the international monetary fund is to receive billions of dollars in the latest attempt to bail out the eurozone. >> it is 10:00 in the morning here in singapore. >> and welcome to newsday. >> the united states has consulted its allies in east asia after the death of north korean leader kim jong il. south korea and japan say they are preparing for any unexpected security issues. for nearly two decades kim jong il ruled north korea. his son has been named as a successor. john simpson. >> this is the weird, reclusive figure who ran the most secretive country and did it as if it was his own private property. looking on is his son, who was around 28. he will takeover to regard -- takeover. the old leader died on saturday, but state television only announced its today. the news unleashed a storm of emotion. in north korea you have to mourn a leader as noiselessly as possible, especially if the cameras are on. if you are a member of the political elite, you may be a release sorry he is gone. no one knows what will happen to the nation now. kim jong il leaves behind a country that is appalling

but i want to talk about what do you think about the international monetary fund? is it a fraud to control the economy of the southern american countries? >> event get the last part. is it a fraud? it's certainly not a fraud, it's free effective. >> it is a scam, the international monetary fund. >> it's not a scam. do their work? in fact they are basically an offshoot of the u.s. treasury. it's not literally true that the u.s. treasury has an enormous amount of control in what they do, and there are the same programs that are kind of turning the united states into a kind of third world society for applied much more forcefully having terrible effects, so the international monetary fund has over the past several decades been a pressing very hard to so-called meal liberal programs at which have been social and economic disaster almost everywhere. not for everyone. so to egypt which is on the front page as a part of the source of the uprising in the jet boat to peking is because the disastrous effects of the imf adjustment programs which have increased growth, what kin

s sloan school of management and former chief economist at the international monetary fund. simon, nice you have back with us. >> thanks for having me. >> susie: well, let's start out by finding out why are you negative on this latest deal from europe? >> well, the europeans obviously have some serious systemic problems, mostly about fiscal policy but also about their competitiveness in the so you will cad periphery and really they've done nothing address these fundamental issues. just throwing a little bit more austerity into the mix does nothing for them at this point. >> you know, we've had so many summits coming out of europe, so many possible plans. what do you think is the solution? what does europe need to do? >> i think europe needs a constitutional convention like the united states needed one in 1787. now that's a difficult conversation to have. it was difficult in the 1780s for the united states. but really there is no other way to hold the monetary union together in europe. and the consequence of breaking apart the euro completely will be rather devastating. >> yo

or what russia would prefer to contribute to the international monetary fund and again they're both sides reiterate the importance of this partnership russia in particular because of the e.u. comprises about more than half of foreign trade between the two countries and it's a foreign reserves are also in the euro so it does see its interest in trying to support the country in countries in overcoming the crisis that are in right now. and to save energy time between russia and the e.u. all where do you strong so how much more can we expect in the near future. that's right both sides did admit to and reiterate the ties between the two countries saying praising the successor to be a nordstrom project that's just quite recent and they say baby could be will expect continued continued exchanges especially in the energy sector although they did mention that there are difficulties as well particularly in relation to the third energy package which is a legislation of the e.u. that requires the separation of the transportation delivery and sale of gas which does become a point of contention because

a contribution of about ten billion euros or dollars again about still not clear to the international monetary fund that we have to remember that there is a european financial stability fund this is the one that was set up when the eurozone crisis started however russia prefers to contribute through the i.m.f. and of course this will be very clearly looking for really beneficial agreements we know that moscow for example has been advocating for a long time now the reform of the i.m.f. to have more influence to our developing nations and this could be a win win situation depending on the agreement they come up with of course this comes after last week's will fractious summit of the leaders to rally behind tons of financial rules doesn't it yes indeed and after that some of that was on december ninth the euro zone countries essentially plus some of the countries had agreed to come up with a fiscal compact that's integrating their fiscal policies and having stricter rules but at the end of the day what we're looking at here is the reaction of the markets is whether the euro has actually improved but i

money has made investors take africa seriously for more than just resource extraction but international monetary fund estimates that sub-saharan africa's economy will expand by five point five percent this year and five point nine percent in two thousand and twelve experts warn investors may be missing a giant business opportunity if they fail to pay attention to africa and it's a mistake russia is keen to avoid having decided the reward outweighs the risk of not being part of the next success story. let's check out those markets tank crude is higher despite news or carter. i pad graba is out raising his helpers saving lives like crude prices have also shrugged off speculation that europe's worsening debt crisis could curb demand for commodities as european stocks are trading higher after rebounding from a two week low amid speculation this year's slump in equities is not commensurate with the outlook for corporate earnings both of those in the dax are up although they haue both shared those early against the russian markets opened up here moscow in the red for the second day in a row the my sense it

contribution of about ten billion euros or dollars again amount still not clear to the international monetary fund that we have to remember that there is a european financial stability fund this is the one that was set up when the eurozone crisis started however russia prefers to contribute through the i.m.f. and of course this will be very clearly looking for mutually beneficial agreements we know that moscow for example has been advocating for a long time now the reform of the i.m.f. to have more influence to our developing nations so this could be a win win situation depending on the agreement they come up with another big thing here is the accession of russia to the w t o very near future and. russia's biggest trading partner a foreign partner and also for more than forty percent of russia's reserves are are in euros so it's clear that russia has indicated that they would benefit from a stronger economy and also a w t o you expect more liberalization you expect more import tariffs to go down and that would definitely benefit russia and in terms of liberalization they will also touch upon energ

we're the biggest stakeholder in the imf, the international monetary fund. so what does that mean for the united states and the american taxpayer? >> that would mean a direct american taxpayer bailout of europe. as you say, we provide 17% of the imf's budget. so if imf comes up with, say, a trillion dollars -- that's $170 billion u.s. dollars in there, and that is taxpayer dollars. that's not printed dollars from the federal reserve, that's not created money, that is taxpayer dollars going through the treasury into the imf, a direct u.s. bailout of the europeans. now, that is what president obama wants. he wants to bail out the your peens to -- europeans to prevent that depression, but it will have a very tough political sell. how would we explain, how would the president explain that he is bailing out the europeans when they won't do it themselves? megyn: it's tough to know what americans should be rooting for. we don't want to see europe collapse since we're so tied to europe, but i'm sure american taxpayers are reluctant to bail out the likes of greece wh

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dmitry medvedev says any investment must be managed through the international monetary fund. china and india, other bric nations, have said the same thing so far. >>> with all the economic uncertainty you might wish you had a crystal ball. it's all done by monitoring road traffic. from this week's marketplace europe, juliet mann explains. >> reporter: the problem with searching for reliable economic data is knowing which direction to take. but some number crunchers say it's all going on here, not the information super highway but germany's highways. these two bond-based academics have it all mapped out, tracking truckers going places with container loads of goods. their index gives a snapshot of industrial production in europe's biggest economy now without waiting weeks or months for official data to be released. here's how it works. most heavy vehicles in germany have gps technology on board, linking them up to a satellite system designed to collect road tolls. >> the toll collector, they use it to bill people and get money for the state. it finances our roads and public act

a line of defense including the international monetary fund, the imf, and said it to be reinstalled as the german sovereign bank fund which may help german banks to put bill the new capital requirements installed by the european union. one bank that is said to need the help, potentially, of this rescue bond is commerz. >> here are some of the closing numbers, the blue-chip dax closing higher. 2369 in new york on the dow in late trading. there they are a 12,300. euro at $1.3378. back to you. >> thank you for that, steve. secretary of state clinton says the u.s. as serious concerns about the russian parliamentary elections speaking on the sidelines of the afghanistan conference in bonn. the independent election monitors suggest there may have been electoral fraud and manipulation of voting lists. russian voters deserve people investigation. the united it russian party of medvedev and vladimir putin convincingly won, but their share of the vote fell to 50% down from 64% four years ago. >> a pulse type election meeting. president dmitry medvedev the think his team and downplayed all talk o

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but i want to talk about what do you think about international monetary fund? is it a fraud to control the economy? >> i didn't get the last part. is it a fraud of? >> is it a scam? >> a scaled? >> a scam. >> no, is not not a scam. i mean, they do their work. in fact, they're basically an offshoot of the u.s. treasury. i mean, it's not literally true that the u.s. treasury has an enormous amount of control in what they do. and there are the same programs that are kind of turning the united states into a sort of third world society. are applied much more forcefully in weaker countries and having terrible a facts. so the international monetary fund has over the past several decades been pressing very hard the so-called neoliberal programs which have been a social and economic disaster almost everywhere. and not for everyone. take each of which is right on the front pages. a part of the source of the uprising in egypt, qatar for a long time, but is peaking because of the disastrous effects of imf structural adjustment programs, which have increased growth, but kin

christine lagarde-- managing director of the international monetary fund-- outlined the major tenets. >> what is really encouraging today is to see that the members that will be party to the agreement have decided three key components. number one, they want to really consolidate their fiscal union, number two they've decided to accelerate the european stability mechanism and number three, they've decided to add to the resources of the international monetary fund by an amount of 270 billion u.s. dollars, that is to be confirmed within ten days. so, that's, that's a really good step in the right direction. >> brown: german chancellor angela merkel, leader of europe's biggest economy, had been pushing hard for such a deal. >> ( translated ): i believe after long talks there is a very important result because we learn from the past and the mistakes, and we say in the future: binding agreements, binding rules, more influence for the european commission, more unity and therefore more that is our contribution to making the euro safe. >> brown: but there was a very prominent holdout as britis

ministers blundered unable to come up with 200 billion euros they vowed to give to the international monetary fund to help struggling european countries. back here at home, december's home builder sentiment hit its highest level since may 2010. company news, at&t officially dropped its controversial $39 billioned by for t-mobile. winn-dixie surged after going private in a $560 million all-cash deal. commercial metals fell after rejecting a $1.7 billion takeover bid from carl icon. "the new york times" is nearing a sale of 16 regional newspapers to halifax media. this morning japan ordered 42 lockheed martin fighter jets in a deal worth billions. standing by her man has earned the wife of dominique strauss-khan the title of france's woman of the year in a nationwide poll. >>> coming up, a top 20 college basketball upset. last-minute nhl excitement on the ice. plus, national embarrassment for san francisco as the lights go out on monday night football. twice. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> our central plains blizzard is coming to an end. now that rain is heading east. yo

the 17 eurozone nations will provide 150 billion euros or $200 billion in loans to the international monetary fund. the move is seen as a call for non-european countries to follow suit and offer their help in tackling the debt problems in europe. the agreement was reached in a conference call of eu finance ministers monday. the prime minister of luxembourg. outside the eurozone will consider making contribution. the eu plans to extend as much as 300 billion euros to the imf. the statement notes the eu plans to urge other countries including the group of 20 nations to join in providing funds to the imf. but it is uncertain just how much support will actually be given. >>> the scandal at olympus is looking to earn to boost its capital. possible private investors may include fuji film holdings and sony. the long camera businesses are apparently drawing attention of potential buyers -- subscribers. this move comes after the company released last week its earnings report for the half year through september. the firm posted a net loss of over $400 million. the financial statements also show that olympus

. >> a greater involvement of the international monetary fund. the fact that the private sector will not get very involved, in case another eurozone state budget passed be bailed out. the increase of the german stock index also had other reasons. china is expected to loosen its monetary policy again. china is expected to invest some of its huge currency holdings into european assets. >> the week has ended with big gains for markets across europe. the dax set a good example, finishing up by almost 2%. eurozone -- the euro stocks blue-chip index gained some weight. the dow industrials are up by about 1.5%. the euro is trading for $1.3370. the head of the u.s. tax agency has been -- the head of a tax agency has been wounded by an anarchist bomb. they said the bomb to the head of deutsche bank -- they sent a bomb to the head of deutsche bank and warned of two more bombs. >> thanks for that. the interior ministers of germany's 16 federal states are launching a new attempt to ban the far right npd party. this comes as reports that the neo-nazi group is

governmethe scale has been n by its founding partners in the central bank, european union, and international monetary fund. that warning from standard and poor's overnight has had an impact on european markets. down or covering just below the average mark today. >> thank you very much. the american space agency, nasa, has confirmed a new planet in the havels vote -- habitable zone. meaning that it could contain water on the surface. twice the size of earth, similar to earth's orbit, but 600 light years away. nasa says that they do not yet know if it is made up of rock, gas, or liquid. a quick reminder of our top story here on "gmt," attacks in afghanistan have killed dozens and injured hundreds more in the deadliest incident at a holy day celebration in kabul. police say that 48 people died in the blast. we will have plenty more on that and other news here on "gmt." do stay with us. ma>en s> se of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global str

ministers blundered unable to come up with 200 billion euros they vowed to give to the international monetary fund to help struggling european countries. back here at home, december's home builder sentiment hit its highest level since may 2010. company news, at&t officially dropped its controversial $39 billion bid for t-mobile. winn-dixie surged after going private in a $560 million all-cash deal. commercial metals fell after rejecting a $1.7 billion takeover bill from carl icahn. "the new york times" is nearing a sale of 16 regional newspapers to halifax media. this morning japan ordered 42 lockheed martin fighter jets in a deal worth billions. standing by her man has earned the wife of dominique strauss-khan the title of france's woman of the year in a nationwide poll. we'll let you decide how feel about that one. >>> coming up, a top 20 college basketball upset. last-minute nhl excitement on the ice. plus, national embarrassment for san francisco as the lights go out on monday night football. twice. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> our central plains blizzard is comi

in new york, a hotel maid accused the head of the international monetary fund, dominique dawes-cop, of tee. dom nike strauss-kahn of attempted rape. in operation fast and furious, federal agents lost track of more than 1,000 guns they intended to trace from their illegal purchase in arizona until they reached drug cartels in mexico two lost guns were found in arizona where a u.s. border patrol agent died in a shootout. the attorney eric holder calls fast and furious deeply flawed but knew little about it while it was underway. mistreatment of our war dead. for years the air force was cremating partial remains and dumping the ashes in a landfill with families never knowing. all part of the mismanagement at the motor areaate dover air force base in delaware. crime and punishment. hedge fund manager roger rotnaum sentenced to 11 years in prison, the record for insider trading. >> i would like to say in one sentence, this is the most humble bay day of my life. >> rupert murdoch shuts "news of the world," the paper accused of hacking the phones of celebrities, politicians, and the voice mai

people, and also to explain they have been bailing out in giving even more money to the international monetary fund. for germans, it will be another 45 billion euros, which is an awful lot. could she has a lot of buttons to press. thank you very much. let's remind you of our top story on gmt. the belgian city of liege has been holding a vigil for the victims in tuesday's attack. the 33-year-old, nordine amrani, killed four people, including a 17-month old baby. he injured more than 100 before turning the gun on himself. police also discovered a body in his house, along with large amounts of ammunition. that is it for the moment. stay with us on "bbc world news." i am zeinab badawi. goodbye. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles.

they're studying possible cooperation with the international monetary fund to expand the eurozone bailout fund. the european central bank was also holding a meeting over in frankfurt. they have the power to buy bonds of troubled eurozone nations to stabilize markets. ai uchida from the business desk joins me now their policy decisions. so ai, what are the chances of them doing something like that? >> catherine, after what we saw overnight looks like the chances of that is pretty slim, and that's because european central bank preside mario draghi appears cautious about buying more of the region's government bonds. draghi told reporters on thursday that he's surprised by the market's speculation that the ecb may increase its bond purchases. market participants are reportedly concerned that the european debt woes may engulf italy and that europe's bailout fund may run short of money to buy up government bonds. draghi stopped short of declaring that the central bank would step up sovereign bond buying when their prices decline. >> i was kind of surprised by the implicit meaning that was given

. >>> germany's finance minister said wednesday that germany is open to increasing the international monetary fund resources to bilateral loans. that reverses the stance that bergmann took earlier this month at the g-20 summit, but he said the ecb printing presses will not solve the crisis. >> the german finance minister is steadfast that fiscal discipline is the key to solving the crisis. he opposes extending the powers of the ecb to help member states. >> it would buy a few months relief but not solve any problems. >> some of his colleagues see things differently. sweden says the ecb should step up its role, given the low inflation risks in the eurozone. >> price stability is secure in europe, so there is removed -- room to maneuver. >> the eu finance ministers are doing all they can to save the common currency, the time to come up with a response is running out. >>> britain ground to a halt amid a public sector strike, their biggest walkout in more than 30 years. up to 2 million employees shut up to protest austerity measures they say will force them to work longer and pay more for pageants. --

. >> let me just explain what the international monetary fund said. this is the truth of it. if you want the stimulus that they are giving the economy with low interest rates, you have to stick to the plans they have set out. there is not a party in europe -- >> everything he is talking about is stimulus. he is coming too far and too fast. because it does not want to tell us what they say about his plan. he is the prime minister. the new tax and benefit measures -- they are, on average, a take away from the lower-income families with children. these changes are hitting women twice as hard as man. is it the truth that he is the first prime minister in modern times to place of the women and children first. the sound bites get weaker and weaker as his leadership gets weaker and weaker. if you look at what we have done, listing 1.1 million people -- it is mostly women that benefit. the increase in the pension will benefit mostly women. and if you take the issue of public-sector pensions -- this will help women. we're giving the economy as stimulus by keeping interest rates low. t

they're studying possible cooperation with the international monetary fund to expand the eurozone bailout fund. the european central bank was also calling a meeting in frankfurt. they have the power to buy bonds in troubled nations to stabilize markets. is this similar to what we have seen in the u.s.? >> it looks like the ecb is not even going to go there. the president appears cautious about buying more of the region's government bonds. he told reporters thursday he is surprised by market speculation that ecb may increase its bond purchases. market participants are reportedly concerned the european debt woes may engulf italy and the bailout fund may run short of money to buy up government bonds. he stopped short of declaring the central bank would step up sovereign bond buying when prices decline. >> i was kind of surprised by the implicit meaning given not by all the press but some to the other elements would follow. >> on the same day, ecb policy makers decided to cut key interest rate by a quarter percentage point, bringing it down to 1%. it was intended to prevent the debt crisis fr

. >> a number of european countries have agreed to provide nearly $200 billion to the international monetary fund which could help the eurocurrency. hunter versions are coming from germany, italy, and spain, which may soon be in need of help. the united kingdom has refused to help. there is a question whether the imf has enough money to solve the problem. >> $200 billion looks like a figure plucked out of the air at the summit. it has come down to $150 billion. the economists say we need something in the order of $3 trillion -- of three trillion euros. at the same time, the cfs have -- the efsf and stability mechanism -- both of those looked as if they are having problems in terms of raising funding needed. today, there was another very downbeat assessment from the new head of the european central bank here in brussels, talking to the european parliament. he said in effect what everybody knows, that 2011 has been miserable for the bureau, and 2012 could be worse. >> now to an institution which has been at the heart of american life for centuries. the u.s. postal service can trace its history to 1

>> the european union nations have also agreed to extend up to 200 billion euros in the international monetary fund trying to beef up the rescue fund to help debt strapped countries ride out the fiscal crisis. by providing loans to imf, they're hoping to get returns from countries such as emerging economies. >>> japan says it could ease restrictions on u.s. beef imposed eight years ago due to mad cow disease. the mood prompted by a worldwide cases including in the united states. japan banned imports of all u.s. beef in 2003 after a case of mad cow disease was detected in the united states. since 2005, imports are limited to meat from cattle aged 20 months or younger after complete removal of the brain and spinal cords. pathogens that cause this are known to accumulate in these body parts. on friday the health ministry asked a flu safety commission to say how far restrictions can be eased without compromising safety. the focus of discussions aimed at raising the upper age of cattle from 20 to 30 months in line with international standards. the move is prompting mixed reactions in japan. >>> a restau

give funds to troubled nations, and how they're planning to do this is to go through the international monetary fund or the imf. russian president medvedev med the announcement on thursday after two days of talks in brussels with eu officials. european council president was one of the did he go gates. medvedev said 41% of the russia's foreign reserves are in the euro. he said it's important for russia that european countries overcome their difficulties and protect the euro. he stopped show of revealing the scale of support, but several media report that an adviser to the president said a maximum $20 billion will be provided. on friday last week eu leaders agreed at the summit to provide a maximum 200 billion euros in loans to the imf. they're hoping to draw funds in return from countries outside the eu including emerging economies. >>> japan's financial regulator has decided to punish citibank's japanese operations as early as friday. it says the bank failed to explain fully about investment risks. the financial services agency plans to order citibank to partially suspend its operations for one mont

will provide funds to some countries and looks like they're going to do this through the international monetary fund or imf. russian president made the announcement after two days of talks in brussels with eu officials. he said 41% of the foreign reserves are in the euro. he says it is important for russia that european countries overcome their difficulties and protect the euro. he stopped short of revealing the scale of support, but several media report an adviser to the president said maximum $20 billion will be provided. on friday last week, eu leaders agreed at the summit to provide a maximum 200 billion euros in loans to the imf. hoping to draw funds from countries outside the eu, including emerging economies. >>> on wall street, the dow-jones average snapped three days of losses due to encouraging economic data on jobs and manufacturing. to see how things are kicking off in japan, let's cross-over to ramin mellegard at the koch tokyo stock exchange. ramin, good morning. how are the tokyo stocks looking this morning? >> good morning, ai. after the weekly jobs numbers, you mentioned, and federal

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