with nhk's senior commentator who interviewed the first woman to be speaker of the house of the lower house of parliament. >> how did she get interested in politics in the first place? >> she's from a political family. her father was a former deputy prime minister. during our interview, she explained her father's approach. >> he was a freedom fighter. and he especially devoted all his efforts towards upliftment of the marginalized and suppressed section of the society. and he worked for them. and also he was a minister for many, many years. he was holding very challenging portfolios and when there was a severe drought and famine in india, he was given the portfolio of food ministry. that's the time with his foresight and hard work he ushered in the green revolution. >> kumar's father sounded like a dynamic politician. what about kumar herself? >> she's the speaker of the lower house of parliament. the position is the third in the country's power structure, after the president and the prime minister. her philosophy is similar to her father's. her motto is to give relief to those who are oppressed. >> wome

just in front of the italian lower house of parliament, where in just a few hours' time, silvio berlusconi will face the test of his political life. it should be a routine vote in this house of parliament, the financial bill, but this vote has taken on huge significance. everybody is watching what the league does, whether silvio berlusconi can hang in. because within the european union and in the financial markets and there are very grave fears about whether mr. berlusconi can take italy through the reforms it needs to take it out of its crisis. this report from alan johnson. >> everywhere, silvio berlusconi's message is the same. no surrender. i go on. but in the corridors of power, all the talk is whether mr. bruce bowie -- berlusconi can survive the days ahead. out in the streets of rome, they worry about the way the country is going. more and more, berlusconi himself is seen as a big part of the problem. >> i think this time his moment has come. i have two kids and i am an employee. i want him to go. >> the gathering crisis in italy is rooted in the money markets. isly's $1.90 trillion

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australian mining firms being hit hard by a vote in favor of a 30% mining tax in the country's lower house of parliament this morning. that does take it one step closer to law. tokyo closed for the holiday. this is how the numbers closed. you see hong kong under 18,000 with a drop of more than 2%. australia, down nearly 2%. and seoul kospi reacting to what's going on in the u.s. because the u.s. is such a big exporter market for south korea, getting a hit there. let's turn to news of that squeeze on the chinese manufacturing output this month. now, hsb's flash purchasing managers index, that takes up to 90% of the final reading which comes out next week. it's coming well below forecasts. the survey points to a figure of 48.0 for the month of november. anything under 50 signifies a contraction. now, analysts had been expecting a reading of around about 50.1. last month's official pmi reading showed a slowdown in growth to 51.0. but still it was growth. so what's happened? well, basically, it's something of a triple whammy for the chinese economy. number one is china's own efforts to slow its economy whic

popping up all across russia as the campaign kicks off to win seats in the countries or lower house of parliament. this after five pm here in the russian capital this is our top story the greek prime minister will keep his job at least for now after securing a crucial confidence vote from parliament it comes after george papa dreyer horrified the country's european partners and wreaked international havoc on the markets by calling a referendum on the e.u. bailout plan for greece well a move he later councils are reports now from the greek capital. prime minister happened to his just finished meeting with the president of the republic. and he at the start of the plans the coalition government. and we still waiting waiting for details about what exactly is going to happen now leaving for there's a lot of confusion about what that hellish in government is going to look like that we saw promise that happens and his government by that called his nation in parliaments in the early hours of the morning it was very very close it was always going to be is we have to match the decisions but no changes real

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popping up all across russia as the campaign kicks off to win seats in the country's lower house of parliament. just after six pm here in the russian capital this is our t.v. our top story the greek prime minister will keep his job at least for now after security a crucial confidence vote for problems but the situation in the country remains far from clear george papa dreyer is now holding talks to form a temporary governing coalition and promise to step down if necessary. reports from the greek. there's a lot of confusion about what like a little government going to look like we saw promised the passenger and his government's advice that caused this nation in parliaments in the early hours of the morning it was very very close it was always going to be it was a way to match the decisions but no changes really everyone still waiting for think what the details of this will be as they separate for the devil really is in the details and so a lot of uncertainty still remains about what's going to happen now meeting for help guide us a bit see this political quagmire i'm joined by. professor of eco

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. >> we are at the lower house of parliament. the cost of borrowing and has gone high sky. itors in to look tra the i had this afternoon, he says. today there is a crunch vote in parliament. there's mounting speculation he will be forced to resign to make way for new leader to sort out the italian crisis. angry italians protesting on the street are wondering how the country will fare. italy has huge debts and to select a nominal growth. that makes investors nervous about planting to the government. -- italy has slow economic growth. 1.8 trillion euros. it will have to borrow at a new higher rate of interest now that its creditors are demanding. the country has to pay 7% on goal of its debt and that would add more than 70 billion euros per year. that would not be affordable. italy would be broke. >> the fund does not have enough money to was that is when you need to see the international monetary fund supporting them. >> affair of scandals and eccentric behavior have also undermined silvio berlusconi's reputation for economic competence, but he still has supporters. it seems

perhaps they'll be fast tracking the austerity votes and emergency budgets through the upper house of parliamenterhaps as matthew chance tells us earlier in the show, as soon as friday. that's why some of the markets have been coming back in negative territory. we have better-than-expected gains at the moment. the cac 40 is making a strong rebound at the moment. the asia pacific markets ended the trading day on a low note on thursday. they are shut for the day but this is how we feared when it comes to the big three, the hang seng, in particular, down by 5.25%, largely thanks to banking stocks that were particularly harshly hit. we had hsbc coming out with its figures. they weren't better than expected, quite the opposite and also affected by the euro zone debt crisis. that was one of the stocks that tumbled to the tune of 9% in asian trading. let's get back to europe, though. for years there's been talk of a two-speed europe and for years policymakers have completely dismissed the idea that some countries could be more integrated into the eu structure than others. earlier this week, the french

any problem, and is expected that the same thing will happen when the bill goes to the lower house of parliamente chamber of deputies, on saturday. in the eerie, the stability law will then be signed into law by president napolitano, so that by the time the markets open on monday morning, italy will have obeid, as it were, the dictates of brussels, and shown that it is serious about putting its economic house in order. however, the future of mario monti administration is by no means certain. a new name has come up today, and he is a possible leader of a technocratic government. he is a former official of the bank of italy. he has already been prime minister once in the 1990's. he served as foreign minister. he is regarded as a possible viable alternative to mario monti. the point is that if mr. deeney rigid takeover, he might get support of the freedom party. mr. berlusconi's party is split between those who are prepared to support the new mario monti government and those who are not. there is still a certain amount of confusion about just how easy it is going to be for mr. mario monti if he is

power could come to an end within just a few hours if italy's lower house of parliament approves of asa new austerity package the prime minister's seat though won't remain vacant for long with a veteran euro crat looking set to take the baton from skinny our correspondent sarah ferguson in rome with more on the build up to the vote. the m.p.'s we've been speaking to here said italy is now absolutely desperate to send a very strong signal that they're able to get the situation under control now of the measures get that a preview today that would then of course pave the way for the resignation of prime minister berlusconi as he promised. the man he's being paid at the moment to take the top spot is. he now he's not only a respected economist here in the country but he's also the former e.u. commissioner and as we've seen in greece with the appointment to the top spot. be official. assistant inside and out that appointment would certainly please brussels but there is concern about whether that would gain public support because there is a question mark over whether an unelected government i

egyptians are choosing members in the lower house of parliament since hosni mubarak was driven from power in a people's uprising earlier this year. >>> there are reports of an explosion near the iranian city of isfahan. the exact location has not been disclosed. it's reported it was part of a military exercise. a uranium conversion plant is located just outside that city. earlier this month a mysterious blast damaged a missile base near tehran. >>> a woman in the state of georgia says she had a 13-year affair with republican candidate remember man cain. she made the claim in an interview with local tv channel. cain has been married for more than 40 years, marred with a lot of allegations against him. he says he knows the woman but denies the affair. this is the fifth woman to accuse him of sexual harassment or extramarital contact. i'm monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. >>> hello. welcome to wbt, i'm andrew stephens in hong kong. >> i'm charles hodson in london. the top stories on tuesday, november 29th. rupert murdoch squares off with shareholders as phone hacking re

popping up all across russia as the campaign kicks off to win seats in the country's lower house of parliament. it's eleven pm saturday night here in moscow you're watching t.v. with me kevin zero in on our top story the greek prime minister.

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for the upper house of parliament. the reason why officials had to do that was ensure that technical capabilities of the elections were to be free and fair. they needed judges on every polling station, they needed to make sure there were enough security forces deployed at polling station and that's why it's a long and dragged out process. >> it is an historic election, though it's going to go on for months. but whatever happens the central question is, how much power are the ruling generals of the military counsel likely to give over to the new parliament? i guess that's a question that we'll have to wait and see the answer to? >> reporter: absolutely. you know that's a very good point that you're raising because one of the issues that the generals have been saying, ever since they assumed power, was that they're the only institution in egypt that has any legitimacy, anyone else did not have a nationwide legitimacy. what these elections are, not necessarily which party emerges, by there will be another institution, anot

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this has been passed by austria's lower house of parliament. the levees still needs the rubber stamp of the senate, but it is set to become law next year and could raise $11 billion for the government. >> this is an unprecedented tax for an unprecedented mining boom. around 30 companies will have to pay the tax. those whose profits exceed $70 million per year. for some of the bigger companies, that will not be a hard threshold to pass. bhp made more than $20 billion last year and profits. the labor government argued that it had to be shared by all australians. it bought an 18-month battle against political and mining opposition's. the lower house passed it by just two votes. the money raised about $20 billion by 2015 will go to help small businesses increase pensions for workers, and pay for infrastructure projects around australia. >> we are having our super profitable miners pay more tax in order to cut company taxes and provide benefits to small businesses to share opportunity around the country as we grow our national savings and give austra

they're basically voting in parliamentary elections, and this round is for the lower house of parliament two reasons. first of all, many egyptians who are voting have never voted before, so it's a really big deal. also, it's the lower house of parliament that's actually going to be drafting the new constitution for egypt. there have been some observations of irregularities, carol, things like logistical problems, delays in ballots. observers are saying generally the process has been relatively organized. a lot of women, carol, have turned out to vote in this election round. one of the reasons is because they don't want the islamists, the muslim brotherhood to get too much power because they feel it may become an issue for the future rights and the liberal values. there has been a little violence where 25 people have been injured. carol? >> let's switch our attention to china now because it's ordering a ban on advertisements during tv dramas. why? >> no ads during tv dramas about 45 minutes long. they're starting this on the 1st of january. why? the communist party it says wants to develo

he must receive votes of confidence in both houses of parliament before he can take over the office. >>> two rifle politicians exchanged insult and hauled glasses of water about syria and then it got physical. glass of water was thrown and a chair was held up. syria is influential in libyan politics. >>> this dairy cow gave birth to four calfs. they are the first set in over 50 years for the farmers. the girls were born about 45 pounds a piece. the triplets were tagged and photographed. this will not be the last time that you'll see this unusual trio stand before a television camera. -- standing before a television camera. >>> why the police sore concerned about this man they're looking for. >>> occupy baltimore across the town. and now some are forming alliances with some u.s. mayors. >>> things get testy at the karl rove at johns hopkins. the occupy baltimore caused a ruckus and what one of them told thus morning about the incident. >>> it's wednesday november 16th. andd let's get a check of the forecast and say hello to justin berk. >>> we have 56 at bwi and ricers town and westmin

expedited implementation of the program and reforms that have just been decided by the italian houses of parliament. and if that happens and if the agreement entered into between members of the euro zone on the twenty sixth at 27 of october are implemented beautifully, clearly the situation will be clarified and should be improved significantly. >> reports of serious say 26 people were killed on friday adding to eight months of anti- government protests. november is likely to be the bloodiest month since the uprising began in march. a meeting on saturday will discuss the lack of progress on any sort of dialogue. the organization is coming under intense pressure to suspend syria's membership. you might find some of the picture is disturbing. promises, promises. a week after pledging it would respect human rights, these were the forces of the syrian state and action. here a man that appears mortally wounded is dragged away by soldiers. across syria, the bloody cost of protests. they went man clutches the foot of his comrade. a voice says, these are your reforms. the u.n. says three and a half thousan