chang, a year ahead of the olympics here in beijing, where were you at? [speaking chinese] >> at that time we had a one-year countdown ceremony in tiananmen square. it's a crucial time. the clock, of course, is ticking. the key issue is making sure that every deadline is met. >> do you have any tips or advice for london? >> we worked to make sure that the olympics complimented beijing's economic development. for example, when we built the new infrastructure for the olympics, it many proved everybody's standard of living. >> just ahead of the olympics, beijing went on a building binge. but it wasn't just sports venues, it was subway lines, an airport terminal, roads and railways. it was all designed to keep a city on the move and an olympic games running like clockwork. three years after the event was held, what's the legacy? i'm with one of china's best-known sports commentators. what did the games mean to china? >> it was a door-opening event at that time. the first real time that modern china had opened its doors to the world and showed her what it was

the bullet trains failed between beijing and shanghai. more than 20 trains had been delayed. the cause of the incident has not been disclosed. the high speed service between beijing and shanghai become operating on july 30th but has en plagued with problems. strong winds caused transmission lines to short circuit. another had trains fail to start. using technologying provided by japan, germany and others are behind the problems. observers say the delays shortly after the fatal accident is likely to fuel concerns about the safety of china's bullet trains. china's aggressively expanding its railways to serve its rapidly growing economy. >> reporter: the high speed section between beijing and shanghai was opened on june 30th. the chinese government has pushed the railway project forward very quickly. it sees high speed rail as a way to close the economic gap between rich coastal areas and inland areas and keep the economy growing. china launched its first high speed train service in 2007 ready for the beijing olympics the following year. >> translator: it's so comfortable. it do

we look at how beijing benefited from the games legacy. the father of the 18th winehouse -- of amy winehouse leads the tribute to his daughter at her funeral. >> tens of thousands of people have been forced to free their -- flee their homes due to a tropical storm. many are missing. daniel has the story. >> shelter from the storm. safe now, rescued from the floods that hit the philippines. but there are many more, bridges and towns under water. half of a million people have been affected. these are the worst floods in years. look at them now, getting through to safety is a difficult journey. now they have only what they can carry with them. they are the only way to reach those stranded by the floodwaters. 1/2 she is safe. so is he. what about the others? we have nowhere to run to. so we are just on the street. not allowed to go down the road because the water level was to buy. the storm has not passed yet. more rain and misery over the coming days. nature has blessed them with nothing. >> three days of national mourning have been declared

it's a bridge about 350 miles southeast of beijing. it's over 26 miles long, that's 2 1/2 miles longer by the way than the causeway over ponchartrain in louisiana, for those keeping score at home. and the estimated cost, at least $1.5 billion. this bridge is part of the government's effort to deal with serious traffic congestion in a nation that, of course, has more people than any other area in the world. another area where china has rocketed ahead is high-paid rail. they unveiled a new system today, beijing to shanghai, 800 miles in about five hours, less time than it takes to fly from new york to l.a. for china, high-speed rail is what the interstate highway system was to the u.s. back in the 1950s, which raises again the question, when it comes to trains, why is america home of the iron horse and the golden spike still on the slow track. we have a report from nbc's adrian mong who rolled the rails from beijing. >> reporter: it's smoother, sleeker, greener than a jet plane. the harmony express, clocking 187 miles an hour, connecting

e high-speed service between beijing and shanghai reaching 300 kilometers per hour began erinju 3hut h been plagued with problems. in one case, strong winds caused transmission lines to short circuit. inanother, trains failed to start. the rushed construction of 1300 kiloters of railway and the use of different types of carriages using tecolie ovedyjapan, germany and other countries are behind the problems. obrvers say e delays shortly after the fatal accident on the ghpeed network is likely to fuel concern about the safety of china's bullet trains. china's aggressively expanding its high-speed railways to serve its rapidly growing economy. >> reporter: the high-speed section betweeneingnd shanghai was opened on june 30th, the day before the communist party's 90th anniversary. the chinese government has pushed the railway project forward very quickly. it sees ghpeed rail as a way to close the economic gap between rich coastal areas and poor inland areas and keep the economy growing. china launched its first high-speed train service in 2007 ready for the beijing olympics thfoowg ar >>

second, beijing seems to be turning in a nationalist direction.ting propaganda, keeping out foreign influences, all to create greater solidarity at home and legitimacy for the communist party. these are worrying tendencies which would call friction between china and the world, a reversal of china's outward orientation over the last three decades, a orientation that's powered china's rise to wealth and prosperity, but there is some good news. i like one strategy that china is employing to promote its own movies. >> 38 -- >> you've probably hard of kung fu panda. the sequel is out around the world, as every parent knows, and doing especially well in china. beijing is hoping to counter hollywood's success with the release this month of its own animated action flick. ♪ >>> legend of a rabbit, the film is about a kung fu bunny, who takes on a big mean bad enemy. the enemy is a panda. that's a fair fight, and may the best animal win. add we'll be right back. >>> we cover planes that crash, and i'm afraid that in that kind of reporting, we miss a lot of

here is the report from beijing. >> the figures were better than expected.he world's second-largest economy continues to grow at a remarkable rate. beijing is keen to deliver an upbeat message. >> if you look to the recent situation and prospects of the near future, there's still a strong driving force behind the chinese economy. the possibility of the economy dropping sharply is very low. >> in the long term, some question the sustainability of china's economy. >> my belief is that beijing understands it, and that probably in the next two to three years, they are going to take steps to bring the dead growth down, which means bringing investment down. which also means bringing gdp growth rates down significantly. >> for these latest gdp figures, there will give beijing room to tackle inflation. currently is at a three-year high. food prices have risen by more than 10% in the last 12 months. in a country where millions spent more than half their income on food, high prices could trigger social unrest. why does the house the chinese economy matter to the rest

for beijing it was the first time.they spent a lot of money on it and had to answer a lot of questions. >> reporter: the eyes of the world were fixed right here. this is the fabled bird easinessed, the stadium of the beijing olympics, a place of dreams that now hold so many memories, and four years later, the people are still coming. it's a memory that will last forever, he says. it made china greater and stronger. on giant screens around the stadium, those magical moments live on. the grand opening ceremony, the lighting of the caldron and those extraordinary athletes. >> the olympics brings you everything. there's great passion. there's great tragedy. there's a real sense that the world comes together. >> tracey holmes is a sports broadcaster. for various international networks she's covered nine olympics, winter and summer. she's doing her phd on the olympics and politics. >> when people talk about politics and sport not mixing, i think they don't understand the olympic games. it's all about politics and all about m

joining me now with more details is eunice eun from cnn beijing.nice, we say cooling down, and it put that in quotes, but put that into perspective for us. >> pauline, like you said, these are very strong numbers. the chinese economy grew at 9.5% in the second quarter. that's slightly slower than the first quarter's 9.7%. it's still enviable growth. at the same time causing headaches here. wen jiabao said fighting inflation is the top priority, same he wants to avoid big swings in the economy brought on by tighter policy. the tightening policy has been feeding concerns here of a hard landing. complicating matters at the same time are concerns that china may have taken on way too much debt. >>> in the shadows of beijing's urban jungle, the one-man show of defiance against the building boom. this man lives on this traffic island, land he says his family-owned for five generations. he refused to moves, even after local authorities demolished his original house as part of their plan to build up the city. it's not necessary, he says. there are only so m

tavis: i spoke with a lot of kids in shanghai and beijing.here were some migrant kids who were getting a chance to get an education. there were also some well-to-do kids. many of them wounded mitt it and some would not. if you got them into an honest and authentic conversation, they would admit that they do feel the pressure. this single-child policy means that you are the only child, obviously. you have parents to take care when they get older and all of this responsibility rests on your shoulders because of the sheer numbers. there are only so many seats in the colleges and universities in southern china. if you get into one of those seats, there are only so many jobs, given the billions of people that live in china. i am raising that to ask what you think the long-term impact will be of this one-child policy. >> we have already seen some consequences. some of them are-point you already put your finger on the negate of them are- ive. you already put your finger on some of them. china is only in its infancy in terms of developing a nationwid

us china the nation take no beijing loses patients over washington's inability to agree a day full plan as america's largest creditor china will be left holding the bag next choose date when the u.s. could potentially default on its. next takes you to a corner of the baltics that spent the past two decades talking its soviet legacy. to me as is the capital of live you wait here the city changed hands many times during the twentieth century after world war one the poles were in charge then during the second world war nazi germany took control when the soviet army drove the fascists out of the baltics the city became if you a news competent once again of the country joining the soviet union. they like saying in russia we liberated the lithuanian people from that see germany it's true that i added the following yes you did but you didn't bother to leave afterwards should be with. you when perestroika go to underway in the late one nine hundred eighty s. it was one of the first soviet republics to demand independence. was far as we are concerned phone use is the capital notes moscow that's

beijing has imposed a moratorium on new foreign films. for almost a month, no new blockbusters produced outside china have been released in china. why? instead of "transformers" or harry potter, beijing really wants its people to watch something else, something quite different. the beginning of the great revival released last month, an extravagantly produced state-sponsored propaganda movie which cost $12 million, a fortune to make by chinese standards. the film claims to have a cost of more than 100 top chinese actors playing an array of historical characters. among them mao tse-tung, or chairman mao, portrayed not just as a revolutionary but as a romantic. while that may lure in female audiences, the real message isn't about love but about olympics. the film is released to honor the 90th anniversary of the party's founding. it describes the party's influence as having led china down a glorious path of economic independence, liberation, national wealth and strength. no mention of the great leap forward, the famine, the cultural revolutio

the incident comes amid a subway construction boom in beijing. five new subway lines opened in the capital last year alone. >>> the european union has banned imports of some seeds from egypt linking them to the recent e. coli outbreaks in germany and france. the european food safety authority said on tuesday it will temporarily ban imports of certain types of seeds from egypt until the end of october. all egyptian seeds imported from 2009 will be recalled and discarded. officials said one batch of penugreek seeds is highly likely to have caused the outbreak of the deadly e. coli strain. the outbreak spread in northern germany and the french region of bordeaux, killing 48 in germany. more than 4,000 people have been infected. difficulties in determining the source of contamination have affected businesses unrelated to the outbreaks. the eu says it will review the import ban on a regular basis through further investigations, and by taking into account the response of the egyptian government. >>> double blasts north of baghdad have killed at least 3

it is the students here in beijing and their counterparts in the u.s. that will decide how our two countries deal with each other in the future. i have come away from this journey as i have with some of the other's thinking that what we need to do is talk to each other and listen to each other and fines -- and find what makes us the same residential land on what makes us different. >thank you for hanging out with us. . next time, keep the faith. tavis: drumming next time as we wrap our -- join me next time as we wrap up our trip to china. >> every community has a martin luther king jr. boulevard. this is the cornerstone we all know. this is not just the street or a boulevard but where wal-mart stands together with your community to make everyday better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. tavis: additional funding provided by --

beijing. with the global spotlight firmly back on the safety of nuclear power following japan's tsunami and the problems at the fukushima daiichi plant china is looking at spearheading efforts to make the industry safer and much safer the chinese are investing millions in research into reactors powered by the element for him a metal proponents say as common as lead and one which despite some concerns would lead to power plants with fewer safety issues as well as other benefits. thore and based reactors certainly have advantages release from the story and is greater than from the rhenium the by products from using thore and less toxic than from uranium and it's much harder to make weapons from those by products ploy. public outcry following the problems at the fukushima plant led to beijing putting a freeze on approvals of all new nuclear power stations and safety checks at the twenty seven currently under construction however with chinese electricity consumption growing at more than five perce

public outcry following the problems at the fukushima plant led to beijing putting a freeze on approvals of all new nuclear power stations and safety checks at the twenty seven currently under construction however with chinese electricity consumption growing at more than five percent a year and its current reliance on fossil fuels to generate that unsustainable it's unlikely the crisis in japan will dampen china's thirst for nuclear power. it's impossible for china to give up nuclear energy and china needs to make changes to its energy structure which is closely linked to the need to reduce pollution carbon emissions and the overall direction of chinese development and other new energies have no advantage in either techniques or resources. no one in china is under any illusions that the country desperately needs to find alternative clean ways to generate electricity the current reliance on coal which provides some eighty percent of chinese energy needs cost the economy more than two hundred billion dollars a year through air pollution alone and while beijing is investing heavily in turn

growth is expected to fall, which is exactly what beijing wants. signs of a slowdown are showing already in the world's second economy. import growth fell to a 20-week low over the weekend and a lot of analysts are saying perhaps the volume of imports are the same as the previous month. it's just that the commodity prices made it look as if the import prices were lower. here's the thing, inflation is still at a three-year high at 6.4%. then before the bell on thursday, jpmorgan chase will report that its forecast had earned a share in the second quarter and google reports after the bell on thursday. analysts expect earnings of about 786 a share. then we look over to friday, july 15th, the result of banking stress tests are due in europe. more than 90 banks are involved here. now, this gauges the reaction to possible market shocks. and the point of these stress tests is to identify weakness in the financial sector, and previous stress tests had been criticized for not being stringent enough. charles? >> okay. well, let's get a preview of the week ah

says it won't stop the collison flights in near china despite beijing downgrades on the findings and chinese sufferance it. has been needled this new point being enemies from the more these three pushes the more determined we become. the talks exclusively see their brands are going to pressure the country facing its nuclear program about a possible break down into deadlock. and our top story in business the world which is a three year high against the euro dollar basket we'll look at what's driving that will block it out this is border internet. very warm welcome to you this is our sea life from belgium may be an international but i would feel unity with its they say when the e.u. headquarters but it faces a messy breakup of its own with an ever parable survived. explains the split that's tearing the country into echo throughout europe. so wait till they're divorced before planning their next marriage but not near the southern region of belgium a country with l.t. fictive government for record fourteen months french speaking in the self and flemish speaking floor in the north disagre

beijing. a brief look now at a couple of other international stories venezuelan president hugo chavez has made a surprise return home during his treatment for cancer in cuba it coincides with venezuela's two hundred and independence day anniversary he addressed cheering supporters in the capital but says he won't be able to join the celebrations it was thought this would be home for months down to remain as to whether he's made a full enough recovery. to have sentenced its fugitive former president to fifteen years in prison for trafficking drugs weapons and archaeological artifacts a fortnight ago it was convicted of investment and sentenced to thirty five years behind bars but now he fled to saudi arabia back in january after a month long uprising requests for his extradition back to tunisia have not been answered. u.s. lawmakers are to resume talks on the need to raise the country's debt ceiling congress is at odds over the conditions of the deal and little progress is being made republican

beijing. coming to life in the heart of the russian capital is now a quarter past the hour here. for more on the stories we're covering here let's take a look at through some of the items that are lined up for you right now and. to the heavens to get to the. course. of the monastery. clashes between police and. across. the british. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger no holds barred the global financial headlines. are i tell you with. international headlines for you this hour at least thirty five people have been killed nearly fifty two explosions in a town north of baghdad. government buildings as people gathered on the road a roadside bomb went off and followed monday's attack in baghdad. four civilians died when a rocket was. independence day celebrations at the american embassy it hit a hotel workers complex and sparked a fire. britain's prime minister is promising a surge in financial aid to afghanistan despite a planned withdrawal of u.k. troops david cameron's in the country for a two day visit where he hoped to celebrate forei

in so doing it maybe showing the rest of the world a new path to clean energy and we want an ati beijing. dot com is there where whenever you once for more on the stories we're covering here let's take you through what's lined up for you there. the holy round over a helicopter a warship or a russian m.p. takes to the heavens to get to the church on time but causes misery at the monastery. plus violent clashes between cossacks and the police and ukraine's crimea leaving dozens injured in a brawl over a demolishing an orthodox cross our video reports that our team. wealthy british something. that's not on the. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into gaza report. every flook now it's some other stories from around the world britain's prime minister is in afghanistan for a two day visit to k. troops there but david cameron's plans to celebrate progress in fighting insurgents are being marred after a soldier was captured and executed by the town of on camera visit comes just a week

military says it will continue their own reconnaissance missions near china and that's despite beijing's protest last month after two a chinese fighter jets intercepted a u. two spy plane over taiwan which china claims as its territory let's discuss this now with the don't. think professor of china's think why university school of journalism and communication not to share many things surface being with us here in our china has already reacted saying it warns the u.s. to respect its sovereignty why do you think washington would want to provoke beijing if you like in this way you know little to the question of the relocation train do you know do they know the china long read it to look a little terrestrial any nation there is challenge the american polar or all around look at all the u.s. through the creation of its complete knowledge particularly against to china why i believe the silo. we call the cheek to polar in that this century us is all we're always in their glory. all the last super column and ship in there. they are desperate to stir it all to their global dominance over the whol

beijing is keen to deliver an upbeat message. >> if you look at the recent situation and prospects in their future, there is still a strong driving force. the possibility of the economy dropping sharply is very low. >> growth is beginning to slow. some question the sustainability of the chinese economy. >> my belief is that beijing understands this and probably in the next two-three years, they will take steps to bring growth down, which means bringing investment down which also means bringing gdp growth rates down significantly. >> these latest figures will give beijing room to tackle inflation. there currently at a three-year high. prices have risen more than 10% in the last 12 months. in a country where millions spend more half of their income on food, i prices could triple social unrest. -- high prices could trigger social unrest. china has been the main driver of global growth plan to the feared it is that if there was a substantial slowdown, then it would be felt by economies around the world. >> muammar gaddafi's days are numbered according to hillary clinton. the war continues

he was speaking to thousands of party members in the great hall of the people in beijing. joining me from the chinese capital is our correspondent. martin, is the 90th birthday seen as an opportunity for the communist party to reinforce its complete dominance inside china? >> i think in many ways it is time for the party to reflect, but arguably it has never been so popular as it is now. and one of the key reasons, one of the main reasons, is the country's remarkable economic success in the past 30 years. china is now the world's second- largest economy. and i think many chinese have bought into the idea. their lives have gotten better. where the communist party, of course, has not moved is the crackdown on dissent. and in the months leading up to this anniversary we have seen some of the biggest crackdowns against dissidents in many years. >> we have heard in the last year two premier wen jiabao talking about the need to acknowledge the importance of reform. are there others at the top of the party who no political reform has to come? >> certainly there seems to be a deba

when you think about, it the beijing paperwork in 2008, this is a paper from when i covered the beijinglympics, actually has u.s. athletes on the front page of the beijing paper. this would not have been possible -- u.s. athletes in china -- some say if it wasn't for actually the game of ping pong. and actually joining us tonight we have with us ann cribbs. you are with the basoc -- >> bay area sports organizing committee. >> that's right. really, the game of ping pong is responsible for -- >> absolutely. 40 years ago -- >> so many things? >> two ping pong players. one chinese and one american got stuck on a bus. and they said why don't we visit each other, one said he would call the president and the other called mao tsung -- >> unbelievable. why is it important to play ping pong, meet with the chinese and talk diplomacy? >> because sport may be the last opportunity we all have to have a conversation between nations. everybody loves sports, it's what everybody can wildfire and talk about. and we're just excited to celebrate the ping pong diplomacy. we can't forget about it. it's import

secretary of state hillary clinton was in beijing to reassure asian the this that america will not fall back on its debt payments to shift that's when companies who have pacific capital thinks china could well dump the dollar as its main resent currency. we can't afford bad relations with china see beijing holds the cards you know we're dancing to the tune that they play the real problem for china is that there's no way that america can pay back the money that the chinese are very low interest politically is just not going to happen is specially when interest rates rise i'm surprised they can do chinese so long to figure out that they've been throwing a lot of good money after bad i don't think we're going to default i think we're going to inflate which is just as bad but you know we're going to raise the debt ceiling at the problem is the debt not the ceiling the ceiling maybe is a solution but unfortunately it's going to be raised ultimately the chinese are going to impose their own ceiling on our debt which is going to.

they can get a server in beijing. what difference does it make year or $3,000 buys 10,000 computers for 30 minutes. nobody has ever been given 10,000 computers for 30 minutes for $3,000. it is in the question that they looked at me at that stage and went, "what would i do with that?" that is the seat of the next step. there are lots of examples already happening around us, but this is the magic. as soon as the smart kids out there start figuring out what you do, we ignite this thing with a rocket ship. this has nothing to do with total cost of ownership or any of that. it has to do with being able to do things we economically could never do before. i will conclude i see the floor. >> thank you, tim. simon. >> well, now you know all about how computing. [laughter] let me give you a slightly different angle. i think of the cloud as being roughly categorized into two worlds. there is the clout as envisaged and manifested within the enterprise, which includes the city of santa francisco. large organizations of people who

beijing. the crisis is continuing to manifest itself in other areas including the political arena the japanese minister responsible for rebuilding after the tsunami and earthquake disaster has quite enough to just delete following remarks he made in the disaster region which were seen as offensive three months i'm also on good locals and politicians are using to shake the hand of a governor he's sold and waiting and threatening to withhold aid departure is a blow to the japanese government under fire for its handling of the prices prime minister khan is likely to face increased pressure to step down himself after their latest setback. five people have died and dozens have been injured in a double time going town near the capital but it does most died outside a local council building when a car bomb exploded nearby with rescuers and security forces hit by a second blast as they hold the victims of the first recent upsurge in militant at times has prompted the political debate within the country

beijing. pascoe's hopes for a joint missile shield in europe have been dashed a russian nato summit in the city of sochi the alliance said it had no plans for such a system and wouldn't guarantee its own missile shield one target russia later we'll hear from a leading american scientists are biased administration is continuing bush era policies here are some of what's to come. when the plan was first discarded by president obama when it came into power there was a lot of hope that the new system would be more agreeable to the russians but not of the actual numbers if you look at the congressional research service reports it would be four hundred forty interceptors based on forty three ships now these are mobile platforms and that is part of the problem so. instead of being less of a concern going from the bush administration to the obama. this has raised all sorts of red flags in russia. and a brief look at a couple of international headlines now but as well in present day which obvious has ma

know in our top stories washington's refusing to stop its reconnaissance flights in a china despite beijing's outrage over violating chinese sovereignty experts say the asian countries rapid military rise is a headache for the pentagon which fears losing his world dominance. in the kremlin responding to u.s. travel ban on officials linked to the death of a lawyer in custody with a list of americans will be barred from entering russia most was angry at washington's move saying the investigation interested him against these deaths is still ongoing. the heat wave is baking russia right now and it's raising fears the deadly small might return to the capital for wildfire season is underway along with underground heat coal fires which calls choking smoke and blanket moscow blasting. programs continue next we're talking exclusively to iran's foreign minister about the country's nuclear program and the possible ways out of the deadlock right now. you know why i call the worst the suspicious of iran's nuclear program while you insist that you have peaceful intentions what is iran doing to convince the

in so doing it maybe showing the rest of the world a new poff it's a clean energy henry morton oxy beijing the effects of the focus of crisis that continue to manifest themselves in various areas including japanese politics japan's disaster reconstruction in stereo much motor has resigned only a week into the post this comes after his visit to an area hit by march's tsunami and earthquake most all of the local governors threaten to withhold aid to region if we didn't provide a clear plan for reconstruction the form of this is behaving angered local people in japan's most prominent opposition party dubbed it an affront to. attackers killed at least thirty five to forty seven recently dominated town north of iraq's capital baghdad police reports say insurgents first detonated a car bomb near the local council building this was followed by second explosion of a roadside bomb targeting those who gathered to help the victims of the first blast from as a tank killing four people in baghdad's green zone that's where government embassy buildings on occasion. it's a rare and incurable disease and i

we can't afford bad relations with china see beijing holds the cards you know we're dancing to the tune that they play the real problem for china is that there's no way that america can pay back the money that the chinese are for a loan just politically just not going to happen is specially when interest rates rise i'm surprised and taken the chinese so long to figure out that they've been throwing a lot of good money after bad i don't think we're going to default i think we're going to inflate which is just as bad but you know we're going to raise the debt ceiling that the problem is the debt not the ceiling the sooner the chinese start to stop enabling by this phony economy that we have the sooner we as americans can begin to repair the damage and what's going to happen is where the dollar collapses americans are going to see a big reduction in our standards of living and then to those we find out why china on the west on long term conflict not that interesting but two thousand pounds class tops out americans that they didn't think was intercepted the chinese border . and the lies of

beijing. effects of the fukushima crisis are continuing to manifest themselves in various areas including japanese politics japan's disaster reconstruction minister motor has resigned only a week into the post this comes after his visit to an area hit by march's tsunami and earthquake there matsumoto scolded the local government and threatened to withhold aid to the region if he didn't provide a clear our affection for ministers behavior angered local people and japan's most prominent opposition party dubbed it an affront to all earthquake victims. a double bomb attack has killed at least thirty five and wounded forty seven in a sunny dominated north town of iraq's capital baghdad police reports say insurgents first detonated a car bomb near the local council building this was followed by a second explosion of a roadside bomb targeting those who gathered to help the victims of the first blast follows a missile attack killing four people in baghdad's green zone where government and embassy buil

says it won't stop the common sense of flights may china despite beijing violating chinese sulfur and sea. and in our business bulletin russia stocks rose at the end of the trading session the ati has rebounded from a one week low closing in the black joining me in twenty minutes to look at the other markets. well can see this is live from moscow belgium it may be an international by word for unity with it's and they say and you had quarters but it faces a messy breakup of its own with an era parable north south divide as daniel pushing explains the split that tearing the country into could echo throughout europe some way to their divorce before planning their next marriage but not where lower near the southern region of belgium the country's been without defective government for a record fourteen months french speaking while looms in the self's and flemish speaking flanders in the north disagree on pretty much everything many analysts think the most likely outcome will see the country break into as soon as it splits with floor this is complete the world will look to hook up with fran

most cadences are sitting in washington refusing to stop its reconnaissance flights to china despite beijing down for a job of oddities in chinese some pretty good saying the asian countries have been the true rises heading the pentagon which fee is using its dominance. of the ground when responding to a u.s. travel ban all officials linked to the death of a neuer in custody with a list of americans and some mentoring russia was angry at washington for the use saying the investigation is a study about needs and data it's too long. waving taking a brush to write down what is raising fears that are already dead and small while the sounds of. the wall fire season on the way along with underground fire is cleanest choking smoke and blankets moscow all share. a loss since clues that these two rounds foreign minister about the country's nuclear program are the possible way out of the deadlock. the worst the suspicious of iran's nuclear program well you insist that you have peaceful intentions what is iran doing to convince the west where you nuclear program is intended to serve peaceful purposes i

could even done the dollar as its main reserve currency we can't afford bad relations with china beijing holds the cards you know we're dancing to the tune that they play the real problem for china is that there's no way that america can pay back the money that the chinese have already loaned just politically it's just not going to happen you specially when interest rates rise i'm surprised they can be chinese so long to figure out been throwing a lot of good money after bad i don't think we're going to fall i think we're going to inflate which is just math but you know we're going to raise the debt ceiling the problem is the debt not the ceiling the sooner the chinese stop stop enabling this phony economy that we have this sooner we as americans could begin to repair the damage and what's going to happen is what the dollar collapses americans are going to see a big reduction in our standard of living. and later this hour we find out why china and the u.s. locked in conflict over another issue two superpowers clash the american surveillance plane it's a septic tank china's close nine. hu

beijing. well the effects of the fukushima crisis are continuing to manifest themselves in various areas including japanese politics japan's disaster reconstruction is a matsumoto has resigned only a week into the post this comes after his visit to an area hit by march's tsunami and earthquake not so much scolded the local governor and threatened to withhold aid to the region if you didn't provide a clear plan for reconstruction the former ministers behavior i'm good local people and japan's most prominent opposition party dubbed it an affront to all earthquake victims. a smaller private boat has reportedly slipped past the greek sailing ban on the gaza bound humanitarian a flotilla that comes just a day after several larger ships attempted to break through the blockade but will return to port after being boarded by armed soldiers activists claim that israel is taking advantage of the economic crisis in greece to prevent them from leaving a similar mission just over a year ago ended with nine

in so doing it maybe showing the rest of the world a new path to clean energy henry morton altie beijing it's now a quarter past the hour here in moscow you with our two former i.m.f. chief dominique strauss kahn is to face fresh charges of sexual assault which have been filed by a french writer she claims she was attacked in two thousand and two because lawyers say they will sue for slander it comes as cannes that new york a sex assault case is reportedly on the verge of collapse as prosecutors question his accuser's credibility for the analysis now on earth strauss kahn situation we're now joined by by bob ellis a political writer and commentator thank you for joining us today so these are these new sexual assault charges emerged just as the new york a started to fall apart is there a connection here to some the timing might seem a bit suspicious i would think so. it's reasonably clear that. strauss kahn was set up. at the circus he interests or probably. some member of the c.e.o. does not quite understand what the word socialist country means we. can. work out certain. sure. i think t