right now with an heard in the introduction there from herman van rompuy talking about the best dynamics russia in the use enjoyed for years he said also interestingly made comment about what's happening of course the biggest event within the european union at the moment the economic problems they're having particularly greece he said there's no way back for the euro only a way forward he reiterated in his words it will not fail. he said that greece what had to stay in the euro least he wanted to see it stay in the euro but it had to abide by its obligations. with the words about russia from herman van rompuy said that russia had made progress in its development of civil society welcome the active implementation of what it was doing so far. a lot of the journalists there were expecting to hear a lot more about what was going on in syria now he did make a comment he said he deplored the situation in syria but we didn't hear an awful lot about that putin went on then to talk about the w t o in fact they all did russia's accession to the w.t. when it's ratified indeed which may be as early

daniel's there hi down there despite the determination to do to succeed we had earlier on from herman van rompuy and that simply for him the e.u. financial situations now so bad i gather that spider-man's rescuing its banks may seem morally dubious but but spain's troubled bank here is groping its most vulnerable customers to shore up deposits offering spiderman towels and tickets for the film's premiere to children who say with it off the running out of cash last month as well as trips to new york their kids can see how about it really should be run by visiting j.p. morgan which has just been fined for stock manipulation and last month run up false losses and neighboring portugal is having to bail out three top lenders lisbon today is that it will pump six billion euro into them as they called pay back loans foreigners also warned of the planes may need help. plan it's just all lining up for the e.u. today june's euro zone investor confidence index has slumped again meanwhile lending between e.u. is falling at its fastest in four years close for a holiday today that's friday's closing figures t

and of course the chairman of the european council herman van rompuy of course a question was posed by one of the foreign journalists that there were leaflets distributed at the hotel where he is saying. no to russian pinochet and hundreds of physician members are in prison and just a quick aside we are apparently staying in the same hotel we did not see any such flyers but the question was posed and the russian president was quick to come up with a response to it. political whenever i go i'm asked about mr holder and his future as we know the european court of human rights there are new political motives criminal cases. so if someone suggests i go to prison you don't have good company of course we're talking about me here the former oil tycoon who is in prison at the moment on charges of the beslan and and tax evasion now there of what were of course other issues covered at length and the first and foremost of those was the economy of course the euro is finding itself in the rather tight grips of the economic crisis we have a greece which is threatening to leave the eurozone and of co

the president of the european council, herman van rompuy, claims the agreement was a breakthrough. the latest from brussels -- >> after 13 hours of talks, they got what they wanted. italy's prime minister is happy. spain's leader is all smiles. europe has agreed to a direct bailout for troubled banks in those two countries. it gives them and the euro breathing space. some see it as europe's richest nation caving in. angela merkel said there were conditions. >> [speaking foreign language] >> i think we've done something important. we still maintain there is nothing without getting something in return. >> in the early hours, talks have stalled over europe's 120 billion euro plan for growth. that is for the long term. europe's leaders are positive about the deal. >> the decision shows once again the commitment of the member states, the versatility of the euro. >> written is not in the euro, but david cameron has been urging those in the club -- britain is not in the euro, but david cameron was content with the agreement. >> they took some steps forward last night. for a long time, we'

at the end of the meeting, european council president herman van rompuy said the leaders were able to agree on measures to stabilize the market and promote european integration. >>> health care reform has been a signature policy of u.s. president barack obama. the supreme court's decision on thursday to uphold the constitutionality of the individual mandate, the requirement for americans to buy health insurance or pay a tax, is a major victory for the president. but the republicans have vowed to fight back. the issue is likely to remain hotly contested throughout the presidential campaign. nhk world's matthew field reports from washington. >> reporter: barack obama pushed through an overhaul of health care as a pillar of his presidency. but some americans question the legality of what's known as the individual mandate which requires americans to buy health insurance or pay a fine. the justices of the supreme court said the individual mandate is constitutional. >> today's decision was a victory for people all over this country whose lives will be more secure because of this law and the

summit the wrap up meeting there president vladimir putin is there also jose manuel barroso and herman van rompuy this is their wrap up conference to assess and to what they've got to say we face the same challenges especially in economic and financial fields it requires rapid card in a showing of approaches to the solving very similar tasks i think my colleagues will agree that during the summit we managed to prove the priority of character. of russian and e.u. strategic partnership a common understanding if you assess its need to move forward. for. my view to achieve a situation where citizens of russia and e.u. would practically feel our advantages of our partnership we informed our colleagues on developing an integration process in the territory of c.i.s. . but from that point to a few of their. perspective russian e.u. relations were convinced that you know a. single economic space in which the. future duration economic union is absolutely compatible with the tasks of strengthening of operation between russia and e.u. of course it was really important to discuss during the preparation of a n

the european counsel's office that's mr herman van around boy it lays out building blocks for fiscal economic and banking integration but who is herman van rompuy exactly well you're not the first person to ask the question that i want to know when will the last is who owe you the good of you know what are you in europe would have ahead of you. nevertheless van and is friends and some elected leaders are trying to hold the currency union together as support fractures around them they're trying to hold it together despite protests bailouts the election of neo nazis the deflationary spiral down of the condom ease entered up of bond yields in places like spain and italy and nigel farage who you just heard from has been very frank about the possible consequences he fears take a listen this project could even reach. socialism in europe we'll start prediction more on that later first does the leader of the u.k. and pendants party member of european parliament actually expect any earth shattering decisions to be taken during this summit does he expect anything of substance to come from it that can change the current dynamics in europe a rising borrowi

we did get official comments from herman van rompuy. there's an agreement to spend 120 million euros. van rompuy saying we are serious about single currency. he says that nearly every time he gives a news conference. they're going to discuss short-term proposals tomorrow. we've also seen tonight. that's going to be the bonds buying issue. the short-term proposals are what do you do in the meantime to calm the markets and bring down the interest rates. they've agreed to boost the eib capital. that's the european investment bank. that's the mechanism in which they spend those 120 billion euros, which is 10 billion euros less than what we thought it would be. the number had originally been 130 billion. van rompuy saying two countries are very keen on the shore-term measures, i.e. the bond buying. that would be spain and italy. we're getting reports on this anonymous official through dow jones. they are interested in this bond buying program in order to help them with their yields. back to you. >> thank you for that. b.k., what do you make

herman van rompuy. >> thank you. good morning. good afternoon. i lost all time sensitivities. the european council is about combining short term action to stimulate growth, and to stabilize the markets. together, with a long-term vision on the way forward to strengthen our economic and monetary union. the key short-term challenge across europe is to revive growth, building on yesterday's discussion, we decided on a compact for growth and jobs, which mobilizes 120 billion euros for immediate investments, and will boost the investment of the economy and help create jobs. the current situation, establishing a longer-term perspective for the euro area is a pressing priority. indeed, as has been pointed out, if we want investors to , they would like to know where the eurozone stands in 10 years' time. yesterday, we discussed the report of the future of the economic and monetary union that represented earlier this week at the request of the heads of state of government in close cooperation with the president of the european commission, the euro group, and the european central bank.