suffering from an economic downturn and others are growing rapidly. how about argentina? a decade after its currency, the peso, collapsed. we have more. >> argentina is growing. the country is enjoying one of the biggest booms in its history and one of the fastest-growing

countries on the planet. >> on busy streets here you can sense the vibrant country. leigh behind the once shadows of a dark past. >> argentina had one of the worst economic meltdowns in history. on the third of december of 2001 the argentine government restricted the amount of money people could withdraw from banks which led to the downfall of the government. one week the country had five presidents and it defaulted on its external debt patient and many argentines suffered huge losses. she had money to buy an apartment but then the money had lost so much value that it was only enough for a car. >> it was very sad, because it was our hope to have a new house and a new way of life for our

family and our children, and in just a minute in one day because of political deficient as is, we had lost the opportunity. >> the economy had been growing steadily boosted by soybean sales to india and china but it was also built on a number of steps taken by the authority. >> what that really was done to rebuild as much as possible the balance and convert it into -- there was a [inaudible] >> but it still affects argentineans today. >> i would say it was something completely new. so i never put my savings in the bank again.

♪ >> argentina appears to have improved and this could prove hopeful for the country today. >> well, it's robot up date time for you now. we get a fresh glifpks of how the world might be one day. making machines that can learn, laugh and even love. the latest advances are on display. tim has been along to meet them. >> there may well be a time where robots are accepted gentle as lambs but with the strength of a dozen sampsons for more ominous purposes. >> the decades we've been told robots will change our lives. in some workplaces they have. but whatever happened to the domestic robotic home help?

could it be they are finally here? many of these robots have just come out of laboratories and are on display. so what is this robot doing? >> it's using information from the commoners looking for something round and then coordinating the movement of the arm and hand in order to greet and touch and assist people like disabled people or the elderly. >> this is one of the first robots to be able to recognize and react to human expression, so let's see how he or she gets on with me. >> our society is getting older and older. in the near future we'll cope with the problem that a number of other people will increase. we don't want to behave like a god. we don't create human. we create companions that are

artificial. the problem with tra dibble robots is that they are very stiff. and a stiff robot needs very precise information and if it makes a mistake, it will tend to damage itself or something around. if it hits something when it's moving, it doesn't cause any damage to itself. within a couple of years it would be possible. commercially possible, maybe another 10 years but we are getting nearer something we started. the robots in the home might be a few years off. but right now they are more expressive and intelligent and affectionate than ever. >> give us a hug. easy. >> tim, "bbc news." >> enjoyed that, didn't he? >> always seem to have big beady eyes. maybe that's the trend.

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