we don't wait until european legislation or regulation coming up. we also have no brussels, no belgium, but european towns, towns in europe, trying to find one another and to press, to put pressure on mayors and regional ministers to commit themselves to invest in bicycle policies. so those towns can learn from one another. as i told you, brussels, i have found several similarities with the two towns i have been getting to know now yesterday and today. we have about one million inhabitants. brussels is 10 to 10 miles on distance and i agree with what has been told here that that is in favor of promoting cycling because the distances are never too long, although we also have a difference of height. i mean, like amsterdam is plat as a pancake we would say. brussels does have some, well, ups and downs. an important issue politically is that we have -- we are, in fact, giving big gross national product to the country, 20%, although we're only 10% of the population, but yet most workforce is coming from abroad, from flounders, from outs. so they are comi

that would have positive consequences for the eu and all our european neighbors.here would be less illegal migration and fewer dangers for tourists. >> and there were calls for europe to be less preoccupied with the securing of its external borders. >> of course, those who are already here cannot just be sent back with this situation as it is. so our goal is to create attractive development possibilities on african soil as quickly as possible. it is not enough just to build refugee camps. we have to take steps to promote the economies there. >> and while there are still points of disagreement, there is a consensus that something needs to be done to address the pressing concerns in the region. >> here in germany, federal prosecutors said they believe the attack on u.s. troops at frankfurt airport was motivated by islamic extremism. two airmen were killed and two wounded when gunmen opened fire on a bus filled with military personnel. the suspect is now in police custody. >> police are out in force at germany's biggest airport, both in uniform and under cover. autho

by some regulations implied by european commission that in our understanding. come in contradiction with existing international law and sometimes. that. faces the past so that can effect the past obligations. now i mean one link procedure in terms of those who produce. one's will transport it will card ones who consumes huge horribles the division between the us. well we are deeply convinced that the number one link procedure. is not good for the future of this sector he would you will not benefit the final consumers in europe because it will only lead to higher prices to higher invoices that people are receiving in their households the sector of energy is a very expensive sector in terms of investments and smaller companies divided companies simply cannot afford these amount of investments so they will have to up to me higher prices and this will effect negatively households. but certainly we cannot interfere it's it's a right of european commission to do whatever procedures although although it will not contribute to further development of the sector in our u

there are other european explorers that shell of course that could potentially benefit from. no deal unlikely really to see any american companies to sort of step in place and be but you know there are other people that was enough countour tree right right and of course the exploration of the arctic was not about to happen to nori this means that ross never has time to rethink but all the stakes high for b.p. from your point. sorry. yeah you're saying that that yeah. the exploration of the arctic was not about to happen to morrow and they're all snapped as time to to think about it once again august states hired full b.p. . agree with that of course you know any deal that was struck. it was first mentioned in january it would have been completed probably by the mid part way through two thousand and eleven but we're not expecting to see any actually doing anything built in two thousand and fifteen and actually in the oil until a few years of the vouch that there's plenty of time to come to some sort of other arrangement and one would hope that. b.p. can secure this because it'

but the european union energy commissioner says the tests would be voluntary. the nuclear crisis in japan comes just as the idea of a clear power was enjoying a revival in mand parts of europe. the disaster in japan has been termed as an apocalypse at a meeting of the european parliament. >> nuclear regulators have had set energy companies rushed to brussels for meetings with european representatives. there is a lot at stake. the energy sector fears it will be disadvantaged by the decision to shut off all the nuclear power. >> all the nations of europe, with national sovereignty, building new nuclear stations. i read there were saying after the japanese disaster that poland would continue constructing new nuclear reactors and others are doing the same. >> the energy commissioner what is the reliability of the nuclear plants tested. the meeting reached an agreement. >> stress test with joint criteria, with joint standards for safety and risk assessment will be carried out in light of the event to which pad. -- in light of the events in japan. >> a stress test fo

happen in the european union part of town you talk about the i.a.e.a. now getting involved you talk about a meeting with twenty seven e.u. ministers they're discussing energy policies but do you have any details whatsoever on and any european countries sending a or tents or any type of help in the rescue and recovery mission out in japan because i just met with jose manuel barroso the president of the european commission and he's here saying that the response to this tragedy is top of the european union's agenda it was offered in the first days but japan held fire while it coordinated its own response and now requests are coming through from tokyo for support and help and the european union countries as a whole and also each separate member states here have said that they are willing and. want to help or japan in any way they can i must see it is the first stages we are the initial stages of coordinating that response so we're sort of the ministers here today are expected to come out with a statement in the coming hours to say exactly how they will resp

they will have to borrow from the european mechanism. but the collapse of portables. could delay any application for a bailout. -- but the collapse of portugal's government could delay any application for a bailout. >> by law, it is about two months between these two events. that is too long. it will be some timeefore a new government is formed. >> in the meantime, a caretaker garment will take charge. but it would not have the authority to apply for aid. that means the people will be suffering a very uncertain future. there is concern in neighboring spain as well. it is seen as a possible bailout candidates. some analysts fear a domino effect. madrid says that their budgets far reacng reformsre eugh. >> ban ki moon says that the libyan government has not complied with the resolution to end all hostilities. the security council may take a " additional measures if libya does not comply." >> libyan authorities have repeatedly claimed that they have instituted a cease-fire, including by the prime minister of libya on march 19. we see no evidee. to the contrary, fierce ba

where are the europeans in this? are they standing back waiting for us to take this mess and try to clean it up with give? >> of course they with. because they always do. but also if this becomes a u.s. led attack on gaddafi, then -- is this primarily a european problem? >> it's a world problem. >> is it primarily european? >> it's everybody's problem. i agree. but i think the europeans should be -- >> then why are we doing the heavy lifting? >> because nobody else can do it? >> what do you mean by that? [everyone talking at once] >> i want to speak, please. if -- we're not doing the heaviest heavy lifting, no one is doing the heavy lifting. and if we do it, we do it in the company of nato. and that may yet unfold, depending what happens in libya. right now we're standing by and watching bloodshed and it hasn't reached the level we freely -- >> the brits have been very cozy with gaddafi. you know. that. >> cameron -- cameron has and blair has and now cameron -- [everyone talking at once] >> now they've backed off, jo

rates. >> the europeans are also facing also a different growth and unemployment backdrop. european unemployment is not nearly as high... hasn't moved up as much as it has in the u.s. and for that reason, i think you'll see different reactions from the e.c.b. and the fed right now. >> reporter: of course, higher european rates won't just affect that region. some analysts worry it could hurt global growth, reducing profits at big multinational firms. >> higher interest rates in europe probably will weaken the european economy and our exports to europe. europe has not been the motor for u.s. exports, but i think more generally, when you look around the world, as central banks increasingly put on the brakes, that may slow the pace at which exports grow from the u.s. >> reporter: if you're worried interest rates might start rising here, relax. it's likely to be a while. most economists don't think the fed will hike rates until the labor market is solid footing, and that's not expected until at least next year. erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. >> tom: here are

to moscow one of the several streets names off a major european cities. around the corner there's a russian restaurant don't keep any rest of file happy and a little further a remarkable vision hidden within the school buildings of the neighborhood quaint impressive the docks cathedral this is the alexander nevsky cathedral in the nineteenth century there were thousands of russians living in this area and with the donations of many of us believe us around the world this place of worship was built and the opened in eight hundred sixty well until they still were the most popular about stretches here in paris. it was here the picasso married older kuvo in the 1980's and surely up to and kandinsky were based on it here. he said jeff's. press here with you is a very beautiful place i like coming here and surely to do as much as i can these patients here feel closer to russia closer to home and it is the only place where you can be sure to be lots of russian people at any given time kitty on the same road is the restaurant called petrograd first opened in one t

and also, again, as pat said, this is a european affair.hing is going to be done, it's going to have to be done through the international community. it can be on led by the united states and it's going to be led by the europeans, and just one other word of caution as we saw happening in egypt. there are lots of things that are happening behind the scenes, out of the public view, that we don't know about yet. so while everyone is criticizing the president for not doing anything, i think down road we're going to hear about all sorts of things the administration has been doing behind the scenes to get a handle on the situation, to protect american lives on the ground, to protect not only american interests but european interests, because let's not forget, oil. >> okay, more moammar. >> moammar gaddafi spoke to the libyan people on thursday by telephone. his one-hour message was transmitted by libyan tv and rebroadcast on the al-jazeera website. gaddafi tried to shift the blame to another outlaw, osama bin laden, and a supply of drugs for the u

the country to peace it's european nations like greece that end up getting near the hardest. and this greece. the russian airliner involved in an emergency crash landing into temper last year has lots again taking to the sky tom barton the latest for us he covered the emergency situation back when it crashed and. that plane took off from my add field in the komi republic one thousand five hundred kilometers north of moscow that air field is the same airfield that is made is what was at the time for the miraculous crash landing last september at the height of ten thousand meters the plane suffered a massive electrical failure it's now thought the maybe its factories overheated the pilots then how out in the middle of the ten thousand metres to try and find an airfield they found this old disused airfield in it it was not in a coma or public in the middle of a heavily forested area and managed just by sight alone and manual controls to land the plane it was shot there the short runway there really aren't designed for light aircraft and at the time only used helicopters overshot

and nato headquarters last nights the european commission called this was shot down by what police are calling serious side but now they're trying to find out if it's moved 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 unprecedented powers to the e.u. to control economic policy of its member states and impose new. portugal's prime minister has resigned after portugal parliament rejected imposition of austerity measures which gives you an idea of the publicly is not in favor of more austerity measures what's being called social regression people are angry that really they feel their life still gets even worse that their way of life they called for life is getting worse and it makes it far more likely this rejection of austerity measures package by parliament that portugal will become the third country to greece and ireland in the need and e.u. bailouts and as a backdrop to all of this there's increasing anger at the cost of the war in libya because s

which store in the same number of the two thousand and twenty means that will help write every european state in the project that will help people see south stream as a european project that's really important as the main objection to south stream was a political one because europe was afraid of russia as a ploy and what i think we have been seen in libya and i personally would bring the europeans. let's take a look at how the markets are performing u.s. stocks are inching well in early tuesday strays investors are hesitance to make a big moves the rally which began last thursday appears to be slowing down and european stocks have retreated from early morning gains to edge lower our among the losers is the german retailer metro a.g. down four point three percent after given a cautious trading outlook our weather insurance and financial stocks are rallying . and in russia stocks finished low investors were still taking profits after last week's strong gains or just last point four percent one of my six point eight percent let's have a look at some individual moves shares lost about two p

we want our european allies and friends to buy into the european phased approach and it's not something we want to impose on them. that's not just what friends do. finally, we have discussed potential missiles defense action between united states and russia and nato and russia. we want russia in the missile defense tent rather than outside the tent. last year in november, in lisbon, allied leaders endorsed president obama's european-phased adopted approach the defining future of this plan is that it makes our nato allies true partners. the plan gives our nato allies a stake in our collective activity. europe is no longer just a place for us to stage a defense system. i know that those who are speaking after that will go into that detail much more. he'll also tell you as our nato ambassador to -- you are u.s. ambassador to nato you can find him on twitter and i can assure you that you will not find me on twitter. [laughter] >> this year we will be taking missile defense off the drawing board and if you got into action starting with the deployment of radar systems on land and ships in the

and european space. flight by twenty thirty. and have a full scale manned flight with a service module of twenty four. combining the experience of seasoned russian space men and savvy american businessmen excalibur almaz is getting down to work on making the dream a reality after raising money and international interest on the isle of man they expect russia to be the logical launch partner by their calculations six capsule launches a year would be the magic number for making orbital maintenance of the station its economically viable sooner than you might think which would be already in line so more than a half century and a manned space flight are still finding new ways to open up the vast expanse of our solar system now more than ever there's a chance to be taking you into orbit and when you're finally comes enjoy the ride. second. class to go deeper than the. remain. legal on our team.

to moscow one of the several streets names of the major european cities. around the corner there's a russian restaurant don't keep any rest of file happy a little further a remarkable vision hidden within the school buildings of the neighborhood a quaint impressive jokes cathedral this is the alexander nevsky cathedral in the nineteenth century there were thousands of russians living in this area and with the donations of many orthodox believers around the world this place of worship was built entirely open eighty six it was isolated still one of the most popular was about churches here in paris. it was here the picasso made all the cooped up in one nine hundred eighty and showed up in and kandinsky. baseball is here often said deaths. which increase the risk it's a very beautiful place i like coming here and sure i could do as much as i can reparations airfield closer to russia closer to home and it is the only place where you can be sure you need to look at russian people at any given time candy on the same road is the restaurant called petrograd first o

parliament and the european council really the key to buildings that they were allowed about thirty meters away a stone's throw away feel like that's exactly what happened demonstrators threw stones postals any other sharp objects that came their way to try and hit the building now the leaders who are gathering for this for this and people all furious at the double standards the big story that you know e.u. cracks down on demonstrators in the north of europe in the very center of europe but when libya's leader colonel gadhafi cracks down on the demonstrators there the e.u. chooses to bomb the e.u. leaders are not there for the morning they've arrived in the afternoon and police have actually pushed the protesters away for the way now so the e.u. leaders don't see see the protests as they are happening he's expected to force an even stricter on precedented level of powers for itself which we impose all sterrett in measures on countries which it sees as overspending portugal's prime minister has resigned yesterday as a result of this parliament refusing all certain measures which give

but elise and protesters have clashed in brussels as european union leaders are gathering there for a fresh attempt to address the long crisis police were reported the using water accounting can instill disperse the crowd let's cross live to our correspondent daniel bushell in brussels daniel look for the protests are being clamp down on protesters i should say are being clamped down on quite heavily these of course are the same european governments that are striking libya allegedly to protect the people there from the government. absolutely let me just tell you about these really shocking images that are coming through of water cannon and pepper spray being used against protesters and police actually banned barricades to ban protesters getting into the building where i am now this book of building houses the european parliament and the european council really the key buildings but they were really old about thirty meters away a stone's throw away if you like and that's exactly what happened demonstrators threw stones portals any other sharp objects that came their way to try and hit

that would have positive consequences for the eu and all our european neighbors.here would be less illegal migration and fewer dangers for tourists. >> and there were calls for europe to be less preoccupied with the securing of its external borders. >> of course, those who are already here cannot just be sent back with this situation as it is. so our goal is to create attractive development possibilities on african soil as quickly as possible. it is not enough just to build refugee camps. we have to take steps to promote the economies there. >> and while there are still points of disagreement, there is a consensus that something needs to be done to address the pressing concerns in the region. >> here in germany, federal prosecutors said they believe the attack on u.s. troops at frankfurt airport was motivated by islamic extremism. two airmen were killed and two wounded when gunmen opened fire on a bus filled with military personnel. the suspect is now in police custody. >> police are out in force at germany's biggest airport, both in uniform and under cover. autho

we don't impose the european union. we want to work with countries. they have to want it because it is a long journey. if they want it we will work together. >> so, if you want it enough you can work with the e.u. to get there and you hope i think that by january, 2013, you will be responded to a and welcomed with open arms. >> if we speak to the treaty negotiations -- >> with outstanding view. it's very important to resolve some additional problems we had especially to the economy, and our government is doing the best to resolve those problems and also we are leading now the corruption that's very important and one of the key issues for croatia, and i think our results are pretty good, and we have to have contingency in our practice and very important not only to have good legislation and good practices and while we are trying to do our best. so just a few now are left open and we have to close them very soon i hope this year and then we are very near. >> just this audience me know a lot more about the details than i do. use a judiciary for instance.

this follows the european unions decision to take such measures.hey have close relationships with libya. the first urine peen bank open -- european bank opened six years ago. gadhafi's second son safe al islam studied at a university in vienna in the '90s and visited there several times since then. germany decided to freeze the assets of gadhafi's son, although it is the second largest buyer of libyan oil. they say the assets are worth 2 million euros or $2.7 million. >>> yemen president has accused the united states and israel of instigating protests against his regime. he made the comments in an address to supporters on tuesday stressing the demonstrations are unjustifiable. the anti-government protests erupted in january with demonstrators calling for saleh's resignation. tens of thousands of people marched in the largest rallies yet earlier this week, saleh called op the opposition parties to form a unity government. but the opposition camp is demanding the resignation ig of the president who's been in power more than 20 years. >>> anti-governm

union and now conducting stress tests to see whether a similar accident could happen in the european union. and he's going to put a reporting there were all six reactors of the fukushima nuclear plant have been affected with the last two now in critical condition radiation levels of station are sort of becoming too high for engineers to be able to work in the control rooms now a no fly zone with a radius of thirty kilometers over the facility has now been imposed by the authorities or the site's owner is admitted a meltdown is a possibility of following explosions of all three working reactors under fire and one of the others several people have been injured in the blasts were more than one hundred fifty have been directly exposed to radiation japan's prime minister has addressed the nation as fears intensify about a possible nuclear disaster forty seven districts in the country are having to report their continual radiation readings to assess the spread. i want to. interview the world economy and international relations good to see you there's a lot of uncertainty surrounding the si

and european space going to. we're hoping to launch an unmanned likely twenty thirteen. and have a full scale man's flight with a service module with by twenty four. combining the experience of seasoned russian space men and savvy american businessmen excalibur almaz is getting down to work on making the dream a reality after raising money and international interest on the isle of man and they expect russia to be the logical launch partner my dear calculations six capsule launches a year would be the magic number for making or little maidens have been almost stations economically viable that sooner than you might think with would be tourists already in line so more than a half century ago the era of manned spaceflight still finding new ways to open up a vast expanse of our solar system now more than ever does it chance to the next liftoff could taking you into orbit and when you're launch they finally comes enjoy the rocket. it's the secret incursion into the country. it's the invasion by means of. tradition the language is really. the best. culture. the thing is that th

just a country to peace with european nations like greece that ended up getting hit the hardest. and it's greece. coming up later today's program a special report into the corruption in effect in the pharmaceutical industry where the human health is being sacrificed for big bucks. in canada and the us that it is legal for you to use a bubble bath on your baby that contains a known carcinogen something that causes cancer most of the sharon government put into print they are sponsored by the industry and most of the time they don't not create a conflict of interest today an average cancer drug prescription costs nearly one thousand six hundred dollars a month oh my god i'm a nobody with cancer in my father and therefore i protect folks because ninety to ninety five percent of cancers heard from people with family history of cancer the pharmaceutical industry spends about fourteen percent of their budget on research and development and about thirty one percent for marketing and ministration. in fact there are more pharmaceutical industry lobbyists in washington d.c. and members of c

that were very much up in front i mean we've all seen the pictures of european leaders a red face now that they had their pictures taken with this man which happens a lot to politicians these days but the europeans themselves have been extremely divided we have the germans on one side i'll talk about the russian position a little bit later in the program and then you have can you cite france result because the the president doesn't even have friends as they have diplomatic relations now with libya so i mean it's a huge mess mr gadhafi must be really lapping up his sleeve. historically historically. because if you wanted it under because if you had had the close relation with europe the bulk of the libyan oil goes to europe and you pointed out historically that initially between libya and united states has been rather hostile you listen i forget back in eighty six of the kind of american president reagan they bomb. yet what's happening in the world now the key the key in explaining you there and american position in the security council now the american diplomats are saying is a no fly

but the european union energy commissioner says the tests would be voluntary. the nuclear crisis in japan comes just as the idea of a clear power was enjoying a revival in many parts of europe. the disaster in japan has been termed as an apocalypse at a meeting of the european parliament. >> nuclear regulators have had set energy companies rushed to brussels for meetings with european representatives. there is a lot at stake. the energy sector fears it will be disadvantaged by the decision to shut off all the nuclear power. >> all the nations of europe, with national sovereignty, building new nuclear stations. i read there were saying after the japanese disaster that poland would continue constructing new nuclear reactors and others are doing the same. >> the energy commissioner what is the reliability of the nuclear plants tested. the meeting reached an agreement. >> stress test with joint criteria, with joint standards for safety and risk assessment will be carried out in light of the event to which pad. -- in light of the events in japan. >> a stress test fo

coming your way a little later here on our team european capitals have been preparing for fresh anti austerity protests of the violent clashes in brussels on thursday e.u. leaders were meeting there to hammer out a set of measures to ease the euro zone's debt crisis well that's as the single currency is facing a new threat with portugal looking set to ask for a bailout daniel bushell in brussels has more. in public 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 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 ask them why they're fighting the plans. no more layoffs no to pay cuts no retirement the 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.

i don't think we should embrace a high tax european future.ll see many european countries like italy grow by less than 3% in a whole decade because half of the italian income goes to the government. i think we should embrace more of a low tax, high-growth future, like what the united states has. i think that is essential not just for family income but maintaining the number one position in the world as the top economy despite tough competition from china. host: susan is a democratic caller from texas. caller: good morning. what is happening now is best in the house of representatives and some of these states is that they are trying to take everything off on the backs of the middle class. it is not -- it is the teacher calls and all the promise. not the military industrial complex. these engines and the wasted money and you'll have these committees and you have all these answers pre-answer before you even get in there instead of getting to the root of things. it is the texters and the middle class, not wall street, which nobody has been convict

done meets the highest demands of european science. and according to a asked mates can we expect more arthritis in the region and what direction he had . indeed it's very hard to predict a series of quakes we've been monitoring with magnitudes ranging from seven to nine in all more than five tells us about the very serious process is taking place in earth's crust and this series of quakes may repeat over a rather long period of time it's been more than twenty four hours already since it's impossible to predict when they will start or even through the precursors we're watching while we can predict the beginning of a process we can't predict it's and even theoretically. thank you for sharing your thoughts thank you. for the full slump we've got it from. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers on the potty if. we hear it because our country outs that. god promised them this elin belongs to. will if they are still going to be thinking. and all chosen people will believe that god is real estate agent say loo

and that is where again the united states and european countries have to get it right. we have to focus on these issues otherwise we know what happens when the constraints are alive and well. they tend to end up in conflict. >> host: in other words you are not saying that the west is staying lost because of china, but because of the home grown mistakes and china is an example of the country and also you have a lot of discussion of india and countries that are not engaged in the overconsumption short-term political -- >> guest: that is exactly right. 50 years of economic folly and the start twice is a hit because america does have stark choices to make and it needs to focus on the choice is so it can remain the preeminent economy. just as an analogy somebody said to me it is sort of like the green bay packers. you're number one, you win the super bowl. but in order to stay there, focus on your own team dynamics and make sure it is the best it can be. if you focus on the bye snapping at your heels you can get so overly focused on what you're doing and you get relegated. y

that will help people see south stream as a european project that's really important but the e.u. is main objection to south stream was political like because europe was afraid of russia as a supplier i think we have been seen in libya in the persian gulf would bring the europeans there with. the time to have a look at how the markets were performing on tuesday european stocks retreated from their early gains to edge lower on tuesday among the losers was the german retailer metro a.g. down five percent after giving a cautious trading outlook however the insurance and financial stocks were rallying and here in russia stocks then issues this trading low as investors were still taking profits after last week's strong gains or just lost points three percent randomize its share point seven percent. well it's on the quake hit japan being closely watched by investors like richard grasso from the to the capital says equities worldwide are benefiting from a relief rally the sentiment has improved in japan the actual situation is that it's not really good in the mena region obviously the mi

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nigel farage a member of the european parliament and leader of the u.k. independence party believes the whole military strategy in libya has not been thought through. perfectly clear that as far as room poised concerned regime change is why were involved in libya what was also surprising was that we've all seen it to begin with as france britain and america getting involved in this and it now coming on that this morning and they say one brother what that run point made clear was that those countries wouldn't last and in fact could not have gone to war in libya without the european council approving it so whatever employer is saying is that it's the e.u. as much as anybody else that has started off this war and that the aim is to topple gadhafi and i would have thought that that does go against u.n. resolution one nine seven three we've been told by the armed forces minister nick harvey in response to a question what is the length of our commitment he replied how long is a piece of string will goodness me we've had british troops on the ground in afghanist

european stocks are higher on monday helped by those gains in asia the food c. is gaining around one per cent with the dax more than two percent in the black telecom shares are on the rise led by georgia telecom it jumped fourteen percent after a weekend deal to sell its t. mobile y. as a unit to a t. and t. here in russia markets are trading makes this hour the r.t.s. is gaining half a percent but the my sex has slipped into negative territory oil related stocks mostly in the black on stronger commodity prices. russia's second largest oil producer luke oil is gaining half a percent rosneft is trading in the black and up by around a third of a percent bucking that trend is the auto industry with russia's largest carmaker for. almost two percent the world's third largest miner rio tinto was eyeing a partnership with russia's diamond producer our rossa to develop a large diamond deposit in the north of the country that's according to the financial times reserves are worth roughly twelve billion dollars as a twenty five percent share in global mining globing global

i give a lot of credit to our european partners. we don't have any illusions about where the european publics are and the skepticism they have about this. but it is a way forward to the political and military strategy and this is a price our partners have played a role in slovenia and bosnia offering troops for afghanistan. this is the kind of thing we look for and we see the countries in the western balkans showing the will and determination and understanding, to share the burden of responsibility. >> they thought there was a problem, they made a harsh siege. what in your view to contribute more to the military situation whenever there is one rather than -- jobs in the united states and think it can do judgment in development work? >> i don't think europe thinks that. a friend of mine and somebody i'd meet every month to talk about nato collaboration. he has a job worry about defense commitments. and looking at issues of finance and the european union and he wants to raise the concern. having said that i don't think europe will see

the european commission can fine companies for infringing eu rules. >> they report says the european truck makers have been recently making deals on prices for more than a decade. this covers half a dozen european countries with some of the biggest truck maker is believed to be involved. antitrust investigators were quick to swoop on manufacturers. going by market share, daimler was number 1 in the sector in 2009. 11% of all trucks came from daimler. germany passed as almost 4%. this is what brought the case to light. it seems likely by acting as a whistle-blower, man hopes to escape penalties for its own involvement. >> federal prosecutors in germany believe a man who admitted to shooting dead two american airmen was acting alone. prosecutors say the suspect who was born in cozumel says he was inspired -- born in kosovo inspired to carry out the attacks after dealing jihadist sites. >> a man claims jihadist web sites inspired him. before wednesday there was nothing suspicious about the man of what he saw on the internet radicalize them within week >> in this case it highlights the i