is once again intensifying its presence in southeast asia so it may be inevitable that china would want to counterbalance the u.s. by carrying out joint drills in the area, especially with thailand. countries involved in territorial disputes in the south china sea will be wary. >> reporter: china and the u.s. are both keenly aware of each other's efforts to increase their presence in the south china sea. which of the two powers will gain a greater influence remains to be seen. nhk world, bangkok. >>> the euro zone jobless rate remains at record high levels. the european commission, the eu's executive body, announced on friday that unemployment in the 16-nation zone using the euro stood at 10.1% since november, the worst figure since the common kurnly was introduced in 1999. the jobless rate in the zone has stayed above 10% since may this year with no signs of improving. >>> two of japan's major electronics make bounced back to profitability during the first six months of their fiscal year ended in september. on friday sony reported a net profit of about $706 million, compared with a los

speaking of southeast asia. which. i think the situation here is quite more obvious than in south africa on the lights in america and i think we have actually never left the region to go for that we have friendly answers as you have our question relations with most other countries here so we have basically nothing to restore here which is need to. get those relations up to a higher level we have always been friends with the socialist republic of vietnam in those relations have now been instructed to think that this is the way to go in the future but i know what i'm saying is that we need to seek new approaches it's we can't live on. alone we need to find new projects we need to find a new series of corporation including high technology alternative energy including atomic energy. with them that we have signed an agreement on tomorrow and i think the prospects are very good here in this respect. melissa president agree with me. we. fully agree. with mr medvedev and i would also like to add. that if he had a nominee in th

the operator fuji brand clothing also plans to boost procurement of supplies from southeast asia. the firm says there have been delays in production in china due worker and wage disputes. the fast retailing retailer says it is also stepping up efforts to find suppliers outside of china. >>> japan armz undergoing corporate rehabilitation has seen its six-month operating profits improve from the same period last year due mainly to the strong japanese currency against the dollar. j.a.l. announced on tuesday that its operating profit from the april to september period was some $1.3 billion. in the same six month last year the airline recorded about $1.2 billion in losses. the sharp turnaround is mainly drew to a drastic drop in fuel costs thanks to the stronger yen and to cost-cutting measures including those for personal expenditures and rent for real estate. the airline will ask for more of its employees to apply for voluntary retirement. jal wants to cut its workforce by 270. >>> britain's economic slowdown in the third quarter as concerns about the future linger for the u.s. and e

it is not just one community but many communities that come from north asia, south asia, southeast asiae pacific islands. all of us are here to pay homage to the leaders getting awards but also to thank the heritage committee for all the work they have done. can we call up claudia chang to presenter this proclamation? it was not for her and the committee, this would never have happened. please give her a round of applause. [applause] all the committee members are on page three or four of the handbook. problems, a political system in which to many people have lost faith, and the new government will face the worst inheritance of any incoming government for least 60 years. that is exactly why it is so important that we have strong, stable government that lasts. a strong, stable government, which has the support of the public to take the difficult decisions that are needed if we are going to put this country back on the right track for a stronger future. there is one further point i want to make. i believe that it is not just important for this country to have strong and stable government.

. $13 billion a year was siphoned off of the economy in southeast asia alone, trillions of dollars a year is lost by corruption. you cannot compensate for these losses. >> to view our short a corporation or even individual donors who are making a commitment, that they have some reasonable assurance that the money is going with a want it to go? that is a tough one. who is keeping count here? >> 15 years ago, it very bad start, but look at this country today. within 80% have access to medical services it. -- more than 80% have access to medical services it. within one year of the targeted intervention, they decrease the number of deaths by 66% in one country, so they can be done if there is political will, financial support, and if there is a good strategy. we have enough partners to make good advances in. >> can the united nations folks laid down the law to a country and say we are going to make this much aid available but we really want to know where it is going and how it is being used? how do you measure some of the progress we have already talked about? >> we are talking -- we are

atomic energy in asia pacific in it is not just china and vietnam and some other countries of southeast asia russia is very much. interested in investment from asia pacific countries one interesting figure. during the here is a year or years of economic crisis for investment into russia from the west decreased. but if you look at asia pacific. foreign investment from asia pacific to russia tripled during the time of crisis there is a very important development so also in one of your recent interviews you called russia a hero pacific country does russia sate self as one i think russia should consider itself as you are a pacific power. russia is still looking for its identity some people say russia is a european country and it is because our culture is european and our trade relationship mostly with the european union more than sixty percent of foreign trade on the other hand russia is bigger than europe. eurasia country because most of its territory is in asia and there is also quite an important side of the russian life but in my mind for russia the most promising geopolitical reintegration

. >> africa and southeast asia are the places that you would expect. >> back on the fraser river near vancouver, scientists are carrying out the detailed processes that has to do with management of salmon on this river. that makes salmon the exception and not the rule. >> we have to keep the net up. >> they are keep -- keeping track of how many fish are ending up back here. the team landed 200 chum. they are weighed and measured, sliced and they are ordered. this plays a big part in how much fishing is allowed. >> the story of the salmon is a tiny threat in the global fishing industry. eggs from these salmon are sent to japan. any consumer wanted to make a sustainable choice faces the same dilemma. how best to weigh off consumption versus conservation. there is a deep cultural connection to the fish here. how to measure these fish are the bigger picture. it is a government struggle to manage this resource. regulations will have to continue to juggle the demands and vested interests. they could strive for as complete of a picture as possible. until nobody is listening to a warning of a

the diversity of marine life is especially great in the seas of southeast asia, the of tens of thousands of species. these bizarre looking creatures are jellyfish in the atlantic ocean. another big surprise was the discovery of an unknown species in the waters of both north and south poles. these winged mollusks are an example. it is not known how the creatures could have traversed the warm and equatorial waters, one of many new puzzles the census has brought to light. >> an amazing number of people worked on this project, more than 2700 scientists. the project involved almost 700 research institutions. one of them is the german center for marine and biodiversity. a scientist their shared his excitement in identifying new species with us. >> he spent 10 years on the deep sea project, documenting the diversity of life forms. the harvested a vast number of species, most of which are still unknown. his team was delighted when they studied creatures like this anglerfish. >> there was a commotion on board when the net came up with such a big fish. we would consult our literature to find out w

. >> wildlife researchers have discovered 150 new species in the area surrounding a river in southeast asia in 2009. this includes a fish with curved thanks, a snake without fangs -- a fish with fangsfangs, -- wi th fangs, a snake without fangs. the report said that the species could be threatened by plans to build a hydroelectric dam. the u.s. has apologized for the nato helicopter attack that killed at least two pakastani soldiers and provoked the fury of the government in islamabad. the be helicopter pilots mistook the soldiers for insurgents. more news on the website -- bbc.com/news. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for

strong yen continues, more companies are shifting their production units overseas, particularly to southeast asia. do you see more transfers up ahead? and what kind of economic effects does this have? >> yes. i think the trend will continue for a long time and it will strengthen when we see higher yen. this is rational because they are going to search for higher profits, higher sales. so the market is there. so they go there naturally. however, from the standpoint of macro economics, from the standpoint of japanese domestic economy, this is a tragedy. in the phase of hollowing out, japanese corporates invest mostly overseas. they employ personnel overseas, not in japan. whereas japanese fiscal situation's very severe, so japan needs more economic growth, more tax revenue, more investment, more people employed. so there's a twist between micro rational decision and macro tragic situation. so i think we should recognize this twist. >> that was chief market economist yasunari ueno at mizuho securities. next is a recap of the latest market figures. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> that's all for now in biz news. back to cat

it's becoming a source of concern for all members of asean, the southeast asia nations. the united states has shown concerns about it. on september 24 president barack obama excessed intentions to reinforce relations with asean. >> this represents asean's growing importance and the cooperation between us and the united states. as a pacific nation the united states has an enormous stake in the people and the future of asia. >> a joint statement was issued. it said they reaffirmed the importance of regional peace and the peaceful settlement of dispute. it was their message to china. chinese premier surprised japan, asean countries and the u.s. when he made the following remarks at the u.n. general assembly in new york on september 23rd. >> translator: china will never compromise on the sovereignty and maintenance of territories. >> amid concerns over china's military expansion in the south china sea, the u.s. sent a carrier. the u.s. and vietnam has not had any notable military exchanges since the vietnam war. the u.s. also deployed ilts most advance unmanned surveillance

a devastating flood hit southeast asia.ere was so much more, so much just life unfolding in the sunlight, while they waited inside the earth. it's not something that's easy to contemplate. it's unsettling, stifling, even, to think about it. because being trapped, and the really striking thing was, once they got those cameras down there, we could watch them in the rock prison, being trapped and confined is an evil that we all understand, and that we all rebel against. the only side to root for here was the "get them out of there" side. seeing those faces in the murky light, it really brought us together. but we've seen this story before, and it has always had that power. jonah and the whale. of the three men in space who found out they might not get back. >> houston, we have a problem. >> reporter: there's a reason hollywood picked that story up. none of us has ever gone to the moon, but humanly speaking, we all know that creepy, pressed-in feeling when all you want to do is to get back home. we keep making that belief. tom

. >> while real estate prices soar in china and southeast asia, japan's property market is going in the other direction. now the country's real estate looks well within reach compared to other nations as investors try to diversify their portfolios. they're more interested in investing in japan as an alternative. next is a recap of the latest market figures. ♪ >> that's all for now in biz news. back to catherine. >> thanks very much, ines. >>> delegates at the cop10 meeting agreed on tuesday to establish an international network to promote areas known as satoyamma. they're places where people live in harmony with nature and wildlife. jun konoda plans. >> reporter: a ceremony on tuesday launched the international satoyama network. the discussions on this issue happened on the sidelines of the u.n. conference on biodiversity in nagoya. japan used its role as cop-10 host to push the initiative forward. the united nations university provided support. satoyama is a japanese term that refers to rural settlements surrounded by rice paddies, vegetable fields, and forests. these rural environment

a very warm welcome to you this is a lie from moscow southeast asia's top nations are meeting in vietnam russia's president is out the summit to ready for talks on everything from energy security to responding to natural disasters and working in space. to reports from hanoi. it has been very productive like as many leaders have said like most of the a c. and some it's a lot of work has already been done the russian president dmitry medvedev taking part in today's addresses and working sessions also said that russia's involvement in the asia pacific region is of a key strategic nature and he hopes that his relationship with the asia pacific region countries as a very good potential showing and economically developing economies and countries he hopes that that relation between those countries and russia will only grow and prosper.

but most of the company's clients moved their manufacturing facilities to china and southeast asia, whereor is cheaper. the company's sales are now a quarter of what they used to be. the firm wanted to tap into a new market while keeping research and development costs low. so they asked local residents to suggest what to make. >> translator: many companies folded or went out of business because the parent company was no longer around. if we wanted to stick it out in japan, we realized the only thing we could do was manufacture things for which we could obtain the intellectual property rights. >> reporter: the company solicits ideas on its home page. the firm hands out prize money for the best ideas. and if a product makes it to the store, the inventor receives a share of the profits. these days products thought up by citizen inventors make up half of the company's sales. >> translator: when i meet inventors, i learn so much about demands in the market that i never knew existed. for me it's been tremendously beneficial. >> reporter: this opportunity makes citizen inventors even more motiva

here marina jascha welcome to the program now russia's came to build on its historic links with southeast asia with the president in hanoi for the s.c.n. summit it's a meeting of the region's main nations retributive yet if we'll spend two days and yet now a close ally during saudia times trade levels are already at record highs between the nations and they'll be boosted with more than a dozen of new agreements among the most important is a deal to construct vietnam's first nuclear power plant and as artie's murray financial reports the socialist republic is counting on it. vietnam in the twenty first century it might look like a throwback to cold war times but it's not the case that vietnam is modernizing its economy growing at an increasing rate and it's looking to his old allies to help spur that alone. we're cooperating with many countries but among them is one old friend an old reliable friend we.

one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t m or even joshua welcome southeast asia's top nations are meeting in vietnam russia's president is at the material ready for talks of everything from managing security to responding to natural disasters and working together in space and which are many beautiful use his two day trip to hold separate talks with the host nation as a close ally from saudi times and trade between moscow and how the way is already in the billions of dollars during this visit dozens of new agreements will be signed among the most important and deal to construct a first nuclear power plant as artie's marie ivanovna reports it's something the socialist republics counting on. vietnam in the twenty first century it might look like a throwback to cooled while times but it's not the case vietnamese more than its economy growing at an increasing rate and it's looking to his old allies to help spur that alone.

nuclear power plant and the deal was signed by president viet of who's been on a visit to her noyo southeast asia is one of the world's economic powerhouses but needs to modernize its hangi supply to continue its rapid growth cutting as our in our reports. one of the things that most news outlets will be focusing on and everybody will be focusing on is the agreement signed to build vietnam's first ever nuclear power plant a deal that is said to be worth over five billion u.s. dollars and is said to significantly boost viet nam's energy resources and of course to spell more stable existence and economic growth a deal.

he came from a family of warriors and he was among the first 500 advisers sent to southeast asia. later, as a sergeant in march of '67 when his company was overrun by a huge force of north vietnamese, he was forced to take command. he killed several of the enemy and called in artillery to within 65 feet of his own position. despite his own wounds, he crawled across a clearing and climbed a tree under withering fire and in full view of the enemy to mark a landing zone for incoming rescue choppers. placing the medal around his neck, president johnson told him, "you're a good ten." david mcnerney was 79 and his death now leaves 86 living recipients of the medal of honor. >>> when "nightly news" continues in a moment, ann curry just back from a trip from one of the world's most troubled places, along with george clooney, working to help the people there have a better life and future. >>> later, a car that drives itself. could be coming soon to a highway near you. d >>> george clooney is a world class actor whose off camera private life involves helping people who may never see one of

live from the heart of moscow this is our welcome to the program southeast asia as a top nations are meeting in vietnam russia's president is. ready for talks on everything from energy security to responding to natural disasters and working together in space. will use his two day trip. talks with the host nation. is a close ally from soviet time and trade between moscow and hanoi is already in the billions of dollars during this visit dozens of new agreements will be signed among the most important a deal to construct vietnam's first nuclear power plant and. reports it's something the socialist republic is counting on. in the twenty first century it might look like a throwback to cool times but it's not the case.

bill: breaking news out of southeast asia, it could be a big deal. the wires moments ago, a earthquake weather a magnitude 7.5 struck off the island of sumatra, in indonesia, the same area the monster tsunami rolled through five years ago and since that time the latest alert came through a tsunami warning is issued and now label it a 7.2 magnitude tremor which could have a major impact on the size of a wave or not, and this size of the tremor or not, when you drop down, a tenth of a point, it can power tend good news, 7 -- portend good news, and, this is southeast asia and we're back on the story, right after a quick commercial back, back in three minutes on america's newsroom. gecko: are you ready for your talk, sir? boss: just going over how geico helps people save in even more ways... ...with good driver discounts, multi-car discounts, defensive driver discounts... woman: you! oh, don't act like you don't recognize me! toledo, '03? gecko: no, it's...i... woman: it's too late stanley. gecko: actually, miss, my name's not stanley. woman: oh...oh, i

four to ninety coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now southeast asia's top nations are meeting in vietnam and russia's president is at the summit to ready for talks on everything from energy security to responding to natural disasters and working together in space we will use his two day trip to hold separate talks with a host nation we have now is a close ally from the soviet times and trade between moscow and highway it's already in the billions of dollars during this visit dozens of new agreements will be signed of on the most important a deal to construct vietnam's first nuclear power plant and as artie's maria financial reports it's something the socialist republic is counting on. vietnam in the twenty first century it might look like a throwback to cooled. but it's not the case vietnamese more than oil you see its economy growing at an increasing rate and it's looking to its old allies to help spur that alone. will cooperate in with many countries.

south the certain war in two thousand and eight which the russian response to protect is that in southeast asia i know it's not actually the first time that there has been a spy scandal involving children and russia in two thousand and six full russian officials were arrested and accused of being spies and they were eventually released back to russia that certainly didn't help relations situation and again as this thing with this story is certainly not going to help the situation between the two sides the tensions that have remained at the many years especially since the two thousand and eight. it was o.t. correspondent sara first reporting from moscow on. european union is bound to the demands of its heavyweight members who've grown weary of paying for the mistakes of the smaller nations at a summit in brussels they've agreed to change the current workings of the bailout system the new measures include fines for those members that overspend and creating a stash but it comes short of the tough punishments for overspend as proposed by germany which pay dearly to rescue greece from its crisis or

and russia's came to build on its historic links with southeast asia with the president and had no i for the ask a grouping of every just nations we're trying to get his and get now an ally times for two days where he hopes to boost trade which is already at record levels and on the agreements as a deal to constructing a clear power plant. vietnam in the twenty first century it might look like a throwback to cold war times but it's not the case vietnamese modernizing its economy growing at an increasing rate and it's looking to his old allies to help spur that alone. we're cooperating with many countries but among them is one old friend an old reliable friend we trust greatly russia. russian cars are on the streets of vietnam while vietnamese streams are a much loved delicacy on the russian dinner tables last year alone the trade turnover between the two countries reached almost two billion dollars with both hoping to increase to ten billion. russian money big companies are flowing to vietnam bringing millions of dollars of investment which is a good sign of healthy relations. but th

conditionality is actually very damaging to economies and we can look at our argentina we can look at southeast asia but all of the most of us they were given was really bad advice ok and that's another reason why people don't go back to the i.m.f. . well that's i think there was somebody else on the show that it is people are only fault it's largely been a failure of the i.m.f. conditionality is largely been a failure in this is well recognized by the borrowers and by the i.m.f. the i.m.f. really doesn't have a way to impose its conditions but what everybody does know is that they are you saying i'm going to let your because it has a tendency of undercutting of undercutting the credibility of the i.m.f. so what you see time and again in the case of argentina in the case of russia in the case of most of africa for decades has been that the i.m.f. lends based on these so-called tough conditions the countries that receive it do not implement the necessary reforms in fact the aid money actually helps to postpone reforms and then they come back for more money this is why the conditionality has not been

make fun of the media elite themselves and russia's came to build on its historic links with southeast asia where the president in hanoi for the s.c.n. summit and it's a meeting of the region's main nations which home advantage will spend two days and get now a close ally jewelry saudi times trade levels are already at record levels between the nations and they'll be boosted with more than a dozen of new agreements among the most important is a deal to construct vietnam's first nuclear power plant as our national reports the socialist republic is counting on. vietnam in the twenty first century it might look like a throwback to cold war times but it's not the case vietnam is modernizing its economy growing at an increasing rate and it's looking to his old allies to help spur that alone. we're cooperating with many countries but among them is one old friend an old reliable friend we trust greatly russia. russian cars are on the streets of vietnam while vietnamese streams are a much loved delicacy on the russian dinner tables last year alone the trade turnover between the two countries reache

g independence miter and i'm add at this point there is no commercial nuclear power plant in southeast asia. so how could this affect the balance of economic power in the region. or will i think there. were no the most important features of these visit of president medvedev speech that. is the comeback of russia to the region in the various meanings of these words i mean. there is a revival of russians we cannot russia's economic positions in the sphere of energy in the sphere of. disaster prevention in this sphere of information exchange in the sphere of construction what is doctrine and so on and so forth so i think there. are these deals. should be considered as. a long term strategy of russia towards building. corp a new cooperation in the region. and. as for these atomic blonde i know that it was built there the agreement over these atomic will over the construction of these atomic blunt. sharp competition with other countries. vietnam preferred russia shows that there is a revival of sorts of. relations between our two countries i don't think that. one can see here that russia's reviv

conditionality is actually very damaging to economies who can look at our argentina we can look at southeast asia but all of the most advice they were given was really bad advice conditionality is largely been a failure in this is well recognized by the borrowers and by the i.m.f. the i.m.f. really doesn't have a way to impose its conditions but. i watch crosstalk in just over an hour here on r t and i had this hour brainstorming and bridge building the frame seaside town to build hosts russian and european leaders for to warm up relations. and u.s. policies in afghanistan aimed at the stabilizing soviet forces decades ago by bad find out why america is losing the war on drugs that's had. its one of the richest cities in the world home to bankers expensive real estate in a luxury stores but recent figures suggest a pay gap between new yorkers is now wider than ever are jesus is here to work in reports on how the big apple is split to the core. the lucky few are shopping for shoes where thousands of dollars in the chanels and just a wave of a wallet away just a few steps away a person with their e