reuters and ap say 40 were killed in the crash. for those of you just joining us a passenger plane crashed in rush in the northwest. they say the plane left moscow and crash-landed shortly after midnight on monday. the government says the aircraft fell apart and burst into flames. according to reuters and ap at least 40 people were killed in the crash. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." do stay with us. we'll be back with more updates at the top of the next hour. see you then.

the reuters news agency are now approaching the county judge in the area saying this is no crime scene, and the tip about a mass grave was false. so the county judge in texas is saying no crime scene in rural texas and a tip about that mass grave from that psychic was false. so that's the latest information coming to us. we will keep you updated on that situation in texas. as soon as we get more information on it. >> the european commission has asked member states to approve a compensation package to farmers who have been unable to sell their vegetables because of the e-coli outbreak in germany. health officials have not found the source which is said to have killed more than 20 people. they have been discussing the crisis in luxumborg. >> in places they trudge up cucumber slopes, dumping box after box, waiting for them to be crushed. there is growing frustration that the source of the outbreak has ng been -- -- has not been identified and mounting calls for farmers to be compensated. this farmer demanded the honor of the vegetable be restords. in luxborg -- luxberg ministers from holl

that is coming from reuters news agency. you are watching bbc news.ll ahead, china has a secret weapon. the first of its aircraft carriers to set to launch from beijing. the eu has increased to 210 million euros the compensation for farmers that have lost compensation due to the e coli outbreak. the outbreak has so far left at least 26 people dead. >> the it -- the clinic in hobart is one of the big epicenters of the outbreak. for nearly three weeks there have been a wave of new patients, some with kidney failure, all on top of their normal workload. they normally only have to do some specialist treatment in this hospital, only 50 times a year. but they have now had 200 in two weeks just because of the outbreaks. machines and supplies have had to be brought from all over germany. the hospital is working flat out. >> i think is a very difficult thing to handle for the authorities because it is a new bacteria, which has very special properties. therefore, it did not fit to any procedures they have. >> the number of new cases each day has now started to

good afternoon reuters news here my question goes to mr wells. have you discussed the energy package during the summits of any thoughts of your positions. is there any chance that the european struction. russia's its asian infrastructure could be lifted in the nearest future thank you. know first of all. yes we've discussed this issue and let me tell you that our rules are not discriminatory the same european union rules apply to all handed to you opinion legislation the so-called surge energy package of two thousand and nine that is now leisure and approved by european union seeks to improve the functioning of our. internal market shares of electricity and that. is aim is precisely to set a reliable transparent rule based framework for all investors and all operators and the new rules ensure a fair. cool effective network access and the proper functioning of open integrated markets so unbundling the issue that is being sometimes controversial unbundling applies to all companies be they peer or foreign because we need a level playing field for th

it turns out it was a long lens telephoto camera held by a reuters journalist. you can see.t reuters photographer, his assistant, and the men around him, were all gunned down. >> this photographer should not have been walking around with an instrument that looks like a weapon. >> reporter: is the blame on the photographer or a causal series of mistakes by the crew there that led to the ultimate negative consequences? >> warfare is not perfect. there are mistakes that are sometimes made. he shares much of the blame for what happened here. >> reporter: i want to move to the van video. >> where is that van at? >> right be by the body. >> reporter: and what you see is a van that's coming to help, grab some of the wounded people on the ground. the apache crew asks for permission to engage. >> come on, let us shoot. >> again, that is an active battlefield. that van could have fighters in it with weapons. those fighters could put our soldiers at risk, could kill those soldiers that they're fighting. >> come on. >> we can see in this video that the young pilot in the apache helicopt

reuters says a source close to clinton says she wanted the role. jay carney says the report is totally wrong. >>> now, if you shop online, most banks say they'll protect your credit card information. what happens when hackers get hold of it? customers of one u.s. major bank are about to find out. thousands of managers and i.t. types are gathering at new york for a look at what's touting to be the next being thing in computing. we'll have plenty more on the show. those stories ahead on "world business today." let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, helps cover some of the medical expenses... not paid by medicare part b. that can

according to reuters, investigators intercepted a shipment of high-quality tap-dancing footwear at the milan airport. >> stephen: that's right! we haven't stopped them from acquiring nuclear centrifuges but we have cut off their access to tap dance technology. (laughter) kim jong-il may rule his people with an iron fist, but now he'll never be able to crush them with a jazz hand. (laughter) folks... (applause). this is a huge victory for the west. we've all seen the terrifying footage of north korea's military parades. what makes this bust all the sweeter is that we stopped these tap shoes because they fall under the u.n.'s ban on luxury goods to kim jong-il's government. and everyone in the free world knows there's no finer luxury than tap shoes. (laughter) yes, here in the decadent west we revel in the here is indulgence that is tap shoes. (laughter) in fact, i've got mine on right now. (cheers and applause) they're so abundant here in the land of plenty sometimes i even wear an extra one. (laughter) folks, you don't want to know what i've got that on. (laughter) you see, here in ame

hillary clinton says she is not pursuing a position as the next world bank president, angrily refuting reuters report she's in negotiations to leave the obama administration. >>> payments tied to the federal foreclosure prevention program have been suspended for wells fargo, bank of america and jp morgan chase after the banks failed to meet basic program requirements. >>> in a rare reversal, apple has scaled back its demands that publishers sell subscriptions through its apple itunes store. >>> finally, one customer got a big surprise when he found a bag of $17,000 next to an atm. turns out an armored truck service left the cash and an honest man returned every cent. >>> kent clobbers another, the phillies flop unflubed and the sox sink the yankees. plus, the mavs go from downtown to beat the heat and grab the lead in the nba finals. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> speaking of the heat, it continues into the upcoming weekend along with some severe thunderstorms. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, th

a new survey on consumer sentiment from reuters university of michigan shows a drop in confidence in june. the consumer sentiment index fell to 71.8. economists expected a higher more positive number. more evidence today of just how grim the job market is. the labor department says last month the unemployment rate fell in fewer than half of the nation's states. may's jobless rate was down in 24 states, up in 13 and unchanged in 13, showing job growth has stalled across much of the country. still ahead, tonight's market monitor takes on financial stocks. bernie schaeffer tells us if he thinks the year's worst performing sector is ready for a rebound. he's chairman of schaeffer's investment research. >> tom: exports have been one of the bright spots for the american economy, helping boost growth and create jobs. but new trade deals with panama, colombia and south korea have been stalled in congress for months. that standoff may soon end. washington bureau chief darren gersh spoke with u.s. trade representative ron kirk. kirk also is the former major of dallas. darren began by asking wh

. >> we have some breaking news for you from the reuters news agency. we're being told there has been an earthquake a magnitude 7.3 in the pacific ocean off of the skeanian coast. it's around 172 kilometers alaska in the pacific ocean. concern there because japan recently has a cake with -- a tsunami warning. 7.3 magnitude off the coast of alaska. >> much more on our website, all of our stories including that breaking news. but from us, bye-bye for now. 

ambassador to china was one two speakers at a reuters event in new york city this week. huntsman along with former u.s. secretary ste henry kissinger was asked by harry evans to give his view on china's rise on the global state. husman says china is on the global stage but is learning how to handle it. >> the question now becomes, e eyrey lead on the world stage? and i think there's a lag there. they'll figure it out, but i think there's probably three to five years during which they will have to come to grips with what it to be on the world stage. >> question, jon huntsman served ambassador during that service china backtracked on hun rits will that hurt huntsman on the campaign trail? >> i'm sure that's just a small excerpt but what is he talking abt? this is a great dramatic, dynamic power which is working the world international order. we establish for its own benefit. >> you were there. i was there. i was there. you brawl huntsman says? >> yes i do. cha s ay a role that is a narrower role in terms of the world stage, okay? ers ubeye greg that direction. he was the f

congressman paul ryan tells reuters he wants to arrange that meeting before we hit the august 2 deadline for raising the debt ceiling. still ahead, tempted to take a loan from your 401(k)? what you should ask before borrowing from your future. >> susie: unemployment is seen by many as the nation's most serious economic problem. many economists say it's just a but a growing number of experts are worried that the u.s. is facing a more serious problem, called structural unemployment, that could linger for years. erika miller reports. >> reporter: when the economy is weak, it makes sense that hiring would be weak too. but there's a growing concern that unemployment will remain high even after the recovery gains traction. economist lakshman achuthan says the issue is many workers looking for jobs lack the skills for the positions available. it's a condition known as "structural unemployment." >> it's a major problem because lets say roughly three quarters of the people who lost their job during the recession aren't participating in the recovery. >> reporter: a mismatch in skill sets is not th

. >> we are just getting some news from the reuters news agency which says that syrian human rights activists say the number of people killed by government forces has risen from an initial -- it was believed to be 34, the human rights activists now say it is 63. they are protesters in the central city that have fired on government forces. the syrian leaders dispute the figure and say three people were killed. a number of anti-government demonstrations were held across syria after friday prayers. on a day dedicated to the dozens of children who have been killed since the uprising began in march. we report. >> a day of widespread protests in syria and a day of violence. in towns and cities across the country tens of thousands turned out after friday prayers to call for the president to resign. despite the threat of military action, children were prominent at events such as this one. unicef says around 30 children have been killed by the security forces since the uprising began, and protesters dubbed it, "the friday of the children of freedom." this 13-year-old boy from the south has emerged as

. >> tom: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: the latest reading on consumer sentiment from reuters and the university of michigan. we'll talk export strategy and china's currency with u.s. trade representative ron kirk. also tomorrow, have financial stocks bottomed? it's the worst sector so far this year. our market monitor will be bernie schaeffer, chairman of schaeffer's investment research. >> susie: chrysler is recalling thousands of cars and minivans due to a manufacturing problem that can cause the steering to fail. the recall affects 12 models in the 2011 model year and spans across product lines. it includes the chrysler 200 and town and country. several dodge vehicles are on the list, like the avenger, caliber and grand caravan. the recall also impacts several jeep models, including the compass, liberty, patriot and wrangler. >> tom: toyota continues recovering from japan's devastating earthquake. it now thinks production here in the u.s. will be back to pre-quake levels by september. that's about two months earlier than expected, and six months after its supply chain came

afghanistan continues to be named the worst country in which to be a woman, according to thompson-reuters. many women are concerned the taliban could return to power. others believe peace talks will give them a voice to protect their own rights. women's rights groups in afghanistan are fighting to be heard and to have a seat at the table when the peace talks begin. secretary of state hillary clinton told afghan women "we will not abandon you." and congresswomen cathy mcmorris rodgers and donna edwards launched the afghan women's task force this week to foster discussions about women's rights in the country. what impact does the united states have on women's rights in average and what responsibility do we have? >> i think we as country have lot of response to people of average being that we're there. i don't know how they can say we will not abandoned you. that's what we're going to do to the whole country not just women by the pull out of troops. i don't think there's any doubt if i was a woman in afghanistan i'd be very concerned about what president obama announced. >> there's a few thi

on may 11, reuter rodham -- rajaratham was convicted on all counts. insider-trading is hard to get because it goes on all the time and it is easy to elude detection. this lawyer has put his signature on fighting corruption on wall street. >> -- tavis: i am going to place cynic right now. insider-trading happens on wall street all the time. it is littered with white males. what about this reality as a person of color -- the person who gets brought down is a person of color. he becomes the poster child. am i supposed to believe this is the only guy and worst guy, a person of color come up with all the guys on wall street? >> he is from samba -- from a tree -- and most of his associates are from asia. there is a trail that goes from company to company that ends up on the desk of the guy with brown skin, whether he is from india or was going in this country. i would say two things. there were a lot of white guys and girls that got caught in this. hong -- raj rajaratnam is the one who fought it all the way to trial. he also made the most money and seemed t

according to thomson reuters, expectations for q2 profits for s&p 500 firms have gotten progressively better since the start of this year. still, portfolio manager jack caffrey says the bigger issue for investors will be what companies say about the second half, when some worry the economy will slow further. >> i think companies will have positive news-- are likely to have positive news in terms of what they've recently seen. that said, i would expect them to offer a bit more cautious guidance, attempting to underpromise and overdeliver in terms of managing those expectations. >> reporter: historically, the summer is not kind to equity investors. and, many strategists say the next few months could be rough. but, some also say it could provide investors with opportunities. >> on the whole, i think you're looking at fairly low expectations and i think it's at low expectations that can bias us to more positive outcome, more positive market reactions to the news we wind up getting. >> reporter: last summer was not a good stretch for stock investors either. but, experts say it's important

relation will become a small as usual business as usual is selling russian gas to europe only this is a reuters and. as usual in russia as you know dreaming of getting the greater access to european markets european consumers actually we want the russians want an equal status to the book project and the and the south stream project do you think the russians will ever get that equal status. it's i don't want to to make some prediction on that spits definitely ideas. in europe willing koreans and especially after you know the change of position of germany on the nuclear feels very recent decision and definitely very idea. russia is a not too old supply for for for for gas and to some extent of this relationship does exist and in may view will be extended in the coming decades i have absolutely no doctor about that now a bird's a different project as you know the project we've got is coming from should we take some gas in turkmenistan for transco suspension we take some guys in iran and so on sol stream projects they are they are you know very often presented as completed those projects the basic

and a reuters news features and else is lined up for you our website nationalist i can hear even doubt of his being laid to rest in moscow after he was shot dead last week by gone to r.t. dot com to find out more about the plot of earth the surrounding this race card on all the coverage along with expert opinion is available online right now. in american hands a missile war ship has sailed into the black sea ready for war games with the ukrainian navy but russia says its presence close to the country's southern border threatens national security for all the dispute by c.r.t. . there is growing and israeli feeling in europe with calls an e.u. and u.s. governments to stop ignoring the occupation of palestinian land and their politicians remain silent activists rallying to draw attention to the plight of the palestinian people daniel has more from brussels. but of rage against israel thousands call for the boy call to have his really good over its continued expansion of palestinian land a jewish demonstrates a says enough is enough i can't run the american leaders do nothing that the e.u.

three emerge remember so we're all being indoctrinated that only banks can create wealth so this is reuters asking micro federal reserve extend its bond purchases beyond june what until this week was a paella sky notion is suddenly fair game for market speculation well not on this show we've been saying unequivocally that q e three or the equivalent is coming you know tears ran out and of course they would let the market go through some kind of crash of some sort to frighten people and zero begging for the next q.e. and to totally annihilate their purchasing power and this is the great thing about propaganda and the confidence tricks used by the federal reserve and obama administration is that they get people to actually beg for their own imprisonment that's the trick we said this almost two years ago at q.e. one that there would be q.e. two and q e three and q e four and q e five but they're acting in the mainstream media like that this was considered pious guy or are only in a fringe media is what they're saying because the wealth component in the u.s. is tied to consumption you know seve

reuters fox news politico and countless other journalistic organizations for the us government to be open and honest about a mission that was carried out in the name of the american people the last thing i'm calling for is some kind of public celebration and calling for transparency from a government that professes to believe in it so once again i call on the u.s. government to stop making a mockery of freedom of information act requests and release the pictures of osama bin laden's body and our next i want to respond to something from hellraiser on facebook you guys gotta work on these names are so difficult to pronounce he asks a loan at which three states is it illegal to film and they keep telling us the public surveillance is fine if you don't have anything to hide and you don't have anything to worry about now as we covered many times on this show there is a war being waged on those in the public who choose to wield the power of the camera against law enforcement and for some off reason law enforcement doesn't seem as open or willing to public surveillance as they encourage us

the germans so it takes me to this next headline the fed's secret giveaway to european banks and as reuters says file under things you never knew the fed did during the financial crisis and eighty billion dollar loan scheme known as saint omo which was so obscure that even barney frank had no idea it existed when he required the fed to turn over its lending data in the dot frank bill so it turns out that the fed was making loans extremely cheap loans of as little as point zero one percent. when at the fed's main bank window they were charging point five percent but most of these loans went to credit suisse forty five billion dollars and which a bank which is now being bailed out on the backs of the greeks but the fact is that these banks who are now occupying greece would not even be alive if it were not for the re arming in the region you know the read giving of of ammunition of weapons to these banks by the u.s. taxpayer who is backing the fed ultimately destroy the money comes from u.s. taxpayer yeah that's right so the u.s. taxpayer by the way fifteen million unemployed they can't i see

that reuters photographer, his assistant and the men around him, were all guns down. >> this photographereen walking around with an instrument that looks like -- >> reporter: is the blame on the photographer? >> warfare is not perfect. there are mistakes that are sometimes made. he shares some of the blame here. >> reporter: i want to move to the van video. what you see is a van coming to help grab some of the wounded people on the ground. the apache crew asks for permission to engage. >> come on, let us shoot. >> again, that is an active battle field. that van could have fighters in it with weapons. those fighters could kill our soldiers who are fighting. >> come on. >> we can see that the young pilots in the helicopter have become debased in their character. >> yeah, look at that, right through the windshield. >> they are playing video games with real human lives and looking for excuses to kill people. >> reporter: it turned out, there were children inside the van. >> it's their fault for brings kids to the battle. >> reporter: i with experience in naval ware fare. soldier to soldier, s

we would never have known the truth behind the two thousand and seven incident in iraq and left to reuters journalists dead at the hands of a u.s. apache helicopter attack. are we better off knowing these things some may argue no those are the same people who wouldn't want to know the truth presented in the pentagon papers or the truth about watergate they're the same people who attacked wiki leaks today they believe it's unpatriotic to reveal secrets they forget the truth even if it presents the us government in a negative light is still worth knowing it's the promise of a free press in this country the man behind the truth telling his julian aside someone has become somewhat of an international man of mystery his whereabouts at any given time are unknown but one thing that is known he has a vision and that vision may just change the world for the better looking at his writings it's clear what motivates a side which in two thousand and seven he wrote a piece in titled the united what of america in which he examined corporate structure and how it is intrinsically authoritarian his piece is