ago young i'm from adult seabird specialist started an experiment on food a common species in northern europe. he wanted to know what they ate. a completely straightforward investigation. but its results were a big surprise i look at fuller simplicity more or less by accident because in the early one nine hundred eighty s. i found more blessed states and at that time staff i didn't know it all in the stomachs which later proved to be industrial place that's. the first time i realized place that in a bird. amazement. yam has alerted his european colleagues. his determined knew how many full moons are affected. just received and analyze three thousand birds found beached along the coastline of eight countries. so firm niland why it is green bit this piece of plastic still with and dirty ninety five percent of these birds flying dust bins there's all sorts of fragments of broken plastic items and here this. at least seven industrial plastic granules ok what i fear is the efforts to content of a full moon in the southern north sea so if you translate it to us the size that this is will be efforts

>> concerns mount across northern europe. new tests on journeys contaminated animal feed with worrying levels of dioxin. africa's third largest country gets ready to vote in a referendum. ed sudan's president warns of instability curie head one soldier killed, four wounded on the gaza border. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. my name is mike embley. coming up later for you -- why the greek population in the turkish city of istanbul has plummeted. including a school with one people. and the tiny bandage that has the power to fix wounds and fast. yehello. at nearly 5000 german factories have been closed. tests have revealed animal feed contaminated with the chemical dioxin at 77 times the permitted level. they have found traces in eggs. this has spread beyond the german border. the eggs have been exported to the uk. but british authorities say there is no cause for concern. from berlin, we have this. >> as the food crisis spreads, consumers wary. at this food market

." >>> concerns mount across northern europe. new tests on germany's contaminated animal feed reveal worrying levels of toxic dioxin. sudan is ready to vote on a referendum that could split the nation. are we headed for the first winter world cup? a warm welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast on pbs in america and around the globe. coming up later, the greek population in the turkish city of istanbul has plummeted. we visit a school with just one pupil. and sweet powers of healing, the honey bandit that seems to have the power to fix wounds. >>> hello. at nearly 5000 german farms have been closed after tests have revealed animal feed contaminated with the chemical dioxin at 77 times the permitted level. the scandal has spread beyond the country's borders. german eggs have been exported to the netherlands and the u.k., and the british food standard agency says there is no calls for concern. >> as the food crisis spreads, consumers get worried. at this market, the sign say there is nothing to worry about, that eggs are not contamin

in the extreme to assume that with all of these people coming from -- well mostly england and northern europe, does that mean those people not going to the 14th amendment now, at least those people to be in fact citizens. this is -- you can do this if you want to do a new constitutional amendment. this is -- do you think if the arizona law got appealed to the supreme court they would throw it out on the basis of the 14th amendment? >> not necessarily. the concept of the anchor baby, birthright citizenship didn't happen until 191982. relatively new interpretation. justice brennan decided that there's no distinction between legal and illegal immigrants in this country, and that doesn't even -- not consistent with the original framers said, they specifically said it doesn't apply to those born of foreign aliens. this has caused a huge problem in this country, this interpretation of the 14th amend. california is bankrupting california as well. 84 hospitals have closed because of this. >> and emergency rooms. >> cost the american people $6 billion a year. we've got to do something about this, it d

get worse and what it really needs is a frank assessment which is there is an argument that in northern europe with germany and holland and a few countries possibly france as well that there is an optimal. but can work together for the north and south of europe to be stuck inside a monetary union is never ever going to work but nobody inside these institutions wants to face up to when the president. comes here to strasburg tomorrow morning i should be saying this to him across the working parliament and i've no doubt that all. because they're all in denial that this project cannot work. for mr ferrars let's take a look at the situation in a broader context i mean you mentioned some of the countries they're not doing so well and portugal is one of them so you're blaming the euro for their problems but i mean some countries still want to join the euro for example if you're just joining the eurozone not so long ago now why i mean if the euro and stable currency if the european some of the european eurozone countries are not doing so well why is it that more countries want to be part of the eurozo

has a great golfing environment; the long warm season means it couldcapitalise on golfers from northern europe looking to play well into winter, when courses at home are covered with snow. >>kambourides: golf is the ideal leisure product to attract tourists throughout the year on a twelve month basis, attract high spenders and repeating clients. >>reporter: providing a crucial year round revenue stream. there are concerns that greece may not be suitable for golf development due to the lack of water, but new irrigation techniques are able to make the mostof a limited resource. in fact golf greens may actually use less water than some crops grown on land fit for courses. >>doukas: there is not an abundance of water around. there is adequate water but for purposes of golf development desalination with very modern techniques that are now available is the key. >>reporter: to really put a resort on the map though takes a championship, which was the thinking behind the only greek international golf tournament, the aegean airlines proam. this year saw the 5th competition take place in at the costa nav

study has been taught to believe something about progress system that led to more capitalism and northern europe, the catholic church and that was brought to the u.s., these sorts of values lead to more, have led to greater economic growth or a police -- there is a connection between capitalism. but, of course, now capitalism fully has become bomb and uncorked. catholic countries like brazil, countries like india, country with no official religion like china all seem to be embracing that. but what do we, what do we know about how, about the price of faith, the price that sort of extracts or ads to economic growth? >> guest: my basic argument here is that choosing belong to a faith has some of the qualities of economic transactions. so again, we believe, we think we be in a superior god because we believe in it because he exists. but, in fact, many other reasons that we join a religion is because of the benefits we derive from doing it here on earth, not in after last -- after life. this price can be measured in pf the price. but also think i'm going to church, and behavior, not doing certain thi

otherwise, a fairly settled picture for the northern half of europe. a little bit of snow moving in toward the norway coastline, but that will be just about it. here's a look at highs. it is remaining quite low. minus 6 in stockholm. 0 for berlin. as well as vienna. minus 2 in warsaw and minus 4 in kiev. lots of temperatures here well below zero. it is going to be quite chilly again on thursday. that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani. x

europe looking quite dry. still pretty cold, though. and then we've got that snow that's going to be impacting the northern tier of europe, the baltic states as well as southern scandinavia. good spells of sunshine in moscow today. minus 12. still very frigid out here. minus 4 in warsaw. and then minus 5 in berlin and minus 3 in vienna. a touch milder in london, but with heavy rain in store for you. here's your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> once again, the headlines this hour, the minutes of a u.s. federal reserve meeting show that policymakers agree to maintain additional credit-easing measures amid a persistently high jobless rate. the fed's move raised criticism that it may lead to higher long-term interest rates, which could delay the recovery of the housing market. critics also said further monetary easing may also cause more inflation than necessary. but the minutes from the december 14th meeting released on tuesday showed the agreement was reached as risks outweigh the possibility that u.s. economic recovery could pick up its pace due to rising consumer spending. the risks include a worsening of the housing market due to continued hi

oscillation and that means the sea surface temperature between the eastern united states and northern europelummet so it's colder as well and translates into precipitation that would normally be rain into snow. we have both oceans dipping in their water temperature and so, essentially, that means this part of the country is seeing a lot of snow and also why we have seen flooding in australia and brazil and portions of southeast s asia. we know what it is but don't know when it will end. >> unfortunately, we cannot control it. >> unfortunately, we can't. >> but at least we know what it is. marysol castro will have a closer look at the forecast for the rest of the country coming up later. chris, over to you. >>> the latest on the amazing recovery of congresswoman gabrielle giffords starting rehab three weeks after shot in the brain. the man who is accused of shooting her looked up information about assassinations before the tucson attack. don teague is with us for the latest in houston. >> reporter: doctors called her recovery remarkable and gave the go ahead on wednesday for her move to rehab

italy, northern balkans and through eastern europe all will be looking at snow as temperaturesropping yet again. and that does follow the warm spell we did see over the past few weeks. and, in fact, with all that warmth we've been hearing of all the flooding in germany. that situation still continuing today. here's a look at some of the recent footage we've got. especially northern germany still looking at some very high water levels. and, in fact, some rivers reportedly still on the rising trend. this has been caused by all the recent snow melt as well as the rains following all the warmer temperatures. however, things are going to be looking a little bit cooler in the days to come. friday, zero for your high in berlin and only 1 in vienna and 9 degrees in rome. a lot more cooler air headed your way. that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani.

it has been used in northern ireland and throughout eastern europe but it was used in macedonia and is being used with the turks and armenians of the moment and georgia and south a city get. it's being used all over the place. but we in bayh include barack obama, have not yet learned that negotiation, if the negotiation is just bargaining it is just another use of strength. but if negotiations is an analysis of the problem and the development of the agreed upon solutions to the problem is something entirely different. and until you do that, but war is never a last resort. if you haven't tried the conflict resolution you can't say that it's a last resort just because the negotiations brought down. and one more thing to get back to your question, one more thing about the draft issue, one of the things that i think we have to start facing is that even people, the best intentioned people and the this anti-war people are finding it difficult to look to the economic realities of war in the face. one of the economic realities is that we've been practicing what some people call military keynes

that could lead to massive waves of immigration and that is a worry for europe especially the european countries on the northern shores of the mediterranean spain and france and italy but the france would be the major part of destination for these waves of immigrants because a most of them also have some friends who speak french after all these countries were part of the former french empire and they're also in france a lot of arabic speaking population and so if any country is extremely worried about this or could be worried about it it is france. on those north africans continue to take to the streets all season excite yourself ski takes a look at similar events in the not so distant parts. georgia two thousand and three. and ukraine two thousand four. cutest on two thousand and five. and egypt twenty eleven i think these are all completely different revolts well think again and not only because a racist fist was one of their symbols if you look more closely you look at the people who are leading this are being coached in the they're being coached by u.s. intelligence services the same way the orange revoluti

that could lead to massive waves of immigration and that is a worry for europe especially the european countries on the northern shores of the mediterranean spain and france and italy but the france would be the major point of destination for these waves of immigrants because most of them also have some friends they speak french after all these countries were part of the former french empire and they're also with france a lot of arabic speaking population and so if any country is extremely worried about this or could be worried about it it is france. and also his political contributor wayne matson's as the rest in egypt shows the need for us german to have groups like hamas and hezbollah are some of the me still. there is one opposition movement that was formed on facebook one of the reasons of course they had cut off the internet. and you've also got i would say the official opposition now this is where you get into maybe groups that have been nurtured by the united states the national endowment for democracy in other words we've had contacts with the opposition but i think because of the economic situation an

europe as well as eastern sections. scattered areas of snow will really spread throughout this wide area even in towards the balkans as well as northern italy. a little further to the south will be mostly rain for you. looking at lower temperatures across continental europe today. 3 only in vienna and 2 in berlin. quite a big drop in temperatures throughout this week. all right. so that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. ♪ >>> once again the headlines at this hour. chinese president hu jintao is visiting the united states. he met with barack obama on wednesday and discussed a wide range of issues including tensions on the korean peninsula. the two leaders held a news conference after the summit. obama praised china for increasing the flexibility of the yuan but urged hu to let the currency rise further. the u.s. president also called on china to respect universal human rights, including freedom of speech and religion. regarding north korea's nuclear issue, obama called on china to play a more aggressive role. >> north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile program is increasingly a direct threat to the se

that could lead to massive waves of immigration and that is a worry for europe especially of the european countries on the northern shores of the mediterranean spain and france and italy but the france would be the major player in the destination for these waves of immigrants because most of them also have some friends they speak french after all these countries were part of the former french empire and they're also with france a lot of. arabic speaking. population and so if any country who is extremely worried about this or could be worried about it is france on the other hand the european union and france could play a positive role france can't get directly involved in tunisia price nicely because of its its imperial past its colonial past that but france can work with other europeans through european institutions to try to bring some stability. democratic transition in tunisia so it's more likely in a positive sense we're going to see the european union and its institutions try to shore up. with the tunisians are calling their democratic jasmine revolution that's probably that's more likely in the near term to

that could lead to massive waves of immigration and that is a worry for europe especially of the european countries on the northern shores of the mediterranean spain and france and italy but the france would be the major kind of destination for these waves of immigrants because most of them also have some friends they speak french after all these countries were part of the former french empire and they're also in france a lot of arabic speaking. population and so if any country is extremely worried about this or could be worried about is france europe doesn't want to see a fall apart and send boatloads of desperate people across the mediterranean who are striving to. to achieve it there as their final destination france. and as the clashes in north africa continue artie's alexina cesky reports now on help they bear some striking parallels with elsewhere. georgio two thousand and three. and ukraine two thousand four. cutest on two thousand and five. and egypt twenty eleven i think these are all completely different revolts well think again and not only because a racist fist was one of their symbols if you look more

the instability can have potential horrendous ramifications for for europe itself where you have large muslim populations from northern africa and france and many european countries so it's not the if this continues and every indication is that it will in the coming weeks we can see a very very turbulent time ahead both for europe and political stability that would create. economic background for economic growth so i think the least benefits no one in western europe it potentially benefits certain people in washington who would like to feed off that instability just one brief observation before we finish these revolutions being led by the people and not necessarily by conventional politicians and of course social media seems to be having an effect in all of this is well is that to put the point. no. led by the people if you look more closely you look at the so-called people who are leading this are being coached in the they're being coached by u.s. intelligence services the same way the orange revolution was in the rose revolution with saakashvili and in georgia and. you know this this isn't a spontaneous explosion i

europe coupled with the pakistani floods are evidence of global warming and say well the. you see just look at the facts it was actually been very cold in the southern sphere of northern russia as being cold and these things have happened before in particular the pakistan floods and the west russian heat wave happened one hundred and thirty two years ago all there about which is the situation in the. magnetic lunar soil. so it's not surprising it happened and it more it indeed happened next year we've got to go to work on the people to global warming or ignorant who wish to mislead the public for political and financial ends what significance does this one hundred thirty two here have six twenty two which is the magnetic socket of the sun and also seven times nineteen annoying teen years. is the lunar eclipse or call which means the moon and so on the earth are all going to be in about the same place multiples of nineteen years so you're saying that in a hundred thirty years this could happen again do you but. we have a series of three very works almost all of which corresponded to three very works on this one hundred thirty two years previously so it could be we're going to

northern tip of newfoundland and so it's not easy to get to. but when do you get there, to me it's an extremely moving place. it's the foothold of europe on a country that ultimately was to receive all the benefit of european immigration six or seven centuries later. in this settlement there's evidence they kept castles and there's iron ware that they used and made and all kinds of things cutlery and vegetable gardens and so forth. but best of all i think they had time there to both conceive and bear a child, a first european child ever to be born in north america. and they gave him a name which we know how -- and i think it's the most delightful name. he was called snorry. i love the idea the first american was a man called snorry. that's thedo name i want to giv to my dog. in the end, they were defeated by the weather. they had come essentially to the wrong place. and the wind and the rain and the gale and the ice was -- they thought why don't we experience that back in norway so we can experiencead it with our friend instead of living in a mud hut in newfoundland. so they only stayed here until 1010 and they went back and, of course

northern ireland. i then switched it into, well, effectively three, actually. but one foreign policy dealing with europe, one foreign policy adviser dealing with the rest of the eshoos. issues. but i think in retrospect if you're, for that first period you actually need right situation in capital office number 10 a top-level ability headed by a senior person that is going to go direct to the prime minister. now, that's not to say that your foreign is ec tear, your defense secretary, your development secretaries aren't going to be involved in this. but what does come out to me in some of the pages that's being given to you is the frustration. now, in the end, i don't think it would have got us around the central problem, but i do think that's an important lesson for the future. i've given some more lessons with planning specifically and also on civil policing, but i will leave that with you, if i might. >> thank you very much. this has been an unusually long session, and i'm grateful to mr. blair for attending this lengthy hearing. and i'm very grateful to those in this hearing room who have listened so

northern ireland. i then switched it into, well, effectively three, actually. but one foreign policy dealing with europe, one foreign policy adviser dealing with the rest of the eshoos. issues. but i think in retrospect if you're, for that first period you actually need right situation in capital office number 10 a top-level ability headed by a senior person that is going to go direct to the prime minister. now, that's not to say that your foreign is ec tear, your defense secretary, your development secretaries aren't going to be involved in this. but what does come out to me in some of the pages that's being given to you is the frustration. now, in the end, i don't think it would have got us around the central problem, but i do think that's an important lesson for the future. i've given some more lessons ng,h planning specifically and .. will leave that with you, if i might. >> thank you very much. this has been an unusually long session, and i'm grateful to mr. blair for attending this lengthy hearing. and i'm very grateful to those in this hearing room who have listened so attentively and patiently t

europe. until now, it was paid in money. now part of the price is in cocaine itself. so cocaine consumption is growing in northern africa this is a new development. we have to find out how to fight against that. i can tell you, and that worries a lot of the security services in the world. we have not been able to come to an agreement on exactly what is terrorism what is not terrorism. i know what it is, but try to define it. >> kimberly dozier, ap. a question for the ambassador and 14 charles allen. charles, the revolt that we are seeing in egypt, indonesia, was it a failure of the intelligence community to see it coming? to the ambassadors, you both spoke about applying that is to decrease radicalization in your country that leads to militancy. many methods that could be applied here? >> let me answer the first question. there had been a series of assessments over the years which spoke about problems that could develop, certainly in north african countries, like tunisia, which was up or tearing and had corrupt elements. there were also concerns about egypt and its long-term ability to last under an authoritarian