to some extent, it is favoring europe because capital is flowing back to europe.t is keeping the euro extreme very high.hange rate >> i was going to ask you about the exchange rate. we are almost in a japan-like situation. the inflation coupled with a high euro. coupled with a high euro. >> deflation may be the big word. it is really negative and we are not seeing that and we probably will not see that. process hasging made it more complicated. real interest rates are too high. you need to combat low inflation, which is not consistent with price stability. requires some further action to avoid the inflation rate staying too low compared to 2%. >> what is your take on what we heard from the ecb yesterday? to go ahead?good do you think they will have the support that they need? what kind of qe might we see in europe? >> yesterday, mario draghi prepared the markets for qe to happen. tohink you need some time create it with the boards and the council. it might take another meeting or two. a decision by consensus is much more effective on the market than one with a spl

of all blunted europe's influence. joining us from berlin to talk about this is michael e of the german marshall fund he's a specialist on the eastern europe in former soviet bloc also a former director general of enlargement. for the european commission. i'm mentally first question to you. college of a priority is ukraine from brussels today there is that one gets the impression when one looks to be that the way this crisis has unfolded that between europe and russia it's really the one who cares about ukraine most who manages to assert himself most it is that accurate did you see that in brussels. in brussels that has been a strategy for ukraine. since two thousand and eight the year has been the cars hit an extremely wide ranging agreement with ukraine. in fact as i'm sure you recall it was differences over the signature this agreement and yanukovich is the refusal in fact to sign it. that led to them i dun events and everything living through now so europe has been rather proactive on ukraine. it's true that the me

it's a big sentiment towards europe. we need a referendum on the balance of power in the region and binds us to russia. rochelle was still on that unit is mcq was on energy supplies. it's from the blast on this edition the problem is people i know that large parts of the population is against the eu scheme. katie did cheat a bit uncomfortable for both awards the economists of reaching the chelsea already held a referendum on the issue. ninety percent of the turkish speaking ethnic minority are in favor of a customs union with russia moldova were to become remaining. the budget on court leader of the calcium says closer ties with the eu would threaten his return to town. let me alone with the german president or the american president to serve you coffee personally know the leader of the calcium does it please have some sugar awesome when traditionally russia is our markets. we have close cultural ties and religion links us to do and continue to be good to be the russian federation does not close any doors last weekend bu

this is a hearing on transatlantic issue in central europe and eastern europe. i would like to welcome to assistant secretary of state vi vitoria nuland and also derek chollet. and on the second panel and julianne smith and ian brezezinski. the winding down of the afghanistan mission has led many to wonder if nato, which is the cornerstone of transatlantic reliance would be relevant. instead russia may reinvigorate to violence. nato has stood the test of time and mr. putin isentia -- is just ensuring it will continue to do so. it is unclear what putin's next move is. recent events have crit crystalized many things including increased defense spendic, and the need to pri prioritize defense at the center of this conversation when we talk about the securities and vulnerability in central europe. we called this hearing to get an update and discuss how our allies can be reassured and become strong independent democracy. our goal is to make europe free and at peace. let me suggest a few steps we can take to increase security and have our panelist comment on them. firs

meet europe's youngest foreign minister. but worse, to the republic of moldova where a crisis similar to the one in ukraine is brewing. the small country is just as divided as ukraine is -- into one part that wants closer ties with russia and another that is hoping to edge closer to the eu. the government is planning to sign a so-called association agreement with brussels the summer. in the case of ukraine, it was such a deal that triggered the conflict in the first place. the tug-of-war over the republic of moldova has started, and neighboring country romania is hoping to reap the benefits. >> moldovans are voting with their feet for a romanian passport. every day, hundreds apply for one at the romanian consulate. what they need to show us proof of romanian ancestry. people like lily anna. she is already practicing the swearing-in. >> i swear my loyalty to the romanian people in my fatherland, and i pledged to defend the national rights and interest. i'm really excited our country will finally be complete. we are romanians,

or strength in europe. even a small increase will send a clear message to our friends and adversaries. a tripwire has the same effect as offense. it makes for more stable, neighborly relations. second, the united states and our european allies should zip -- should suspend arms sales to russia. i've done with my colleagues to call for our government and the relationship with the russians -- with the russian weapons agencies. now is the time for nato to approve a membership action plan for georgia. fear has divided our allies in the past, imagine the message that it will send to mr. putin that not only will he achieve his objectives through threats and bullying, but that it is actually counterproductive. --ope that the prior ash the i hope the administration will make a map for georgia priority at the upcoming summit. >> when we were over in ukraine we saw the very sobering situation there. we have to face the pretty harsh realities. tough talk is fine. that you are laying out some concrete actions we could t

is breaking apart because it's not a united europe it's a europe of the banks and the europe of the peoples and we're supporting the second choice and finally maybe there we often ended on a note of optimism but some of the people on the merkel to the meetings of a young entrepreneurs who do you think there are those people here who are can help bring the. back on its feet and help guide into the future i don't know who these young interpreters are but i do know the youth of greece is largely unemployed or the ones working under underpaid without trade union rights or social agreements or even social policy for their health so i would suggest that mrs merkel should meet with these people because these people consider mrs merkel merkel as a persona non grata today in greece all right well thank you for a time in your opinion because there is a ghost in the series of party i think you are much so on bill merkel coming here to greece during a very tense time of course we'll be covering her meeting and of course anything any kind of protests that go on surrounding it and bring you all t

conquers europe. why the u.s. designer is beating france in their own backyard. >> and nouriel roubini tells us europe is just one or two shots away from deflation. welcome to "the pulse". we are live from bloomberg's european headquarters in london. i am guy johnson. rex and i am francine lacqua. also coming up, we will get reports that the drink maker could soon be a target of a takeover bid. >> let's talk about the big story of the day. it is the united states read it is the first friday of the month. the markets and the fed are watching for signs that the economy is recovering. >> we will hear from nouriel roubini and what he has to say on u.s. jobs shortly. he has been speaking to us from in anores of lake cuomo exclusive interview. but first -- >> manus cranny joins us to look ahead to the data. the weather has been a big factor. over here, we have been blaming easter. over there, we have been blaming the weather. >> a strong number is priced in. the 10 most accurate forecasters that we survey at bloomberg s

what europe has not added value. i think we have to transfer the back piece competence to do regional on the national level for example that that the color of plentiful in restaurants is for me not some so you have legal aid rates while he may say that sometimes europe has gone too far in the know the difference between me and and and independents to cameron is that mr cameron sees only. i was going back there too to all that and he sees not the opportunities that we have to put a member of competence of the un the european left let me give you one example that it's a european defence agency to an enormous emotional value for all students in the world and european defence but it would also cover costs in europe the budget deficits because that we have in twenty eight countries be the exactly the same that we have been leveled expenditures in europe a forty two percent of the expenses in american military expenses in america that we can only do ten percent of the operations said that the twenty oh four times less affe

when you look at europe, where do you want to the invested in europe?k the knee-jerk reaction for a long time has been, if you can be in german companies that have a global manufacturing or sales or distribution base, that was the strongest. i think that is a little simplistic these days. we have seen some structural improvements in some of the peripheral areas like spain, italy. you have seen ireland really pop out of that and come back strongly. france, which was just on the news, is probably the area we are most concerned about. you have seen the least structural progress there. we try not to look at it geographically. we try to pick individual companies or sectors that are going to benefit. principale those sectors that you want to be exposed to? >> that is getting more interesting. we were in more defenses. recommending easing out of that and coming into some more cyclicals. think our going forward expectation is you are going to see oscillation there. it is not a one trade market. you are going to see some defense of pharmaceuticals or staples doi

their court was one of the grandest in europe. because this was a tring court, moving between the palaces of their scattered duchy, many of their artistic treasures were portable-- tapestries, metalwork, and illuminated manuscripts. all this medieval extravagance was principally paid for by the burgundian netherlands, the most highly urbanized ar of europe. during the 15th century, bruges became the busiest port in northern europe, while bruxelles and ghent became two of its largest industrial cities. [bells ringing] we can catch a realistic glimpse of flemish urban life through the window of religious paintings, such as this madonna by robert campin. in italy, 15th-century artists used perspective and the study of antiquity to depict a suitable setting for their religious paintings. by contrast, a northern painter such as campin in his merode altarpiece, saw no great divide between the past and present, between the look of antiquity and the late medieval world. joseph, in his carpenter's workshop, is depicted with detailed realis

and europe and the e.u. have a real interest in the ukraine versus russia and so it is a very very media driven although i would say it's coming out of washington it's the same over and over again in all of these situations you know it's got i very rarely i don't think in my entire professional life of every quoted henry kissinger because i don't particularly care much for him but he said you know demonizing a lot of your putin isn't a foreign policy how do you reflect upon that. well it certainly isn't a foreign policy it's the status quo unfortunately with the media and it's not just coming out of the u.s. it's coming out of all over europe as well as sweet in poland out of germany also out of the u.k. and france you know these people are in for quite some time with the americans and this is you know the build up of this rhetoric around the occupation of of ukraine you know if there's been articles written where you know they're saying that the russians will need half a million troops to invade ukraine to

europe is really sluggish., you currency headwinds and issues on tax increases and a less stable environment. they're well renowned for doing that, operating in these cases. >> they may make a stake sale as well. that is possibly something on the cards. >> they are considering selling the stake they have in the johannesburg listed hotel and leisure company. >> not exactly a core business, is it? >> they are originally a south african company. i went to a conference a few ahead of south africa was talking about the drinks market there. he was talking about how it is still a difficult environment. even though it is relatively developed, it still has currency that has depreciated hugely against the dollar. actually they want to focus on their core business down there. >> let's keep an eye on both of those. clementine fletcher, great to see you as always. coming up, it is unrest plaguing the east of ukraine. separatists and government forces clash. a west ways more sanctions on russia. twitter.n could be interestin

combat capability in europe. it affirms those who say washington and nato's commit mint has declined. the united states and nato should reinforce allies in the following ways. it should deployed now a ground combat brigade with air force support. it should appoint a special operation contingents to the baltic states. the alliance should rescind a 1997 nato-russia founding act. should freezetes reduction of u.s. forces in europe and direct -- to present options to make permanent the deployments i suggested. an hour west european allies -- and her western european house should be encouraged to do this same. we need to provide military assurance to ukraine. haveand the united states unwisely drawn a red line on the eastern frontier that leaves kiev militarily isolated. that redline should be erased. we should grant ukraine's request for military equipment and include antiaircraft weapons. u.s. equipment would reanimate moscow's unpleasant memories. we should deploy intelligence and surveillance capabilities. this wo

the north of europe. you want what you call a new deal the era of big stimulus program to the eurozone. when will you find the money. and the coast over the level of cooking. i believe we can get out of this crisis. despite finance and investing in the city's employment and price to get my maps. but the mother of the money will come from about the redistribution of wealth taxes and expenditures. so remember me at and i met him when he receives a while a loss of profits and sleepy and cranky counties in all the new owners it will get the tone of this money is the most invested in the real economy and the physical and this is the store and buy a kindle and the style. people remember how the market thinks money is to exit the crisis in nineteen twenty nine. if you get with the geese the cuticles are pushing and not the sole surviving climbing like tasting the purchasing power of things he can spend money directly into the mommy and me in on the study which included strengthening eyes of the moms typical mome

it's a big mistake to move towards europe. we need a referendum on the balance of power in the region mini blinds us to russia. rochelle was his job opportunities and secure energy supplies. it's from the west on this edition the trouble is people i know that large parts of the population is against the eu scheme. indeed it should. was he the economist southern region of the county already held a referendum on the issue. ninety percent of the turkish speaking ethnic minority are in favor of a customs union with russia moldova were to become remaining. the budget on court leader of the calcium has closer ties with the eu would threaten his regions of time. when in love with the german president or the american president to serve you coffee personally know the leader of the dallas the second please have some sugar awesome when traditionally russia is our markets. we have close cultural ties and religion brings us to do and you will be good to be the russian federation does not close any doors to us. we need a visa for the eu is

we wouldn't be able to supply that would be no agriculture in europe here is the truth. i kept asking very intelligent caring for two years of european agriculture. i'm especially for france that was the top of the indicative of the european union deputy been taken to france to transcend the counter. he has created and then as the team's system. in a trance. dr day old fashioned got to stop distracting the signs and agriculture. if honest enough to have a good life. and then we tried to change acknowledging these negotiations to test and thirteen. but be if you didn't read the greens be bought at a much greener cap and a much more sustainable agriculture based upon the help of everybody that i can say that the action i'll send pics nice friends nationals mp stands to pocket. by the mp and anti disaster least i didn't want to because they gave him on the zombies. so this is a very bad deal. continuing to rise predicted a son and you not unfair to explode. these european cap past the sky look of african agriculture because they cannot compete i can get to know when you of

it is improving in europe. it is an increasingly interesting area. as growth except, as balance sheets improved, they begin to look more attractive. >> thank you, richard. coming up, jpmorgan enters an international crisis. blockl explain how the payments have enraged russia's foreign ministry and what it could signal for sanctions. that is coming up next. >> welcome back. i am francine lacqua. here are some companies on the move. bmw posts its best sales for the month. the german automaker sold 19% more vehicles last month than in the previous year. volkswagen has applied to set up its first car plant in thailand withlp narrow the gap toyota in southeast asia. the carmaker predicts annual above average. philippines at some of the smaller countries in the area as well. vivendi can choose between its two offers for the company's unit. one company offered more than 11 billion euros in cash and a 43% stake in the company and one offer. one is more than $13 billion -- 13 billion euros in cash and a 25% offer. >> you have three options. illegal. that is w

most of europe's great as we embrace his liberal federalism. but it turned out like gb and the chief of candidates in two thousand and nine only forty three percent of citizens going to do all that is put off by deceit corruption in europe when the anti corruption organization transparency international is pushing for greater oversight of europe's institutions all day the european union is common to serious criticism in a report by the anti corruption group transparency international the organization from lax regulation of the meeting important for smith of ethics rules and resent his toughest criticism for the european parliament complaining about lack of cooperation with these proteins that any peas conflicts of interest despite the fact that. and decorations of outside interests and assets are done by a's any peace in senior commission official is. these are not systematically tactical vision awesome and can verify it. this means the u institutions vulnerable to corruption. in twenty twelve the european commissioner for health and consumer p

europe is not going to collapse. on the other hand, europe does need capital. it needs some life.hinese have that. and they have cash. and they have markets. >> how would you assess the state of private equity right now? pools ofu see those money collecting in china changing me m&a landscape? >> some of the larger chinese forms are approaching blackstone. they are getting permission to invest abroad. they will be competing for businesses which they can then leverage in china. because of their chinese connections, the price they are about to pay will be higher. in certain sectors, you will see ,n increase in price and frankly, you will see some of the western for -- firms priced out of the market. they're looking for strategic commodities as well. meat producers -- >> we have a large cattle farm in australia. >> looking very relaxed, pool-side. and look atith m&a the megadeal that has been put through. china, picking up a theme here. -- yesterday.e to >> low-cost operation. 400,000 tons a year. that puts us in the top three in the world's production. it has over 20 years life and i

in europe is about a timeline.central bank, you are going to engage in quantitative easing the day you know the pipes are clear in europe. the central bank has to put the water inside each country or within each bucket. you want to make sure the pipes, the banking system, is clear. there is a process called the asset quality review that is ongoing. yesterday, the stress test. they are going to check inside each bank. each central banking system, is it clean? put some capital in size. clear it out. secondly, let's stress the pipes. are the highest strong enough, that is the stress test. once they have done both, the system is good to go. is there enough water in spain or france? can i as a central bank do anything for monetary transmission on the ground -- people buying at shops, sme's watching their own businesses. at that point we still have indecisionof monetary transmission. at that point, the ecb will be ready to do nonstandard measures. which i do not think are going u.k.,ycat the u.s., the or japan. quantitat

europe america and russia. they are the unfortunate scores of terrorism and also shared a common goal of battling against extremists peta members in moscow a great year of the exchange information and hold consultations on various aspects of counterterrorism in the past. russia has even provided ships for nato's maritime counter terrorism operation. moscow and the alliance have also joined forces to remove and dismantled serious stockpile of chemical weapons by funding and providing technical assistance for the disarmament process. for six eaters media was allowed to carry essential supplies to russia to its tros in afghanistan and in twenty two while moscow branch of the alliance unprecedented access to road and rail networks as well is it there speaks to transport by two military hardware to its forces battling the taliban since two thousand by didier russia council has been jointly training counter narcotics personnel from afghanistan pakistan and central asian countries as of october. roughly three thousand

with russia over ukraine all the while planning to boost its military presence in eastern europe. we have to quickly find ways to back away from what has been said. in the most idiotic decision and statement that could have been made. in the global community itself. but the lack of cooperation is likely to worsen drug crisis and. the world's biggest supplier of. more than three decades of war and instability in afghanistan drug production and this illegal opium economy is a lifeline for thousands of afghan farmers but also funded drug traffickers and the whole of on problem that extends far beyond this country's borders also those international for the first time in history israel launches a war crime hearings against some of the country's top officials. which claimed hundreds of civilian lives. and a city girl in the perfect ring in siberia. the latest world headlines live from moscow it's also international with me from everybody here welcome to the program nato is suspending old military and civilian cooperation with russia. beefing up its presence in eastern europe in response

if europe doesn't want any more sovereign defaults then you can see just pick any bondo want in europe and get on the best yield so you may hold your nose up there because you're getting close we'll get four point five percent rather than buy a spanish bond that has much less wisk it still has risk a three point two percent or by a german bond a one hundred so i think that's. the reason investors of poland to greece is not because there were greek fundamentals i think said and there are euro zone picture that you're getting your examination that has it would be a lot better do you agree your opinion yours yours and yours alone or can. i i think if i was investor i think i would look at us and i would say it's probably not a bad place to go for a deal because it's very hard to see how greece is of greece would default to get him in the medium term because the redemption cycle is very stable they they have they have very little debt coming to the next ten years so all this to me is cool but they are so we should be in a five year bond at the moment a million four point five percent i thi

we talked about europe, the challenges in europe. it seems stable.e same time, the u.s., china, these are -- i would say there is one big unknown which is china. we don't know what we are looking about the effect of the weather. >> the weather has been studied more carefully in the united states. we have an estimate, around half of the deceleration we saw between the second half of 13 and the first quarter of 14 is due to weather affects. the other half, maybe due to overstocking. which occurred in the last period of 13. as we go into the spring and look outside, we would hope me april, may, we would see a bounce in economic activity. china has been growing very softly in the first quarter. 5% at best is there first trading estimate. they have a target of 7.5%. i think that must be read in that way. >> are the markets too complacent? is there something that nags you, that says we are taking this too lightly? the markets are very placid. unsettlingthe most part of the way financial markets are now pricing things is really at the front end of the yield

it killed the artist lorenzetti and half the population of europe.t was the greatest catastrophe in the modern history of the west. but surprisingly, for some regions, the plague was a springboard for economic growth. [bells ringing] for the survivors, there were new opportunities. florence recovered particularly quickly. by 1400, this was the city-state that dominated central italy. but bankers and textile merchants were expanding their trading empires all over europe. over the next 100 years, an extraordinary interaction took place in florence-- the innovations of artists and architects, the excitement of rediscovering classical achievements, and the patronage of a wealthy commercial class. these key elements brought about a series of artistic and intellectual breakthroughs that came to be known as the renaissance-- literally the rebirth of learning and culture. in the church of santa croce, a series of frescoes painted around 1320 were to have a revolutionary effect on florentine painting. here, the great merchant families competed with one anothe

america represents a europe that reflects poverty misery and employment status in fascism this europe isn't ours. and hugh bronson is a candidate for the alternative for germany party at the upcoming european parliamentary elections he believes greece is a long way off from a cover up because only the banks are benefiting from the charity of the german taxpayer. you have to remember that the money that was given to greece was in passed on to the people and it was needed to pay its creditors most of the money went to banks to have managers to everyone who invested in greece not to the people who actually needed the money so i'm not really surprised that there is there are demonstrations outside if this recovery is happening somewhere it is not happening in greece or at some of the global headlines in brief now for the world the world update hundreds of protesters in italy veneto region they staged a big rally for independence waving flags and showing support for other breakaway communities in europe in march an overwhelming majority of people in bonetto voted to break away from rome th

this is the open in europe. the dax not showing us a price yet, but we are expecting higher there as well. from here? go you look at the s&p 500 in the u.s. ths.orrection for 22 monh the guy that goldman sachs say there is a 66% chance of that happening in the next 12 months. if you look at the fx market, euro-dollar significant because this is back to the pre-ecb levels. where does it go from here? lower, agoing to go lot of people say it is not about ecb action, but what happens with the federal reserve and when you get the first fed rate hike. look for color on that debate later this evening when we get the release of those minutes. >> thank you so much. jonathan ferro with the latest on the fed and the currency markets. joining us is the chief investment officer at london capital group, where he helps oversee almost $4 billion in assets. great to have you on the program. give me a sense of what is worrying you the most in the markets. eu reforms.fed, the we have the specter of inflation. china is not going g

on the short term, the bad weather in europe, europe is well supplied.t comes to the longer-term ef c ect off potential conflict. it is too early to comment and make analysis on that. >> is a potential positives in and ability to fill the gap supplying further gas to europe where perhaps europe was to distance itself from a russia? would you be able to step in where the your pen to do not where thean gas -- europeans do not want russian as? >> we will continue. increase our supply. but in the longer term, russian -- [indiscernible] >> what should europe do to replace those russian of volumes? what is your advice? europe's energy policy from here? is important that europe generally works to make sure they have a diverse supply on gas.es to work has never, europe been better and more diverse especially due to emg. supplies from other countries. >> how much slack can norway pick up? you said that cannot replace russia. how much more can not wait -- can norway deliver? act of volumes. additional volumes that can norway can supply. we cannot compensate for lo

it comes at the expense of europe. europe is contracting. numbers are actually going down, so in aggregate, it is growth. if you want to double click on the growth numbers, you would see actually quite an accelerated growth plan ination and emerging markets. >> there was this team last ear that institutions like you were having to pay heavily for talent. are you still seeing that? give me a figure. i saw your american colleagues say my wealth advisors produce $1 million a year. what do you get out of your guys and girls? > i like where we are in terms of effectiveness on our workforce. however, if you think about paying up, a couple of years ago, how scombruge asia was much bigger than now. now that things are slowed in the markets, people have been in the market for two, three years. people realize that the realities are coming a long way. it takes a long time to make money if you invest organically. hat speaks to our size, right? we have been below breag breaking points in a long time. we make substantial amounts of money. all of this is s

europe's pipe dream experts. to ship american gas to europe. still don't expect to see. if you're from saudi arabia and your faith. in. your friends post a photo from a vacation you four. different. the boss repeats the same old joke of course. girlfriend still in poetry keep. your facebook. economic up and downs in the final. days the london new york shanghai and the rest it's a meet if you believe everything. the egyptian capital has been rocked by a series of bomb blasts a senior policeman is among those killed by explosions around cowrote university true has the details. according to the interior ministry they were bomb blasts from improvised explosive devices that have been hidden in the trees above to police by cairo university in the center of the capital this is an area that is just a few hundred meters away from jesus central security directorates to the top follows a similar type of attack we had in january cairo's main police headquarters as part of a wider series of attacks on the security forces now the latest is that at least fifteen people have been arrest

james so i bit the states are making export to europe one and natural gas with intent to me. yes a congress house of representatives. the vision of financial assistance to ukraine in the amount of one billion dollars and also at risk sanctions against russia this decision was encouraged by barack obama. it is expected that this lol the nearby seven test will be signed by the us president invent new ways to justin according to data presented to the document was strengthened in support of the cleaning people are just like minds. in particular i've skipped gloomy outlook painted with one hundred and fifty million dollars for the presidential election and cooperation in europe but they got to the dept defense command. at the same time the washington in forms that they are able to send them into the silk to the black sea region. fan the secretary general of auntie mood and jus am on the senate the president of the european commission discussed a number of important issues in brussels in a serious challenge to the mile and did a stint in the lineup after the bell and hopefully this

is a little bit different than europe.ook at ceos, your main concern when you speak to them? are they concerned about their future? -- they a little bit more >> one of the concerns you have had is the short-term-ism that is creeping into the whole world. we have been trying to engage them in a dialogue to try to focus on the longer-term investment horizon and not just a focus on share buybacks or paying dividends, but actually doing something productive with the earnings, productive for the economy and the shareholders in a long-term sense. that is the emphasis we have taken the last couple of years. >> that is a great conversation about corporate governance. is this also a concern of yours, that we are a little bit too short term? >> the question is, are you a er oror or -- a trad investor? are tryingstors and to think over a number of years. the recovery is what drives how we look at things. >> we will come back shortly and talk about central banks and how to navigate this divergence between central banks, policy, and ra

europe. russia. and you can catch of the full interview with wolf in our venture capital business program that will be this sunday here on artsy international to bear in mind always many more stories coming your way every hour on the hour to see dot com this one for example just up now a chemical provocation syrian officials warning that rebels are preparing a shooter attack they plan to blame on president assad's forces also on the web site for you this hour right now to bolivia where anger over a new mining law pushes workers to block the roads and fight with police you can catch this and other interesting and unusual videos in the in motion section of r.t. dot com right now. the marines are on the program for the first time in history and israeli court has heard war crimes evidence against some of the country's top officials over their conduct in lebanon and gaza a verdict is expected later today a high ranking politicians and military heads are alleged to have carried out unjustified killings col

europe's trade with china is worth $1.4 billion every day.he younger generation, learning about that relationship is essential. >> they are becoming more and more intertwined politically and economically. and we need to be aware of these ties and build upon them. >> reporter: this is the first time a chinese president has been to the eusince relations were established four decades ago. if life really does begin at four, perhaps there will be many more happy returns. >>> let's look at the weather situation, and winds really hanging around moscow. >> that's right. other parts of europe are enjoying spring-like conditions but not moscow. we can see the area of collude here that made its way across us. the maximum temperature today has only been zero, and it is wet. but it hasn't brought rain, it is still bringing snow. these are the latest grainy pictures here from moscow. it shows how bad conditions were. we saw around 10 centimeters of snow by the time it has cleared. now it has cleared, and april we normally get to around 10 degrees, but i th

crucial role in balancing the rights in europe. how sea faring in this campaign. europe's liberals keep the hopes that he or she sees campaign for the parliamentary elections his conviction doesn't wait the one sure way out of the financial crises what we have to do a story on from cardinal charge of our week with our stint in the markets and a ph from india's growth in europe we can do except to say we need to do exactly the same sarah director of banking costs are going down interest rates are going to opt in in cheek that prices are very down and that's the way to emerge from the prices fall by making new and exciting dance and all chesapeake it isn't for you all shots rest of the light touch regulation and more much more harmonization means stronger calm and european policies we have too much regulation and into a market in europe go to. reagan nations that don't work and make it difficult for fawcett the cement companies the other hand have not enough compulsion to take for example in the jeep up to the us top twenty in two di

europe is getting a bigger piece of the pie. it is 10% of tackle cores's entire sales -- of michael court's -- michael kors's entire sales. this is a company that is managing to double sales, but he phenomenal. it has given the chief executive that much more ambition, that much more optimism on the growth that he can have in europe. he initially thought 100 stores is about where europe could take it. now he is saying 200 stores. they are opening in very high profile streets. in london,, regent street, in paris. they are really going for the high-end and they are looking to take on the rivals such as gucci and hernmmes. >> tell us how they have achieved this. get theare managing to elusive luxury meets affordability without washing out their own view. they are managing to keep that luxurious feel. still having a much cheaper price tag. is how much we are seeing their bags. euros is how we are seeing their bags. i do happen to where michael , 200 pounds for a watch that looks pretty strong. i like it because it stood out as a masc

western europe must help the year. ukraine has settled its enormous gas debt to russia where moscow may cut back on supplies to eat a mostly eastern european country. as the morning inside a letter from president vladimir putin's says the transit of gas to a number of countries is being threatened by the crisis in ukraine in kiev has moved to settle the tensions with its powerful neighbor offering amnesty to pro russian separatists who occupied government buildings in the east of the country the law. freedom that's what these pro russian protesters are chanting outside of our kids courthouse fellow activists who sees the regional administration building earlier this week have been afforded by the court to spend sixty days in detention. well the harkin separatists have been jailed the ukrainian government has offered an amnesty to others and hans condone yet. should we guarantee you'll be no criminal prosecutions of people who give up their weapons and leave the buildings should. but there's no sign that separatists and

it appears that i was in pre season match on the problem of gas transit free europe is the time. one of the visit to greece to munch on some local coal for power discussion of the issue said monday's meeting of eu farm ministers will be an ideal time to deliver a joint response to the situation began again. abhisit was welcomed by greeks thought of the heavy burden of its thirty policies the nordic tillman battled protests in paris during his stay in athens. taken to the streets despite an overwhelming her his presence would increase of three billion dollars worth of calls to international justice and of living can refer to the telefonica situation the country to walk the john h on tuesday saying pretty sure that the country's future is anything but bright no i didn't have a look around eleven thousand workers are expected to be using that job's this year that will push the unemployment rate even higher than the twenty seven the hope the centipede to top last year. and it seems economic i've expressed in some quarters comes from the idea that things shorty calm get any worse. gdp

in europe, it is one of the key concerns. one thing that is different is that real interests are much higher in europe because of the slow inflation. despite all of the progress we have seen. this remains one of the key concerns. this explains why within the global world, we keep referring to the u.s. as the focus of our investment strategy. believe wet mean you are risking deflation and we are risking a japan mike situation? -- japan-like situation? >> the latest announcement they have made where you have this unanimous support of the board members to implement some unconventional measures in order to address deflation is a clear sign the risk is there and they have that in mind. we would not be too negative nevertheless on the possibility of ecb intervening. what we have seen over the last years is that every time we reached critical state, in terms of liquidity or in terms of preserving the euro and the sovereign debt crisis, the ecb did step to the floor and put in place some action. >> a lot of investors say it is just w

ukraine's refusal to pay its debt is threatening russian supplies to europe. european leaders to prevent a pending crisis also. we have two thousand plus pro russian activists all right these are images which are surrounded by barricades and they believe that this building could be stormed at any moment to the east of ukraine readies for a crackdown on dissent we report from the city of. protests. despite an ultimatum from kiev. international. talk about the. economic crisis by warning it may need another bailout very soon. as america's pull out from afghanistan approaches we look at the logistical and diplomatic nightmare of getting troops and equipment off the more than a decade of war. just off the two pm on friday here in moscow a pleasure to have you with us on r.t. international i'm research ukraine's. failure to pay its gas bills could drastically affect energy supplies to europe the russian president has warned e.u. leaders of trouble ahead and he's called on them to urgently address the situation . now looking at what's truly behind the concerns. latt

europe is in a different situation. when you have a downside, you get stalling of investments and potentially of growth. the ecb coming in, putting more liquidity into markets. that is an inflationary policy. what that will also do, i would imagine, in the medium term, it will look at the euro trading with risk on the downside by midyear to the end of the year. the germans would love that. guess what, your terms of trade improve. suddenly as the great exporter to the world finds they're that much more competitive. >> asset price, how would it view european assets versus u.s. assets? >> i think we're in a different position innen bods to equities in europe than we are in the u.s. i think there will be down side risk bond yields bringing that down. if people are more confident thatthere's inflation coming down the road, that will allow the implicit growth assumptions to improve. that will help equities. >> any qe in the last five years has generated any inflation, really. generated asset price inflation. >> it's better th

edward snowden spoke to the council of europe this week and said that the n.s.a. is spying on the top human rights organizations i mean a human rights watch other you know i don't know. what are the implications of this but this is something we sort of known about it was reported at the end of last year that the n.s.a. was taking interest in humanitarian groups like unicef doctors around the world it fits in with what you'd expect the n.s.a. is doing based on what we've learned over the last eight or nine months which is collect everything from the domestic drug no telephone metadata program to the dragnet surveillance on entire populations around the world it's all about collecting it all in just because you're a humanitarian organization that's addressing world hunger refugees or something like that doesn't mean you're protected from right to say surveillance you're simply not everybody is subject to it right exactly yeah i don't know why that's so surprising it's like a guy every one that's that's kind of the first link that we found out some speaking of humani

blair writes her fathers of europe. i use for their loss last saturday his re election because the change you go too fast in germany in the week which were given to me ten years ago twelve years ago was the sick man of europe but will we forget about most important keys that's germany i've been fighting these years. toy just three pointer of the two seats we get into the spain portugal one unit two years and this was just fine a point of the two sheets of double the speed triple the speed. i don't think we will change everything will go for it called the genial please don't know the we should team up with the tv against germany and are good things to take in what germany's doing in terms of attractiveness and competitiveness. the good things to do too. i'm very proud of hours to get to the seat model. i'm very proud of our reach is to be cheap model. i think it's a diesel so proud of their you know industry and the north deprived of their way of filling in on many aspects of the people you see that we don't know what el

partnership with russia in favor of ukraine while planning to boost its military presence across eastern europe. we have to quickly find ways to back away from what has been said it's the silliest and the most idiotic decision and statement that could have been made at. least western rift could be good news for drug lords making it easier for narcotics produced in afghanistan to make it on to the global black market. more than three decades of war and instability in afghanistan you'll drug production of this illegal opium economy is a lifeline for thousands of afghan farmers but also funded drug traffickers and all of on a problem that extends far beyond this country's borders. and an israeli court hears evidence that some of its top officials committed war crimes in the gaza and lebanon conflicts but critics still don't expect to see justice done. hello and welcome to our scene to national twenty four hour news live from moscow i mean you know our top story now nato is planning to increase its presence and military readiness along russia's western border the blocks you are paying commander in

there is some variation inside europe.an issue as it is any differences between our assessments and there's. -- theirs. we want to work with them to make sure we are coordinating as much as possible because that is going to maximize our efforts. last point, i think it is important for us not to anticipate that the targeted sanctions we are applying now necessarily solve the problem. what we have been trying to do is to continually raise the costs for russia of their actions, while still leaving the possibility of them moving in a different direction. keep somentinue to arrows in our quiver in the ev ent that we see a further deterioration of the situation over the next several days or weeks. as far as the middle east is concerned, this problem has been going on for 60-70 years. we did not anticipate we were going to solve it during the course of a six or nine months negotiation. it is fair to say that one of my jobs as president -- >> that was president obama talking about the sanctions. imposel wants to sanctions, but giv

some of the sticking points to the uk and europe are economic. it costs fifty million pounds a day to britain to bm and that while taxpayers the cost of twelve called danny and one eighteen am thinking man this states as the years and has expanded its concerns and integration in the uk have doubled into the pasta and with heightened security thing is when these jobs are being split up by foreign as it pursues college that i hate it. as eu legislation often seen in the uk as brussels and ending in areas such as banking trains and criminals while he can fake a head during travis such as eu rules on straight and honest and has become as to ease scientists claim the worst that doesn't help when you're a teen retreat at the prime minister is a need to pay to tell her that every patient relationship that area rather than cutting through the door. it will lower rates into this debate is one for the seat of my country for the success of the european union. someone said that mr mansfield winning arguments that meeting the eu sets out in this attack. just