you know there's just bullets in the b.p. roll snuff deal is on hold for them over what next the future of the oil giant's joint venture to bring you all the details in just a few minutes. but first the plan says the core of reactor three at the fukushima nuclear power plant may have been damaged the development could lead to further radiation leaks meanwhile authorities are expanding a voluntary evacuation zone to a thirty kilometer radius near the site. has the latest from japan. the government the saying that even those people outside the plant outside the immediate area. are receiving a yearly doze of radiation in one day butterfield to go and positioning people that the water say here in tokyo is safe to drink but people are still not believing this message old bottled water has been bought off the shelves and japan is now saying that it might have to import some just to compensate for the shortage in the last two days it's been a problem to which less media attention has been paid but in terms of pure devastation of cou

b.p. has been blocked by stockholm's arbitration tribunals by got more than twenty minutes time. it's eleven am in moscow this is our team on the snow way thanks for being with us first up nato has agreed to take command of the libyan no fly zone but stop sort of accepting full military control ryan see founders func around since and said the u.s. will hand over operational responsibility to nato within days meanwhile fresh air strikes are being reported in the libyan capital tripoli i spoke to our correspondents in the region pulse lyrics and you can all for the latest. there were loud explosions exchanged on the east and west of the capital city we know that the government has military air fields and military bases there so we suspect that this was the target as these strikes almost simultaneously happen with rounds of anti aircraft gunfire now today of course is friday night security uncritically intense in the downtown part of the city but what we're being told is massive demonstration

says he actually backed b.p. into b.p. rosneft deal of course rosneft chose b.p. because it has unique expertise in exploring in difficult conditions and that is one reason why they want b.p. to go ahead with a good deal the thaw in the side really for b.p.'s headboard broadly the new head of b.p. really hoping that this deal would not the next level of development for the company after its troubles of course with the oil spill in the gulf of mexico and not just for the company but also for the world he told me that demand for energy because of the world's expected to jump forty percent by twenty thirty and the arctic is a key way of possibly to maintain and fulfill that demand right there near bush or imposing their on the ongoing conflict between b.p. rosneft and seen k b p their participation in the article expiration has been postponed this decision by another nine days then i thank you very much. world's largest allegheny and producer roussel has rejected north nichols offer to buy out twenty percent of its shares saying it wouldn't be in the best interest of

says he actually backed b.p. in the b.p. rolls and if peel of course rosneft chose b.p. because it has unique expertise in exploring in difficult conditions and that is one reason why they want b.p. to go ahead with the deal the thaw in the side really for b.p.'s headboard broadly the new head of b.p. really hoping that this deal would mean what the next level of development for the company after its troubles of course would be all spill in the gulf of mexico and not just for the company but also for the world he told me that to mourn for energy costs the world's expected job forty percent by twenty thirty and the arctic is a key way possibly to maintain and fulfill that demand. the ruble continues to strengthen has reached a two year high against the dollar and as a sign that night not be good for the russian economy to discuss the issue and i joined by alexander you see if you are senior economist at the capital here in moscow it's not a always a pleasure to have you in the studio so what would you say i mean it's good for purchasing power of your sleep but it's not go

b.p. could face criminal charges involving last fall's gulf coast oil spill one of the charges manslaughter details it's a stereo take. it looks like another republican is read the story of robin hood backwards it is stealing from the poor to give to the rich michigan residents are getting screwed over by their governor rick snyder yesterday republican snyder signed into law legislation that would cut six weeks from unemployment benefits every state in the country currently pays out twenty six weeks of benefits but now michigan will lead the way and ate out only twenty weeks and that's a state that's had a higher than ten percent unemployment rate for longer than any other state in the country in other words the state with the worst unemployment numbers also treats the unemployed the worst. as us congressman sander levin about the move it turns the clock back fifty years at a time when unemployment is that historic highs since the great depression i call it the republican great depression

says he actually backs b.p. in the b.p. rosneft deal of course rosneft chose b.p. because it has unique expertise in exploring in difficult conditions and that is one reason why they want b.p. to go ahead with the deal the thought in the side really for b.p.'s head bob dudley the new head of b.p. really hoping that this deal would mark the next level of development for the company after its troubles of course with the all spill in the gulf of mexico not just for the company but also for the world he told me that to mourn for energy costs the world's expected job forty percent by two thousand and thirty and the arctic is a key way possibly to maintain and fulfill that demand as any additional reporting there and prime minister vladimir putin says inflation in russia will reach around six percent i jus however an example of if you are going to be capital says despite the forecast being realistic the government will have to make an effort for this to happen. i would say it's it's a. fair instrument forward for the first half of their over the year inflation from where

to yank a b.p. wants to avoid the british out of the rolls and if deal chief financial officer jonathan claims he can easily raise the eight billion dollars plus needed the trouble is both live and the russian government won't be p. t. in k b p because only it has the expertise to develop the conditions the stockholders of the tradition called to suspended the b.p. lift agreement while they sort out their dispute b.p. spokesman for yarn of says it will consider any th a b.p. offer but it has serious concerns with the financial operational and strategic aspects of the proposals has become the polar p.-p. call live with called live with the world because she provides a full twenty five percent of its worldwide profits picky shareholders a group themselves of b.p. russia was told. dudly of the saying he favored the british saw it they also accused b.p. of blocking international expansion of a joint venture no this warbling threatens to be really all these new exploration clones in january the head of b

his russian venture take a b.p. object of the deal saying that it violates their agreement with the british company that any new project of b.p. in russia should be implemented via t m k b p so the latest offer to buy b.p. is take is expected to be discussed with the company is directed at ten k. b.p. board meeting this friday. going to stocks this hour and we start with the united states where they opened up but that was now slipped into negative territory just point two percent payroll processor a.d.p. said that private companies added two hundred seventeen thousand jobs from seasonally adjusted basis from january to february and that's well above the one hundred eighty thousand new job the anticipated yet while prices are chilling investor appetites to europe now and european shares managed some kind of recovery one last look at them but they sit back into the red on wednesday at the end of the session as investors continue to pressure the unrest in the middle east and north africa concerns that rising oil prices

b.p. ross nets deal is on hold for the moment so what next for the future of the oil giant's joint venture we'll bring you all the details in our chief business in just a few minutes. a u.s. soldier is seeking political asylum in germany after observing an american military base if extradited to his home country he could face life in prison or even the death penalty are going to show them at a veteran at the center of the scandal. the american cuisine. for example out. it was really good for me a personal favorite was the rule of course i can't. even met schools that. watch for andre chaperonage he's alive has become one giant rollercoaster four years ago he deserted the u.s. army causing all the way to his native cleveland forever his mom cried with pride when he volunteered for the army but after a six month tour of duty in iraq under a walk talk a u.s. base in germany and never returned or anything that anyone could possibly imagine in terms of war crimes that were coming into history t

is rushing venture take a b.p. object of the deal saying that it violates their agreement with the british company that any new project of b.p. in russia should be implemented via t n k b p so the latest offer to buy b.p. is take is expected to be discussed with the company's directors at ten k. b.p. board me it's a friday. for given the stock markets now of u.s. stocks are trading higher payroll for cents a v.p. said private companies added two hundred seventeen thousand jobs on a seemingly adjusted basis from january to february well above the one hundred eighty thousand new jobs that the fed predicted yet prices a chilling investor appetite in europe the picture is in the red on the closing the minutes in the london frankfurt european shares were low on wednesday as investors continued to frenzy the unrest in the middle east and northern africa concerns the rising oil prices could only for coverage prompting investors to sell stocks had to go against. russia quite the opposite picture markets managed to recover

is russian venture take a b.p. object of the deal saying that it violates their agreement with the british company that any new project b.p. in russia should be implemented via t n k b p so the latest offer to buy b.p. is take is expected to be discussed with the company is directed at ten k. b.p. board meeting this friday. dr look at the stock markets now in the u.s. stocks opened wednesday session and positive territory but the dow is flat at the moment payroll processor a.d.p. said private companies added two hundred seventy thousand jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis from january february that's well above the one hundred eighty thousand new jobs to add in the said predicted yet prices fall chilling investor. in europe we're seeing a negative picture at the close of wednesday session investors continued to fret to the unrest in the middle east and north africa concerns that rising oil prices could hurt the economic recovery from damascus to sell stocks and hedge against further decline quite the opposite pictu

and b.p. and the moment it looks like b.p. here is a bit guilty of playing games by russian rules and so much as you know they're the ones guilty of corporate governance they've chosen to ignore an issue with this agreement with their existing partners in k. and got ahead and idea with the powers that be and you can see why it's two of them in russia already accounts for the lion's share of p.p.s. or are there going forwards you know russia is the place where all the world's going to be found and elsewhere too in lng reserves and so throwing themselves in with the kremlin who couldn't the state owned company ross ness who can actually provide them access to or is for them very important but it's throws up the question of you know how do you do things in russia due to a power play do deals with the kremlin or do you do it rule of law stick to see how the agreement which is still it now stands firm when it comes to negotiating terms and participating as you know they've certainly got themselves a position and so much as you know

says he actually backs b.p. in the b.p. rosneft deal of course rosneft chose b.p. because it has unique expertise in exploring in difficult conditions and that is one reason why they want b.p. to go ahead with the deal the thought in the side really for b.p. well godley the new head of b.p. really hoping that this deal would mark the next level of development for the company after its troubles of course with the oil spill in the gulf of mexico and not just for the company but also for the world he told me that demand for energy cost the world's expected job forty percent by twenty thirty and the arctic is a key way of possibly to maintain and fulfill that demand i think center will show reporting that and prime minister putin says inflation in russia will reach around six percent in june but alexandra if you had to be to be capital says high oil prices are allowing the government to replenish its reserve fund which could help kind of inflation. if the ministry of finance spends less of extra well reading is that they get from hi all racist then the batteries for in

b.p. board me it's a friday. take a look at the stock market start in the united states and this trading positively of the payroll processor a.d.p. said private companies added two hundred seventeen thousand jobs and this is new just the basis from january february well above the one hundred eighty thousand new jobs the analysts said predicted this is feeling optimism about the recovery like states in europe shares of managed to somewhat recover the fourth seed just in positive territory but that still down half a percent this is as investors are continuing to fragile the unrest in the middle east and north africa. move to russia now where markets ended in positive territory wednesday's trade this is after the positive opening in the united states the russian energy sector is benefiting from oil prices and gold companies have seen significant gains as the price for precious metal gets i'll take a look about the second first some of the stocks one is gold. of the biggest gainers two and a half percent energy major

his russian venture take a b.p. object of the deal saying that it violates their agreements with the british company that any new project of b.p. in russia should be implemented via t m k b p so the latest offer to buy b.p. a stake is expected to be discussed with the company's directors at ten k. b.p. board meeting this friday. markets will start with the united states and they did open a high effort that was now flat to stop four point two percent payroll processor a.d.p. said private companies added two hundred seventeen thousand jobs in january february that's opposed to one hundred eighty thousand new jobs the analysts had predicted that's a positive factor yet high oil prices are chilling investors actually european shares on wednesday ended the session in negative territory for three down point four percent the dax point six percent this is as investor continue to fret over the unrest in the middle east and north africa concerns that rising oil prices could have economic property pumped the best to sell stock

b.p. can secure this because it's. important for their reputation and future revenues as well of course a very significant part of the b.p. plan they contribute some ten percent of these overall in a substantial more of their actual oil output so it's. not the be all end all and certainly the share price recovery today would suggest that you know the best has remained firmly on the side of b.p. and there can be quite soon brighter thank you very much campbell ahead of the hour sales at london capital group thank you very much indeed and well this is europe today join us for more next hour the latest headlines are story coming up next. the real.

b.p.s. shareholders meets to decide the fate of the joint venture between b.p. and cross net the two sides concluded the deal in january but were forced to put it on hold after a r a p p's russian partner in the joint venture t n k b p claimed the deal while its exclusive equipment with the british were major in another big state and the conflict c n p b p this way off of tour of play is he in there a deal with ross net our correspondent valuable szell has the story. b.p. wants to pour the british firm out of the rolls and if deal chief financial officer jonathan claims he can easily raise the eight billion dollars plus needed the trouble is both live and the russian government wants b.p. not being paid b.p. because only it has the expertise to develop in conditions the stock called of attrition called suspended that b.p. was left to green with while they sort out their disputes b.p. spokesman for yon of says it will consider any t a k b people five but it has serious concerns with the fin

b.p. . has serious concerns with the financial operational and strategic aspects of the proposals has become the pole of b.p. call it live with and called live without become true provides a full twenty five percent of its worldwide profits bikies shareholders a rid themselves of teeing k p p russia doubly after saying he favored the british saw it they also accused b.p. of blocking international expansion by the joint venture now this global in threatens to derail these new exploration plans in january the head of b.p. told me how important the arctic was to the future of the company if you look out to the year twenty thirty the growth in oil production will be fairly limited its value though will be high the world will need forty percent more energy by twenty thirty it's going to be something the world needs both sides have said they hope they can make progress towards settling their dispute in the talks today. was largest element in producing roussel has rejected north nichols offer to bu

b.p. and was snapped and she was size concluded the deal in january but forced to put it on hold after a rb russian partner in the joint venture to be claimed the deal violates its exclusive agreement with the british oil majors in a final bid to end the conflict. russian will venture heart owned by b.p. said it can raise the financing it may need to replace the british oil giant in an alliance with state run snatch all correspondent has the story. k. b.p. wants to pour the british out of the rosneft deal chief financial officer jonas to new york claims they can easily raise the eight billion dollars plus needed the trouble is both rosneft and the russian government wants b.p. not seeing k. b.p. because only its has the expertise to develop conditions stockholm of attrition called suspended that b.p. was left agreements while they sort out their dispute p.p. spokesman led to me boyan of says it will consider any t a k b people for but adds it has serious concerns with the financial operati

is rushing venture take a b.p. object of the deal saying that it violates their agreement with the british company that any new project of b.p. in russia should be implemented via t.m. k.b.p.s. so the latest offer to buy b.p. is take is expected to be discussed with the company is directed at ten k. b.p. board meeting this friday. markets now start with europe and european shares alone wednesday as investors continue to be unrest in mideast and north africa the fourth day of the dr down round of the senate says that rising oil prices could hurt economic recovery from the investors to sell stocks and hedge against the decline. going to russia now russian energy sector is better from high oil prices gold companies will see significant gains as price of precious metals gets higher more detail now some of those stocks gold is up one then the half percent actually two point three at the moment i see of my over here and the wages are mostly on the rise gas from bucking that trend point one percent downs bagley's and poin

is russian venture to pay b.p. object of the deal saying that it violates their agreement with the british company that any new project of b.p. in russia should be implemented via t m k b p so the latest offer to buy b.p. is take is expected to be discussed with the company is directed at ten k. b.p. board meeting this friday. saying look at the markets now it would be united states and it was a positive opening slightly positive business as payroll processor a.d.p. said the private companies added two hundred seventeen thousand jobs on the seasonally adjusted basis from january to february when the anticipation was up one hundred eighty thousand jobs so much better stats than expected adding optimism about the recovery of us a quick. check of the european markets now and the picture there is better than when we last looked at it better than last time but the same time still negative we're seeing the footsie in the dax down half a percent on the tensions through the middle east and north africa concerns that rising

b.p. board meeting this friday. going to the markets now we saw with the united states on there was a positive opening slightly positive business as payroll processor a.d.p. said private companies added two hundred seventeen thousand jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis from january to february when the anticipation was of one hundred eighty thousand jobs so much better stats than expected adding optimism about the recovery of us a quick. check of the european markets now and that picture there is better than when we last looked at it better than last time but the same time still negative we're seeing the fruits in the dumps down half a percent on the tension still the middle east and north africa concerns that rising oil prices could hurt economic operate from to investors to sell stocks hedge against the funds. in russia pictures raise even laws to this is after positive opening in the u.s. russian energy sector is actually. benefiting from higher oil prices obviously coal companies are seeing significant gains as

b.p. and ross smith the two sides concluded the deal in general rebuttal forced to put it on hold after they are b.p.'s russian partner in the joint venture t.m.p. b.p. claims the deal violates its criminal with the british oil major in another beat to end the conflict of this week offered to replace b.p. and their deal with rosneft and our correspondent daniel bushell has the story now . ok beefy wants to buy the british firm out of the rosneft deal chief financial officer jonathan new york claims it can easily raise the eight billion dollars plus needed the trouble is both rosneft and the russian government wants b.p. not seeing k b p because only it has the expertise to develop in conditions the stockholm arbitration court suspended the b.p. rosneft agreements while they sort out their disputes b.p. spokesman led to me boyan of says it will consider any t.n. k.b.p.s. offer but has serious concerns with the financial operational and strategic aspects of the proposals russia has become th

b.p. and rosneft the two sides concluded the deal in general but were forced to put it on hold after a are the russian partner in the joint venture to be claimed the deal by late it's clues that agreement with the british oil nature now teen p b p which is heart owned by b.p. said it's can raise the financing it may need to replace the british oil giant in an alliance with state run draw snapped and to be an obvious there for the scheme as its fourth quarter profits jumped by fifty one percent to one point nine billion dollars thanks to increased production improving efficiency and soaring oil prices our correspondent daniel bushell has the story. ok b.p. wants to pour the british firm out of the rolls and if deal chief financial officer jonathan your claims they can easily raise the eight billion dollars plus needed the trouble is both rules never and the russian governments want b.p. not t. and k. b.p. because only its has the expertise to develop in conditions the stock called patrician

b.p. and ross neff has come up against a major stumbling block tonight the plan shares swap and joint arctic exploration venture as with next fun arbitration called in stockholm the case against the deal was sparked by a russian shareholders of tea and paid be paid the existing partners of the british oil company in russia they say b.p. was legally bound to offer then the deal to a partner elsewhere around the ambitious plan to explore the arctic child was announced back in january b.p. says it will look for opportunities to pursue the deal despite the court's ruling tonight more on this new story this even watch our business bulletin just a bit later on this five minutes. police and protesters have clashed in brussels as european union leaders gather there for a fresh attempt to address the eve's year long crisis summit looks set for some tension too over a possible bailout for troubled portugal and the military intervention in libya is done a bushel has the latest from the belgian capita

b.p. is spalding one that's. cent here in london meanwhile the markets themselves are actually growing point three percent. now in russia lying is back in the country strong first day session of the like to look correction in the morning after the central bank decided to leave interest rates unchanged to increase reserve requirements for banks by one point two five and a half percent. to stop standing for ross nafis who also holding out as a result of this story deal with bt is being blocked ross article however is up five point seven percent as it becomes the sole companies of the straits of the information society space project which means it will be receiving a lot of new contracts burbank is trading in the black on news that has increased its stake in the my sector from seven to ten percent a nice technology as are the process of appropriate number of jobs. and that's all we have time for now i'll be back in one hour's time with an update stay with us. first cream removal cold a clear cut. second the explosiv

also say we've got good news and bad news about b.p. the good news is that there's not another massive oil spill the bad news of b.p. employees has lost one of the company's laptops now we managed to obtain a press release from b.p. about this missing laptop that shouldn't even give us all the details i mean surely this lockout didn't have lots of really important information on it right. away actually it says that it contained the names of thirteen thousand people who were the victims of the gulf oil spill from last year but there's no way that b.p. would put any sort of really personal information about the victims on the laptop right. but wait a minute apparently they have details on each individual case and the like their social security numbers and their addresses now the paper says of the computer is password protected so you know i'm sure that that will keep any inquiring eyes away who has a laptop these days especially when there's so much super personal information on it plus any time that there's really important information o

b.p. and the true science concluded the deal in january but were forced to put it on hold after a rb because russian partner in the joint venture to b.p. claimed the deal it's exclusive agreement with the oil majors and another bit to end the conflict this week offered three plays in the deal with was snapped all correspond and that will bushel has the story. he wants to buy the british from out of the rosneft deal chief financial officer jonathan new york claims he can easily raise the eight billion dollars plus needed trouble is posed and the russian government wants b.p. not t. and k. b.p. because only years has the expertise to develop in order to conditions the stockholm arbitration courts to suspended the b.p. wells left agreements while they sort out their disputes b.p. spokesman limited boyan of says it will consider any t. in k v p or five but as it has serious concerns with the financial operational and strategic aspects of the proposals russia has become the polar p.p. caught li

deterioration the relationship between b.p. and they are in the management of b.p. b.p. will have been a lot of time building. trust. partner . and. then our time building its reputation russia. by agreement of the parties that decision is legally binding it doesn't necessarily mean that the deal itself is to stop forever it's just on hold at the moment it's an injunction against a proceeding with that bt has applied for a further decision by the courts to see whether they can drop one part of the deal with rosneft which was a global strategic partnership to explore for oil and continue just with a share swap a sixteen billion dollars share swap but the shares sort tween here and ross know what they're going to have to do sort out some kind of compromise by the fourteenth of april or else the agreement without having been consummated will expire right so what are the two companies going to do now is the deal off. the question many people are asking it seems at the moment bird's for the moment at least one can say been please very disappointed with this decision back in j

b.p.s. shareholders meet to decide the fate of the joint venture between b.p. and ross net they are these russian partner in the joint venture t m k b.p. claims that a recent deal between british royal major and ross neff violated its exclusive agreement with me in russia three sides have since try to end the conflict chain p.v.p. this week offering choice place me in their deal with the us next our correspondent daniel bushell has more. to yank a b.p. was to pour the british out of the rosneft deal chief financial officer jonathan claims he can easily raise the eight billion dollars plus needed trouble is close and the russian government won't be p t in k b p because only it has the expertise to develop in conditions the stock of attrition called suspended p.p. rolls nifty agreements while they sort out their disputes b.p. spokesman. says it will consider any t.i.n.k. b.p. offer but adds it has serious concerns with the financial operational and strategic aspects of the proposals russia h

plans to acquire just to remind you in january b.p. announced a deal with the russian oil major to snow shares absent create a joint venture to explore the russian arctic however the russian shareholders of b.p. is russian venture to p.p.p. object of the deal say that it violates their agreement with the british company that any new project for b.p. in russia should be implemented riot c m k b p so the latest offer to buy b.p. a stake is expected to be discussed with the company is the record at ten k. b.p. board meeting this friday. we're going to miss stock markets now the u.s. stocks are trading higher payroll for he says eighty he said private companies out of two hundred seventeen thousand jobs in the seemingly adjusted basis from january to february well above the one hundred eighty thousand new jobs that i must have predicted yet the high oil prices are changing investor appetites in europe the picture is in the red on the closing minutes. so for london and frankfurt european shares were low on wednesday as investors continue to

this week offering to replace b.p. in their deal with rosneft now correspondent daniel bushell has the story. he wants to follow the british thrown out all the rules and if deal chief. the journalist claims it can easily raise the eight billion dollars plus needed the trouble is both and the russian governments want p t a k b p because only its has the expertise to develop conditions the store called patrician called suspended p.p.p. those nifty agreements while they sort out their disputes b.p. spokesman of libya boyan of says it will consider any t a k b p but has serious concerns with the financial operational and strategic aspects of the proposals russia has become the polar p.-p. caught live with and called nuclear without a culture provides a full twenty five percent of its worldwide profits picky shareholders a rid themselves of th a p t russia boss told lee of the saying he favored the british soil but also accused b.p. of blocking international expansion of the joint venture now this threatens to derail these

and the moment it looks like b.p. is a bit guilty of playing things by russian rules in so much as you know they're the ones guilty of corporate governance chosen to ignore an issue with agreement with their existing partners. and go ahead and deal with the powers that be and you can see why as well i mean we are already accounts for the lion's share of the piece or are going forwards you know it's the place where all the world's going to be found and elsewhere in lng reserves and so throwing themselves in with women who can the state's own company. who can actually provide them access to the space for that was very important which is. now stands firm when it comes to negotiating terms and participating i still know they've certainly got themselves a good position and so much as you know this deal has been frozen but then on this side it's a bit disingenuous as well and so much as you know here they are screaming corporate governance shareholders agreement and yet the other gods who controlled ok will only choose to f

between b.p. . roughnecks are a long term child number of possibilities but i think the bottom line is that. b.p. is now going to have to be involved in some in some capacity or in some other venture to. shareholders to excess. but the company expects the future growth of personnel except crease we've that chief economist from euro saved thank you so much for sharing your views with that. and that's the business news for now back next hour with more and of course can always find all the latest updates at aussie dot com slash business. review the latest in science and technology from the in. the future covered.

tool to push b.p. to make a decision in conjunction with arctic explorer and project i don't think it's necessarily going to happen but that's what probably be the most powerful tool in the hands of. shareholders to press be deliberate decision on this. ruble is steadily strengthened over the past weeks largely due to rising oil prices but need a light bulb goes a from b. to b. capital predicts the russian currency could retreat towards the end of the year when the looming elections weigh in on investor confidence in our forecast for the end over the years twenty nine point three so very close to sortie but we think that. i would for. make or will be in the second half of the year on the break off all these. political uncertainty for elections. right here's a closing picture for saturday's session in moscow trading was on as it's a working day out of the long weekend use of the public all day country on my six end of the session but there was not much movement as volumes were. triggers and the fact tha

b.p. has been blocked by a stockholm's all the traits of dr you'll find out more in twenty minutes time on business. she live from moscow where it's one pm it's twelve noon in tripoli and nato has agreed to take command of the libyan no fly zone but stopped short of accepting full military control alliance chief anders fogh rasmussen said the u.s. will hurt over operational responsibility to nato within days meanwhile fresh air strikes of rock the libyan capital with reports of more civilian casualties are she's policy or reports. well if we look specifically at the question of how many civilians have been killed or injured was certainly hearing from coalition partners that they are not targeting civilians but here on the ground a very different story being painted state television and indeed the libyan government says more than a hundred civilians have so far been killed now i did attend a mass funeral for more than thirty people the graves were laid out the coffins were laid out the mood

of european stocks b.p. shares are lower one percent in trading in london otherwise it's a fairly positive picture in london and frankfurt. and. the os has in my stateside turn positive for the those rides on wall street and shares are also suffering falling decision blocking a deal with b.p. . also at stake make a big individual market movers like b.p. ross net is also that blocked arctic deal zero point four percent this hour is up almost five percent as it becomes this so companies are participating in the information society state project which means it will be receiving a lot of new contracts to have its trading in the black on the news it has increased its stake in benoit's ex talk of change from seven to ten percent and mike says they my six and aussie has are in the process of a green a march on. the russian central bank has decided to keep its key interest rate changed as they stand at its policy meeting on friday and that's just the threat information poses to the economy how about give us a list o

this solution should be mutually beneficial for both sides in the first place gatorland gas giants b.p. and roll snout agreed upon the joint exploration of the arctic shoal fandor share swap and one of the biggest tie ups ever of issue in russian and the western company but the deal was suspended after a court ruling i should group of russian and busters of tain ca b.p. filed a lawsuit they complained that it breached become positive news of the russian shuffle just and that they were unaware of this one joint venture for most of this is control both their who seek to push the movie off the venture and the shares will we be peed believes the deal is good for russia we also know that prime minister vladimir putin lauded the allies well b.p. says it will apply to proceeds with the shares more on his own without the exploration however its shareholders are concerned that to these assets will close without the right to develop the world it was a symbiotic may not make sense for the british will try the ruling by stockholm cause there's obviously a setback for the company's efforts to explo

in europe b.p. shares other advantage from earlier losses to trade three quarters of a sudden higher ground it's been a fairly positive day cross the continent with buggies could see out the dives that make it possible. and hang washougal he also has on the my sex i've turned positive product those guys on wall street the indices page more than a half a cent. let's take a look at both ends of a troll market movers live be here vol stepped was alone but blocked all to deal with the trough around is there a point in the sun was up almost six percent as because these so company to participate in the information society state project which means that all they are receiving a lot of new contracts to provide was trading in a block of news has increased its stake in the monocytes talk of change from seven to ten percent to myself yes i think president greening of america. this week. has been continuing strong reforms of russian a few minutes approached the retails exploits. would probably be forming among

b.p. management about a possible spot between the russian and b.p.'s partners rosehips may seek however compensation as it incurs losses as they do remains suspended while these do was actually a very important for b.p. in the first place says ever seen so all spiel leave mexico gold their drills remained stranded. they did not do all these still was seen as it has the flow stop it is moving towards east was so it was a crucial deal so will now wait and see how these spots will be resume you've got all right how to use continuous or thank you so much for your comments i'm afraid running out of time here. all right and that's all we have time for we'll be back in one hour with an update.

b.p. is the bad boy state b.p. it's d.p. management culture and that's not since the big drillers chevron they're all using the saying her if it meant that it's none of them are prepared for major oil spill again they were supposed to be prepared they said they would be prepared they weren't it was not just b.p. all the companies were supposed to respond to a blowout they didn't they care and so we're not prepared i mean if it happens again it's it's tuesday and they really really don't know how to control deep sea. deep water drilling is not a perfect technology all its dangers i think it sort of becoming more and more political where you have these environmental groups there saying we need to force these oil companies to further investigate the harm of harmful effects of drilling whereas those oil companies and many republicans are once again shouting drill baby drill yet it's back to the true baby drill and it's not going to first of all you can drill baby drill ing at the price was one hundred bucks a barrel it's not bec