i'm talking outside now of portugal.e see the country's cost of funding coming down, we see you exiting a bailout program so the surveillance is going to be less and then you say it's a long way away but we're still talking only a year till the next general election potentially. what's the risk here that you pull back on the reforms because these are the questions that are being asked? >> yes, of course, of course. i don't think there could exist a real risk to come back to any responsible government and to in prudent budget policy. i think the general people, the general citizen know very well the cost of responsibility. so we will maintain the fiscal responsibili responsibility, the necessary support to maintain financial stability and we will boost the reform momentum. >> he talked about balancing consolidation and austerity with also trying to get elected and have the parliamentary elections and fresh general elections in portugal next year too and also why he doesn't believe that qe is the answer for europe so plent

wheeler was common in portugal would overcome this challenge along with ireland spain and portugal is yet another example that shows we've chosen the right path considering what portugal has achieved in the past few years it has certainly earned our prey. most. the european commission spring report highlights economic growth throughout the year or so but it warns that member nations must continue to implement economic reforms france because of the major problem. it's that remains far too high despite recent austerity measures. you will blow up the ghost of a fringe element in the uniforms and sustained by. it's all or all of the heap. tim and i have really paid off for your off season. heidi has two teeth the commission will likely issue france the more dire warning and she and when it publishes recommendations for all eu member nations. inconsistency is that leaders of the book what about like extremely low inflation and then drizzled with an open effects of the crisis in ukraine. his goal from conrad was in. the most prominent the most critical risk control of the recovery of the eu

portugal exiting the program leaving only greece.estors to lessen the reliance on china. malaysian and chinese officials are meeting in canbero

portugal exiting the program leaving only greece. searching for new investors to lessen the reliance on china. malaysian and chinese officials are meeting in canberra to plan another leg of the search for mh 370 which disappeared nearly two months ago and nothing has been found. paul allen is with us from sydney now. where do they go from here? the think that will be number one question they will be asking themselves. the chief of the australian effort, angus houston, this meeting is to figure out where -- you go from here. officials are putting their heads together to decide what to do next. 58 days in and absolutely nothing has been found. they owe itn says to the families of the missing to continue with the search. -- he is confident that they're focused on the right area. they announced that the aerial search for debris is done. anything floating is presumably no longer. the search is now exclusively underwater with the submersibles covering 400 square kilometers of the ocean floor. yete said, nothing found and this is now the lo

that really is a sign of where portugal is at the moment.the government has been cutting back for a long time because of the crisis. it's got public finances back in order. what's going on here looks a lot better. the people aren't feeling it. they're still unemployed, still don't have jobs. birth rate is declining. people are moving out of the country. in that sense, what's going on in portugal is a warning sign for the rest of western europe where it's facing debt problems. >> is that shared sentiment in warsaw or a different atmosphere there? >> reporter: it is a different atmosphere. i'm at a park in warsaw where there's a celebration going on. you can see a former royal palace. there's a concert on the other side of the this lake. they're celebrating ten years in the you' european union. not just poland but other places in urine. for most places that is eu's biggest single achievement, the fact it broke down the eastern and western europe. the issue now is a lot of economic issues involved in elections. a lot of people in europe want to

joao goulao directs portugal's drug policy and is the chief architect of this strategy.ou took a very innovative, very aggressive, and -- a lot of people would say -- very risky step. this policy came out of the trauma the country experienced in the 1990s, when it was ravaged by a drug epidemic. in this small nation, as many as one out of 100 people were addicted to heroin. in this notorious drug ghetto, thousands of users bought and sold heroin openly every day. but rather than strengthen their drug laws, the portuguese chose to relax them. i know a lot of people that are watching this show right now are probably thinking, "they decriminalized all drugs. are they crazy?" dr. goulao says drug addiction is a disease just like any other -- not a matter of weakness, but biology. still, there's a difference between eating too many cupcakes and shooting yourself with heroin. >> yes, but... >> here, instead of going to jail, anyone caught with drugs meets with a panel led by a street-smart counselor like nuno capaz... >> [ speaking portuguese ] >> ...who encourages users to ge

the time portugal's become the second e.u. nation know to shake off the shackles of the international bailout program but even though three years of the harshest austerity are formally over economists are a longer heads whether there's reason to celebrate quite yet and here's why unemployment is still lingering around fifteen percent despite government claims the economy is returning to growth there's still a long way to go to full recovery the bugs say they need more reforms to resume lending also new data shows a drop in portugal g.d.p. in the first quarter of this year with that analysts say the country is too dependent on foreign investment add to that the fact that portugal's debt level is at a startling one hundred thirty percent of its output there's no water in two hundred fourteen billion euros in the red. european lead disagree making an example of portugal referring to austerity is painful but the right medicine for the country's ills for many ordinary people it's come at a really high price protests against deep sp

portugal is officially off the e.u. bailout of hope but it isn't out of the woods we'll take a look at whether the country can now stand on its own feet after years of painful austerity. a very warm welcome to you if you've just joined us here on our to international live from moscow are you with me. genetically modified foods are widely treated with suspicion but in russia producers could end up being classed as terrorists a bill has been submitted to palm ended six radically to crease the punishment for farmers that violate g.m. regulations artes you got the skin off has more. pictures like these are becoming common in different parts of the globe in the us janitor brazil germany and china g.m. foods are beginning to dominate entire sections of the market for instance up to eighty five percent of born and around ninety percent of soybeans are genetically modified in the states alone after entering the world trade organization russia was also planning to widen its g.m. foods market but now the country is making a u. tu

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>> day to live ecb's forum in portugal. the ceo expect some central banking action. >> and will most likely be action in the interest rates and the negative deposit on the ecb. electainian president vyes to step up anti-rebel operations. we will get reaction from the former jordan president. >> investors say yes. the ipo of the subsidiaries later today is going to be announced. >> welcome to countdown. >> a warm welcome to the program everybody. it is 6:00 here in london. bloomberg reporters a standing by around the world ready to deliver stories. we are looking for clues from the ecb forum on any potential action. with detailskiev on the president-elect plans to stop separatist violence and caroline hyde is on the lookout for potential short sale. >> we have some big interviews coming your way today on countdown. how does a 44% return on your money sound? that is how much is happening. we will have an exclusive chat with the ceo of feder holk nielsen. we will spoke to that speak to the former president of georgia. that is

portugal is standing on their own two feet. portugal can tell its voters, look, we have made a progression. 8-year low.sts, debt to gdp climbing to 130%. byudget deficit target of 4% the end of this year. that needs to come down to 3%. the challenges are still there. they still need to reform. there are going to be cuts on the way to meet those targets. >> thank you very much indeed. jonathan ferro bringing us the latest on portugal. i think it is about time for another bloomberg exclusive. in germany, news about the siemens reorganization is leaking out. now they are finalizing the sale of their airports and logistics infrastructure business. david tweed has the story. put this in context. put this into the siemens strategy for us. >> we have heard that this business is up for sale to a group led by wilbur ross. about whatw more exactly will happen after the supervisory board meeting, which will take place tomorrow. on wednesday, we have the strategy review which we have been waiting for since he took over the chief executive

we will talk more about portugal.lked to me about what we are seeing overseas, m&a, access to being moved around. we are going to be looking at siemens shares all week. the strategy review coming up on wednesday. we will see the current data. and also speaking about the story they are back to sell the airport infrastructure unit. this seems to be part of the strategy to get rid of the underperforming units and by ones that are doing better. >> looking forward to that. show.s the jon ferro what those are you watching? >> would like to spread it. the ftse. data out of the u.s. the rest of europe is open. london is a little lazy. let's check out the markets. the currency is close. the cac 40 is down stuck germany, exports. chinese manufacturing. a fourth straight month that the hsbc reading is an contraction. not just in contraction but a mix. it is playing out in the fx market. the aussie dollar is trading a little lower through the morning. coming back as the hours progress. australia's central bank meets later tonight

meanwhile portugal has become the second e.u. country to exit a bailout program after three years of a painful austerity however lisbon's regaining control over its finances does not mean that it is done with restrictive measures that appears portugal's economic troubles are far from over now unemployment is still lingering out around fifteen percent despite the government's claims that the economy is returning to growth there is still a. long way to go to a full recovery with banks and meeting the more reforms to resume lending now new data is also showing a drop in portugal's g.d.p. in the first quarter of this year with analysis saying the country is too dependent on foreign investment add to that the fact that portugal's debt level is at a startling one hundred thirty percent of its output that is in i water and two hundred fourteen billion euros in the red brussels insists that lisbon must not stop half way and must continue with reforms and restrictive budgetary policies it is ordinary people that will continue carrying the

you mentioned portugal. it has been in europe for a long time. finally, you have good news coming out of europe and it is completely overshadowed by ukraine. unemployment rates are staggeringly high particularly in southern europe, but finally the story has gone from crisis to recovery and yet they are in crisis once again. >> seems the pmi has inched up and also inflation. less chance to the ecb -- >> as recently as a month ago, suggesting -- >> if inflation is not a concern, why would the ecb need to react to my right -- react, right? >> they wanted to continue the same tradition and the germans would not have gotten involved. the united states, if we look at the payroll numbers, the wage pressure is still very moderate. we see some potential inflation pick up. still, the wage is [indiscernible] this is a so-called ideal situation. improving while inflation is lacking. >> let's look at the bottom line. gdp, gross debt. these figures are the facts. say it is recovery or better confidence? any knock on the markets could just -- >> we were talking

. >>> portugal's three-year bailout program is officially over. westernmost country in europe has one of the worst hit by the eurozone crisis. but there are signs now of economic growth. barnaby phillips now reports. >> reporter: the streettheththef lisbon have been invaded. they come in shapes and sizes and all cater to visitors who come to admire this beautiful city. i took a ride in daniel's side car. he guides tourists around the old town. an entrepreneur who sniffed out opportunity i in the midst of crisis. >> i see more and more potential for portugal. people are coming. tourism is a big thing around here. sometimes people should risk a little bit more and not be afraid. >> reporter: in downtown lisbon more risk takers, but these ones are high-tech geeks launching apps and building websites. the rent paid by the city council so that creativity can flourish. andre has sold one tech company and is launching another. he said this is portugal's future. >> the websites are where you can sell anywhere in the world. the opportunity is actually huge

portugal is officially off. but is it out of the woods yet so we take a look at whether the country can stand on its own feet after years of painful austerity. welcome to our g international when live from moscow it's seven pm here in the capital here with me with say. genetically modified food treated with suspicion but in russia produces could end up being classed as terrorists a bill has been submitted to parliament that seeks radically to increase the punishment for farmers that violate g.m. regulations are going up as more. teachers like these are becoming common in different parts of the globe in the u.s. canada brazil germany and china g.m. foods are beginning to dominate the entire sections of the market for instance up to eighty five percent of born in their own make the percent of soybeans are genetically modified in the states alone after entering the world trade organization russia was also planning to widen its g.m. foods market but now the country is making a u. turn on the box. so we have to prote

mario draghi gets set to speak at the first ecb for them in southern portugal. -- forum in southern portugal. a warm welcome. it has just gone 7:00 here in london this monday morning. we have big interviews. the former italian prime minister will be joining us for an exclusive conversation coming up after 8:00 london time. and a check on the impacts of the ukraine russia crisis. we will also be speaking with the cfo coming up in an hours time. back to our top story. elected billionaire as president. ryan has the details. poised to winut the vote. 1/5 of votes are counted. exit polls show him winning with a convincing lead. he is an experienced politician. the minister and has navigated ukraine through various presidents. he is also a billionaire. i spoke with him just after he got off the stage. he was like a businessman and very optimistic. >> it's a great opportunity. >> to build and demonstrate -- my partners have succeeded in a short time. ukraine should be and would be a paradise not only for ukrainian people. also for investors. >> it is not investors but separatists they will have to

portugal is to become the third european union country to exit the bailout program following content and spain. i mean is tatted up russia's plan to make the announcement on sunday evening saying like dumping he would not be seeking a credit line safety net the european central bank when the financial program and slave to this month to set my composure cookbooks to go on and off the omega seventeen ten to fourteen will go down in portugal's history he said. the day for old portuguese people. it comes to the coast and we wouldn't have come so far. it would be the day of any governmental political party in may the seventeenth will be your day. my setup for you the decision comes up to three years of dpm took an austerity measures which could now one of the repealed i let it rise of us moms successful return to the bond markets political tussle consist requesting a seventy billion euro rescue from the eu and imf. arum said more than one hundred female students kidnapped by suspected islamist insurgents in nigeria say the government has not done enough to rescue their loved ones. the mot

spain, 25%, portugal, one third.ntries get the demand for credit, he wants to know what the supply is very at it might not be up to meet it here he wants to bridge that. that? s he does tho >> there is this proposition that the bond market is retired. >> there is a bit of a cooling off in the initial share sales. last week we had the story with saga. the price they got further the shares was not at the highest end. there was concern that the demand was not there for -- from there is aal -- little bit of caution on getting a hand on initial share sales. it is not putting off the likes of lloyd's who know they want to and on thehares down table before the summer lull. stay with bloomberg television. .ostelection blues we see a bit of a dip in the equity market. follow me on twitter. i'm up early these days. ♪ . . rex the ipo frenzy continues. lloyds plans a share sale of its tsb unit. >> and ibm is caught in the crossfire. china pushes them to remove service as a dispute with the u.s. over spying escalates. >> and a bl

in portugal about 35% of youth are struggling to find work there. and with fears that youth unemployment leads to joblessness later on in life. there's talk of a lot of jerp ace -- generation. barnaby phillips reports. >> reporter: two months after leaving scal, sara -- school, sara's day is predictable - looking in the pap paper for jobs. many offer contract work. today she has gone to an interview. she's been to 20 in recent weeks. she tries not to get her hopes up. >> translation: i send cvs, people don't reply, if they do, they tell me i have no experience. after so many nos, i start to lose motivation and stay at home. it's difficult to get a job. >> the problem for young people who suffered unemployment in a country like portugal is that there may be long-term consequences. economists believe that their future career prospects, their earnings and their happiness can be affected by a spell of youth unemployment. and so even as economies start to grow in southern europe, the consequences of this crisis could be felt for decades to come. claudia

the babies born today will grope up in a different portugal. if the recovery is sustained the burred an of looking after the old will be a legacy of this economic crisis. >>> the pakistan prime minister says the country is on a war footing to deal with the spread of polio. the world health organization asked pakistan, cameroon and syria to ensure visitors are vaccinated for polio. the who says the disease has been diagnosed in 10 counties. this year there has been 74 registered cases worldwide. 59 were in pakistan. nicole johnston reports. >> reporter: there's a heavy security presence in areas like the khyber agency. soldiers are here to protect health workers. they have been attacked by the taliban, who accused them of providing cover for spies. the government has announced a major immunization campaign. the problem is getting to the remote areas. >> really more steps are required to ensure that all children are on a consistent basis in the tribal belt. >> reporter: the government directed that people in the tribal areas will have to be vacci

and portugal becomes the second state to exit its. what did again three years of crippling a stare at. what you are hearing national coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshing now it's been called frankenstein food while the science behind it is accused of dangerously . toying with nature and in russia it could be branded terrorist genetically modified food and its potential negative health effects are making russia take steps are going off explains what's behind the harsh measures to criminalize producers pictures like these are becoming common in different parts of the globe in the u.s. gathered to brazil germany and china g.m. foods are beginning to dominate entire sections of the market for instance up to eighty five percent of order and around ninety percent of soybeans are genetically modified in the states alone after entering the world trade organization russia was also planning to widen its g.m. foods market but now the country is making a u. turn on the policy. so if we have to protect our citizens from g.m.o. product

after years of imposing unpopular austerity measures portugal makes a clean exit from its bailout. the country's prime minister made the announcement that portugal was exiting the three-year, $108- billion rescue package without a precautionary credit line from lenders. the move is considered something of a gamble as portugal continues to struggle with high unemployment and debt. in other financial news out of the euro-zone -- the european commission predicts slower growth as low inflation remains a threat. maryland's governor has signed into law a higher minimum wage in that state. workers will start earning at least $10.10 an hour by july of 20-15. the state's current minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. seattle's mayor says he plans to raise the minimum wage in that city to $15 per hour over the next three to seven years. seattle is the first major u-s city to commit to such an increase. in today's cover story, job creation is behind a renewed effort in the u-s senate to bring the keystone x-l pipeline to a vote, perhaps as early as this week. how many jobs the keystone x-l pipeline

let's go to portugal now. the nation will exit its three-year bailout program without a credit line. portugal will not need further help from its bailout lenders. ferro joins us now the details. >> it is just three years after that bailout. line,caution or credit clearly confidence in portugal's own abilities. are is where portuguese when costs are on a 10 year yield right now. 3.6%. this is a level we have not seen in some eight years. that is some turnaround. the question i've been asking the confidence justified? what is the cause of these yields being down here? it is the bets on the europe turnaround? or is it the search for yields that have come to somewhat overextended levels. what does that mean as we go forward? is it a false sense of security? politics, it me for jon? >> is good news. we can all celebrate and pop the champagne, can't we? the fiscally conservative germans can say this is good. to see the problem? look at the debt challenges for the likes of portugal. borrowing costs at an eight year l

portugal is officially off the e.u.bailout of hope but is it out of the woods to take a look at a way.

. >> reporter: the crisis almost destroyed portugal. the bailout from the eu saved it. economic recovery. the huge public sector cuts and the economy took a massive drop. poland still feels like a place on the up. eu has helped modernize is country giving development aid. not just warsaw but the huge poland economy too. apple trees are in blossom. poland is the biggest export in the world. this farm has benefitted as being part of the world's largest single market. in 2004 the owner told bbc he was skeptical. not anymore. >> a lot has happened. products are better now. we sell all over europe. last ten years was good. >> a huge number still look for work a broad. free movement in eu has been a lifeline. a few are now returning home. change has been slow. over time, opportunities here's will increase. >> it's completely different. it really changed for the better. there are more opportunities, more freedom. >> it is complicate add because average salaries are well below western urp. they doubled in the last ten years. the difference is people here at least have the hope

about portugal, the secretary of state to the prime minister for portugal has been speaking about the ecb. olivia sterns do the interview. he talked about policy changes and what he would like to see from the central bank. ecb meeting is coming up. it is expected that mario draghi will cut rates. do you think that is the right thing to do? on that as amment person but not a government official. i think the ecb will take the decision that you expect and a expect, ition makers is not a point for the portuguese government. >> the pure economics of it, what impact would a rate cut have? >> for a country like portugal, that would be a positive impact for sure. i could not measure that impact as a government official. -- there were no rate cuts previously because of the translation mechanism not working. you set rates in frankfurt, do they get disseminated to a country like portugal? if there are cutting rates, is there a sense that the transmission mechanism is fixed question mark >> when mario draghi talks about contractors, about the inflation across the eurozone. he wants to address tha

. >> the ecb forum in portugal.arth shattering will he knew from the man himself except for the fact -- nothing earth shatteringly new from the man himself. portugal interested in and southern portugal, you get -- trying to get my words out. >> this is the european jackson hole, isn't it. >> yes. >> everybody wants to have a mountainous retreat. but the first-ever, so big deal. >> you're watching poroshenko with what looks like a landslide victory. >> he is poised to become president of ukraine. almost 2/3 of the vote counted and he is 54%, which allows them to avoid a second round. that is a most old news because there's more fighting in the east. the pretests were busy -- separatists have seized an airport in the east of the country and poroshenko says he the military operations there. the foreign minister saying that would be a colossal mistake. definitely be watching the east of ukraine. >> hans, your following the european parliamentary elections. >> the overall story is the right-wing and left-wing parties cam

portugal's constitutional court has rejected austerity measures that are part of the country's budget for this year to do with after lisbon exited its bailout from international creditors. the budget provisions include a wage cut for public employees as well as taxes on unemployment and health benefits. despite cutting its deficit in half, portugal's economy still contracted in the first quarter of 2014 and public debt continues to rise. is less than two weeks until the football world cup kicks off in brazil, but protests continue in rio de janeiro, and authorities say they have called in the armed forces to help. the additional 20,000 police and soldiers have deployed throughout real. security has been tightened at the other 11 match venues. over the last year, brazil has been rocked by a wave of protests against the high cost of staging the world cup and critics say the money can be better spent on social services. turning to the on-field action, and among the top favorites to win the world cup, of course, argentina, with a great squad, no denying it, and most observers believed tea

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one here in portugal. and one run by the metropolitan police in london.s that mass investigation which is now promising activity within weeks. prosecutors here have approved a series of requests from the uk detectives. now, it will fall to portuguese police officers to carry out the work. the british will only be here as observers. but it seems like a significant step forward for the operation which has been running for three years and cost millions of pounds. it's been reported one of the british police requests has been searches and possible digging in areas of luge. detectives here in portugal have told the bbc that no work is planned at the moment. but this community can expect to find itself once again at the heart of a major active investigation. bbc news, luge. >>> stay with us here on "gmt" on bbc world news. still to come, america joins in the search for more than 200 missing schoolgirls in nigeria. we take a look at security in that country. what impacts have these abductions had, for example, on nigeria's reputation as an economic power house?

among the matches scheduled there, a clash between team usa and portugal. all right, oslo. donors in oslo have pledged more than 100 million euros for south sudan. 51 nations have gathered in the norwegian capital to discuss the situation. >> but the u.n. says much more is needed to prevent saddam -- famine in south sudan. the u.n. warns that the country is facing a humanitarian crisis. >> the southern african nation of malawi has held presidential and parliamentary elections. the incumbents head of state choice banda is facing a stiff challenge from 11 other candidates. >> banda's reputation has suffered severely from a corruption scandal. this is expected to be the tightest race since the one that ended two-party rule a decade ago. >> voters cast their ballots in southern allowing. apart from the weather, the election has been smooth. president banda can look to areas like this for backing. outside, the government's farm subsidy schemes are popular. >> the development we have seen needs to continue. that is why i'm here. >> i'm voting for someone who makes food available

portugal? spain and ,ou have massive unemployment over 20%. why are there no far right parties there? as far as this piece is concerned, what is happening is which haveuntries managed integration in terms of migration and immigration, they are the ones that have succeeded in having a unified society and not a divided society with farm right groups gaining sway. i thought i was fascinating because it away spain and portugal are showing an example to the north of europe where we see the brits and the netherlands upset about these issues. >> we have the majority of countries that will vote on sunday, august 21 countries -- that is 21 countries. one country not part of the selections will be holding their own poll. buddies ukraine for the key presidential election -- that is ukraine for the key presidential election. >> one of the foundations of the crisis it has had is it wanted to join the european union in the first place. janokovic said no. the poll is for president. thenew man on the block, post has a piece about him. is looking at whether he

member of the european parliament of portugal, and the e.u.'s election observer in egypt. thank you. >>> al jazeera is continuing to demand the release of its journalists held in egypt. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have now been held in prison for 150 days. their trial has been adjourned until 1st june. they are accused of conspiring with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects the charges against its staff. >>> a fourth journalist abdullah al-shami has been held in cairo prison without charge for more than nine months. abdullah al-shami's lawyer filed a third grievance to the attorney-general demanding his release and requires a medical report to document his poor health. >>> the nigerian military ruled out the use of force to retrieve girls kidnapped. the army says it has located the girls, but claims launching an offensive may get them killed. they were taken from their school in borno state by boko haram fighters in april. >> we know where the militants are, leave us alone, we are working. we'll get the girls back. when the president

economic heavyweights are gathered in portugal for an ecb forum on central banking.ne key question on everybody's ond, is draghi ready to step the stimulus battle? we are joined by a senior economist at bern byrnes. berenberg bank. what do you think is coming? >> a rate cut, 90% probability is what we see. we should know how it is going to work as well. probably something else as well. that's something else should be of ahing along the lines small asset purchase program. >> professor of international economics at the brandeis international business school said, "i would like to see an example, somewhere in the world, someone who is successfully securitized for medium-enterprise bonds." what is your reply? >> i totally agree with this. thatay argue, in the u.s., some of this works. in germany in 2004, there was a big initiative where they tried to do this and they ended up with a securitization program where car loans were tied. buys these car loans, that is not going to help the euro zone economy as much as an sme-abs purchase program would. >> how big is the risk? w

. >> reporter: portugal's most famous son hast just come home. catcchristiano ronaldo with anor moment in the spotlight. another opportunity to inspire. greatness on the football pitch always leads--if you think ronaldo is just a footballer think again. here in portugal he is an icon, inspiration molding the minds of millions of youngsters. and it's not just portuguese youngsters that ronaldo inspires. it appears he's global. >> i think he needs to be more of a team player now. >> reporter: this is where ronaldo began his career, as an 11-year-old. himself following in the footsteps of the likes of fig o and deco. >> when i was there for the kids, there is a lot of pressure. >> ronaldo was paid the equivalent of $12 a game as a ball boy. his first income from football. today he receives an estimated $45 million a year. every young player in this city wants to be the next ronaldo and an impossible dream. but to be likelynal do, that's that's--to be lik like ronaldo, that's a possible goal. we see the ronaldo effect firsthand. >> everything is refl

england, meanwhile, are spending a week in portugal before traveling to miami and then on to the bigame in brazil. >> portugal, miami, brazil -- that's a great location. >> that's all we have time for right now. thanks so much for joining us. >> bye-bye. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- w?q?q?q?q?q?gg99Ññwçça7guc >> welcome back to the newsroom. you are watching "france 24.a" a deal between russia and beijing. they call it the biggest contract with the former ussr, and militants strike again as workers are searching through bombs one day after twin killed one hundred 18 people, and floodwaters recede in the balkans, revealing devastation. swisspromising

. >> reporter: portugal's famous son came home. cristiano ronaldo is in lisbon for the final against atletico - another moment in the spotlight, an opportunity to ipp spire. >> greatness on a football pitch leads to responsibility off it. if you think cristiano ronaldo is a footballer kicking a piece of plastic for millions, think again. here in portugal, he's an icon, an inspiration, moulding the mines of millions of youngsters. >> it's not just portuguese youngsters that cristiano ronaldo inspires. his appeal is global. >> he has learnt from the past, that he needs to be more of a team player. this is where cristiano ronaldo began his career. as an 11-year-old. himself following in the footsteps of the lights of lewis feto and deco. >> an example for the kids, and you have responsibilities, but he knows what to do. there's a lot of pressure, the people look for us. >> cristiano ronaldo was paid the equivalent of $12 a game as a ball boy here at the sporting stadium. his first income from football. today he receives an estimated $

in portugal becomes the second state to exit its painful bailout but what did again during three years of crippling a sterile and. you find. you. it's rude crude election campaign to get young people to vote in the european elections we get reaction to demarcus rather crass canvassing . is that i am in the russian capital you're watching our tina national with me marina joshie welcome to the program well it's been cold frankenstein food while the science behind it is accused of dangerously toying with nature and in russia it could be branded terrorist genetically modified food and its potential negative health effects are making russia take steps artistic work is going off explains what's behind the harsh measures to criminalize producers. pictures like these are becoming common in different parts of the globe in the us gather brazil germany and china g.m. foods are beginning to dominate entire sections of the market for instance up to eighty five percent of corn and around eighty percent of soybeans are genetically modified in the states alone after entering the world trade organizati

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it's a colossal problem if somebody goes to the left side desperate for food in wartime portugal and says it's on the road to economic recovery and is to fix it if they are proponents of this month ukraine's acting president says police and security forces support from moscow that is a colossal problem in the east of the country. his comments come after dozens of people were killed in a fire and touches of the southern port city of odessa. as ukraine's below the conflict spread from the east to the side. he said a russian special forces with the stabilizing the country but it does so with most bands under the pressure of separatism. the money's there who will call the police itself which for twenty years of trained to do other things to protect the eisenhower them to take over people's businesses in the dome able to take a look constitutional role of protecting the life and wellbeing of people. it's a colossal problem. moreover many of them a release of depressing to separate a script but this one. he says the russian speakers face threats from ukrainian nationalist militants some ba

and finally here's a look at out portugal's debt to g.d.p. ratio it is only increase yeah from eighty three point seven percent in two thousand and ten to one hundred twenty nine percent of the course of the crisis so edward this looks bad to me but what are the fundamentals that investors are seeing here or is this just kind of the. langley chasing yield. here the problems that. we have a chart on this basically internal devaluation means lower prices and lower wages that's what europe is trying to go for because you can't go for external devaluation since it's part of the euro but lower wages they're not a problem when you look at prices when prices are low george selden he spoke to was a great economist. someone of a libertarian he says you know deflation is actually good to lower wages in and of themselves aren't bad at all it's actually when you have a lower wages and lower prices together that you have a problem because what happens then is that the lower wages mean lower consumption and when you have lower consumption and high debt tog

concerned about them and spain, and portugal.it will be a big benefit for those countries if you get the targeted rfo. thecaught up with secretary of state. >> the ecb will make the decision that you expect and a lot of opinion makers expect. that could be positive. >> it is clear this will benefit orchard goal. -- portugal. it will benefit spain. what is clear is they need to do something for these countries. these guys are profitable and they make money. but they are financially constrained. areird of those in portugal financially constrained. that is huge and will dampen the recovery. weigh on inflation. is the local factor, the individual local factor. thes the conversation >> -- bank of england coming out with a new survey. >> thank you. bet on fitness is starting to pay off. the company has committed millions of dollars to sponsoring group fitness events. such as the spartan race. crossfit games. >> that, i have done. >> you can tell us about it. a new workout concept. i am surrounded by fitness fanatics. caroline is here.

the other hand does with denmark east india portugal fronds and pendants. this country's doing the best at making time since the eighteenth was signed chris played by training and in spain. are such a larger beads are from the caf cup celebrate the second successive league title over bowl coming up the sport. our session i were crowned league one champions on wednesday for the second season in a row and a full time. the club's history the capital club on the crown earlier in the day went closest rivals moment of truth cup winners jungle despite missing a gate with a red light for the day she will enjoy an unassailable seven point lead over the edge of the top picture matches remaining. it caps off a fine season. warne's man who was one of the cab reached the quarterfinals of the champions league brazil coach luiz felipe arena in his twenty three man world cup squad on wednesday with the most notable absentees bring ac milan panic after improving europe. the semi on home soil brazil will be hunting a record extending six world cup crown. sharjah the defendan

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