if european data is to be stored in the cloud it should he held in europe. then we can guarantee to our companies and citizens that the state is being stored and secured according to european standards. we need the modern e.u. data protection legislation. we cannot call our u.s. friends to order if we do not have the highest most modern standards implemented here in europe. there are developments that i have concerns about that regards the quantity of data being stored. we need to look at the technology to analyze this data where progress is made. we must be brave enough to set clear limits and standards along the lines of what the commission is proposed. on the ninth of july we will be voting in the committee. we cannot leave ourselves open to blame. we cannot hesitate. i will call on the council to stop focusing on the minor points of detail and relook at the major challenges being faced today and come up with the results. finally it's important for the epp today that we reiterate that the u.s. is her partner. our partner. we are not in a position to build

there someone that it should be held to account towards it's very strange that you collect data especially of european citizens and that at the end nobody is responsible for the collection of data so at least the united states and president obama has to make clear to you be in union what they are doing with the data how they stalk them for how long and what is the purpose or there are a collection and i think we have to correct this the european citizens have to be protected for foreign secrets surfaces. of course are plenty more stories we're covering right now on our web site r t v dot com for this hour you can find this a threat to the skies al qaeda linked mali rebels could possess missiles left over from the war in libya that are capable of taking down large passenger airliners. also on the website right now that our blocked funds the deficit. town of west will not be getting much of the federal cash it needs to deal with the damage caused by a huge fertilizer plant explosion that happened two months ago but the full scoop on our website right now. iranians are preparing for a changing of the god

aid someone that it should be held to account towards it's very strange that you collect data especially of european citizens and that at the end nobody is responsible for the collection of data so at least the united states and president obama has to make clear to you be in union what they are doing with. how they stalk them for how long and what is the purpose of their a collection and i think we have to correct this the european citizens have to be protected for foreign secret services will stay with us here on our t.v. still to come a t.v. and radio blackout in greece as all media workers go on strike in support of the state broadcaster shut down by the government and journalists meanwhile have taken their television programming online and director finance of authorities orders move on that more on that after a break. speak your language. programs in documentaries in arabic in school here on the. scene from the will talks to feel interviews intriguing story to tell you. the. arabic. visit arabic. it's called. thanks for staying with us sixty minutes past the hour now protests mounting in greece

if european data is to be stored in the cloud it should he held in europe. then we can guarantee to our companies and citizens that the state is being stored and secured according to european standards. we need the modern e.u. data protection legislation. we cannot call our u.s. friends to order if we do not have the highest most modern standards implemented here in europe. there are developments that i have concerns about that regards the quantity of data being stored. we need to look at the technology to analyze this data where progress is made. we must be brave enough to set clear limits and standards along the lines of what the commission is proposed. on the ninth of july we will be voting in the committee. we cannot leave ourselves open to blame. we cannot hesitate. i will call on the council to stop focusing on the minor points of detail and relook at the major challenges being faced today and come up with the results. finally it's important for the epp today that we reiterate that the u.s. is her partner. our partner. we are not in a position to build

data belong to me. that is the cornerstone of european thinking on data protection.the state also recognizes my data belongs to me. i decide what happens with it. that principle must be respected by the state. those boundaries must be taken seriously. reports are in the u.s. are cause for great turn. it is good we are discussing the matters here today. it is good debate has been triggered in the u.s. we need to look at the right way to handle personal data. it is completely unacceptable and i would like that to make on behalf that it is completely unacceptable that the united states of america has different rules governing access to personal data applicable to u.s. citizens on the one hand this is in other countries. our friends and you should know that. we now need to define our target from our objectives. first and foremost we need transparency. we need to know what is going on. vice president redding and the commissioner has the full support when she calls for clarity in dublin. we need to look at implementation of existing rules. we want transparency from compani

there are two tracks we're working on to enforce data protection within the european union the one track is our negotiation for an e.u. us data protection agreement with which we've been working with the americans now for two years and where this issue of access requests to data of european citizens has been evolved constantly for the past two years the second issue is the proposed you data protection reform that applies to the european union which was give us the right rules for the digital age because today's large dates back to pretty internet times in one thousand five the current law on the table beefs up the protections for citizens and european union because it makes clear for the very first time that also u.s. companies will have to play by the european rules if they want to offer their services to european consumers and if they don't well there are very effective sanctions forseen in our law so this is a clear improvement that is now being negotiated by the call legislators the european parliament and the council of ministers and the prisms cando shows very well why data protect

been working with the americans now for two years and where this issue of access requests to data of european citizens has been evolved constantly for the past two years the second issue is the proposed you data protection reform that applies to the european union which was give us the right rules for the digital age because today's lar dates back to pretty internet times in one thousand five the current law on the table beefs up the protections for citizens in their opinion because it makes clear for the very first time that also u.s. companies will have to play by the european rules if they want to offer their services to european consumers and their prism scandal shows very well why data protection is not a luxury but it's a necessity and it's high time that we move up a gear that member states move up a gear in order to agree what on what has been on the table now since eighteen months. following edward snowden's disclosures online users became acutely aware of just exactly how closely they are being watched and that sparked a search for ways to get around the system and keep their web su

european union. spain had the highest rate at 26.8% followed by portugal at 17.8% and cyprus at 15.6%. latest available data for greece in february was 27%. the situation is especially serious for workers under 25. over 56% of youth workers in spain and more than 62% in greece are without jobs. the european union is now considering countersteps. officials want to come up with concrete measures by the time eu leaders hold their summit meeting in june. >>> officials with the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant are asking for more money. they need it to compensate people that had to leave their home after the accident in 2011. officials with tokyo electric power company are asking for an extra $6.6 million from a state backed public fund. they already have government permission to receive about $31 billion. government leaders have capped aid for tepco at $50 billion. tepco officials estimate their cost will ultimately exceed that figure. they say local governments near the nuclear plant will likely claim more to cover the cost of decontamination. >>> japanese government officials suspended some sal

the really interesting political tussle is going to be over the european union's data protection regulation which is currently going through the parliament america persuaded the european commission that they should leave a loophole for intelligent intelligence and law enforcement surveillance of communications. because the convince the european union and it was too arcane an issue that few people cared about and they wouldn't win but now that the issue has become public does the real chance that the european commission will revisit this and will modify the regulations to try and make it stronger but if they do that there is a risk that pro u.s. government such as our governments and the czech republic and so on will then gang up in the european council and will prevent the regulation from being passed so expect a lot of politicking to happen between no and of those at sauber in november in brussels as the u.s. army rushes to complete its pullout from afghanistan part of the country already turning into huge junkyards the pentagon is now destroying u.s. vehicles now the military equipment th

it may be a violation of certain european country was ford data subjects to be subjected to u.s. intelligence activities, and it might be a violation of other laws, for the u.k. or germany or another country to be monitoring those citizens, so this is an area where, really, what you end up looking at is a lot of where the government activity is taking place, because otherwise, there will always be a conflict. >> all right, thank you for joining us. more news from around the world. 60 people, killed, many more wounded. car bombs and suicide attacks and gun battles. one of the worst attacks was in a northern city. the former wife of nelson mandela has visited the hospital where the former hospital is being treated. she arrived at a hospital this afternoon. he is in intensive care with a recurring and lung infection. and a case that has reignited a debate on race relations has finally made its way into the courtroom. trayvon martin was shot dead last year. george zimmerman was initially released without charge. today, jury selection started for his trial, as we report. >> yes, sir.

whistleblower edward snowden the european people's party has back to proposal that would force washington to alert e.u. officials if they wish to gain access to citizens' data we'll for more on this let's talk now with a member of the p.p. party mr vause thanks for coming on to the program today why is this only happening now because the european commission did know about their surveillance program. no we didn't know about these prison program and we were. very very upset about the situation now the situation we can't accept and we have to be with it one is europe allowed to become so vulnerable in the first place. so in the european parliament we are all ways handling the questions of fundamental rights and also we are dealing now with the reform of our own data data protection issues and a very for the issue of prison is not what we are expecting from other countries to deal with the data of our own citizens and to very far we are. finding the situation very acceptable we are trying to find fundamental of principles in handling with the data at first we should pay attention regarding the data protection issue but we say no data processing with our legal b

data. european stocks are also moving modestly firmer. e economic growth stumbles lending in inflation data putting its 7.5% annual growth target at risk. but can the pboc afford to do anything about it? turkish stock market falls at the open despite a warning from the prime minister that he will choke financial speculators as his patience with protests is running out. india's government promises future steps to curb foreign exchange volatilities. the rupee hits a new record low against a stronger greenback. >>> european stocks -- the dax is doing okay. elsewhere we're pretty flat, really. that follows a down week for the ftse last week, off 2.6%. bond markets yields today were above 2%. treasury yields around 2.16%. italian yields a little higher at 4.21%. and on the currency markets, dollar/yen hit 94.98 on friday. 98.20 is where we've been this morning. again, a little bit firm. euro/dollar steady. it had a good week last week, up over nearly 4 cents. right now slightly weaker at 1.5507. tensions between north and south korea appear to

aid someone that it should be held to account towards it's very strange that you collect data especially of european citizens and that at the end nobody is responsible for the collection of data so at least the united states and president obama has to make clear to you. what they are doing with these how they stalk them for how long and what is the purpose or if there are collection and i think we have to correct this the european citizens have to be protected for foreign secret surfaces. when more stories are a click away on our law online on our website r t dot com including the threat to the skies al qaeda link mali rebels could possess missiles left over from the war in libya possibly capable of taking down a larger aircraft also online walked funs the devastated texas town of west won't get much of the federal money it needs to deal with the damage caused by a massive fertilizer plant explosion. two months ago dot com to find out why. iranians are readying to head to the for a changing of the guard the country will be welcoming a new president for the first time in eight years six candidates vy

could come into conflict with the reputation of the strict data protection standards and they fall out before over america demanding europeans private financial and banking transaction data in twenty ten or though washington adventure they got its way on this one. and one of america's controversial commentators gets the every mountain treatment in a few minutes and one of the north korean people really think of western as breaking the set is that next. you know what's worse than a crop bureaucrat who sucks at being corrupt a scumbag bureaucrat in veronese russia just couldn't help himself and put some very hefty charges for services contracts for road repair and construction in just three years hughes able to take enough of a percentage off of these contracts though investigators raided his house he had the equivalent of over three million dollars in russian money all over his home news not mail dot ru claims he had entire laundry hampers and twenty five kilogram sugar sex filled to the brim with box first off when someone is this flagrant that means that he felt rather comfortable and not getting caught so there are plenty

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s reputation the strict data protection standards and they fall and out before over america demanding europeans private financial and banking transaction data in twenty ten although washington adventure they got its way on this one of you back with more news shortly do stay with us. mean speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of the ip interviews intriguing story to tell you. the. arabic to find out more visit our big. dog called. live nation free. when you take three months for charges three. three. three. free. download free blog videos for your media projects free media oh god our t.v. dot com. welcome back you're watching r t more than sixty people have been detained in turkey's largest city istanbul after police swooped in on the city targets in protest of one of the twenty three whereas it in the capital ankara and as artie's arena going to explain said this is not the only addition to the governments and to demonstration methods. the protests in taksim square last night were in fact started off as a lon

could come into conflict with the reputation of the strict data protection standards and they fall and out before over america demanding europeans private financial and banking transaction data in twenty ten although washington adventure they got its way on this one. right kitty pilgrim they're just giving us the lowdown on the. largest free trade zone that i'm sure environmental activists will be hard work of the next couple of weeks kate even date not everybody will be happy with this. police in turkey have arrested twenty five people in the capital after writing private address says it's in the wake of over two weeks of antigovernment unrest and despite threats to bring in the military to quell the tension the country still sees regular protests going to. protests in taksim square last night were in fact started off as a lone protester simply standing there for hours on end it was a performance artist. who found it as a good a great way to show his protests towards the violent dispersal of those who were in gezi park in taksim square just days earlier by the police he was soon joined by about a dozen of other protesters they

could come into conflict with the reputation of the strict data protection standards and they fall and out before over america demanding europeans private financial and banking transaction data in twenty ten although washington adventure they got its way on this one. a lot more of the mystery we've been on here on r.t. back after the break. wealthy british style. market. has come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser report. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks books fifty i p interviews intriguing stories are you. trying. to find out more visit our big. dog called. the u.s. government's released a list of forty six kuantan of a by detainee who say they say will remain in prison indefinitely washington claims there's been a too dangerous to be moved but also combi prosecuted he's got to look for the stumbling blocks on the way to close. so that's a list of forty six men that the u.s. government has no idea what to do with they've been stuck in this lega

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s reputation the strict data protection standards and they fall and out before over america demanding europeans private financial and banking transaction data in twenty ten although washington adventure they got its way on this one. right after this quick break. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought. i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. speak your language or not be in. the news programs and documentaries in spanish matters to you breaking news a little tentative angles stories. here. to. find out more visit. the u.s. government has released a list of forty six quantum obey detainees who they say will remain in prison indefinitely washington claims these men are too dangerous to be moved but also come be prosecuted now he's got a choice you can look at the stumbling blocks on the way to closing the cup. so that's a list of forty six men that the u.s. government has no idea what to do with they've been stuck in this legal limbo for years

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the data is exchanged with european authorities to check if the applicant has already applied for asylum in other eu countries. new arrivals receive three euros and $.56 a day and pocket money and housing for three days while awaiting processing. we find out that the taliban astroid is home and business and threatened his life -- destroyed his home and business. he has asked us to hide his identity. >> i've lost everything. i do not have anything left in pakistan. i want germany to help me. >> they guide applicants through their first days in germany. many of the center's employees come from vibrant centers themselves. >> our employees are multilingual. it's important or as to be able to communicate in several languages. we need to be able to speak to the people here and listen to their problems. that lets us help them through the application process. >> but dortmund is only the first stop. after three days, asylum- seekers board a bus bound for their new home for the next several weeks. a former army base nearby. around 500 people from 30 nations are currently waiting in the compound, s

the data is exchanged with european authorities to check if the applicant has already applied for asylum in other eu countries. new arrivals receive three euros and $.56 a day and pocket money and housing for three days while awaiting processing. we find out that the taliban astroid is home and business and threatened his life -- destroyed his home and business. he has asked us to hide his identity. >> i've lost everything. i do not have anything left in pakistan. i want germany to help me. >> they guide applicants through their first days in germany. many of the center's employees come from vibrant centers themselves. >> our employees are multilingual. it's important or as to be able to communicate in several languages. we need to be able to speak to the people here and listen to their problems. that lets us help them through the application process. >> but dortmund is only the first stop. after three days, asylum- seekers board a bus bound for their new home for the next several weeks. a former army base nearby. around 500 people from 30 nations are currently waiting in the compound, s

european lawmakers want to block the united states from accessing the data of its citizens without legal permission as a response to any revelations of washington's global surveillance program. edward snowden and the european commission pushed for similar stipulations twenty eleven but america convince them that it would slow access to data needed to combat terrorism and this measure now needs to be approved by the e.u. member states and receive a majority back in parliament and washington has come under fire for using its prison data collection program with germany shown to be among its biggest surveillance targets let's talk about this to ross anderson he's a professor of security engineering at the university of cambridge thanks for joining us here on r.t. today now isn't it a little bit too late for this given the scope of washington surveillance activities. well we've known for many years is that if you cut your debts in the usa then the u.s. government could get at it with a warrant. to shocking about the current revelations is that it seems for the past four years or so that the a

minister rebuked that saying the protesters would be treated much more harshly in the european state videos images and data of m o. on the internet through the week showing riot police firing tear gas using pepper spray and beating campaigners it's also been reported that turkey bought six hundred twenty eight tons of tear gas in just over a decade mostly imported from america increasing its stock fifty fold its cost taxpayers around twenty one million dollars let's get more of the standoff in turkey in a way mark oldman is visiting professor of international relations at turkey's bill kent university in ankara he joins us now hi mark evening to you and we witnessed today maybe tens of thousands of people cheering for their one so can we read into that it isn't maybe as one sided as it's being put across in some quarters. it's normal not necessarily one sided but it's highly personalized and in a sense this is the problem for one as well as his hope for trump card he's playing on the cult of personality and anybody who lives into all these demonstrations will see how in flight magazines as well as politica

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european citizens do not enjoy this image of citizens. data is being gathered in bulk without any way of -- [inaudible]. we can't anymore allow our negotiators to come back having achieved absolutely nothing. [inaudible] to have their data protected. the situation has been going on far too long. that evidence, the fact is it's perfectly clear. we must make sure that you us respects the privacy rights of european citizens. thank you. >> the next speaker as one minute. >> ladies and gentlemen, what would you say if u.s. secret services was watching night and day, tapping your data and recording it? you wouldn't be happy with that, but that's what they're doing with internet traffic of millions of people. this house issues possible for the protection of fundamental rights. this program breaches human basic rights. what i'm going to do? when it came to swift and the enough, we were taken for a ride by the u.s. authorities. that cannot be. it's time that we grasp the medal here, that would lift of our responsibilities and put our minds to ending th

s reputation the strict data protection standards and they fall and out before over america demanding europeans private financial and banking transaction data in twenty ten although washington adventure they got its way on this one. it will be most take you through some stories on our website tonight course as well as news analysis we've got a story about the wiki leaks will supply chile to sarge notice when he says he's prepared to spend the next five years in the confines of the ecuadorian embassy in london after high level talks to break your silence. impassive phone to go away so much online plus to russia's foreign minister says the run you like to present is ready to partly hold even richmond but only under certain conditions you remove those conditions on our website. if you choose the last oh you know we had to develop a new story of me in russia a series of explosions before this not only nations dump in central russia that led to widespread panic of mass evacuations five powerful blocks of also sparked a forest fire they are to use kaffeine of georgia hi lucy of the pictures we saw in

apparently the european commission did have a chance to prevent the us from eavesdropping on its data but scrapped the legislation why do you think that happened i think. i think partly happened because of corporate interests. because many of the big players in math fields too don't want to be exact the bias count of the insulation maybe there are some statements just as well you know i think it's a mixture of all the state is you know. is giving the corporations some ground in the corporations one this or the state also wants to sneak in on some data they are afraid of. that too much data protection will will hinder them working on terrorists. or calling them terrorists catching terrorists or you know security measurements so. there. has and it's truly it's at more data protection and because they want to see on more things. now security protection and combat against terrorism is of course the other side to this coin and that's obviously the side that the n.s.a. is arguing here and they hope to publicly release they say in the coming weeks the exact number of four year old attacks th

euro yen, the single currency did get a boost after upbeat economic sentiment data from germany and quotes from the european central bank president, mario draghi, that the ecb wouldn't hesitate to taking necessary measures to prop up the economy. and that really supported the euro, as well. 127.88 to 93 is now trading higher, compared to lower 125 yen levels on monday. so really, the market reaction to the fomc will be the big focus and whether bernanke will actually spell out a clear schedule for tapering off of the bond program. that's really going to direct markets here, as well as europe and the u.s. later. back to you. >> sounds good. thanks a lot, rah mean medical guard at the tokyo stock exchange. tokyo is not the only market open this hour. i'll leave you with a look. >>> people in singapore and parts of malaysia have been coughing and rubbing their eyes recently. a blanket of smoke has drifted in from indonesia. field burning causes the annual haze. but the problem is particularly bad this year, creating diplomatic heat over who is to blame. nhk world's mark ho reports from singapore. >> here in si

european auto certainly in focus this morning. fresh datahowing new car registrations down 5.9% in may. that's a 20-year low for the month. mixed reaction, actually, not really impacting the automakers. dynamo's got the worst. and the worst performer had a drop in car registrations. its stock was up about a third of a percent. sales of renault posted a 10% fall. registrations also down around 11%. i mentioned mercedes daimler, the only manufacturer with a slight improvement, although the stock is the worst performer with a 0.7% increase. as far as bond markets today, treasury yields, 2.8%, a little higher, down the yield as are gilts. forecast to rise 0.1% for the year. inflation will be running at 2.6%. it was surprise 2.4% in may. we'll keep our eyes on that. and on the currency markets, dollar/yen is still around the 95 mark, firm against the yen. we're not too far away from two-month low of 93.75. it got volatile yesterday afternoon. euro/dollar 1.3382, pretty much on the four-month high for euro against dollar. aussie just worth taking

data. the european numbers operate.he stock market falls and the lira is on the slide. >>> markets are spellbound by the qe according to a central bank watchdog. it says equities are sitting vulnerable to losses. meanwhile, some of the others stories we're following today, sac capital is reportedly bracing for around $357 billion as a probe to insider trading over the hedge fund intensifies. the deadline to submit requests is today. "the wall street journal" says if that number holds, it would represent more than half of sa a c's outside capital. the house oversight committee says a government watchdog report finds the irs spends around $50 million on at least 220 employee conferences between 2010 and last year. that includes a $4 million for an august 2010 gathering in southern california. for which the agency didn't negotiate lower hotel room rates, even though that's a standard government practice. employees received several perks including stays in presidential suites and tickets to sporting events. >>> a prominent

common in communist era east germany the head of the italian data protection authority accused washington of snooping on innocent europeans without any evidence a crime has been committed and a french socialist. highlighted the americans had begun spying on europeans before getting permission well a little later this hour artie's martin looks at how the intelligence agencies have been covering up their secret surveillance operation. both take a trip down memory lane to most exactly one year ago that's about the time that senators ron wyden and mark udall two members of the intelligence oversight committee asked the n.s.a. a simple question just how many people in the u.s. are being spied on pretty straightforward question marion a straightforward answer right well not to the n.s.a. but replied by saying that revealing that information would quote violate the privacy of u.s. persons yup apparently it be a violation of your privacy to know that you're being spied on is that not the most orwellian thing you've ever heard of well when the news came out i remember joking that the n.s.a. probably didn't want to release that inf

security in communist era in east germany the head of the italian data protection authority accused washington of sleeping on innocent europeans without any evidence a crime has been committed and a french socialist euro m.p. highlighted that americans have begun spying on europeans before getting permission we have the latest updates on the n.s.a. route available for you at r.t. dot com such as the unintended consequences of the american surveillance scandal is a boom in people by sees a boom in people buying george orwell's dystopian classic nineteen eighty-four sales of a novel about the reach of the big brother state are up by seven thousand percent according to amazon read the full story on our website. york based antiwar activist don de bar believes the close watch on europe especially germany is fueled by washington's economic interests rather than security concerns. germany of course is the center of the european economy and the european economy is both a partner and in many ways an appendage to the very same economic interests that dominate the american economy and consequently the american political system so with al

security in communist era east germany the head of the italian data protection authority accused washington of snooping on innocent europeans without any evidence a crime has been committed and a french socialist euro m.p. highlighted that americans have had begun spying on europeans before getting permission. well one unintended consequence of the american surveillance scandal is a coupe in people buying george orwell's dystopian classic nine hundred eighty four souls of the novel about the reach of big brother of the big brother state are up seven thousand percent according to read the full story along with the other latest updates on the n.s.a. . cold. protesters have returned to tax him square with the unrest in two key showing no signs of dying down these are live pictures streaming from right now on monday demonstrators suffered what they say was the biggest police crackdown since anti-government rallies began almost two weeks ago police still seems square overnight releasing tear gas and firing rubber bullets against protesters. has the latest there's really heavy police presence here police trucks are actually were

unnerving that it does towards their european allies of course this is also a humiliating blow to the internet companies we all in trust with our most private data r.t. business presenting katie pilbeam takes a closer look at the ramifications for then. web sites like facebook google and instagram have been mining the personal information of their hundreds of millions of users through their computers or mobiles every day from our favorite sports top designers on diets you name it we've talked about it they make a digital note of it and this personal data is big business most of all stick with grease some of what we can be used to at target our friends do use us to deal even the new revelations at our private data is being abused to make these huge companies even richer it in little to quench our enthusiasm for them well at least for now take verizon for example the biggest u.s. cell phone network with one hundred twenty one million subscribers is accused of handing over millions of phone records to the u.s. government but as you can see despite the scandal the company's share price is actually managing to game still valued at around one hundred

the nsa "has been working with at least seven european countries to collect personal communications data." according to madison, countries have formed secret agreements with the u.s. by these agreements, nations are categorized by the u.s. according to their trust level, and of course all this comes as president obama was in germany, criticized by the german chancellor on this program, according to this story, a program that she certainly was familiar with. guest: yes, which is why i think those governments overseas, and europe, need to be careful about their criticism about the u.s. when it comes to these programs. let me say this -- i think that snowden has raised some very interesting issues. we can talk about that, but the fact of the matter is when i hear him say that he took this job with the contracting firm, or with the nsa, to try and get access to the secret, that really gives me reason to pause. add that to the fact that, you know, he went to hong kong, he is now in russia, allegedly, and he is thinking about going to ecuador or cuba, neither of which are back to the free pres

new data shows greek unemployment rising to over 27%, the highest level in the eu. >> the european union has launched an official complaint with the world trade organization over tariffs china imposed on european produced stainless steel pipes. the latest move is a developing trade war between the two powers. the eu imposed tariffs on the import of chinese solar panels claiming that chinese firms were unfairly undercutting rivals. eu trade with china is worth hundreds of billions of euros. >> these are jumpy times. on the markets today, the dax had another very big fall in tokyo but it ended up clawing back some of its losses. stephan wolf has the story. >> there are two the fears to keep investors from buying shares. the first is that federal reserve and the ecb could step on the brake and and the policy of low rates and cheap money. on the other hand, it is the fear that the world economy may lose its momentum and they will not be able again to backup the positive trend trend in the stock markets. the world bank lowered forecasts for the world economy for this year, but in the end, bet

data due on friday. let's have a look at euro/yen. the focus for the euro is the european central bank policy meeting later today. market players expect to have the monetary policy unchanged. we'll keep track of that especially toyota who has caught a bunch of its hybrids including the prius. back to you. >> thanks for that update. the nikkei is down more than .8 of a percent. australia also opened. let's take a look at those. >>> north korea has created a law to set up special economic zones, an apparent bid to lure foreign investors and ail the failing economy. foreign corporations and individuals will be allowed to set up businesses in the zones. the law covers the industrial, agricultural and tourist sectors. the law guarantees free business activities and will protect the rights and assets of foreign investors. it also offers preferential use of land, employment and taxes. and infrastructure and high end technology and manufacturing. it does not cover the kaesong industrial complex operated with south korea or zones with china. they unilaterally withdrew 50,000 worker