treaty and they can make the reforms the lisbon treaty without having any kind of referendum inside countries and michael's going to try to persuade cameron that it's a good idea to push those changes through without asking the people now that's not going to go down very well here in the u.k. because there's already a big movement underway to hold a referendum about whether the u.k. should be a member of the european union at school so that's going to be very unpopular. we already seen two german m.p.'s accusing britain of being self-centered and shortsighted about the consequences of the consequences even for the u.k. economy of a collapse of the euro. the u.k. is being pretty quick to criticize but very slow to act to bail any of these countries out and we've also heard the prime minister of luxembourg this morning saying that heavily indebted countries like britain shouldn't be advising shouldn't be dictating the response to the euro crisis tension is just keep their mouths shut we are also seeing a lot of friction between the two about this possible financial transaction tax whi

the bailout clause also now there is a barrier so that we need to have a for just a return to the lisbon treaty to have a more fertile structure but it can also look at the conclusions from two weeks ago where they said look we need to have a separate euro zone council we need to have be much stronger government of course it should have been decided much earlier do you agree with this but you really are somewhere i mean in the same situation as the united states was in a civil war in the mid nineteenth century i mean we are in a form of an economic growth not a good healthy economy turning out and the good. senselessly that we will start to have a more civil structure the key thing has delegated out sepals most common the sovereignty gradually moved to the european level and is no longer national there i want to do the second part of the program rather than i had to we've elected go ahead robert jump in so often seen as not move to a center which is unaccountable which has been a root cause of the disaster which is in unfolding power should be returned to the nation states with people th

decisions but so beachwear and imaginable i mean until to do years ago for example if we change the lisbon treaty for example if it was a new found glory on the bailout clause also now that is a debate or say that we need to have a further is to change the lisbon treaty later to have a more federal structure but it can also look at the conclusions from two weeks ago where they said look we need to have a separate eurozone gansler we need to have be much stronger government of course it should have been decided much earlier i fully agree with this but you really are somewhere i mean in the same situation as the united states was a civil war in the mid nineteenth century i mean we are in a form of an economic guts not a good healthy turning out and the good. sensor i said that we will start to have a more survivable structure the key thing here is the latte that separates most common of the sovereignty gradually moved to the european level and is no longer national and i want to talk about charging the second part of the program rather than i had a look at how we've elected go ahead robert j

as a whole never mind letting the germans and the french and whoever wants to make changes to the lisbon treaty what would amount to two major changes so that there are several sources of tension i'd say the one of the major sources of tension is the role of the european central bank the british and the french want european central bank to be able to lend money as a last resort angela merkel says she says that would involve the printing of money and and also inflation which germans are petrified of as a whole there's also a big rout growing about this. finds out the financial transaction tax which people here are calling a robin hood tax take from the rich and it gives to the poor loans of course is a major financial center next got that way by having slightly looser regulations than other major financial centers that's become a haven for big investors the germans once this financial transaction tax they say would raise valuable revenue but chancellor of the exchequer here in the u.k. george osborne he calls it the bullets aimed at the heart of the city of london some in the u.k. think t

air traffic controllers joined a protesting rights effectively grounding all flights in and out of lisbon's international airport as artist i mean there are reports more and more desperate portuguese are now seeking a better life abroad. now expects readers ready to go leave your home which has probably never been easier to take of my stay in portugal when we know that architects with five years' experience are paid just eight hundred euro's a month is a question a lot of young specialists have been asking themselves legally and surprising answer may be to leave portugal's former colonies like brazil to present through and has been rather stable they had their national truth and then a massive record in the reconstruction process again so there are opportunities for a civil construction companies especially and a lot of what she's still a construction company is winter and they're currently very very happy and go maybe know something about any portuguese are starting to view it at least as a present day. an african country rich in diamonds in oil resources presents an appetizer an opportuni

we have made decisions for so beach were unimaginable two years ago for example if we change the lisbon treaty for example it was a new foreign policy on the bailout clause also know that as a bailiff we need to have a third is to change the lisbon treaty letter to have a more fertile structure but it can also look at the conclusion from two weeks ago when he said look we need to have a separate eurozone council we need to have be much stronger government of course it should have been decided much earlier i fully agree with this but you really are somewhere i mean in the same situation as the united states was at a civil war in the mid nineteenth century i mean we are in a form of an economic it's not a good healthy turning out and a good. sense that it had to be will start to have a more survivable structure the keeping has delegated out there exceptions most common at the sovereignty gradually move to the european level and it's no longer national that i want otherwise argue the second part of the program rather go ahead look at how we've elected go ahead robert jump himself and he wa

and it's difficult for the ecb to do at the moment because it would be in direct breach of the lisbony. >> solidarity with the rest of the world. >> reporter: the lisbon treaty, 784 pages which had to be ratified by all 27 eu members, one reason the eu has never been the definition of agility. now it badly needs to be. the bigger question, can the less dynamic economies of southern europe be made to behave like industrious germany? if not -- >> the core countries will say that was the best shot we had. these people are just not going to do what they're supposed to do. we're not going to allow the european central bank to print money to bail them out. we're not going to change our own policies. actually one way or another we'll have to dismantle this. >> reporter: if the euro zone can be saved by binding its members tighter together, what about the eu members, britain, poland and sweden that never adopted the single currency. they'll be even more out of step. the euro may survive but the european union may begin to fall apart. cnn, atlanta. >>> a week before parliamentary elections in

was the mr lisbon and scandals with first device thousands of tons of rice and wheat in the future in other words a prize crops that don't get exist gernot trading the actual cash physical grain you're trading promises for grain to be delivered a month or six months or twelve months or eighteen months in the future so you might be trading grain that actually exists but you might just as well more often be trading grain that doesn't even exist yet. so you're trading promises and you're trading back and forth and if you make a promise to buy at a certain price at a certain time you can tassel that by selling that same contract back into the market and that's what happens with most contracts are never actually delivered upon are traded back and forth and they cancel each other out. magine assets that the phone watches you every single month. and waiting for you to stumble. i saw a man with a video camera so i moved over and he phoned me. you know we realized they were following everyone from illegals in the morning. the only chance to get rid of him. is to reveal him. me general operatio

the euro group chairman does not expect lisbon to need a second injection of bailout cash because of portugal's efforts to meet its budget goals. they began debating planned austerity measures thursday. the package includes tax hikes and wage cuts. the government has a comfortable majority in parliament and the bill is expected to pass easily, especially since opposition groups have pledged to support it. >>> the boss of siemens says he does not see a recession looming and expects his engineering giant to post moderate growth in 2012. he also sees sales topping 100 billion euros per year in the medium term. for the past fiscal year, siemens just posted record operating results, with global orders climbing 16%. >> a high profit raked in by german companies last year are a distant memory. this year, the eurozone debt crisis looks set to slam the brakes on growth. europe's largest engineering company siemens is bracing for the fallout, and it says things have to change. >> of course the debt crisis has to be soft. your past to better coordinate its bigness at -- your past to better cour

and it's difficult for the ecb to do it at the moment because it would be in direct breach of the lisbonreaty. >> solidarity with the rest of the world. >> reporter: the lisbon treaty, 784 pages with annexes, which had to be ratified by all 27 eu members. one reason that the eu has not been a definition of agility. the bigger question can the less dynamic economies of southern europe be made to behave like industrious germany? if not -- >> the core countries will say that was the best we had. these people are just not going to do what they're supposed to do. we're not going to allow the european central bank to print money to bail them out and we won't change our own policies. so actually one way or another, we have to dismantle this. >> reporter: but if the euro zone can be saved, what about the eu members like britain, poland and sweden that never adopted the single currency? they'll be even more out of step. the euro may survive, but the european union may begin to fall apart. >>> and there is more on the euro zone crisis on line. go to our web page at cnn.com. >>> well, stocks rose i

expecting 19 degrees in lisbon and 15 in may drid. very cold in vienna with 1 and 4 degrees in warsaw. now we'll end with wintry scenes in belgium. artists are very busy putting finishing touches on ice sculptures for the annual ice festival. this year the works features disney characters to celebrate the 20th anniversary of disneyland paris. highs are remaining in the low teens outside but much, much colder inside the exhibition tents to keep the ice are melting. right. that's it from me now and here's your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, protesters returned to the streets of yes, ma'am eneven after the calls appear to have been answered. president saleh agreed to transfer power but demonstrators want him to resign immediately. at least five people died in anti-government protests. armed groups of saleh supporters shot demonstrators in the capital sanaa. he signed an agreement on wednesday to transfer power to his vice president. diplomats from neighboring gulf nations brokered the deal. he will retain his title unti

upper teens in rome as well as lisbon with 10 in paris and 12 in london. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

they say berlin and paris control their destiny, not lisbon. >> the portuguese feel as if there are part of a tragic game they cannot control. they are upon for the bigger european powers. -- they are a pawn for the bigger european powers. >> he has decided to pick up his wife from work. she is worried about the future. she says many are disillusioned. >> the european dream that we all dream is slowly turning into a nightmare. it makes me nervous. the future does not look too good, politicians have already announced further austerity measures. they could become tougher still. >> that has been our "in depth." stay tuned.

cooling down to 13 degrees in lisbon. 12 in madrid. the chilly vienna with only 2 degrees. and 0 degrees in moscow. here's your extended forecast. >>> recapping our top story now. iran is facing international condemnation after an attack on the british embassy in tehran. students stormed the compound to protest against britain's new economic sanctions over their country's nuclear program. about 1,000 people gathered outside the embassy tuesday. 50 of them entered the compound. they smashed windows, threw documents outside, and burned the british flag. riot police removed them from the embassy about four hours after the intrusion. state run media is reporting that crews burst into another embassy compound in the north end. six officials were temporarily detained. spokes people say their e their country is committed to international law. they called the attack on the embassy regrettable. but that's not good enough for the british government. it's calling the attack outrageous and indefensible. and it says there will be serious consequences. >> we hold the iran government resp

for kiev with snow staying in the teens in london with 10 and 12 in paris, and warming up to 17 in lisbon and 18 in rome. here's your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, japan's environment minister says downstream radiation levels have risen in some rivers in fukushima prefecture. the ministry has been monitoring radiation levels in rivers near the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant to assess the impact of the accident there. officials took sand samples from two rivers in september. the upstream radioactive cesium levels were over 3,000 becquerels per kilogram in a river in a northern village. the downstream levels of the same river in an area of soma city were 13,000 becquerels. upstream levels were one fifth of those observed in may, but downstream measurements had tripled. cesium levels near the mouth of another river in soma city were nearly 30,000 becquerels. they doubled since may. a professor says radiation levels should be monitored near river mouths as radioactive substances and river bed sands are probably moving downstream. >>> that's all for this edition of "newslin

warming up to 18 in lisbon. all right. that's it for me now, and here's your extended forecast. b >>> japanese prime minister noda plans to pledge assistance worth 2 trillion yen or about $26 billion to asean to help the regional bloc strengthen its unity. they aim to develop into an economic community by on 2015. it's working to improve regional integration through measures such as enhancing infrastructure and standardizing customs procedures. noda will announce to asean at a summit meeting on friday. he hopes it will expand exports and investment in the region. japan will work in 33 projects, including improving major road and airports, and launches sdauser prevention observation satellites. japan will engage in fund-raising efforts in cooperation with the asian development bank. aside from the aid plan, noda will back japan's support for research on a road building project to link the port town in myanmar to the thai border. the assistance is designed to encourage construction of roads crossing the region. through these measures it is japanese government hopes to boost relati

expecting 12 degrees in london, 10 degrees in paris, cooling to 13 degrees in lisbon, and 12 in madrid. expecting zero in moscow, 5 in kiev. that's it for me now. here is the extended forecast. >>> recapping our top story. iran facing international condemnation after attack on the british embassy ip tehran. students smashed windows, ransacked offices and burned flags. they're angry about britain's economic sanctions over iran's nuclear program. the country's foreign minister says it regrets the attacks, but that's not good enough for the british government. it is calling the attack outrageous and indefensible and it says there will be serious consequences. >> we hold the iranian government responsible for failure to take add quit measures to protect our embassy as it is required to do. >> the british foreign secretary william haig criticized them for breaching international law. vienna convention requires protection of diplomats and embassies. he lodged a complaint in the strongest terms. >> clearly there will be other further and serious consequences. >>> that wraps up this edition of

now into howard county out toward lisbon headed toward southern areas of carroll county.nd west of town, this is where we're seeing the other batch of showers which are now headed toward manassas. this is all moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour. then as you go down 29 through madison, culpepper and down toward unionville around orange, we're seeing the showers scattered about. the showers move southeast. the whole line moves southeast. behind the line, it is getting colder. down in the mid-40s at frederick. look at oakland, 36. garrett county is going to see snow later tonight and tomorrow. probably not too much. but that upslope in the cold air will produce the snow showers. meanwhile, south of the boundary, got 59 in tappahannock. 58 at annapolis. 54, cloudy. winds are kicking up out of the north-northwest. our temperatures are now on the way down and the dew point sits at 43. there is a lot of cold air up across the northern part of the country. look at the 30s from bismarck and minneapolis in chicago. we'll drive some of that toward us for tonight and tomorrow

should be mostly dry upped that system. 3 in warsaw, above average in london, 14 degrees, and 18 in lisbon. that's it for me now. here is the extended forecast. >>> japanese prime minister yoshihiko noda plans to pledge assistance worth 2 trillion yen or about $26 billion to asean to help the regional block strengthen its unity. asean aims to develop into an economic community by 2015. it's working to improve regional integration through measures liken hansing infrastructure and standardizing customs procedures. noda will announce the aid to asean at a summit meeting with block leaders friday. he hopes it will expand infrastructure exports and infrastructure in the region. japan will participate in 33 projects. these include improving major roads and airports, introducing efficient customs procedures, and launching disaster prevention observation satellites. japan will also engage in fund-raising efforts in cooperation with the asean development bank. aside from the aid plan, noda will back japan's support for research on a road building project to link the port town in southern myanmar to

london, 11 in stockholm, 10 in warsaw also and looking for 18 in athens and upper teens for madrid and lisbon. here's your extended forecast now. >>> the top story at this hour, the japanese government and central banks are believed to have sold a record amount of yen on monday to try to put a stop to the rise of the country's currency. the intervention by the japanese authority sent the dollar briefly to the highest level. the bank of japan's release on monday show that the government will pay 7.68 trillion yen or about $100 billion to financial institutions on wednesday. most of the money is believed to have been used for intervention. amount far exceeded 5.7 billion the authorities used for their last intervention on august 4th. they have stepped into the market three times so far this year, because of concerns that the yen's excessive strength will hurt the country's economy. >>> and that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline," we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

and get back to the promised more in a good place i may still be ready for sunday i was so fresh in lisbonall it takes me a day or a day to get over it and all but. because think about what think about the game tonight and now let it go tomorrow and. the sadness tomorrow ready for the next game or this week three at once racially a winning streak to four matches and sit six in the western conference well we just languish if there was some of the tables and say about party. that's on sports news i think. well. it's technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the future are covered.

we're expecting minus 2 degrees in moscow, very chilly here, and 5 in warsaw, but warming up to 18 in lisbon and 14 in madrid, and staying in the single digits in paris with 9 degrees. all right, that's it from me now and here is your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> our lead stories this hour, yemen's president ali abdullah saleh has signed a deal proposed by neighboring countries to transfer his power to the vice president. saleh signed the agreement on wednesday, while seated beside saudi arabia's king abdullah in the saudi capital, riyadh. saleh said he hopes the people of yemen will unite in order to overcome the country's troubles. the deal calls for the ruling party and anti-government forces to set up a provisional government and for an election to choose a new president to be held within three months. anti-government demonstrations have continued in yemen since january, demanding that president saleh step down after more than 20 years in power. following the arab spring uprisings in tunisia, egypt, and libya, it appears that yemen's autocrattic administration is likely to be forceed

lisbon, 13. london at 12. paris, 10 degrees and moscow, just at freezing point. here's our extended forecast. >>> once again, the top stories at this hour. hundreds of iranian students have stormed the british embassy in tehran, to protest british sanctions over iran's nuclear program. the students began arriving at the embassy tuesday afternoon. nhk reporters at the scene say 300 to 400 young people have gathered in the area, and some entereded embassy building. the protests have turned violent with demonstrators breaking windows and throwing documents outside. they're also hurling molotov cocktails and burning the british flag. the embassy's union jack has been replaced by the iranian flag. the protesters are chanting that britain should get out of iran. riot police have arrived at the embassy, and they're clashing with the protesters. some demonstrators have reportedly been injured. britain's foreign office has condemned the protest. the office said in a statement that the iranian government lass a duty to protect diplomats and the embassies under internationa

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single digits in the east, 1 for stockholm, 3 for moscow, and staying in the teens in madrid and lisbonwe're looking at the seasonal 11 degrees in paris, with some drizzle expected. that's it from me now and here is your extended forecast. ♪ >>> our lead story this hour, u.s. president barack obama said the u.s. is turning its attention to the vast potential of the asia-pacific region. during a landmark speech to australia's parliament. he stressed the importance of the asia-pacific region as a major part of u.s. foreign policy. >> for the united states this reflects a broader shift. after a decade in which we fought two wars that cost us dearly in blood and treasure, the united states is turning our attention to the vast potential of the asia-pacific region. in just a few weeks, after nearly nine years, the last american troops will leave iraq. and our war there will be over. in afghanistan we've begun a transition, a responsible transition so afghans can take responsibility for their future and so coalition forces can begin to draw down. >> obama told his audience that his administrat

and has governor prepared to take on portugal in lisbon goalless draw in the first there it remains all to play for in the return match and their euro two thousand and four runners up are big favorites to try to be at the top of their game looking for the first major tournament in their history which the city striker who once again set to lead their attack portugal can boast the likes of. up front goals are more than expected in this match. i'm sure that there will be goals today if someone would ask me the result will be the same reasons and he could reply is that i don't believe it because both teams have fantastic forwards and bulls teams play taking an open food bowl and hold this beach allows us to play a fantastic match which. meanwhile aren't a look set not to let their euro trying to twelve tickets slip away after pressuring the story for the last friday they hope side's memories of a tragic loss to france in the twenty ten world cup qualifier are still fresh a referee mistake affected the result of the surge of an interpreter charges that this time to get through this barrier a

bosnia and herzegovina are preparing to take on portugal in lisbon after a goal a strong the first leg of remains all to play for in the portuguese up little portugal will enter its big favorites the prize of a first ever major tournament place for the visitors will surely spur them on again look to manchester city striker eddins echo to make a breakthrough in front of goal while portugal with we're not only in attendance will of course also take some stopping and it's. i'm sure that there will be ghouls today if someone would ask me the result will be to see him as ins and he can and i replies that i don't believe it because both teams have been testing forwards and bill seems only taking an open food bowl and i hold this beach allows us to play a fantastic match which barring an epic collapse the republic of ireland will be playing competitive football next summer giovanni trapattoni charges thrashed this stony affordable entirely on friday on will be hoping for more of the same in dublin this evening the home side's memories of losing to france in the twenty ten world cup qualifying

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to push china ronaldo and company a fresh course to enhance governor their return like last six to lisbon remember their first match finished goalless this time or another added a brace. i took a shit that was also with a double there for the house says and this image had to miss it on the scoreboard for that. so portugal will be caught with creation. but if you the objective for your advantage will get the same as we had in previous competitions try to do the best we can now it's time to enjoy the moment and then prepare for the great journalist we want to do well in poland and ukraine but it's clear to me and it's been my opinion for a long time that the portugal are not favorites to win a european or any world championship there are teams that are stronger than us with a lot of quality and above all have already had the experience of getting great competitions. but really the republic of ireland made it through to the finals of a major international competition for the first time in a decade following a five one aggregate win over the start and divide it up the tallest man had a massiv

european commission the role of the european commission has changed following the adoption of the lisbon treaty and there is no new structure for meetings of station and government and of course there is a new office now. two new offices in fact the office first of all of the president of the european council and secondly the office of the high representative which deals with the foreign affairs side of the european union. czerny's many today are seen as a universal means of solving european financial problems many people in europe are not happy with that they don't want to too many chinese investors in europe what's the irish position it's well arnold welcomes from china and indeed we've had discussions with. the chinese leaders chinese businesspeople to encourage investment in ireland to trade between art and china but i think we have to be clear about this there is no facing a single silver bullet that resolves the european financial crisis and that includes the idea that chinese money is some kind of a silver bullet that will result in financial difficulties in europe financial diffi

terry and and we have the impression that they understand very well what to be intense based on the lisbon summit especially our friends from russia we are invited to get engaged in this system i think we all agree gets threats missile threats are increasing and that we should do everything to cooperate in building up a system against. dangerous missile threats and so i think it was a good invitation. for the russians to get in gauged in the system and that means that we should cooperate and the first thing what i want to make very clear is that this is a very defensive not aggressive system that is not directed against your country but you are invited to cooperate in building up a system with coordination with sharing of daters with. sharing of threat assessments to coordinate the systems we have and to lead this to a success that the benefit of us or we service as you understand you are not the first nato official that are asking about the system and this is the answer i get all the time that this is a defensive thing it's not aimed against russia though you say that you have lots of und

twelve crucial now then company a fresh bosnia and herzegovina in their return leg clash six two in lisbon remember their first match finished pelisse this time or another added race how the push to get was also with a double there for the hosts in this image and the spotlight on the scoreboard for the boys and so portugal will be in the third quarter with pressure. but if the objective for your advantage well there's the same as we had in previous competitions try to do the best we can now it's time to enjoy the moment and then prepare for the great competition we want to do well in poland and ukraine but it's clear to me that i am due to be in my opinion for a long time political not favorites to win a european championship teams that are stronger than us with a lot of records and above all already have the experience of winning great competitions where that would be the republic of ireland made it through to the finals of a major international competition for the first time in a decade following a five one aggregate win over a start their divine attributes one is mad had a massive advan