there are several oil and gas- drilling platforms in the north sea. more than 400 between britain and norway. the company that begin production 11 years ago drills of both oil and gas. the water is more than 1,100 meters deep, but the gas reserves are located more than 5 kilometers under the sea. total is flying in experts to study the situation, including specialists consulted during the deep water rise and disaster in the gulf of mexico two years ago. >> now, your stock exchanges, and traders have been closely following the evacuation of that rig. we macroeconomic data is weighing on investors' minds. but the german dax and your socks 50 lost more than 1% this wednesday. the dax sitting just below the 7000 mark, it has been making big gains this year. over the wall street where the dow jones also took a little guy. the bureau, though, holding steady at $1.3320. in other business news, the german business subsidiary of gm, opel, is launching another round of cuts to keep plants open. >> in a statement, the board set for them to be profitable, measure

on top of germany and they give all deposit on me to try to plan for me in the north sea. the developer of this field is germany leads in the oil and gas producer winces hall which is planning an asset swap with russia's castro. get up to twenty five per cent share in some of russia's gas projects in the summer with options for fifty per cent while castro wire and i share in the polls all share a project like this one. which . is very interested. in russia. with. the two companies have been talking raising for decades they jointly build the world's trade and now intensifying efforts to construct the south stream routes they turn central real gas transports which distributes the russian gas in europe has just been made in the pantaloons and renamed cascade in old it's a comply with the current energy charter this break here is a producer from also holding the means of supply gas from which invests billions of dollars in pipelines loans to keep control of the rapidly changing rules mean that try outs with local operators may be the best way for gas problem to access customer

this artsy north sea. wall street futures. markets will. with the boer war going the way of the soviet union many people thought that nuclear weapons disappeared. the risk is not zero something might be going off by mistake specially out of sounds the weapons on hair trigger alert. focus of the victims to use it as a three ball but you know if you keep spending a trillion dollars a year on weapons of benchley you're going to blow everybody up you you know people are dying from these weapons but until we actually see it people don't wake up no food weapons or a bill. that represents all of the firepower of the second world war and this second sound is the equivalence of firepower of the world's nuclear arsenal today. wealthy british style. is not right.

a gas leak from a north sea oil platform owned by total.ys it's now looking into ways to try and put out a flair burning above the rig to warn people about ince presence. ivan cabrera is standing by to tell us about the climactic conditions in the area. hi there, ivan. the winds could be a problem here, i understand? >> winds are very, very important right now. good to see you there, nina. i just can't believe we're talking about relief wells again here after, of course, the disaster in the gulf of mexico here. but we're not talking about an i' oil spill. this is a gas leak. we have two things going on. we have the gas leak that they may try to cap here. that could take upwards of six months. the other situation, the more pressing situation, the flare that is still burning. that flare is burning, essentially the excess gases, this is a formal process when you shut off the rig, the gases, you don't want them to build up. . you have to burn them with the flare. the gas cloud needs to stay away from the flare, obviously, gas, flare, not a good

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that distance plus the solid rock in the north sea is going to make drilling a relief well much tougher. the estimate for this relief well is six months. you remember in the bp case, it was three months. brian. >> anne thompson on this still unfolding story off the coast of scotland, anne, thanks. >>> in cuba today, on the final day of the pope's visit, an historic mass. in havana's revolution square. nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is there and has our report. >> in an unusual homily with a sharp political edge in a square that symbolizes cuba's communist revolution, pope benedict criticized the castro regime to its face with raul castro front and center, the pontiff called for religious freedom. he preached cuba and the world need change, but this will occur only if each one is in the position to seek the truth. and he called for free thoughts, respect for human dignity, and more freedom for the church, including the right to religious schools. after specifically asking raul castro to make good friday a national holiday. although hundreds of thousands atte

a huge boost for investment in the north sea. now, mr. deputy speaker, we shouldn't be shy about identifying our successful industries and reinforcing them. around one with fifth of the world's top medicines originate from the u.k. research. so we're cutting taxes to make this one of the most attractive places in the world to invent new medicines. we protected the science budget, now we're committing $100 million pounds of support for investment in major new research facilities. and we will also establish a uk center for aerodynamics to open next year that will encourage innovation in aircraft design. we also turn britain into a digital technology center. the film tax credit protected in our spending review, helps gete of film production last year alone. today i'm introducing plans for video games and high end tv -- not only will this stop tv productions from being made abroad, it will attract disney and hbo, to make more their premium shows in the u.k. it will support our beautiful video games and animation industries too. because mr. de

what does it mean for the gas in the north sea area? >> i seat uk budget was announced and it made everyone sit up and say it -- >> because they repealed. >> exactly. there's been a lot of tax breaks on on small fields. it's bad news for industry as a whole, but if you actually look at the bigger picture, this is something that it was going to happen because there's a lot of talk on deep water drilling. so it's a case of, okay, make corrections and see what happens next. >> okay. thanks. later in the show, we'll speak to environmental ngo which has warned that the gas leak is out of control. commerce bank says it sees solid operating profit in 2012. patricia has more of the details. >> and 2013 should be looking even better than 2012. that of course depending that ll be continued stability in the market conditions. so at the moment trading flat ahead of this announcement. bucking the trend of the overall market and also being right now the second biggest gain. apart from that, we had earl why on very good news coming again from the germ

. >>> shares in totale fall after a major gas leak in the north sea. the oil giant says it could be months before the rig is back online. >>> rupert murdoch's news corp. is hit by more allegations of hacking. this time an australian newspaper says the company used piracy to derail its pay tv rivals. >>> and why being super skinny is no longer a plus for models working in israel. >>> we've got a jam packed show ahead in the next hour. let's have a look at how the markets are doing, though. they've been trading for about an hour themselves. this is how we're faring at the moment. little bit of a mixed picture. up about 1% just in the last quarter hour. the ftse teetering just above the flat line after something dropped in the morning. and the zurich smi trading below the flat line. one of the good stocks has been the cac, but only up 0.2%. nestle has fallen more than 1% after a downgrade by the main brokerages, which is run of the reasons the smi is down below the flat line. the others just managing to teeter above it, but we're not optimistic with a pic

a huge boost for investment in the north sea. now, mr. deputy speaker, we shouldn't be shy about identifying our successful industries and reinforcing them. around one-fifth of the world's top 100 medicines u.k. research. so we're backing our life sciences sector through creating the francis crick institutettin of the best places in the world for medicines. we have investment in major new university research facilities. we're the world' second largest aerospace industry and will establish a u.k. center for arrow dynamics to open next year to encourage innovation in aircraft design and commercialize new ideas. today we also set this industrial ambition that, we turn britain into europe's technology center. we will start with digital content. the film tax credit protected in our spending review helps generate over a billion pounds of film production investment in the u.k. last year alone. today i am announcing our intention to use similar schemes for the video games, animation and high-end tv production industries. not only will this help s

that distance plus the solid rock in the north sea is going to make drilling a relief well much toughere estimate is six months. you remember in the bp case, it was three months. brian. >> anne thompson on this still unfolding story off the coast of scotland, anne, thanks. >>> in cuba today, on the final day of the pope's visit, an historic mass. andrea mitchell is there and has our report. >> in an unusual homily with a sharp political edge in a square thatsome b somymbolizes cuba re, with raul castro front and center, the pawnf called for freedom. he preached cuba and the world need change, but this will occur only if each one is in the position to seek the truth. and he called for free thoughts, respect for human dignity, and more freedom for the church, including the right to religious school. after asking raul castro to make good friday a national holiday. although hundreds of thousands attended, the pope did not meet with dissidents. disappointing human rights groups who fear that prominent activists known as the ladies in white, last seen in church on sunday, may have been detain

yemen, syria, there have been some accidents in canada, juek some the north sea have taken off another portion. in total as of today, we'd million barrels a day of non-opec production is out unexpectedly. that's more than we would expect, part of the reason why the market is still balanced despite the very high rate of opec production that we're seeing at the moment. so, again, it's very hard to factor in by definition as unexpected factors but i think they are significant feature of the current market. the fifth point is just on demand, demand growth is continuing. it's modest at a global level, very heavily concentrated. if you take brazil, india, china, saudi arabia, those four countries alone just as they have over the past five years, constitute virtually all of the net global demand growth outside those four demand has been falling for a long period. some specific features for tension to fukushima, on japanese demand, now expected to be falling as it has done but very strong japanese demand last year, primarily for lng but also for oil and for this year we think some of that incr

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> the french and she company has said it will be a week before they can stop the gas leak in the north sea. -- the french petrel company has said will be a week before it is up a gas leak. football's world governing body, fifa, has issued a reforms after independent experts issued a scathing report in two earlier scandals. >> when he was reelected last year, sepp blatter promised reforms. now, there is a scathing report and the change seems to be on its way. >> the ethics committee according to the new procedure and the regulations of the committee. the new committee will have the ability to initiate investigations. therefore, it is a possibility in case of credible allegations. >> the reputation has long been talked by reputations of scandal. the world cup bidding contest was featured in recent times. >> we have taken this decision into the executive committee and in the congress and we will have a woman in the committee. this would be at the congress in 2012 and we would prepare a formal election in 2013. >> when fully implemented, fifa will hope the changes will enable them to move on f

energy giant says it will take months to stop the gas leak at its platform as a cloud builds over the north sea. >>> and here in asia, consolidation in the tech space. it becomes the biggest shareholder. and in the u.s., ben bernanke stays on the message. the fed chair says while conditions are improving, it's still too early to declare the economic recovery a complete success. >>> and he says markets should not bet against the war but warns that the crisis may not be over. >> nobody really knows, but in the past so many times we thought that the worst of the crisis was over, and then new waves of instability came in. so i think it's no time for complacency and we have to prepare for the worst. >>> more on the exclusive interview to come on today's program. also we're going to have this. what does the bank plan to do? we'll hear from the ceo. >>> u.s. supreme court wraps up three days of hearing whether the obama health care plan is constitutional. >>> and it may take six months to contain gas leak. what is the prognosis in terms of its energy stock price. >>> before all that, let's see where w

able oil platform in the north sea was evacuated yesterday after a gas leak was discovered as the rig was being shut down. and aig says when it repays about $45 billion it still owes for its bailout, taxpayers will make a $10 billion profit. >>> pending home steals unexpectedly fell 5% in february as the housing market continues to struggle to recover. and many large corporations are now using video game technology to train managers and executives. so between games and mart phones, the next generation of business leaders may have some very fast finger reflexes. just an excuse to play video games. >>> the nuggetss rocked the bulls, a piston gets sticky and el salvador shoots dounl u.s. hopes for olympic glory. miami handed their second straight double-digit loss. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and the cruel winter morning in new england won't last long. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> very good morning to you. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, missing two key players, the new york knicks managed a big

brent north sea crude.n talk that maybe we're going to see a coordinated release, as the strategic petroleum reserve among major countries around the world, just on talk. you saw that decline there. when you had the denials of any deals in place, the market came back a little bit. you know how skittish the oil market is right now at these levels. here's something i'm watching very carefully right now. the dow transportation average, very strong in the last few days, and especially today. in fact, with a 3% gain today, it's having its best day of 2012. this would be very bullish for the market overall. there's the oldest technical indicator out there. the dow theory, which couples the industrial average with the transportation average, and if they can move in tandem to new highs, that would be very bullish for the market. you see the transports have been sort of underperforming relative to the industrial average. now it's starting to play catch-up at this point. to the sectors, what was strong today, the fin

. >> engineers are trying to work out how to extinguish a flame on the platform in the north sea, which was evacuated after a gas leak. >> total has dismissed the risk of a blast, but not everyone agrees with the assessment. one expert has called it an explosion waiting to happen. >> ships and aircraft have now been banned from travelling this close to the oil platform. experts believe there is a high risk of an explosion with the burning blair less than 100 meters away from where the gas is leaking, but total, the french operator, insist there is no danger. >> it does not pose a risk because the flare, by design, is up wind of the prevailing wind, so any gas leaks are blown directly away from the fire. >> total says it believes it has found a source of the gas leak, located 4,000 meters beneath the seabed, directly above the main gas reservoir. questions still remain about the impact of the gas leak on the environment. >> methane is being emitted from this platform, and it is 25 times, roughly, more serious than carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. so the climate change impact is signif

this time a leak from the gas drilling platform in the north sea. 150 miles off the coast of scotlande drilling rig owned by the french oil and gas company total -- pronounced total overseas -- was attempting to close off a well when the accident happened. the company said today it could take as long as six months to drill a relief well to stop the leak. remember that phrase. the scottish government has declared an exclusion zone for all air and sea vessels around the rig, because of the risk that the leaking gas could explode. >>> up next for us tonight, what may be the best news ever about chocolate for a lot of people. >>> and what could be a game changer for folks who live in hurricane zones. what we're being told not to do. >>> well, here's a big change. the storm experts are telling us people should no longer tape up their windows when a hurricane is on the way. this came out of the national hurricane conference which is underway right now in orlando. they say taping the windows leads to a false sense of security. they say it's best to use hurricane shutters and impact resistant

oil company total says it is planning to drill relief wells to stop a leak at its platform in the north sea is also looking to possibly plugging the league. the rig was evacuated earlier this week on fears it could explode. >> all right, and business news, european shares had just finished their best first quarter in six years. >> the results were better in frankfurt as traders tried in a wave of optimism. >> investors are often cautious at the beginning of a new trading year, keeping stock prices steady. but not this year. stock prices in germany and elsewhere have been surging. january alone saw the dax jumped by 10%, and it did not slow down much in february and march. the strongest first quarter for the index since 1998. >> the first quarter of 2012 was one of the best quarters the dax has ever recorded. we have seen gains of more than 20%. that is more than even the biggest optimists had bargained for. >> the surge in the financial markets is being fueled by easy money from the european central bank. it has pumped more than one trillion euros of cheap credit into eurozone economies. so

french bases or you know we just all american bases in in crossed our bases afai are the noises our north sea doesn't bother us at all because they're all bases but for other people it's almost like a cancer here for them speed. since the into world war two the spaces i've been. working here to provide a safe and secure environment for everybody. the questions the appeals just get everything you needed wealthy british style it's not . a. market finance scandal why not what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cars are the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. glenn. can you. please let me ask you this i. laughed it was lucky. lucky. it was. you. welcome back to spotlight on al gore norman just a reminder that my guest on the show today is jason ferdinand the conductor and leader of the famous american choir of allianz mystery that. you are singing gospel this is actually gospel choir so is it true that gospel music is really popular only in english speaking countries this natural home things english speaking i've never i've nev

company total says it is taking all possible measures to control leaks at a drilling platform in the north sea officials say oil as well as natural gas is leaking from the platform which is seen here in file footage. the installation was about 200 kilometers east of scotland. it has been evacuated and a zone has been imposed for ships and aircraft. a huge and fast-living forest fire in the u.s. state of colorado has claimed at least one life and destroyed dozens of homes. >> authorities evacuated some 900 houses in foot hills and canyons west of denver and on tuesday. the blaze is believed to have been ignited by embers after a controlled burning operation last week. low humidity, minorities, and lack of snow falling most of eastern colorado has been put under a red flag warning for high fire danger. >> so, we will be back in a minute's time. stay with us here on dw. >> keep it here. ♪ ♪ >> dw on the internet with a new address and a completely revamped online presence. and journalistic quality in 30 languages. inside full, diverse, and in multimedia format. -- insightful. visit us at dw.de. ♪

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another accident involving offshore drilling, this time a leak from the gas drilling platform in the north seas off the coast of scotland. the drilling rig owned by the french oil and gas company total was attempting to close off a well when the accident happened. the company said today it could take as long as six months to drill a relief well to stop the leak. the scottish government has declared an exclusion zone for all air and sea vessels around the rig because of the risk that the leaking gas could explode. >>> up next for us tonight. what may be the best news ever about chocolate for a lot of people. >>> and what could be a game changer for folks who live in hurricane zones. what we're being told not to do. ashlee! ashlee! ashlee! ashlee! what were you looking for when you bought your edge? um, i was definitely looking for fuel economy. that's the whole reason we, we wanted to look at the ecoboost. can you talk a little bit about the style of the edge? um, well, i think it's very hip. i even have several guys were like "whoa, do have twenties on those". like, don't even know what that m

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violetta call, dry conditions for the north sea's or facility in places like oakland greenhouse as weto the midnight hours, dry conditions bay area wide because the system will have pushed its way through. we do have another system rolling in. by 8:00 tomorrow morning, light-moderate rainfall. tough the >>george: umph and there is no longer a source of delay or possibility of a delay because of the earlier occurring accident. on the bay bridge westbound, still pretty good conditions. hikes and >>darya: we are continuing team covered in the south, craig skalar is live in san jose along 101 at the montague expressway 50 if it is all dry and clear, how about now this this fresh our traffic is cooking up on the 101. how of offenses >>mark: overnight rain caused a messy morning for caltrans crews. will tran is at the scene and shows us what happened. >>will: the crews are very busy cutting up this 60 ft. tree. they have been able to make progress. it fell around 3:00 a.m. and a blocked both lanes. cox and >>justine: an earthquake has said turkey just after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake in j

the chinese are even building icebreakers to go up into the arctic so they can begin claiming the north seas for those resources. so that causes me some concern and hopefully we'll perhaps continue to focus on their behavior and expose it. and all the while, you know, they are increasing their spending on their military and we're cutting a half a trillion dollars over the next decade and we're staring down the barrels of a double-barrel shotgun stuck at our head with the possibility of sequestration. and that scares me. but i guess i'll just switch gears and from a cpa standpoint, i like to see the cost benefit. and i know we're doing some realigning from yongson and moving further back. i had a chance to visit yongson. i didn't have a chance to visit the new site where camp humphries was going to be. are we getting the best value for our dollar? we've kept the peace for them for decades now, and i know typically wherever the u.s. military has been, that footprint is one of the most valuable pieces of property left on that -- in that country. is it -- so are we doing a fair exchange? are the

those aren't see from the north sea. and staying with the energy sector ukraine is reportedly in talks with turkey crimea and germany to import gas kiev has been a long running dispute with russia's gazprom over prices and it's now looking to diversify its supply base according to commerce on daily wants to buy up to eleven billion cubic meters from the new sources that's roughly one quarter of what it and he only imports from russia. and that's the latest from the business that my colleague daniel bush will bring that i'm taking about fifteen minutes. culture is that so much movement which of course is fine it comes ability of the candidacy you call what makes him tick why is he so popular among younger voters why do republicans smeared him while. the enemy is. just simply. just spam. today violence is once again flared up.

the oil deposit i'll miss two plots a platform in the north sea the developer of the field is german is leaves gas producer with this whole wish is planning to pass a small with russia's castro. get up to twenty five per cent share in some of russia's gas projects in the end all putin supply with an option for fifty per cent while gas fire and i share in that we just hold all share a project like this. especially. in this very interesting. russia. the two companies have been park racing for decades they jointly build the world trade now intensifying their efforts to construct the south trade routes they turn central real gas transport to which distributes the russian gas in europe has just been made in the pantaloons and three in the cascades in older to comply with the current energy charter to spray him as a producer from also holding the means of supply gas bill which invests billions of dollars in pipelines wants to keep control but the rapidly changing rules mean they're tying up with local operates as maybe the best way for gas problem to access the cost of a new liberalize gas

we don't talk about germany its biggest oil deposit on me to plot a plot for me in the north sea the developer of this field is german is leasing all in gas producer winters holds wishes planning to have assets war with russia castro . get up to twenty five per cent share in some of russia's gas projects in the limo putin slow with options for fifty per cent while gastro wire and the. shares in the reserves holds all sure a project like this one gets from. the mill ceaselessly the dutch person. is very interested to broaden its production base to russia. as a region. with a very. rich we also joined. the two companies have been cooperating put their case they jointly build the wall street man now intensifying their efforts to construct the south trade routes they turn central real gas transport to which distributes the russian gas in europe has just been made in the pantaloons and really cascades in the world it's a compliant with the e.u. sure the energy charter fish for him is a producer from also holding the means of supply gasper which invests billions of dollars in pipelines wan

or you know we just all american bases in in our bases are fine there are the don't noises on the north sea doesn't bother us at all because they're all bases but for other people it's almost like a cancer here for these few days since the into world war two the spaces i've been . working here to provide a safe and secure environment for everybody. the questions the appeals to get everything you need it. will be the. science technology innovation all the news developments from around russia we've got the future coverage.

it is that green shaded doughnut over the north sea. it is just north of the great lakes. south of the baltimore area. they probably are not visible, because they would be too low on the horizon to be seen. but we had ideal conditions for it. onward and upward in the insta-weather plus forecast. >> a scary start for some onboard an american airlines flight. as the plane was geth ready, a flight attendant launched into a tirade. cell phone -- winds say the erratic speech reference technical issues and also 9/11. >> she's still making stapets about wanting to get in a cockpit. you need to open this door. a lot of other incoherent statements. >> well, the plane eventually returned to the gate. federal agents removed that flight attendant. she was taken to the hospital for evaluation. >> a worldwide internet campaign to catch a brutal african warlord captured the world's attention. the online video that focused on a ugandan leader is now the faster growing viral video in history. >> posted on line monday the video by thursday morning had 20 million views. by friday morning, it

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