we know that chancellor angela merkel supported him throughout this. this is a major setback for her. >> it is a major setback for the chancellor. she lost her most popular minister. it is an important time. this is super election year in germany. there are seven major votes across the country at the regional level. these are important in germany and the conservatives have lost one election in hamburger over a week ago. there are three more votes at the end of this month. that is an election conservatives cannot afford to lose and the strategic problem with the chancellor has that within her conservative ranks there will be those who are fond of karl-theodor zu guttenberg and they are disappointed he had to go the way he has been. there are those who have the questions and they will be equally disappointed he clung to office with the supportg of angela merkel for so long. she might not have theacking of those people for these key elections. >> what happens to him now? he was until today the most popular politician. >> he might remain so. we will have t

we know that chancellor angela merkel supported him throughout this. this is a major setback for her. >> it is a major setback for the chancellor. she lost her most popular minister. it is an important time. this is super election year in germany. there are seven major votes across the country at the regional level. these are important in germany and the conservatives have lost one election in hamburger over a week ago. there are three more votes at the end of this month. that is an election conservatives cannot afford to lose and the strategic problem with the chancellor has that within her conservative ranks there will be those who are fond of karl-theodor zu guttenberg and they are disappointed he had to go the way he has been. there are those who have the questions and they will be equally disappointed he clung to office with the support of angela merkel for so long. she might not have the backing of those people for these key elections. >> what happens to him now? he was until today the most popular politician. >> he might remain so. we will have

it was a blow to chancellor angela merkel, who leads the christian democrats. there was the back-and-forth policy on nuclear power, and they gave their votes to the green party. >> german chancellor angela merkel was putting on a brave face after sunday's electoral debacle. they were defeated for the first time after 58 years in power in baden-wurttemberg, delivering a severe blow. it marks a big shift. >> we lost the governing majority. it is a deep cut in the history of baden-wurttemberg, and with that, the history of our party. >> people just did not vote against your party, but about nuclear reactors. many voters considered this to be political. some were alienated by the policy shift. now, she says she is a nuclear supporter of the ones to reexamine the issues. what happened in japan was so improbable that it can, and i think also will, affe our point of view regarding what is probable and what is improbable. >> besides cleaning up its own mess, the christian democrats are looking at their opponents. even though the grass roots is always the frustrated, th

it was a blow to chancellor angela merkel, who leads the christian democrats. there was the back-and-forth policy on nuclear power, and they gave their votes to the green party. >> german chancellor angela merkel was putting on a brave face after sunday's electoral debacle. they were defeated for the first time after 58 years in power in baden-wurttemberg, delivering a severe blow. it marks a big shift. >> we lost the governing majority. it is a deep cut in the history of baden-wurttemberg, and with that, the history of our party. >> people just did not vote against your party, but about nuclear reactors. many voters considered this to be political. some were alienated by the policy shift. now, she says she is a nuclear supporter of the ones to reexamine the issues. what happened in japan was so improbable that it can, and i think also will, affect our point of view regarding what is probable and what is improbable. >> besides cleaning up its own mess, the christian democrats are looking at their opponents. even though the grass roots is always the frustrated,

merkel said the moratorium would not require any new legislation.at the same time, the government is pushing for the development of renewable energies, but it says it has to be an u.-wide effort. >> we can't just back out of the world's most secure nuclear energy system only then to buy electricity from less safe plants in neighboring countries. that's not the solution we want. >> anti-nuclear activists joined members of the opposition outside the chancellor to protest the government he's nuclear energy policy. >> we don't want a moratorium. we want a complete phaseout of nuclear energy. we don't need old nuclear plants to start operating again in four months. we want the german reactors to be shut down once and for all. >> the debate over the future of nuclear energy in germany is heating up again. >> since we're already seeing a political knockout from japan's reactor fires, i asked our political correspondent if germany could decide to shut down the country's power plants. >> well, germany definitely will not be taking its 17 nuclear power plant

-- angela merkel has a lot of experience in this. how strong does her hand look this time around? >> not so good, i am afraid. that was very true since she arrived on the political scene. some people say that one product maybe the impending elections. among the big political players, e could beaid be olat on libya on nuclear energy, having immediately pulled the plug on old nuclear plants in germany, and, of course, she has remained alone on those two issues throughout the summit. jwhere she has a stronger hand s in resisting, at the moment, a bailout for portugal, and endorsing entirely these tight economic programs that are being agreed upon in the summit tomorrow. she says at warning system e failing bureau zone -- failing euro zone countries. right now, this sum at, there is no berlin-paris access. it is a london-paris access. i think she is sidelined at the moment. >> there is some fear in germany that the currency union could be some kind of financial transfer mechanism with gegeany playing the banker. do they get that in bruss

chancellor merkel arrived prepared for a tough didn't. she defended the decision to temporarily take germany's old reactors offline. she said safety had to come first and the government's top priority was to protect the population. >> this is a precautionary measure. it's not a deal or a secret agreement or anything else. we're applying the nuclear laws in accordance with the new situation. nothing more, nothing less. that is what responsibility means. [applause] >> merkel said nuclear power must be phased out gradually. she said it made no sense to close down reactors just to buy nuclear power from abroad where safety standards are lower. germany has 17 nuclear power plants. the government has ordered the shutdown of the seven oldest for three months pending a review of safety standards. the opposition says the move is designed to deflect criticisms ahead of elections. they accuse chancellor merkel of playing down the dangers and they believe nothing will change after the moratorium. >> we don't want to just you relying on reaching a bet

merkel said the moratorium would not require any new legislation. at the same time, the government is pushing for the development of renewable energies, but it says it has to be an e.u.-wide effort. >> we can't just back out of the world's most secure nuclear energy system only then to buy electricity from less safe plants in neighboring countries. that's not the solution we want. >> anti-nuclear activists joined members of the opposition outside the chancellor to protest the government he's nuclear energy policy. >> we don't want a moratorium. we want a complete phaseout of nuclear energy. we don't need old nuclear plants to start operating again in four months. we want the german reactors to be shut down once and for all. >> the debate over the future of nuclear energy in germany is heating up again. >> since we're already seeing a political knockout from japan's reactor fires, i asked our political correspondent if germany could decide to shut down the country's power plants. >> well, germany definitely will not be taking its 17 nuclear power pla

los conservadores alemanes de la canciller merkel sufrieron una importante derrota del domingo.el festival anual de los los cerezos que rinde homenaje a los 20 aÑos de que los japoneses enviaron de regalo varios Árboles de regalos a los estados unidos. al volver veremos lo que piensan algunos hispanos sobre el foro de comunicaciÓn. >> una escuela secundaria servirÁ de escenario para el foro comunitario, el presidente los hispanos y la educaciÓn. estas las reacciones de la comunidad. >> esta la escuela secundaria de washington d.c. escenario de la asamblea pÚblica los hispanos y la educaciÓn, estudiantes maestros y padres de familia tendrÁn la oportunidad de preguntar al mandatario sobre las iniciativas encaminadas a lograr la excelencia en educaciÓn entre los hispanos esta maestra de religiÓn tiene un cuestionario para obama. >> no tiene la motivaciÓn, no tienen los recursos. me gustarÍa que de aquÍ saliera algo positivo. >> una estudiante del pleantel cuestionarÁ a obama. >> hay estudiantes sin papeles que necesitan educaciÓn y son muy inteligentes. >> a pesar que 12 millones d

-- angela merkel has a lot of experience in this. how strong does her hand look this time around? >> not so good, i am afraid. that was very true since she arrived on the political scene. some people say that one product maybe the impending elections. among the big political players, she could be said to be isolated on libya, on nuclear energy, having immediately pulled the plug on old nuclear plants in germany, and, of course, she has remained alone on those two issues throughout the summit. where she has a stronger hand is in resisting, at the moment, a bailout for portugal, and endorsing entirely these tight economic programs that are being agreed upon in the summit tomorrow. she says that warning systems are failing bureau zone -- failing euro zone countries. right now, this sum at, there is no berlin-paris access. it is a london-paris access. i think she is sidelined at the moment. >> there is some fear in germany that the currency union could be some kind of financial transfer mechanism with germany playing the banker. do they

angela merkel said she had accepted his resignation.she says, "this morning, i was surprised when he asked to speak with me by phone. i have accepted his resignation with a heavy heart." the german army is being radically restructured. his departure leaves a gap in governance, but he was also for the very top job, so that throws politics into uncertainty. the chancellor had stood by her defense minister, and now, he was forced out. steven evans, bbc news, berlin. >> the latest headlines for you this hour on "bbc world news." the situation on the libyan- tunisian border is now a full- blown crisis. the german assembly has voted to suspend libya from the u.n. human rights council, accusing them of violation of human rights. and under arrest is still flaring across the middle east. the gulf state of oman is seen protests for the fourth day in a row, and there are words that troops have been deployed. and we have this report from peter barnes. >> the opposition said this was the biggest protest in yemen so far. thousands of demonstrators fi

but today, chancellor merkel said she had accepted his resignation. she says, "this morning, i was surprised he asked to speak with me by phone. i have accepted his resignation with a heavy heart." the german army is being radically restructured. so his departure leaves a gap in government, but he was also tipped for the very top job, so that throws politics into uncertainty. the chancellor had stood by her defense minister, and now, he is being forced out. that cannot strengthen her position. bbc news, berlin. >> the latest headlines for you this hour on "bbc world news." the united nations is calling the situation on the tunisian- libyan border a full-blown humanitarian crisis. the u.n. general assembly has voted to suspend libya from the human rights council, accusing them of gross and systematic human rights violations. and under arrest is flaring across the middle east. the gulf state of oman has seen anti-government protests for a fourth day in a row, and troops have been deployed to try to quell the demonstration. and next war in yemen, another

. >> these are angela merkel's people. she is campaigning hard. this is the state in southwest germany that her christian democratic party has run for six years. but now there is a harsh noises. there are cracks in the stronghold. the chancellor knows the nuclear crisis in japan has not helped her government. >> what do those events mean for us here in our land? even the fateful think they now. >> i think the cdu will lose in this election, a little. >> we are suffering from a lot of world problems. >> global impacts for the local residents in a region of nuclear power stations. in the pleasant town, an examination of what is on offer. she weighs things up carefully as she will this weekend. >> she is normally a cdu voter who is about to turn green because she does not like the cdu's policy on environmental mets. the greens are not the most popular party, but there are rising substantially. a cdu slump and a strong green showing common means of coalition party may rule. do not be deceived by appearances. this region is one of the most prosperous p

chancellor merkel arrived prepared for a tough didn't. she defended the decision to temporarily take germany's old reactors offline. she said safety had to come first and the government's top priority was to protect the population. >> this is a precautionary measure. it's not a deal or a secret agreement or anything else. we're applying the nuclear laws in accordance with the new situation. nothing more, nothing less. that is what responsibility means. [applause] >> merkel said nuclear power must be phased out gradually. she said it made no sense to close down reactors just to buy nuclear power from abroad where safety standards are lower. germany has 17 nuclear power plants. the government has ordered the shutdown of the seven oldest for three months pending a review of safety standards. the opposition says the move is designed to deflect criticisms ahead of elections. they accuse chancellor merkel of playing down the dangers and they believe nothing will change after the moratorium. >> we don't want to just you relying on reaching a bet

six decades of conservatives being in power that it follows a widespread opposition to merkel's utahans on a nuclear power decisions on libya and the euro. italian prime minister is due to appear in court over corruption charges silvio berlusconi is facing a trial linked to one of his media companies he's accused of inflating the price paid to buy television rights and then using the difference to fund political activities the pm is facing a total of four trials including one for allegedly paying for sex with an underage prostitute and abusing his power he denies all of the charges. and that more than a dozen homes were evacuated when a freight train carrying potentially hazardous materials. in canada up to twenty five cars were reportedly forced off the tracks causing a fire which has since been brought under control also damaged was a gas pipeline next to the mine no injuries were reported in the area which is mainly farmland. all right now it's time to cross over to the business desk. thanks very low and welcome to all of his business update it's great to have you with its compare an

germany's anti nuclear green party is celebrating a key victory in a state which chancellor merkel's conservatives had controlled for almost six decades it's being seen as a sign of widespread opposition to merkel's nuclear policy and decisions on libya and the euro in neighboring france president sarkozy's ruling party suffered a similar fate when opposition socialist took a decisive local election where it adds pressure on sacco's even faces a presidential election in a year's time. to stay with us a little villages busies of the way dmitri. it's good to have your company you watching business artsy russian oil giants rosneft and trance nafs want to take china's national petroleum corporation to court as they await forty million dollars they say the firm has failed to pay for january oil shipments alone the two sides signed a contract in two thousand and nine providing ross nafta with a fifteen billion dollar loan from china in exchange for shipments of well we. might like the total sum of the chinese side as allegedly fallen short of amounts to one hundred million dollars every be

german chancellor angela merkel's ruling posture look set for a humiliating defeat in a key regional election exit polls indicate the christian democrats. were written back off cigs decades. conservatives being in power there before there is widespread opposition to merkel's nuclear policy and decisions. to palestinian gunmen have been killed and three more injured in an israeli air strike on gaza comes a day after hamas stated it would agree to a cease fire if israel attacks on the strip ruled by the management organization at least ten people including civilians and children were killed last week low israel's recent attacks come on top of it sustained blockade of the area adding to the misery of most of whom live in poverty. the internationally recognized winner disputed presidential elections in ivory coast has rejected the african union representative appointed to help result the country's political crisis. underqualified and worse has ties to his rival run book boom and he is refusing to step down from power despite an international consensus that he lost the election more than

party is celebrating a key victory in the southwestern state of boston and bird which chancellor merkel's conservative christian democrats had controlled for almost six decades being seen as a sign of widespread opposition to merkel's nuclear policy and the euro and voter anger over new bailouts to debt ridden countries in neighboring france president sarkozy's ruling party suffered a similar fate when opposition socialists took a decisive local election when it adds pressure on sarkozy who faces a presidential election in a year's time. i'll update you with a summary of the main news in about ten minutes time shortly we speak to the russian president's special representative in afghanistan. stay tuned for our interview in which the envoy says that nato is current strategy in the country isn't working and will end up costing more lives if lessons are learned. so i mean president visits new representative to afghanistan it's great to have you with us today sir thank you very much now you've pointed to a cold war mentality that was preventing nato from hitting good advice do you think that

and german chancellor merkel's ruling fatah looks out for a humiliating defeat in the key of regional election exit polls indicate the christian democrats about to lose. after six decades of conservatives in power there it follows widespread opposition to merkel's nuclear policy and decisions on levy and the euro. to buy listing and gunmen have been killed and three more injured in an israeli air strike in gaza there comes a day after hamas stated would agree to a cease fire if israel puts an end to the strip ruled by the militant organization at least ten people including civilians and children were killed last week alone israel's recent attacks come on top of its sustained blockade of the area adding to the misery of gazans most of whom live in poverty. and the internationally recognized will disputed presidential elections an ivory coast has rejected the african union representative appointed to help resolve the country's political crisis as well as sunny were tara said officials underqualified and worse has ties to his rival run war is refusing to step down from power despite an i

had control for almost six decades is being seen as a sign of widespread opposition to merkel's nuclear policy and decisions on libya and the euro and even france present sarkozy's ruling party suffered a similar fate in opposition socialists took a decisive local election when it adds pressure and surprise he faces a presidential election and it's time. for twenty two twenty three minutes past the russian capital update you with a summary of the main news in just a few minutes from now and shortly we'll be speaking to. the russian president's special representative in afghanistan. stay tuned for an interview in which the envoy says that nato current strategy in the country isn't working and when they end up costing more lives if lessons learned. so make up president visits new representative to afghanistan it's great to have you with us today sir thank you very much now you've pointed to a cold war mentality that was preventing nato from hitting good advice do you saying that they now accept that stable afghanistan is also in russia's interests or will you have to convince them. unders

after six decades of conservatives being in power there it was widespread opposition to merkel's nuclear policy decisions will lead. to palestinian gunmen have been killed and three more injured in an israeli air strike in gaza comes a day after hamas dated it would agree to a ceasefire if israel attacks on this trip by the militant organization at least ten people including civilians and children were killed last week alone israel's recent attacks come on top of a sustained blockade of the area adding to the misery of gazans most of whom live in poverty. and the internationally recognized window of november's disputed presidential elections. has rejected the african union representative appointed to help the country's political crisis on a sunday which our us fishel want to fight and boris has ties to his rival run. and he's refusing to step down from power despite an international consensus that. more than a million people have fled ivory coast since violence erupted as a result of the disputed. now russian energy giant it will defend its alliance with b.p. to pursue its arctic explora

after six decades of conservative being in power that it follows widespread opposition to merkel's nuclear policy decisions on libya and the u.k. . to ivory coast where the man widely considered to have won the country's disputed presidential elections has rejected the mediator chosen by the african union to steer the country away from civil war. the candidate has personal links to incumbent leader laurent gbagbo statement comes after thousands of supporters rallied in the capital over one million people have fled the country since violence following last november's election. russian energy says it will defend its alliance with b.p. to pursue its arctic exploration project that's despite a swedish court ruling earlier this week to block the deal between the two all companies the proposed share swap b.p.'s russian based partners who said it would destroy their competitive advantage but both b.p. and mostly have say they'll still be looking for ways to maintain a partnership multibillion dollar stance what with sun and generate to exploit the potentially huge deposits of oil and gas in russi

well i think it is a good deal of that i think merkel said that because of the popularity of this book by. bob you know about it which shows that germany is abolishing itself and will become a completely muslim country by the end of the century which has been surprisingly popular so i think that has had an effect on mainstream politicians but i did i think they often don't define very clearly what they mean by multiculturalism when they say that it's failed i mean something has failed because obviously there are parts of our cities and may well be one of them where you have something like muslim. or parallel societies and if that is the result of multiculturalism then obviously it's failed but i think there may be other ways that one could interpret multiculturalism and i would hope that it would mean bringing people of different culture and religion together and helping them to understand each other and to do things together and build a better country and i know many muslims in britain who are trying to do that and who are not at all like the ones that tommy is talking about so i thin

germany's green party are celebrating a key victory in a state which chancellor merkel's conservative controlled for almost six decades being seen as a sign of widespread opposition to merkel's nuclear policy and decisions on libya and the euro in neighboring france presents a ruling party suffered a similar fate when opposition socialists took a decisive local election when it adds pressure on sarkozy who faces a presidential election in a year from now. brings up today for the moment in a few minutes we'll be exploring a city you can't see unless you delve deep underground before that it's the business update with dmitri. and in a warm welcome to the business show on c russia's oil giant. pipeline monopoly transnet want to take china's national petroleum corporation to court as they wait for sea million dollars they say the firm has bailed to pay for january oil shipments alone russia and china signed a contract in two thousand and nine providing ross snapped entranced with a twenty five billion dollar loan in exchange for shipments of oil through the pacific ocean pipeline the tota

angela merkel in germany is certainly backing off nuclear french course so are highly committed to it and of course the french have invested twelve point four billion pounds in buying our position in g. nuclear sites are already a point is is that in germany germany has installed more wind power than the entire nuclear capacity of the u.k. runs its installing about up to about one reactors worth of wind power per year and in two thousand and nine which is the last year that we have good figures for it install about four reactors worth of solar energy and we hope that two thousand and seven will be a lot better so there's a sort of myth that it can be done through renewables whereas in fact it is very likely it can be ok dr paul dorfman good to have your insights of the university of warwick in britain if you like you. well japanese government has ordered four regions around the trouble fukushima plant to suspend shipments of products that could contain traces of radioactive iodine in its arteries laura lister reports next those worries of radiation are spreading far beyond japanese sh

germany's out in you click green party celebrating a key victory in the state which chancellor merkel's conservatives control for almost six decades he sees signs of widespread opposition to merkel's nuclear policy and decisions on libya and the euro in neighboring france presence of course his ruling party suffered a similar fate an opposition socialist took a decisive local. pressure and so because he faces a presidential election in a year's time. well in a few minutes we'll be discussing the difference between humanitarian aid and western geo political interests and if the coalition can tell them apart that's in crosstalk that will be up to the business update with dmitri. thanks very much bill russian oil giant rosneft pipeline monopoly transnet they want to take china's national petroleum corporation to court as they await forty million dollars they say the firm has failed to pay for january will shipments of russia and china signed a contract in two thousand and nine providing ross their transept with a twenty five billion dollar low in exchange for guarantee of shipments of oil

controlled for almost six decades seen as a sign of widespread opposition to merkel's nuclear policy decisions on libya and the euro in neighboring france president sarkozy's ruling party suffered a similar fate when opposition socialists took a decisive local election win that's pressure on sarkozy who faces a presidential election in a year's time. but in just a few minutes from now we'll be talking to the russian presidential advisor on afghanistan who tells us that the nato mission is not bringing peace to the troubled country before that we have this business updates with dmitri. thanks very much bill hello and welcome to business artsy russian oil giant boston after pipeline monopoly transnet they want to take china's national petroleum corporation to court as they await forty million dollars they say the firm has failed to pay for genuine oil shipments and russia and china signed a contract in two thousand and nine providing rosner transnet with a twenty five billion dollar loan in exchange for a guarantee of shipments of oil through the pacific ocean pipeline that settles the

before the election, merkel had ordered a review of nuclear power in germany. she said today the review will go forward. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: japan's nuclear troubles grew worse still today, even as confirmed deaths from the earthquake and tsunami topped 11,000. officials reported radioactive water has spread beyond a damaged reactor building, and radiation has also gotten into the ground. smoke rising from parts of the fukushima dai-ichi plant was the most visible sign of ongoing trouble, but the real threat lay beyond public view at unit 2 highly radioactive water, first discovered last week, has now escaped the reactor containment building. it was found today in deep utility trenches used for pipes and wiring with an opening just 180 feet from the sea. water has also pooled inside the reactor's basement where radiation levels were measured at 100,000 times above normal. the japanese government acknowledged its likely the reactor suffered a partial meltdown. in fact, on sunday the radiation level was initiall

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chancellor merkel strode to the microphone and said she accepted his resignation. she says that she was surprised when he asked to speak to me by phone. i accepted his resignation with a heavy hearts. the german army is being radically restructured. his departure leaves a gap in government. but he was also kept for the very top job, so that throws politics into uncertainty. the chancellor had stood by her defense minister and now sees him forced out. stephen evans, a bbc news, berlin. >> leaders have called for an early election. protesters demanded the resignation of the president. opposition members also mark the anniversary of post-election riots in which 10 people were killed. >> voting with their feet. for these thousands of opponents, the current wave of the uprising is an inspiration. they wanted to force him from power. >> i am happy that thousands of people have found the courage to defend their homeland, their country. i am sure that they will win. >> this marks three years since a police crackdown that followed the presidential election and killed 10 peo

. >> at the event in eastern germany, angela merkel came out in defense of the minister, accusing the opposition party of hypocrisy. >> we do not have to except lessons in decency and honesty in politics. not from the likes of them. >> meanwhile, the main opposition scorned support of gutenberg after the allegations of plagiarism. >> she is in china and complaints about intellectual property? even the most polite chinese have trouble ccealg. >> rhetorical lives are often out on ash wednesday. thursday they will return to their more measured debate style. >> space shuttle discovery is officially out of service. it landed on wednesday, wrapping up its last mission after 20 years. the remaining two shuttles will soon also be shelved. back after one minute.>> welcom. how do attract tourists? especially when your country is in the middle of the revolution? that is what several north africans are talking about. that is what everyone is talking about this week in berlin. do people stay away? local economies face economic ruin it they do. they are offering drastic price reductions to win back