e.u. energy commission or the situation that damaged nuclear reactors north of tokyo is out of control and that possible catastrophic events may occur within the next hour as the nasdaq one hundred percent. the knock on effect on the e.u. market simple things will slow down one point two percent back some one point six percent on these nuclear worries worldwide and in russia markets the finnish trading still in positive territory though much more moderate the beginning of the session when the price of something i see a short one and the hard percent nice except for just twenty three percent aussie at home just because some individual stocks is very very who was the leader of the session in the beginning of the trading session it was up for more than two. but the giving actually ended down point six percent worse now after the new coil because well without the on the still middle east concern is really the start of war between sad news coming from japan. turmoil in the middle east which is sort of pushing oil prices down largely if you care about those crazy investment firm wraps up invest

e.u.'s energy commission has just announced that japan's fukushima damaged reactors are quote out of control and could lead to catastrophic events in alice and you while japan's nuclear crisis strengthened concerns on safety of similar objects around the world germany has temporarily shut down seven of its all the nuclear plants adding it should abandon nuclear power sooner than forcing however switzerland has suspended the approval process for free new nuclear power stations. russia's government has reconfirmed its plans to sell a part of its controlling stake in the country's largest lenders bank authorities hope to sell a seven point six percent stake in the buyback in the second half of twenty eleven however the economic development ministry said the privatisation of the state run bank was close are likely to happen this year yet the first deputy prime minister you could survive reiterating the government's commitment to sell off at stake in twenty eleven should market conditions for the favorable. its market conditions are favorable this year we could also invest a sperm bank stocks we

e.u. energy commission has recently said that japan's fukushima damaged reactors are quote out of control and could lead to catastrophic events within hours meanwhile depends nuclear crisis a strain from concerns on safety of similar objects around the world germany is temporarily shut down seven of its all this nuclear plants adding we should abandon nuclear power sooner than foreseen where switzerland has suspended the approval process for free new nuclear power stations. turkey has yet to give russia permission to start construction of the south stream gas pipeline project over its territory that's according to deputy prime minister. a turkish delegation headed by prime minister recep and began visit moscow on wednesday to discuss a range of bilateral issues but keep the energy matters including the south stream and samson jihan the oil pipeline failed to make any headway the russian government however did say to him to boost bilateral trade with turkey up to one hundred million dollars annually the trade between the two countries already increased by almost thirty percent last year wi

e.u. commission and council and the senior director at the nsc had the privilege of being the decision makerithin the prime minister's office in jerusalem. what should the europeans and americans and the israelis do in confronting what is a consequential change in the middle east, and particularly with respect to the muslim brotherhood? >> i will go first. [laughter] thanks for that question, mark. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. it is a policy to some degree. there is a good argument for sometimes just not being too proactive and having to wait and see approach. i think you would be a mistake. i published two weeks ago and not hidden the "washington post" but i got criticized quite a lot for it. my point was trying not to make the brotherhood be this 10-foot giant, because my fear would be we are all thinking the brotherhood is going to take over, and we embrace it immediately fearful that if we don't, then we are going to be -- they aren't going to like us and we aren't going to find ourselves in a good position. i think that is -- and i see the temptation with its -- to stick to th

e.u. commission, tommy, you're senior director at the n.f.c. and ruel, you're a decision maker at the prime minister's office in jerusalem, what should the leaders do in confronting a consequential change in the middle east, particularly with respect to the muslim brotherhood. >> you want to go first? >> all right. thanks for that question, marc. >> thank you very much. >> i think wait and see. it's a policy to some degree. there's a good argument for sometimes just not being too pragmatic but having a wait and see approach. i published two weeks ago an op-ed in "the washington post" and i was criticized a lot for that and my point was trying not to make the brotherhood a 10-foot giant because my fear is that we all think the brotherhood will take over and embrace it immediately, fearful if we don't, they're not going to like us and we're not going to be in a good position. i think that is -- i see that temptation, whether it's -- well, let's stick to the e.u. i see that sentiment there and i think it's flawed for two reasons. first of all, the

e.u. commission. >> when there is a fair and concrete benefit to be had it's surprising how principled people become, and so the liberalization which there was a huge public demand for europe and they pass the necessary reforms to permit to meet the standards for the civilization. they knew there was something they had to do. it wasn't easy but there is a concrete benefit of the other end and so that is again that is the challenge is to make sure the concrete benefits are there and there is enough pressure from the ground up on the leaders even if they are reluctant to do it to realize they can't turn around and turn the voters. right now though in part because the dialogue is a very positive one, the press is an important factor here, it's a very fractionalized, it tends to focus not on the benefits of moving forward with the risks going forward, and so that's why i think the challenge is to keep the spotlight on what is needed, and i think what both of us try to do is when we go to bosnia i think five times over the last two years and i will be there in a couple of weeks is to talk to peopl

e.u. commission and council and the senior director at the nsc had the privilege of being the decision makerwithin the prime minister's office in jerusalem. what should the europeans and americans and the israelis do in confronting what is a consequential change in the middle east, and particularly with respect to the muslim brotherhood? >> i will go first. [laughter] thanks for that question, mark. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. it is a policy to some degree. there is a good argument for sometimes just not being too proactive and having to wait and see approach. i think you would be a mistake. i published two weeks ago and not hidden the "washington post" but i got criticized quite a lot for it. my point was trying not to make the brotherhood be this 10-foot giant, because my fear would be we are all thinking the brotherhood is going to take over, and we embrace it immediately fearful that if we don't, then we are going to be -- they aren't going to like us and we aren't going to find ourselves in a good position. i think that is -- and i see the temptation with its -- to stick to t

e.u. commission and council and the senior director at the nsc had the privilege of being the decision makerwithin the prime minister's office in jerusalem. what should the europeans and americans and the israelis do in confronting what is a consequential change in the middle east, and particularly with respect to the muslim brotherhood? >> i will go first. [laughter] thanks for that question, mark. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. it is a policy to some degree. there is a good argument for sometimes just not being too proactive and having to wait and see approach. i think you would be a mistake. i published two weeks ago and not hidden the "washington post" but i got criticized quite a lot for it. my point was trying not to make the brotherhood be this 10-foot giant, because my fear would be we are all thinking the brotherhood is going to take over, and we embrace it immediately fearful that if we don't, then we are going to be -- they aren't going to like us and we aren't going to find ourselves in a good position. i think that is -- and i see the temptation with its -- to stick to t

e.u. and nato headquarters last night's the european commission headquarters was shot down by what police are calling serious side. now they're trying to find out if it's linked to today's trade union and public protests the internet and e-mail services was shut down as a result and it's really seriously disrupting today's e.u. summit which is expected to give precede in two hours to the to control economic policy of its member states and impose new there are two measures portugal's prime minister has resigned off the portugal parliament rejected imposition of austerity measures which gives you an idea the said publicly is not in favor of more austerity measures what's being called social regression people are angry that really they feel their lifestyles getting worse that their way of life. of life is getting worse and. makes it far more likely this rejection of austerity measures the parliament that portugal will become the third country off to greece and ireland in the need and the e.u. bailouts and as a backdrop to all of this there's increasing anger at the cost of the war in libya p

e.u. countries have also offered humanitarian aid japan while it concludes its investigation is holding fire for the moment on international assistance we've seen the european commission call for an expert panel to provide reasons for this blast and the consequence is the possible fallout of course european countries e.u. countries have some of the world's largest nuclear facilities france for example a leading nuclear power and there are concerns that this should not have been allowed to happen the issued a report that twenty percent of the world's nuclear plants are in areas of significant seismic activity and in two thousand and seven there was an earthquake in japan which should have acted as a wake up call experts here say. risks and threats of such an accident happening. daniel and many. of their life brothels. ok well this is artie live from moscow our continuing coverage of course of the tragedy that's still unfolding in japan over seven hundred people are now confirmed dead after the worst earthquake in the country's history the powerful eight point nine magnitude shock said a massive tsunami wave crashing into the islands northeast most of the dead are belie

e.u. countries have also offered humanitarian aid japan while it concludes its investigation is holding forth for the moment on international assistance we've seen the european commission call for an expert panel to provide reasons for this blast and the consequence is the possible fallout of course european countries e.u. countries have some of the world's largest nuclear facilities france for example a leading nuclear power and there are concerns that this should not have been allowed to happen the way they shoot a report that twenty percent of the world's nuclear plants are in areas of significant seismic activity and in two thousand and seven there was an earthquake in japan which should have acted as a wake up call experts here say. risks and threats of such an accident happening. a reminder now of the story dominating the news this hour fears of a radiation leak in japan remain after a massive explosion of the fukushima one a nuclear plant some two hundred fifty kilometers north of tokyo it's understood the blast was caused by a failure in the cooling system and not the reactor itself which was not damaged well officials say radiation levels have pulled and since

e.u. leaders are saying they feel people's pain but behind closed doors here in the european commission building they've imposed even more spending cuts slashing spending even further now that even applies to states outside the troubled eurozone places like poland latvia denmark will also participate so you get a sense of the crisis spreading across the european union i've met with some of the protesters out on the streets and asked them why they're fighting the plans. no more layoffs no to pay cuts no retirement a message from twenty thousand angry demonstrators pushed back with water cannons and pepper spray by riot police the protesters tried to get through to e.u. leaders meeting in brussels to slash spending this money was made. to be used for social security was meant to be used for the. not broke the bank so when you. move to take brand because of the prison there goes across europe voters are saying no to malls there it's the measures portugal's prime minister has quit after parliament voted down a fresh round of cuts we contrast three months left to repay almost ten billion euro at a ti

e.u.'s most ambush tious and expensive nuclear project to date. work is underway on an experimental fusion reactor. the european commissionis pumping $7 billion into the project, but now may have to reconsider. let's move on to other international news now, and the united arab emeritus says it has sent some 500 police officers in to bahrain to calm anti-government protests by the kingdom's shia muslim majority. earlier on monday, some 200 saudi military vehicles entered bahrain carrying troops. bahraini state television shows footage of a convoy crossing a convoy and bahrain called on other gulf states to help kwell the demonstrations which are calling for more democracy. the opposition has called the move an act of war. roadblocks set up on protestors sunday to prevent access to the financial business harbor have remained in place. >> well, the libyan government says its forces continue to make advances against rebels in the east of the country. a rebel spokesman has denied claims that government troops have regained control of the oil port of brega and are now pushing towards bengazi. >> gaddafi's sources bombarded rebe

e.u. leaders are saying they feel people's pain but behind the closed doors here in the european commission building they've imposed even more spending cuts slashing spending even further now that even applies to states outside the troubled euro zone places like poland latvia will also participate but the sum has been totally overshadowed by the crisis in portugal we have the parliament saying that it won't pass or thirty measures that's force the prime minister of the country to resign the trouble is the country is swimming in it which makes it increasingly likely country will have to declare national default which basically means saying we called we won't pay bag it's our obligation to banks and lenders and even increasing talk of leaving the euro altogether in ireland another troubled state next week we'll find the results of the stress tests which will tell us just how bad their banks really are so you get a sense of the crisis spreading across the european union and then we have we've seen some just through matter pictures here in the past couple of days about police using water cannon

commission because we're losing interest because we're losing moneys there were losing tourists were losing money we're seeing about modernization of our corporations were saying about adding new dimension to our true relationship between e.u. and russia but at the same time. we cannot lift our leg from the brake pedal because this is the hugest brake pedal that we have with chile we. will limit the. broadening of the interaction between our business people between our students between our people of culture and other people so it's actually in nowadays it's totally senseless borders it was mentioned by the way by prime minister putin that if we are speaking about measures of precaution in terms of not letting criminals entering the territory of e.u. this is again sandler's because all criminals are enjoying a freedom of movement unfortunately they use whatever possible means. to enter e.u. territory illegally and unfortunately we even together we cannot count the violation of war for one hundred percent so it does not affect criminals but it is it affects in a very serious way those who are willing to go through who are willing to trade ok . promise to quit and discussed another very important issue with nasser which is th

e.u.'s most ambush tious and expensive nuclear project to date. work is underway on an experimental fusion reactor. the european commission is pumping $7 billion into the project, but now may have to reconsider. let's move on to other international news now, and the united arab emeritus says it has sent some 500 police officers in to bahrain to calm anti-government protests by the kingdom's shia muslim majority. earlier on monday, some 200 saudi military vehicles entered bahrain carrying troops. bahraini state television shows footage of a convoy crossing a convoy and bahrain called on other gulf states to help kwell the demonstrations which are calling for more democracy. the opposition has called the move an act of war. roadblocks set up on protestors sunday to prevent access to the financial business harbor have remained in place. >> well, the libyan government says its forces continue to make advances against rebels in the east of the country. a rebel spokesman has denied claims that government troops have regained control of the oil port of brega and are now pushing towards bengazi. >> gaddafi's sources bombarded reb

commission. what have you found since you've been in office that the most important relationship is between the e.ud the united states? guest: well, i think we have two major points we need to come straight about. the one is for jobs and growth and the other is foreign policy security. one is living through difficult periods and economic crisis but also facing competition from emerging economies. our leadership or our role now is to create conditions for job conditions. relaunch conditions for growth. doing this, we are together. the u.s. and the e.u. and we are incorporating a lot to create conditions for sustainable growth. growths that able to sustain in the future with green jobs and new technologies that create conditions for this. i would like to point out the excellent cooperation between the euros and americans on iran. our representative is chairing on the negotiations with the united states and iran. it's another example of cooperation which happens in other areas between the u.n. and u.s. host: let's take a look at the european sanctions against libya. they include the banning and supply