by contrast, our story of art in northern europe begins in the late medieval courts of france.t was a time of violent contrasts. in the luxury of the court, the duke enjoys his banquet while the peasants shelter from the snow. in their hovel, they bare themselves by the fire. these illuminations were painted around 1414 by three brothers from the netherlands-- the limbourgs--at the court of the duke of berry. the detailed realism of these faces and landscapes was a feature of northern art in this period. the limbourg brothers began their career working for the brother of the duke of berry--

reasons for this number one it's an idea that people are just very comfortable with especially in northern europe it's kind of like a protestant morality play that we're seeing played out here so the idea that you can fix one's economy through these kind of austere measures which force one to be thrifty not praful get sounds very good to most people in northern europe and it just resonates with their protestant world view and of course that's how you run a household in terms of its economics if you get yourself into debt you don't just go out and continue to spend freely you actually cut back in terms of your expenditures but this does not work when running in an economy the other answer is just very quickly because it's very important just make it interest so in other words this also works in the interest at least in the short term of banks and they're very powerful ok what i'll turn it is do you suggest well the alternatives are as thoughts we need to re invision an economy that actually has real productive investment austerity policies do not generate this. any economy over the long term will

we've been talking about a low pressure area also spinning across northern europe. good news, this is starting to weaken. in germany, you saw 85 millimeters of rainfall in the last 24 hours, so it's starting to lacks off, but it's created partly cloudy skies across portions of norway, and that combined with some space weather has ended up like this. look at these photos out of northern norway here. just this combined with the clouds reflecting off of that, absolutely beautiful photos. going thursday night into friday, you could see more of these aurora borealis along the extreme northern portions of europe here due to some space weather. so, definitely watch that, but it's going to be very cool. stockholm only seeing a high of 8 here on your thursday. now here's a look at your extended forecast. >>> and that concludes this hour's "newsline." i'm james tengan in tokyo. thanks for watching.

second tier of monetary union there's some proposals out there to really split the euro into a northern europe the southern europe southern europe or. there are some proposals out there to really split the euro zone into another and so on in the southernmost zone but that's not really working that will not work for political reasons you cannot split france and germany then france will be really let's say insulted that's just not politically feasible if you do that then you might as well get rid of the euro completely so france would have to stay in the champions league and so that by definition would be very difficult in that sense. and also who's going to lead the size and so on who's going to be the point around which they will rally so the mind boggling the problems around negotiate such an arrangement getting countries on board for the much more flexible and also i think sufficient approach at this time is to have individual countries opt out if they just cannot comply was current policies and of course reach should leave rather today. and not tomorrow because it's really clear the policie

also looking at a dramatic drop-off in temperatures into northern europe. see that line of clouds here? that's associated with a long frontal area. all these lines really close together, these contours, these isobars, they're crete year to dating skwup wards of the 60 to 80-mile-per-hour winds. that's making travel treacherous. berlin, only a high of 5, stockholm at 1, and over towards the west, london, you're going to be cooling off, as well, on your friday. 9 expected for your high. here's a look at your extended forecast. ♪ >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. .

towards europe, also seeing some rough conditions, though, across the scandinavian peninsula and northern europe, into poland. poland, 108 kilometer-per-hour winds into the next 24 hours. germany and also austria, as well, about 70 to 90 millimeters of rain due to this low-pressure area continuing linger here, picking up the rough conditions. also seeing heavy rainfall across the alpine regions and over towards the british isles affecting that throughout the coming days as well. temperatures will shape up like this. london and paris autumn-like, into the midteens here. south, though, in madrid, 27 expected at the midpart of your week. here's your extended the forecast. ♪ >>> and that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm keikichi hanada. on behalf of our team, thank you for staying with us.

working for the people of scotland and we could do better resenting ourselves a small prosperous northern europe we're surrounded by the likes of norway are going to do it mark and others so we think we could do better in a country of five and a half million people with a much more direct democracy is going to part of this deliberate it's done well what we want to do is to complete the process and give a normal course of a normal independent state with the you do your own independent scope isn't more to the u.k. and we get by the u.k. pleasing to the e.u. than we could but this is something that really has been proven by official u.k. treasury statistics he was no question scotland will do better economically independent. bringing real currency from the lord of the rings world online we got details of today's exchange rate for the commemorative middle earth coins now in circulation in new zealand instant read online plus a very unexpected arrival as a baby's born on board a russian passenger jet at thirty three thousand feet. back down to worth with a budget to meet he's got the business now so

working for the people of scotland and we could do better resenting ourselves as a small prosperous northern europe we're surrounded by the likes of norway and denmark and others we think we could do better in a country of five million people with a much more direct democracy is going to produce delivered it's done well what we want to do is to complete the process and give the normal course of a normal independent state within the european union independent now one recent opinion poll suggested that the no vote is enjoying a massive twenty five percent lead if that's the case how realistic is the independents project. well those were various pools of sort of various things and what this debate is doing is that the beatles go in there looking at independents as a realistic prospect for many people actually for the first time in their lives that it's always been something that they quite like the review like being scottish would produce a very very clear in our identity of the political question the constitutional question was always a little bit hazy for some people you know essentially firmly on t

the people of scotland and we could do better rid of presenting ourselves as a small prosperous northern europe. surrounded by the use of norway and doing more under those we think we could do better in a country of five million people with a much more direct democracy who's going for the deliberate stone world who want to do is to complete the crucifix and give a normal dose of the normal independence day with the e.u. you want independence so there isn't more to the u.k. than we can keep these a move to the e.u. we could book this is something that really has been proven by official u.k. tours are a statistics you know course it's going to do going to reconnect with. time now for more of the world's news from our there have been for clashes between hundreds of students and police in chile's capital they've been protesting for months over a wall they say limits the right to public assembly violations punishable with up to three years in jail security forces deployed water cannons on the students and made several arrests. the radical islamist cleric abu holmes our has pleaded not guilty to terr

including some of the places in europe and northern europe, the u.k., turning the corner. so southern europe has still got a ways to go. i would say the world after three or four years of being very soft in our business has really firmed up and is doing quite well. >> okay. how do you deal with the perception of the gloom and doom? in other words, if someone were to turn you on and say this man obviously has no real exposure to these economies, he would know better than you, but no one has the exposure you have. >> this is not new news, the fact that europe is in trouble is not new news. that has been more than adequately reflected in our valuation. in fact, i did the math at one point. i thought it was 3x the real impact on us. so i think that's the old news. i think the new news is that after four years of virtually no construction, these markets are getting back into balance. and there are real opportunities going forward. >> you're both disposing and creating, right? you're actually in the build mode. there's not many guys in the build mode. >> we're doing about $1.5 bi

europe, france, largely because northern europe, southern europe, the left always wants to pick the north, the right always wants to pick the south. i always want to pick a german as the neutral territory between. i think france is essentially flat during that period. germany is down for 5%. japan is way down like 10-15% in total hours worked. it's not from a lack of people, if you will. 25 to 30, 35% more hours per working age adult than they do. it's not that it is a logical often take vacation because you can take vacation here if you want. i think we are using restrictions on number of hours worked, to work over more people. it's just a matter of vacation you wouldn't see come in 2007 when u.s. unemployment was essentially zero, they still have very high unemployment, of their young people. you think the one place where you would want the low young employment is with young people who will take over over the next 50 years or so but i think you have to look and say something bad was going on, something that if you your druthers i don't think he would've picked that. >> host: japan i thi

northern europe, belgium, france is where the market for this meeting is. >> who tipped off to this story> i was in the middle of nevada and and as smart horse advocate named laura lee said, you should look at the horse field program and see if anything is slipping out of there, because they will not tell us. we of asked the bureau of land management and it will not give us a straight answer. so we started digging that documents using the freedom of information act. what should was so start immediately. most of the people who are buying horses from the government are buying one or two to be used as a companion animals breed this guy was buying truckloads at a time, sometimes up to 240 horses and one purchase. he accounted for 70% of their sales. >> how much is the purchasing them for? >> they only cost $10. >> alive or is costs $10? how much to the way? >> anywhere between 700 pounds to 1,400 pounds. the government spends thousands of dollars to gather these horses, then ship them to tom davis for free. oftentimes the trucking bill is $5,000. >> where is his farm? >> he lives and a beauti

but there is a democratic revolution taking place across northern europe. in finland and the part called the true fins against the bailout and this crazy system of surrendering democracy nearly won the general election. my party in the unite the kingdom we have over taken the democrats and are third in the polls. there is hope and optimum. people need to start voting differently. >>neil: i love people who put people down in front of their face. >>guest: i never stabbed anyone in the back i do it in the front. >>neil: everyone injuries -- enjoys that. an on to have you. thank you so much. our debt crisis is so important that we are headed to washington on saturday with a very special show countdown to catastrophe, from 10:00 a.m. through noon because if you have not noticed, folks, we hear of a train wreck that could happen in weeks of the election. massive tax hikes and spending cuts that automatically kick in at the end of the year. just what is washington doing about that? nothing. nada. zilch. so we. on a day you will not want to miss, 10:00al on saturda

working faster or farmer trying to grow faster, it is obvious that the product difficult rates in northern europe growing faster than southern europe. that is one of the major problems that need to be addressed over the next couple years. but in the meantime you have to cut the debt. tracy: you're talking about cutting, that's, the ripple effects of cutting the debt. that means a lot of people will not get paid back. that doesn't help the entire eurozone. i can't emergency germany and countries trying to hold on during all of this will accept something like that? >> no. they're not. the imf is probably, has the best playbook for dealing with sovereign credit crises. typically what they do, they go in. they make massive cuts to government employees. massive cuts to government expenditures. they cut the debt and they cut the currency. tracy: right. >> in europe, the imf has not been driving it. they have been pushed to the side by european politicians. and this thing has been festering for the past 3 1/2 years. i think over time they're going to realize that they have to address it fairly quickly o

we used to have an aircraft carrier in the mediterranean now the threat has moved from northern europeown into nagreb in africa. megyn: john mccain said we were not on alert despite the factors we talked about before the break. i want to ask you, these guys were denied to help the ambassador at the annex and like true navy seals they said screw that we are going. and they got out everyone they could who was alive and and they went back to the annex and that's where he died. several hours later after a meeting in the oval office our information is when they got back to the annex they again requested military support and again the request was denied. we are being told that request would have gone to the cia station chief in tripoli. it would have gone to langley and it may have gown into the situation room. is that what you believe would have happened? >> absolutely. it went up into the situation room and into the oval office. let's not kid ourselves. when you lose or have an american ambassador being attacked it goes right to the president. if he doesn't get, you need a new commander-in

he undertook difficult diplomatic missions, but religious and territorial wars in northern europe rageds grew discouraged. he withdrew from court and public life and went home to his baronial house in antwerp. his first wife had long since died. he married the 16-year-old helena fourment. it has been suggested that he was satirically alluding to himself and helena when he painted this aging but lusty satyr carrying off a young nymph. his paintings joyfully and sensually celebrated his love for helena. he purchased the castle of steen and with his family and his titles retired to a twilight fantasy of country life as the lord of steen. rubens' landscapes are suffused with a kind of nostalgia. they evoke a dream of aristocratic life, a life based on the ownership of land. today it's only half an hour by car or train from the landlocked aristocratic landscape that rubens painted to the canals of the dutch netherlands. though not far apart physically, these two societies were as different at heart as their landscapes. the dutch escaped from feudalism by making new land. they built dikes aga

towards the northern continent of europe, isobars are really close to each other, so you can tell it's going to be a gusty day for you in the next 24, about 72 kilometers per hour could be recorded. due to the cold front, things are going to be very showery, scattered. isolated thunderstorms can also pop up across the balkans. but western and central continent looking pretty nice. temperatures are chilling down to 16 here in lon on the, but on the other side, a different story here in athens at 34 degrees. here's our extended forecast. ♪ >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

northern europe and parts of western europe have not been that bad, but you could look at companies basedler, which of course makes mercedes automobiles and it makes commercial vehicles, or even some of the luxury good companies, like ppr or richmont, anything that's kind of consumer discretionary, based in europe, has been transfompled, even tho those are good for the long haul. >> you don't say southern or northern. you don't just go germany or north? >> exactly. we own a company called fiat industrial which is a spin-off of the fiat group that is the owner of case new holland and evekor trucks, they're based in italy but have a good balance sheet, good competitive products. >> yep. >> these are things that just because they're based in italy or based in europe, investors don't want anything to do with them. >> you get to visit the headquarters and go to italy instead of freezing up in finland. >> what about the bric countries? >> the problem with the bric countries is, if you want to buy quality businesses, they're really expensive. i just spent a week and a half in brazil and in chile

i have simplety for mediterranean europe and northern europe. we can't continue this stalemate with sides unwilling to hand things over. it seems to me, we now have no chance of making any headway towards a solution to the crisis before the german elections. and the problems we face is quite simply one of leadership. now, to take a topical example. it's been mentioned in this debate. when the e.u. was awarded, there was bickering immediately about who was going to accept the prize and who what going to make the speech and i started thinking about the political leaders and organizations who actually really deserve to collect that prize for delivering peace in europe, for holding firm during the cold war and challenging the might of the soviet union. i thought of president degaulle and president reagan, and other figures. that seems to me they had one thing in common. they had political courage. the courage to stand firm to take political risks and make sacrifices for what they believed in. and what a sad contrast to modern day europe we find toda

you look at the way these very impressive school-to-work systems operate all over central and northern europe, you know, they are deeply embedded in culture. there's a long tradition, etc., etc. but, you know, the challenge in doing international work is to try to kind of separate out to the degree that you can what is a product of culture, and what is a product of deliberate policy decisions or actions. and jal and i had the experience of working on ontario and finland chapters for an oecd book that, actually, arne duncan commissioned. because he said i'm tired of simply, you know, every four years getting the results from p, isa -- pisa and seeing we're in the middle of the pack. take a close look at those systems that have not only been continuously strong performers, but the reason we're interested in finland is not just its high performance, it's the system in the which social class is the least predictive of educational outcomes, where there's the narrowest within school and between school contradiction. .. for northern european countries and especially for canadian provinces, yes, we s

will be at risk. >> in europe, we should keep in mind that from northern mali, you only have to cross one border in your on the mediterranean. >> he said germany would support a peace transition, but he ruled out military intervention. he said responsibility for stabilizing the region lay with mali's neighbors, but united nations special representatives warned against relying on a military solution. >> we should prepare ourselves for the possibility of intervention, but at the same time, we should do everything possible politically and ethically to avoid that situation. >> despite the seriousness of the crisis, he said he believed there was great willingness in the region to see mali reunited. >> the european court of justice has ruled that airlines must pay airline passenger compensation if flights are delayed for more than three hours. >> the ruling confirms a 2010 decision, which allows passengers to claim up to 600 euros in such cases. several airlines challenged that ruling and refused to pay claims and could now face hefty compensation bills. >> german au

and it's infecting northern europe. is this a slow growth world for some years? the way we're viewing the world right now is that it is. and if you want to talk about the upsides, when we can remove some uncertainties, and november is a key one here in the u.s., but china, which is -- you know, from a good news point of view, starting the see some signs of stabilizing. it's been very unusual these last few quarters to see china weaken as dramatically as it did as they remake their economy. so what's the world going to be like? i think we're going to get a lot more of the same in 2013, and i think we just have to equip ourselves from a cost and a cash point of view, conservative balance sheet, take down your costs, and just assume it's a slow growth world, take the upside if it's there. >> andrew, when to you think you realized this this was going to be the case? i imagine this was a decision in terms of restructuring that you don't take lightly, that's taken months to prepare for and to think about. what was the turning point from your perspective? frankly, you m

it's not like world war ii were the of the north africa campaign and then in northern europe campaign and because the modern battles are fought in just one campaign it is imperative you seize the initiative at the beginning of the battle because you won't have a second chance to go ahead and try to counter attack against your enemy. this is especially important when you face a strong opponent like the u.s. military because the chinese have learned from their history if you let the u.s. military get locked and loaded on your border it's too late and we will steamroll over you. so you've got to do something before the u.s. can build up its forces. consequently what you see, what is prevalent in the chinese military writing is the concept of gaining mastery by striking first which encompasses a lot of things both for our discussion here things like the engine and surprise attacks because what you see is that recognition that you can't let a superior force get built up too much. you have to strike them early perhaps even an adult stage 1 of the enemy is unprepared. how does this relate to

in europe, still in the northern regions, the scandinavian peninsula, and european peninsula looking at unsettled and cool weather. very sunny and warm across much of central portions. vienna, 17. berlin, 20. rome looking at 27 degrees. however, the unstable conditions will be prevailing across the peninsula. any additional precipitation could trigger flooding and mud slides and frequent lightning, hail and gusts are a possibility and temperatures are cooling down due to the cold front passing through the region. here's our extended forecast. >> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us.

the northern part of europe has an economic life. know about the southern part. >> i was waiting to see if you were going to put france on that last. france is the pivot point. >> i won't. if he's going to raise taxes to 75%, forget about it. he's a total socialist. >> what's interesting about france is it's been on the verge of -- no one's been quite sure whether they should consider part of the core or part of periphe periphery. if it's not part of the core, if we can't rely on growth, if we can't rely on it, meaning its deficit projections to a certain extent or just needing more assistance to get spending going again which is capped because there isn't much desire to do the kinds of things that hollande is going, to raise taxes and revenue, bottom line is this, focus shifts to france. if france is vulnerable across the eurozone, it makes the eurozone more vulnerable, complicates relationships between france and germany when they need to negotiate with regards to continued efforts to -- >> we look forward to your reports. >> there

differences and when you look at the way the very impressive systems operate all over central and northern europe they are deeply imbedded in the culture and there's a long tradition, etc., etc.. but the challenge of doing international work is to try to kind of separate out to the degree that you can. what is the product of culture and what is the project of the deliberate policy decisions? we had the experience of working on ontario and finland, chapter four and a book that actually arne duncan commissioned because he said i'm tired of simply every four years getting results from people saying we are in the middle of an attack. would be helpful is if someone would take a close look at the systems that have not only been continuously strong performers, but the reason we're interested in finland is and a tight performance. it's the fact that it's a system in which the social class is the least productive of educational outcomes where the narrow school and between school variants of any country. ontario is a much more relevant comparison for us. you can't use the culture argument, the very effecti

tactics, same principles, and still want, at the end of the day, the -- they cover all of northern africa, southern europe, the middle east. that's what they're stated and intended goal is. and ansar al sharia basically means protector of islam. so they have sworn an oath to do that. so they are that extremist, jihadist group. all of them continue to be dangerous. and the interesting thing, again, soledad, is we also know now that on the 13th of september, there was what we believe is probably an affiliated of al qaeda attack the u.s. embassy in tunisia. four dead, not americans, and they also hit the american school there. nobody's really talking about it. but that tells you the level of coordination and of sheer interest in trying to hit western targets. >> so let's talk about that a little bit, if we can. i want to go through some reports. earlier we were talking about, talking about the "l.a. times" report, which said this, i'll piece of it, said the assault on the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi last month appears to have been an opportunistic attack rather than a long-planned operation. an intel