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the republic of cyprus is a full eu member, and it happens to hold at the moment the rotating presidency of the eu. >> thanks very much for that analysis. in syria, the regime has boosted air strikes in recent days in a bid to win back territory lost to the rebels. >> there is renewed shelling in the northern city of aleppo where much of the violence has been taking place in the conflict. >> human rights groups estimate 36,000 people have died in serious since the fighting began, equaling about 165 people a day. >> an air strike by syrian government forces reduces this street in aleppo to rubble. the strike comes suddenly and without warning in the middle of the day. in one house, people are looking for their family. they have just one small bucket of water to put out the fire. then they make a cool discovery -- cruel discovery. ibrahim helps to carry his dead parents outside. their bodies are so disfigured, he is no longer able to tell who is who. they set off for the cemetery. aleppo, syria's largest city, is going up in smoke. for centuries a commercial hub and today a world heritage

cyprus of course is the main hall for rational happened so last month moscow will join new countries to help the island which is right now sitting as one of twenty billion euros in aid. and moving on that the speed to. be the russian british to aventura now has a need to it's because the russian co-owners are now considering their stake and this would go through either an i.p.o. or to a strategic investor again there we know that of course they had this would happen of b.p. sells its part to rolls left something local shareholders are unhappy about at the same time is not giving up a larger stake in by buying shares from the british partners b.p. says the company would continue the process of selling its they regardless over the a r move earlier the british oil for him and then she talks to sell its have the third largest oil firm due to shareholder this. markets are just open in the here and right now we've seen the oil prices bounce back and so that there was a market artsy i skated over a half a percent and then my six about a quarter percent i will know more of course next hour l

moody's because it's now downgraded yet another card through this thought as the ball writings of cyprus which were hit there were hit by three notches moody's a saw and negative outlooks through its ratings as well the agency says the move was due to profound difficulties in the country's banking sector which is the result of the two are rated conditions in greece cyprus is of course the main hope for russia's capital and last month moscow cited would join the e.u. countries to help the island which is seeking a total of twenty billion euros and. move in on the dispute in the british or russian oil budget seeing now has a new twist because at this time. russian partners all that venture which is a are considering selling their stake this time around now this would happen of b.p. sells its ports to rolls left something that local shareholders are all happy about at the same time they are is not giving up plans to a large it's they could buy by inches from the british partners but b.p. says the company would consider new the process of selling that stake regard. the a r move now earlier t

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and portugal you know many more countries are coming up with problems we have now poland we have cyprus we have malta i mean it's not going to end here because it's a general economic crises so we need to see what is the problem for the different members say this is the year that the the european union is. that they propose one solution one size fits all or one solution fits all and this is this will not work because the problems are very different in greece the problem was about having a huge. probably service is framed it's about the property bubble and i know less angela merkel understands these then there would be no solution possible . as protests surge in europe the american occupy movement is having to evolve to stay afloat after police crackdowns forced it from city squares activists are now trying to soften the impact of the economic crisis arches ramon believe though reports on one group helping citizens keep their homes from the threat of foreclosure. was it. was. more than a year after it kicked off its movement in los angeles occupy l.a. is alive and well but in much smalle

cyprus getting further downgrade the recession a recession deepening in green and spain so how much time do the european leaders actually have to solve all the problems that it's been piling out. of the crisis thought as two things have been the most important thing is that on the one hand you're you need is don't tend to solve anything in these summits but on the other hand they do display about citi to muddle through this belief about citi to keep on going despite. this by the odds and to keep the deal together the question is for how long we don't know we don't know the exact amount of time that's left but what we do know is that if things continue like this we are staring at another last decade for a generation of european citizens all right karen rose from european universities thanks very much indeed for your thoughts here on our team. and coming up for you later this hour if freedom of speech gets a new meaning and europe iran learns a less censorship from the u.s. satellite providers gap the last two dozen of that state heavey and radio stations that i have for you after a short

markets reacted pretty much the same there was also another downgrade on tuesday moody's slashed cyprus by three notches to negative last month a moscow promise to help the island which is now seeking up to twenty billion euro in aid and here in russia the equities and did mixed with the r.t.s. managing to recover some of monday's losses on the currency markets the euro and the day losing to the u.s. dollar the ruble is stronger to the currency bounce. and next on our t.v. we talked to sociologist craig calderwood about the lessons to be learned from the recent arab anger over an american film many deemed insulting to the prophet muhammad. the u.s. government has been taken by surprise by the recent wave of anti-american violence one fold in thrall to muslim countries following its role in the arab revolutions washington was expecting more aggressive too don't support from the nations involved but did you ask have sufficient cultural and social understanding of the region and on the societies of the countries they were intervening to discuss that not only that we are now joined by socio

bounce back somewhat trading want to cross if there was another downgrade on tuesday moody's slashed cyprus by three notches to negative last month moscow promised to help the island which is now seeking up to twenty billion dollars in aid here in moscow we're seeing is a pretty upbeat picture on the heels of these sell off on monday both the r.t.s. and the mice are trading above the line and on the currency markets the euro is shedding value to the u.s. dollar but the russian ruble is staying pretty have to gain to the currency pounds . and in a few minutes we talk to. call you and we'll be back with a business update in about fifty. many thanks indeed. you were saying it's going to be al going off spotlight of the issue there about her standards in the media world you say double standards and of course the official with the for security and cooperation spotlight in just a sec. even in the autumn of the years. it's never too late to start a. triage stream paragliding. when a bar or a lifting championship. or become a part. old boy. a little bit. welcome to the show our two i'm and today my

cited as the reason greece spends so much since the one nine hundred seventy four turkish invasion of cyprus athens is spent an estimated two hundred sixteen billion or. considers that it's it's facing a threat from turkey. and that we need to maintain a. credible military force is that threat and one of the key places where greece shops for its defense needs is germany is orders make up around fifteen percent of berlin's arms exports the most in europe despite germany's repeated belt tightening mantra in my point of view there's no justification that greece continues to spend so heavily on military equipment but of course it's export earnings for germany and nato interests and so it's just being done and it's not being talked about so much every once a while the topic pops up it's just being done and politicians in germany are not really questioning it with greeks enduring a dire financial plight with little sign of reprieve is there an element of hypocrisy in germany calling for cuts while encouraging greece the by its weapons. not all of berlin's elected representatives buying into their

foreign policy objectives we had last year and this year turkish government threaten in the republic of cyprus governments because the cypriot government found natural oil and gas reserves in it's in gigs crucifixion i'm excited and so i think today's more bouts of peace in certain sections of search sites it's more symbolic but on a war in notes it demonstrates once again how to answer because governments push use aggressively for policy objectives we've also seen this kind of things in recent history books as well the not forgetting of course turkey making a similar move regarding northern iraq didn't it were its military hunted for kurdish militants how different is that from what syria is doing i pursue in suspected terrorists over the turkish border while the syrian government being the only legitimate administration in syria has every rights of the shoe terrorists on its territory however there's a difference issues terrorists on its territory has not threatened to go into turkey where the world knows there's training camps for the free syrian army so it's very different to what herc is

markets reacted pretty much the same by selling it was another downgrade on tuesday moody's lashed cyprus by three notches to negative last month moscow promised to help the island which is now seeking up to twenty billion euro and eight and here in russia equities closed mixed with the r.t.s. managing to me however somewhat some of monday's losses in. they're all cynical moved on the mice it's on the news that the poor little bit against the company's share buybacks and all the current seamark as the euro is shedding value to the u.s. dollar and the russian ruble closed higher to the currency basket.

to get i have to cyprus so that's certainly more on the company that russia's biggest private gas producer has put more effort to improve its operations in europe the firm has started talks with the local car but is aiming to sign new gas trading contracts now at the moment it can only trade gas but not expulsion from russia. the monopoly of the state owned gas but says the kremlin plans to give the access to other producers no vitex trading contracts could help it find gas buyers when allowed to fly abroad so this was the russian email to social network group who has give it up for global expansion on foreign markets it will concentrate on online gamers under the name of my dog called the company claims that its services are enjoyed by over ninety percent of russian internet users and hopes for success abroad they say any foreign achievement will be tough and that suits you high competition from global farms this is how the fashion there is going to go because up to have started trading before today and as we can see it's actually being basket of cars. against both the u.s. dollar and the

numbers in just a second and here they are there was another downgrade on tuesday moody's sloshed cyprus by three notches to the negative watched month moscow promised to help the island which is now seeking up to twenty billion euro and they add to the dispute in the russian the british oil joint venture t.n.t. b.p. has a new twist now the russian coal miners eight are considering selling their house in the company either to a strategic investor or the an i p o but this would happen only if b.p. sells its part to ross now something the russian church leaders would not be too happy about at the same time a are is not giving up the plans to actually in the largest state in the n.p.t. by buying shares from the british partners but b.p. says it will keep searching for a buyer or a regardless of the age are. earlier the british firm initiated talks to sell its stake now it take a look at the russian markets what we're seeing there is pretty have to gains the r.t.s. at the moment is putting on around two thirds of the sounds they're managing to recover from a monday's a loss says that and on

and portugal you know many more countries are coming up with problems we have now poland we have cyprus we have motor i mean it's not going to end here because it's a general economic crises so we need to analyze what is the problem for the different member states and find a solution for each member state. but each member state has a different problem and yet they're now looking at closer integration for those euro zone states that's going to be deployed to the site and. this is the year that the the european union is having that they propose one solution one size fits all one solution fits all and this is this will not work because the problems are very different in greece the problem was about having a huge. faith public service. in spain as i said it's about the property bubble in. italy it's about the lack of competitiveness so you know one size doesn't fit all and unless angela merkel understands this then there will be no solution possible. solution possible and yet here we go another meeting another summit to address the problem what do you expect to come out of this round of cha

european markets are also reacting by selling there was another downgrade on tuesday moody's slashed cyprus by three notches to the negative last month moscow promised to help the island which is now seeking up to twenty billion euro in aid and here in moscow equities close the mixed with the r.t.s. managing to recover some of monday's losses new rules committal moved on the my sex on the news that the court ruled against the company's share buyback and last but not least the currencies the euro is a losing to the u.s. dollar the russian ruble is trading stronger was trading stronger and closed the day to the currency basket and that's all the latest from the business desk seen back here in the minutes going to sasha thank you will see you later. for a just a moment or two hoping you stay with us as the one and only markets cards are on the cards are reports telling you all the things that really are the biggest banks in the world just a moment here on our city. mission free cretaceous free. for charges free to make humans free. free still free. old free broadcast quality video for your med

twenty one summits i would last two years here we are today with cyprus on the verge of leading a bailout the spanish position frankly looking perilous i think the reason my stuff goes viral is that i'm giving not just a counter-argument but i think i believe a pragmatic economic incentives as well and kind of what you're getting at is there is a bull market for for truth there is a bull market for getting past the b.s. and the rhetoric what i found interesting was even on the mainstream networks in the us you've been on sandy sea and fox this week i feel that you were more well received there then then maybe you would be by mr barroso and by some of the right thing you're going to be. even into the mainstream in the u.s. do you think this is and do you agree first of all i think anybody that looks at economics from a fundamental perspective is going to say this euro zone should never have been put together the way that it has been and the frankly i don't know frankly it can't last the only question is how long will the agony go on for my worry as you showed in that last clip of mine my w

. >> the summer was slow but recently more and more people are dying out at cyprus.has been in the business people are -- going out to eat. >> this positive trend. there is more splurge. they are going out and looking at morse expensive bottles of wine. -- more expensive bottles the weekend. however, more restaurants are slated to open it that the outlook is improving. and walnut creek, kron 4. >> president obama will be in the bay area on monday. he will fly into s f o attending a concert fundraiser at the program civic auditorium. this is near city hall. john legend will be the headliner. and also spearhead and the forty-niners quarterback, alex smith will make an appearance. $7500 = ticket price! with a photograph with the president. grant lotus, kron 4. >> we've seen a lot of clouds. continuing this evening with low clouds, high clouds, and look aside from our mount tam. right now, we're going to be seen cool conditions. and da if 50s through daly city. for the overnight hours, patchy fog it is not going to be that widespread. and also cooler temperatures this we

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players for a greek cyprus team are wearing pink 3jerseys and they have the logos of two local brothelsrastic government funding cuts. -- a greek soccer team. >> the next door could help you keep on to some old packets of barbecue sauce. in north dakota man sold a 22- year-old jug of barbecue sauce for thousands of dollars. >> he used to be the owner of a mcdonald's franchise. he saved it after michael jordan promotion in 1992. it has an expiration date of december 8, 1992. they suggest the winning bidder not tried to eat it. what do you do with that? did you put that in your heart curio cabinets? >> lance armstrong getting dropped from nike and other sponsors and it'll cost him millions. >> more women sitting on company boards. ellen braitman at bloomberg headquarters with more. >> good morning. more women are breaking through the glass ceiling. according to a survey, women hold more than 15% of the board room seats at fortune 1000 companies. but it's a fraction. the data was compiled by a national campaign to increase the number of women directors at public companies to 20% or more by

this is cyprus from discovery cove, down in florida.mom twice over and she is a lesser anteater. >> she eats fewer ants? >> just because she is smaller. she is full grown, obviously here at 13 years old. >> looking good. >> giant ant eaters get to be about a hundred pounds. she is only 15 pounds or so. >> ant eaters really eat ants? >> up to 9,000 a day. >> a long tongue. she can just -- >> let me show you that. here. you guys can hold this test tube. it has some grubs on top and honey on the bottom. and -- >> look at that tongue. >> 16 inches long. she can actually very easily hit the bottom of that as well. >> is that worms? >> those are. little grubs. >> does she have teeth? >> no. no teeth at all. she actually kind of grinds up -- >> are these the animals that can smell like skunks? >> yes. >> she is not going to do that, right? >> no. they only do that if they are going to -- need to defend themselves, really. >> this is unbelievable. >> isn't that awesome? >> you know we have wood for her to climb around on as well. one of the rea

>> there is quite a difference between the leader of cyprus and the leader of the free world, ronald reagan in terms of meeting. the soviet union will meet with a lot of different people. we have been in close touch with those who have met with the leaders of the soviet union. that is quite different than meeting with the president of the united states. the soviets say, we will have a meeting when there has been progress. yet they left those talks. i would like to correct my opponent on the walk in the woods. it was the soviet union that was unwilling to discuss the what in the woods. representative ferraro mentioned the inflexibility on -- of our position on strategic arms. we tried to reduce the ss-18's and those weapons. there is flexibility. that is an important point in terms of negotiations. >> congresswoman, he that taketh away, must give back. you will have the to menace our a rebuttal. but you rob me of my follow-up. -- > >> you rob me of my follow-up. >> representative ferraro, how can you convince the american public that the world will be a safer place under ferraro- mond

is something a lot bigger, something that includes an extension of debt for greece, a bailout to cyprus as one package. now, she would then take that and not get that done in october. she also needs to take the troica report, first. it is increasingly likely that october may be frustrating for the market and may be more likely november, and i think what we get as a result is perhaps a dip in the euro this month followed by a smart rally in november and the market might be surprised at the sheer strength of it. that theory is gaining a lot of power in the market now. >> the euro is certainly not if not resill yant over the last three, four weeks. if you want to make your best trade now would you stay away from euro dollar and look where else. >> i think there is more value in euro yen. it is a terrific proxy for risk in the currency world and i would looking to buy a dip near 125 and risk 98.75 and the trade could be worth 105 by the end of november. i would take the dollar out and put it against the yen. >> great to have you back on the show. look forward to having you back again. >> an

nations that use the euro are already officially in recession: greece, spain, italy, portugal and cyprus. an islamist group was quick to claim it attacked the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya and the white house was told almost immediately. the associated press reported that today. it said the state department e- mailed the information to the white house two hours after the attack. the e-mail cited claims by ansar al-sharia, on social media. but secretary of state hillary clinton said today the information was not solid. >> posting something on facebook is not in and of itself evidence, and i think it just underscores how fluid the reporting was at the time and continued for some time to be. what i keep in mind is that four brave americans were killed and we will find out what happened. >> sreenivasan: republicans charge the president and top aides knew it was a terrorist attack early on, but played down that angle for political reasons. a new burst of violence has erupted along gaza's border with israel. fighters from hamas and a smaller militant group launched more than 70 rockets and

spain is one of five eurozone nations already in recession, along with greece, italy, portugal and cyprus the presidential campaign trail today, vice president biden accused the romney campaign of perpetuating a quote, outrageous lie, in ads on the obama administration's auto industry bailout. the ads assert general motors and chrysler are adding jobs in china at the expense of workers in ohio. both g.m. and chrysler have protested. but the romney campaign insists the facts in the ads are accurate. syrian government forces stepped up widespread air assaults on opposition strongholds today, anti-government activists said, after a holiday ceasefire fell apart. amateur video showed mig fighter jets strike near a mosque on the outskirts of damascus. warplanes also pounded the north, in towns including dair al zour. two days of bombing have left at least 185 people dead. meanwhile, u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton called for a shakeup of the syrian opposition in its bid to oust president assad. she said it should include people who've been fighting on the front lines, not just activists

corporal san pedro killed in cyprus. capt shot by terrorist near athens, greece. the 10 a corporal -- lt. corporal killed in a terrorist attack in germany. hospital man wounded in beirut, lebanon. a petty officer first class, assigned to the defense attache office, killed. civil engineer corps builder, killed, boulder first class, and four marine security guards wounded and -- in the terrorist bombing in -- in east beirut. a steelworker, a second-class of underwater construction team won, killed by terrorists in athens, greece. of the marines assigned to a security guard detachment, san salvador, killed by a terrorist armed with automatic weapons in a cafe in san salvador. 37 killed, five wounded when the uss stark was struck by iraqi missiles. a terrorist grenade attack at the uso club in barcelona, spain. colonel richard higgins killed by two pro-iranian terrorists, some one struck by an iranian mine. japanese red army terrorist of the u. s. 0 club in naples, italy. lost and attack helicopter during an operation against iranian naval forces. a captain and defens

>> there is quite a difference between the leader of cyprus and the leader of the free world, ronald reagan in terms of meeting. the soviet union will meet with a lot of different people. we have been in close touch with those who have met with the leaders of the soviet union. that is quite different than meeting with the president of the united states. the soviets say, we will have a meeting when there has been progress. yet they left those talks. i would like to correct my opponent on the walk in the woods. it was the soviet union that was unwilling to discuss the what in the woods. representative ferraro mentioned the inflexibility on -- of our position on strategic arms. we tried to reduce the ss-18's and those weapons. there is flexibility. that is an important point in terms of negotiations. >> congresswoman, he that taketh away, must give back. you will have the to menace our a rebuttal. but you rob me of my follow-up. -- > >> you rob me of my follow-up. >> representative ferraro, how can you convince the american public that the world will be a safer place under ferraro- mond

they have used it in cyprus as well last year to check turkey and arms sales.arms sales in russia is foreign-policy and not just if question of selling weapons to friendly states. they are clearly an attempt to create a block of influence for the russian government within syria and the middle east the latest one being a 4.2 billion-dollar arms sales announced to iraq a week or 10 days ago. if iran manages to satisfied russian apprehensions with the iaea would not be surprised to see russian weapons go back to iran. basically trying to sell to everybody else in the middle east and this is part of their larger strategy of asymmetric support to anti-american movements in the middle east in order to keep russia in the game is as a great power. therefore, we have important domestic lobbies that of the state in the perpetuation of the assad regime and more than that as many of you now and i've written about this come, arms sales in russia are one of those mechanisms because the whole sector is thoroughly involved by which slush funds are provided through top governme

by sending a fleet there twice, using it in cyprus as well to check turkey. and arms sales -- arms sales and russia are just a question of selling [indiscernible] they are trying to create block within syria and latest one is the $4.2 billion arms sales announced to iraq a week or 10 days ago. if iran manages to satisfy russian apprehensions with regard to the iaea, i would not be surprised to see russian weapons back to iran. they are clearly trying to sell to everyone else in the middle east. of asymmetrical. -- asymmetric appointments in keeping russia in the game as hour. therefore, we have -- in the game as a great power. as many of you know, arms sales in russia are one of those mechanisms because the home sector is thoroughly corrupt, by which this slush funds are provided to top government officials for black operations of various kinds whether at home or abroad. to lose another $4 billion market, which they lost in libya, that would put a dent in the graft going to the top of the regime. we must never forget what we are dealing with here is what is c

guns and weapons are we've just seen again in syria at the diplomacy in cyprus against turkey.ther similar examples show that russia will play a great powerful through the available consolidating and they see the united states is doing so, are attempting to do so than by the unilateral resort, the force bypassing the u.n. and they must be observed because after all it's still the game in town to god that the veto power. they want to disregard the u.n. and make a mockery. as we all know, mr. putin admitted to what was planned in advance and article li on the right to protect. so the u.n. is a faÇade for them, but which they pursued their main political object is the squelching democracy and blocking the promotion of u.s. interest in power abroad. as i mentioned, d.c. the u.s. promotion of democracy, as a singularly uninformed because protected wars in the middle east created international crisis. they will tell you that they be as out of control, though it doesn't approach it's one of the cox besides the attack in the american consulate and benghazi last month. they also tell yo

so it's crescent goes to israel through cyprus on greece, which it sees as a huge opportunity in the wake of the recession and it's based on mediterranean gas. finally, israel has a natural resource that the europeans need in which it can sell and will hire lasted a group of people that build so much to than anyone around the middle east. now, this is congress. i would say this is egypt's game with some event taken off by turkey. the president has turned out to be an unexpected and welcome later in this chaos. loving brotherhoods is an organization that has officers in many places at the middle east. the people know it, it's old. in many ways it's quite trusted and it's politically experienced in the position of having an and the opposition, so it actually knows when an opposition is to do, even when it now no longer is in the opposition. now the question of course is will they adopt an extremist agenda now that they are in power as president but not he warned as, as president mubarak warned us. my view is that president morrissey is actually taking rather a middle-of-the-road line.

eurozone would like spain to ask for a bailout in november in order that it can be bundled with helping cyprus europe to get them kind of going through the particlements at one time if you like because that certainly would help the situation in germany. they are pointing about a november application. don't forget, we got two regional elections in spain this weekend which are potentially important. in the meantime, let me just show you where we are on some of the banks. let me show you where we are on the spanish yields which have continued to stay depressed, which is a good sign as we await the regional elections in spain. let me show you some of the eurozone banks today. they were doing reasonably well. there is some talk of m and a within europe as well and that moved some of the stocks, though not all of a them. two of the nor weekien companies came through announcing they're going to combine their aluminum and piping business in the united states. looks like the verent a kill co sell its parcel delivery. they're not sprint softbank deals. >> thanks, simon. simon hobbs. meanwhile, gary is b