what the president focused on last night was the lisbon summit, the whole issue of transition, the number of countries, heads of state and country who's are committed to this transition in 2014, which we think is about right. that's certainly the intent. and everything comes into this, as far as i know, mr. smith, i mean the allies were very much with us. they have specific decisions they have to make. i don't know what -- i don't know what those are. : >> they are leading in some cases now part . partnering throughout afghanistan throughout the course of the next year that will increase exponentially. i am not i leave to think they have challenges and have not done this before and we don't expect it to be magical but in terms of progress over the last 18 months, it really has been enormous. we will expect to continue on that pace and pick up and be better to be more and more in the lead. >> the improvement and trading over the last 18 months cannot be overstated. it was one thing to pick them up and said about the door but another to have a trained force. the surge was not just the troop

here's the psi 20 index from lisbon. it has turned since i last looked. they were mostly hire following the weekend election, now they're down. over the weekend, portugal's social democrats soundly defeated the socialist incumbent party. they're the third country to benefit from a bailout. >>> let's move on to the currency markets in wake of the growing relief concerning europe's continued bailout for greece. the big story really on the currency markets is all that strength you're seeing on the euro at 1.4 2. some people are talking in terms if the dollar continues to be weak as a result of this weak economic data we're seeing and reduced prospect of fed tightening. it looks like, a loot of people are saying, we'll be seeing a lo signal later this week from the ecb's interest-setting meeting that it may tighten interest rates in july. that's very much from the markets are looking forward to. let's have a look at asia-pacific markets, marking public holidays today. china shanghai, hong kong and south korea, rather bleak day. nikkei in particular seeing a c

we are on the glide slope toward the lisbon goal. the drawdown is consistent with that. the strategy and mission will keep aiming for the call. -- goal. >> in terms reid will understand, what will these 68,000 troops be doing in the country? what will their mission thbe? >> it will be to sustain the transition. this is a rock-solid principle from iraq. is the partnership for peace. what we see in iraq today and what we have seen throughout the shift in iraq's of our mission to the shift side is the enormity of the impact of partnership. that is where we are now focused with the afghan security forces. in two or three years from now, the ratio will be much better than now. that will be a significant part of the main effort. that does not mean we will not have forces involved in combat to continue the gains. >> when the day comes when the afghan forces are at the optimal point in can control and defend their own country, will be appropriate troop level be then? >> it will be dramatically reduced, clearly. the model is still iraq. that is being worked on now in the strategi

summit at lisbon last year. there we committed to the gradual transfer of security leadership to the afghans by the end of 2014 and to an enduring commitment to a security partnership with afghanistan to ensure that we never again repeat the mistake of simply abandoning that nation to its fate and risking the reestablishment of al qaeda safe havens there. i want to emphasize that although our progress in afghanistan has certainly been substantial and our strategy is on track, there are significant challenges that remain. in the months ahead, we will be confronted by an enemy that will try to regain the momentum and the territory that it has lost to afghan and coalition forces. however, that enemy will also face an afghan population that is increasingly experiencing the benefits of security and self-governance and those benefits will only become clearer as we begin the transition to full afghan security responsibility in selected areas. those communities will provide us with useful lessons on security and governa

i am encouraged by what i saw, and all 48 allyies stick with the timetable we outlined in lisbon last year, but within that time line, you will, as i said, see a change of the role our troops play in afghanistan. the relationship between isaf and president karzai, i think we have the very best relationship. i had meetings with president karzai when i visited afghanistan a couple of weeks ago, very positive meeting actually where we focused on the future of afghanistan and our future partnership. that our presence is a prerequisite. >> german television. >> secretary-general, you just pointed out that nato doesn't want to play a major role in the post khaddafi area but can you give us an idea of when the final two when he is arrested or dead, and does that mean that nato is hunting after mafia gadhaffi because the net will be over? just give us an idea what you are hunting for and when the final curtain falls for nato. >> first let me stress we do not target individuals. we are targeting critical military capabilities that could be used to attack civilians including of course command a

oob, 2007, the leaders celebrated after signing the lisbon treaty. a hard-fought compromise was ppedoakevytng better and bring europe closer together. of all, guarantee peace and prosperity in a uniteeupe this concept of a united europe of joining east and west has taken quite a battery. but why? a few days ago in brussels, the eu president, a position created by the treaty gave policy think tank, an insight into how he saw things. >> the state of the union is n bad even if the mood is not so good. >> there is a sense of frustration even in brussels where manyrevi supporters. >> we need a little bit more of atag pio of the values on which europe is built. the rights that citizens have, the freedoms that they enjoy. >> this is probably because the geopolitical situation has changed extremely quickly. that is something that no one expected on this scale. in the growth in aa, the realignment of international powers pushing into new areas and for a few changes in northe aic >> the war in libya has revealed a wide range of eopn positions. france and brita

. >> her last stop was in lisbon, where the chinese development bank was having their annual meeting. she got the backing from africa for her candidacy. however, she does not have the support of india or china, do not want for the top job to go to europe yet again. >> i am not europe's candidate or the candidate from france. i am serving the 187 members of the international monetary fund, so the institution will render the services that they need. >> she may have to face a case about abuse of power from 2007. the decision on whether to open a formal investigation has been delayed until july 5, and the international monetary fund will answer by june. this may benefit the only other declared candidate. augustine carstons has a much to stabilize mexico's economy has the finance minister. he gained an insider's look at the washington-based organization. >> hillary clinton says that she has no interest in the presidency of the world bank. there have been reports that she wants the job when it comes up for grabs next year. she has not spoken to anyone about this and she is not in discussion

all 48 allies are sticking with the timetable that we outlined in lisbon last year.in that time line, he you will see a change of the role our troops play in afghanistan. with regards to the relationship between nato and president karzai, at the very best -- i think we have the very best relationship. i have had meetings with president karzai when i visited afghanistan a couple of weeks ago and it was a positive meeting, actually, where we focused on the future of afghanistan and our future partnership. i think president karzai realizes that the presence of international troops in afghanistan is a prerequisite for a successful transition to lead afghan responsibility. he has outlined the goals to see afghan security forces taking lead responsibility over afghanistan by the end of 2014. it is our clear intention to help him accomplish that goal. i think president karzai realizes that our presence is a prerequisite for successful transition. >> german television. >> you just pointed out that nato does not want to play a major role in the post-qaddafi era. can you give

for us to assemble all of this and liz bonn, -- lisbon, starting the world series, major planning and logistical. we will pick up all of that equipment in portugal and transport it and reset it in plymouth some 30 days later. in the world series, today, we have the team that will be participating. the boats are and progress of being assembled, tested. more than just the five people on the boat. each boat will carry up to 25 people as part of their team to participate. of course, this is all about the america's cup coming here in 2013. the america's cup world series provides not only the background for the teams to practice, learn how to sail catamarans, wind sails, what with their sponsors to win the event, but it also allows us to educate us about the role that we raise in, educate the people out there fascinated by these boats, and allows us to bring it to the people, prior to coming to san francisco. we hope to bring an enormous event here to san francisco. the early signs for the ac 45's, which are really the training wheels for the ac 72's that will be performing here. imagine a

we are on a glide slope towards that lisbon goal and this drawdown is totally consistent with that and the strategy and the mission will keep aiming for that goal. >> admiral, or madam secretary, either of you can answer this. in terms of that our constituents would understand, and that we would understand, what will these troops be doing in the country after september 30th of 2012? what will their mission be? >> first of all, it will be to sustain the transition but, specifically -- and this is from my perspective a rock solid principle from iraq. it is the partnership piece. what we see in iraq today and what we've seen throughout the shift in our mission is the enormous impact of partnership and that's where we are even w now -- it will be that if you will, a significant part of the main effort, but that doesn't mean we won't have forces still involved in combat, to continue the gains, if you will. >> admiral, when the day hopefully comes when the afghan security forces are at their optimal point and can control and defend their own country, what will the appropriate u.s. troop leve

summit at lisbon last year.sfer to the afghans by the end of the 2012 and enduring commitment to partnership with afghanistan to ensure that we never again repeat the mistake of simply abandoning that nation to it's fate and risking the reestablishment of al qaeda's safe havens there. i want to emphasis that although our progress in afghanistan has certainly been substantial and our strategy is on track, there are significant challenges that remain. in the months ahead, we will be confronted by an enemy that will try to regain the momentum and the territory that it has lost to coalition forces. however, that enemy will face an afghan population that is increasingly experiencing the benefit of security and self-governance. and those benefits will only become clearer as we begin the transition to full afghan security responsibility in selected areas. those communities will provide us with useful lessons on security and governance as well as a potential model for other parts of the country. finally let me emphasize

lisbon, up to 27 degrees. it warms up for you quite a bit. all right. that's a look at your weather conditions for now. and i will leave you with your three-day outlook. >>> and that concludes this edition of "newsline." do stay with us. we'll be back with more of your updates at the top of the next hour.

it will stay dry and sunny across much of spain and portugal, 30 degrees in madrid today, 22 in lisbon and warm sunshine in london at 24 degrees. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us. we'll be back with more of your updates.

allison roberts has this report from lisbon. it does contain some flash photography from the very start. >> the center-right social democratic party did not have to wait long after the polls closed to celebrate its first general election win in nine years. its leader by almost 10% was not enough to clinch an outright majority in parliament. its leader and knowledge to that great challenges lie ahead. >> i hope the new steps we are beginning now could be the first steps to a new hope for partial, to have a new credibility outside portugal, and to restore confidence. >> at a time when portugal is deep in recession, the new government must implement further spending cuts and tax increases in language, and already made to international lenders. the outgoing prime minister conceded defeat and resigned as socialist leader. >> as everybody knows, the socialist party faces election under extremely difficult national and international circumstances. the results speak from themselves. the socialist party lost this election. >> he predicte

now lisbon hopes a 78 billion euro e.u./imf rescue package will bring relief.in return, portugal must take tough austerity measures that include lowering pension payments and cutting public sector jobs. sales tax,, currently 23%, may have to rise further, and enterprises like the post office or the national airline are to be privatized. drastic measures, and trade unions have alrea pledged to fight em. the three main political parties say they are committed to perform and drastic austerity measures, but they disagree on where and how the painful cuts should be made. the debate has been bitter and ugly. amidst all the economic despair, there are places like the beach resorts which are doing relatively well. committed leadership at the local level that showed what is possible in the country. >> carlos is the merit of the town. as he strolls along the beach, and every citizen a purchase with a complaint. there are not enough sun parasols. one of the showers is not working. the mayor makes a quick call and the problem seems to be solved. this run-of-the-mill seen i

steady rain moving in from the west. 19 degrees in london today, 21 in paris, hotting up to 33 in lisbon and another hot day in athens at 35 degrees. here is your extended forecast now. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us. we'll be back with more of your updates at the top of the next hour. w@x/

and another warm day for madrid and lisbon. all right, here is your extended forecast. >>> a magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit nagano prefecture in central japan at 8:16 a.m. japan time on thursday. japan's meteorological agency registered tremors with an intensity of 5 plus on the japanese scale of zero to 7. the agency says the epicenter was in the central part of nagano at a relatively shallow depth. a magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit nagano prefecture in central japan at 8:16 a.m. japan time on thursday, that's about an hour ago, japan's meteorological agency registered tremors with an intensity of 5 plus on the japanese scale of zero to 7. the agency says the epicenter was in the central part of nagano at a shallow depth. >>> now this could just be considered the biggest problem daunting japan's damaged nuclear plant, highly radioactive water keeps ilding up at fukushima daiichi. tokyo electric power company has released an estimate of how much it expects to decontaminate over the next three months. tepco said wednesday it plans to

it will stay dry and sunny across much of spain and portugal, 30 degrees in madrid today, 22 in lisbon and warm sunshine in london at 24 degrees. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> our lead story -- >>> more workers at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant are being pulled off the job because they might have been overexposed to radiation. japan's health and labor ministry says six workers could have received doses above the allowable limit of 250 millisieverts. tokyo electric power company gave the ministry an update monday of its latest round of checks on plant workers. the ministry says the amount of radiation exposure was nearly 500 millisieverts for each of the six tepco employees in question. the maximum allowable dose for nuclear workers in japan was raised to 250 millisieverts from 100 after the crisis started. an additional 94 workers have been exposed to between 100 and 250 millisieverts. in late may, two tepco employees on duty at reactors number three and four were confirmed as having received doses of more than twice the emergency limit. the health and labor m

of course things have changed since the enter into force of the lisbon treaty and now the rotating presidency has no longer the responsibility for external relations or the. presidency of the european council but it has still the responsibility of the presidency for a number of issues of e.u. policies and i'm sure that poland will make a very good presidency they have been preparing themselves for that we know that we know that they are ready and i have no doubt that they will have to do a very good presidency and in terms of. russian poland relations russia e.u. relations do you think that that poland polish presidency will. play some role in making this russian issue special for the e.u. and for relations with well they were not directly in the sense that they are not responsible for the foreign relations in there actually on a number of issues it might be might have of course a bearing but but not on what is the bilateral relations between russia and the e.u. which is a matter now for the institutions in brussels. on the twenty seventh of june russian and the european union diplomats had t

develop in coordination and you back that up with the political will which was very clear from the lisbon summit. to work together then slowly but surely we will develop that cooperation in that trust that is vital so i don't think that anyone in russia should feel threatened by the system on the contrary it provides as a wonderful and very practical opportunity to jointly work together against a common threat and then could you explain why why wasn't washington and also the nato countries happy about the russian proposal to become part of that system you remember the russians proposed easing. the qabala station for tracking the missiles and what these ladies the very these are very complicated discussions because they always end up in the technical debates that relates to military technology and all kinds of quite specific issues i think what is important is that there is a political will which was stated by nato and by president medvedev that we find the ways in which we can cooperate and we can quote this and that and that we now move to the next level of the after the statement to fin

substantial and successful summit today he says being our to the summit same the entry into force of the lisbon treaty he you russia relationship he's enjoying its best dynamic for us and we can build on the track record of setting can trust and constructive dialogue not objective to a day was to follow up on commitments made last december in brussels and also to advance a number of issues of common interests. resentments yet if i gave a comprehensive overview of our discussion so allow me to touch upon only a few points first modernization this is an issue which is fully supported by the e.u. president barroso with in detail on the partnership of modernization well that is asian is a broad and diverse agenda promoting people can people contacts and mobility are central features in its social aspects for instance by. free travel we are therefore pleased with the progress of negotiations on an agreement on a common steps approach for liberalization russia w.q. accession is an older building block of modernisation and of great strategic importance even for the i welcome for the met yet of course

the other point i would make is that in lisbon at the nato conference last year, nato identified 2014 as the year when final transfer of lead security authority to the afghan national security forces would take place. so this is within a framework of the transition of security lead to the afghans. it's begun already in some places, but it will progress over the next several years and obviously as that happens troops will be drawing down. but the decision that he'll announce tomorrow will focus in the fist case on the beginning of that drawdown. >> is there a risk of taking people out too soon? senator mccain was saying pull out only 3,000. >> i do know there are 100,000 u.s. forces in afghanistan. second of all, the president, as i said, is extremely knowledgeable about the situation in afghanistan, about the success that our policy has had and our strategy has met in afghanistan since the beginning of its implementation in late 2009. i would note again that the president's objectives, that he set out in that announcement, were quite clear. primary priority, primary objective, disrupt

looking at the highs of 35 in madrid as well as lisbon, and that heat is really going to start moving in toward western and central sections of europe. so looking to get much more hotter here. all right. that's a look at your weather conditions for now, and i will leave you with your three-day outlook. >>> once again the top stories at this hour. member countries of the international atomic energy agency have agreed to increase global nuclear safety in the wake of the nuclear accident in japan. a five-day ministerial meeting of the iaea wrapped up in vienna on friday. the agency's director general yukiya amano summarized the meeting, which focused on nuclear safety following the accident at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. >> we have seen varying views in some areas, which is entirely natural, but i'm struck by how much broad agreement there has been on the fundamentals. amano added that the iaea must produce results to ensure the safety of nuclear plants around the world. before his speech the chairs of three working groups reported on their discussions. they called for the

to develop in coordination and you back that up with the political will which was very clear from lisbon summit. to work together then slowly but surely will develop that cooperation in the trust that is vital so i don't think anyone in russia should feel threatened by the system on the contrary it provides was a wonderful and very practical. jointly work together against a common sort of. close up team to the mysterious and beautiful russian republic of north a set yet to discover some of its best kept secrets. churches arbor culture and a magnificent ancient necropolis known as the city of the dead today we look into one of the most mysterious sites in southern russia the village of god or gods but it's not here is dark legacy that's driving locals away as art is being a coach and over reports. we continue our exploration of the north as such in a republic and this time will visit a unique historical area the village of dar golfs or as the locals call it here the city of towns the cemetery has almost one hundred asian stone cripps where people that lived in this area buried their loved

the incumbent's inability to pass through the austerity measures through the 230-seat parliament in lisbon in april and march. and that's one of the reasons why he had to resign and that triggered the elections. and now jose is no longer going to be in power. the businessman is going to be tough in terms of implementing the austerity measures. let's talk about one of the things he said yesterday. he did remind portuguese not to shirk their responsibilities, that they had received money from our countries it was their obligation to pay down their debts. take a listen, manita. >> translator: we will do everything we can, everything within our reach to overcome the difficult times we live in. and also to give to all of those who observe us from the outside, the guarantee that portugal will not be a burden in the future and we will pay all the countries that lent us what we need today. >> what's really crucial here, is the issue of gaining a majority. portugal has had minority governments in the past. it had the socialist party in power for six years and during that time, debt to gdb ballooned

>> account identifier. >> would you agree the lisbon statement in 2014 was very helpful?>> it was. >> my question is, now that we've changed the strategy to withdraw timelines, have we sent the signal yet again of an uncertainty? it needs to be totality and commanders are renewed optimism and seems to be some of our allies going to iran and other places. my question is, do you believe that this more aggressive withdraw policy by the president has sent a signal of uncertainty or do you know? >> i think it's too early to tell, senator. >> rating affair. we're all pulling for you. let us know. god bless you all. >> you're in position. you do support that position, is that correct? >> i do. >> it is important that even though this apparently was mark pryor saved and general petraeus recommended, the military leaders of our country supports this decision newfield was an appropriate decision for the president to make. is that correct? >> for execution now. >> you thought it was proper for the president to make? >> is the prerogative to take recommendations and make decision and

speaker mentioned many states have issues and madrid when people are protesting on the streets in lisbon of all people protesting and of course we see what's happened in greece as well. isn't it time that you actually go of telling lies and told the truth and say there is an option these countries should be allowed to leave who the heroes zone. that's the only way i could do but i think. thank you. >> thank you. >> i respect very much the states and it's not up to me to tell what they should do. of course we know at greek has no intention to the results. the context of the authorities know very well they do not want to leave the year ozone some of you distinguished members would like countries not in the year rose own and we respect that, but the country is committed to the project. the country is difficult and have some support but once again , there are countries outside of the major ozone, iceland isn't a member of the euro zone and iceland went bankrupt to put it frankly. who has the most rich country in the world before the financial crisis. we have countries facing the same difficu

with the lisbon agreement, the size of our forces left in afghanistan in december of 2014 would be a small fraction of what they are today. i understand the concerns and we have to think of the long-term interests of the country. >> i would like to ask you about the current situation in syria. do you think imposing sanctions is the appropriate tool? do you think having humanitarian intervention similar to you -- libya could be an option? >> we have certain overarching principles and values that apply everywhere but we have to take the situation in each individual country one at a time. the libyan intervention started with a resolution from the arab league. it involved a resolution by the gcc and ultimately a u.n. security resolution. i see no appetite for any of that with respect to syria. in terms of sanctions, that is more in the secretary of state's lane but if there is to be some pressure on syria to stop the kind of killing that we have seen, it would have to come to some kind of sanctions like that. >> a bunch of us were in the room when you were asked a short question were eve

by president karzai last june and reaffirmed by the international community this past november at lisbonor transition of national security responsibility to the afghan government by the end of december 2014. achieving security transition in afghanistan is a major undertaking. it requires the cooperation and partnership of the international community and the afghan government. from the ministry of the interior to the individual policemen and each and every unit in those organizations. achieving transition will only be the beginning of our challenge. we have an equally responsible -- responsibility that when we do transition to afghanistan forces, but that it indoors and it will last. it has to last. it is not enough to just transition. it is just as important, and the challenge that we will face is ensuring that what we do does last. during my time in afghanistan, i have been constantly reminded of the previous efforts by major powers to build an afghan government and security force. wherever you go in afghanistan, there echoes of the previous efforts that succeeded in building a governme

will be many.ing million m the way this has been laid out along with our allies, the decision at lisbon was agreed to unanimously by everybody. it is the right way to proceed. there will be continuing missions that will be important as we transition. with respect to the women, i totally share this in view. this is among some of the most courageous people in the world. some of them withstood the horrific treatment during the taliban. they never lost their spirits. the cap providing health care. i think it -- the cat providing health care. it is important that they have more seats at the table. if you look at the people, they have to have some stake in the outcome. they are a big concern to the afghan government in to us. we know that they will be embodied. if women are not part of the peace making, it will not keep to the same extent that it would have. please call that an american and african complex. we will see it in afghanistan. it is not only that we admire them that they will have a place at the table. it is because they have to be part of making a lasting resolution. >> thank you.