six firefighters died battling a blaze in southern chile.ver the past week, multiple forest fires have ravaged large areas of central and southern chile. the president says some appear to have been started deliberately. after a decade when american politics has been defined by the country's involvement in texas wars -- in afghanistan and iraq -- president obama signaled a major shift in strategy for the world's main superpower, with cuts of about half a trillion dollars over the next decade. details are to come, but it looks like a 10% to 15% reduction in the size of the army and marines. operations will focus on the asia-pacific region rather than europe, to counter the growing threat of china. the u.s. will only be able to fight when war at a time in the future, rather than two simultaneously as now, but even after the cuts, the u.s. will still be the world's largest military power. where does all of this leave america's allies? we have the chief executive for the european defense agency. ms. anu, if i can put it this way, europe has faile

multiple forest fires have ravaged large areas of central and southern chile. we are live from singapore and london. still to come, treasures from the titanic will soon go up for auction a century after the ship went down. >> her pictures turned stars into icons. eve arnold has died at age of 99. in afghanistan, a security company has been disbanded after some of its employees were found to be illegally transporting weapons in the capital. all the weapons have now been seized. two britons and two afghans were arrested by local police. many of the weapons did not have serial numbers. >> in the basement, police headquarters, they are showing up their latest polls. more than 30 illegal guns seized from an international security company. >> here are the weapons which have caused all the trouble. there are ak-47s, about 30 of them. the problem is that half of them did not have serial numbers. none of these weapons have any documentation. in the corner facing the wall, the accused men. to british security contractors and their afghan colleagues. they were caught with

nearly 400 acres have been scorched in southern and central chile. a massive disinfection operation underway at a government building in hong kong after high levels of bacteria that cause legionnaires' disease were found in water samples. inspectors say failing to drain contaminated water before the building was open may be eight suriname me decision and political activist -- a musician and political activist has said he will stand for election next month. he said he was responding to requests to run against the

forest fires have ravaged lars areas of southern and central chile. -- large areas of southern and central chile. the world's car makers gather at the deli car show, can india's middle-class is afford to buy? >> this is so tall that the eiffel tower could fit underneath it. brazilian authorities are evacuating thousands of more people from their homes in the wake of heavy flooding. the worst hit areas have had a dike breached. >> this is the impact of weeks of heavy rains. this is one of the dams protecting the residents is now suffering a gaping hole. despite the obvious dangers of the raging water, you can see the damage for self. thousands of people are being evacuated. they fear that the whole town will be submerged. i'm certain that by this evening, the water will cover the entire town. >> as they struggle to salvage, many doubt they will be coming back. the fresh misery sweeping across the many communities has prompted the central government to pledge more than $250 million worth of help. they're looking to further strengthen flood defenses. between these states, more than 70 municip

lighters in southern chile are battling three huge wildfires which have loved one person dead and destroyed over twenty three thousand hectares of forest and israeli tourists has been charged with causing one of the fires by setting toilet light in the bushes at the tories don't pay their national park but film it denies that these asian more than one hundred homes have been destroyed forcing people to flee the flames areas been suffering from drought and heat wave in front of the fire is . the third and final round of elections for the lower house of parliament in egypt on tuesday for more than a sort of course his are vying for a seat even though the country remains under the military rule is in this parties are expected to win a big when parliament with the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party leading from the previous two rounds with sixty percent of elections are the first since the uprising that ousted president hosni mubarak for three decades of power. new year's celebrations for many people in the euro's. tough current economic climate with many predicting further for sure

nearly 400 acres have been scorched in southern and central chile. massive disinfection operation underway at a government building in hong kong after high levels of bacteria that cause legionnaires' disease were found in water samples. inspectors say failing to drain contaminated water before the building was open may be eight suriname me decision and political activist -- a musician and political activist has said he will stand for election next month. he said he was responding to requests to run against the incumbent. we spoke to him in the capital of synagogue -- in the senegalese capital. >> i am running because a lot of people in the traditional party -- most of the people think politicians do not do a very good job for them. a lot of people who are outside of the system -- they are asking for my legacy. i have received more than 3 million people riding e-mails or calling to say, "we want you." i realize all my career, the support i have -- i would like to give back. this is why i say yes. >> announcing your candidacy, you basically told the pe

massive forest fires have swept through chile's southern and central regions with one confirmed death and over twenty thousand hectares of forests destroyed hundreds have been forced from their homes as firefighters battle to control the fierce blaze that spread across three provinces chile's south is currently suffering from a prolonged drought and heat wave making it highly susceptible to fires and israeli tourists has been accused of negligently starting the blaze while camping in the region's top is the pain national park. in the past few years many e.u. countries have seen a growth in neo nazi groups and in germany more and more young people aren't joining them some point to poor economic conditions all they're saying immigration policies are to blame you're going to school all of now reports on what's driving youngsters along such a dangerous path. a quiet down to. a small community divided. it began with the appearance of nazi symbols then the local social center was burned to the ground your own office was also vandalized says for him the final straw was when your nazis marche

massive forest fires have swept through chile's southern and central regions with one confirmed death and over twenty thousand hectares of force landed steroid hundreds have been forced from their homes as firefighters battle to control the blaze that spread across three provinces chile's south is currently suffering from a prolonged drought and heat wave making it highly vulnerable. two fires and israeli tourists has been accused of negligently starting the blaze while camping in the region's torah still pain national park. up to fifty thousand people have fled their homes in south sudan and scores are feared dead in the latest rash of intertribal violence at the weekend thousands of armed tribesmen descended on the town of bor forcing their rivals take refuge in the bush the un and south sudanese government have bolstered their forces in the area in an attempt to bring the situation under control the un has warned that the escalating violence could lead to a major humanitarian tragedy. in the past few years many countries have seen a growth. in germany more and more young people are

saying that the mars moon probe crashed into the pacific ocean near southern part of chile. brazil. and the probe failed after getting stuck in earth's orbit saying it was one of the heaviest and toxic pieces of space junk to ever crash to earth. a bomb breaks up a religious ceremony in pakistan and a government building in iraq is attacked. two stops as we go around the world in 80 seconds. pakistan, a bomb ripping through a religious procession as people were coming out of the minority shiite muslim mosque. more than a dozen dead and many more wounded and they mourning the death of a revered 7th century figure. iraq, government forces in their first serious fight against insurgents, without american military backup. and after several hours, seven policemen killed in the gun battle. police say they set up the attacker as a decoy. and hungary, a journey more than 5,000 miles long, now underway. more than 400 participants from 35 countries lining up at the start of the 7th budapest rally. the charity ride expected to end up in africa. the goal is to give people of all walks o

westernized of the hemisphere and they're looking seriously at the southern hemisphere in order i would say it is you and australia chile argentina now your live there seems to be the countries that people are gravitating towards and they're looking very seriously at the financial institutions of those countries now was countries especially chile and new zealand are benefiting. a lot of capital flows flow into those two countries capital from europe and united states of people who are just simply precautions they are basically setting up a foothold and getting ready to move if and when the time comes to move yeah we've certainly heard that buying out we certainly are that here we really appreciate you giving us a lot more insight into this because it's a very interesting and i got to go really nice to have you on the show enjoy switzerland that went. with that analysis. all right so we talked about some escape routes now let's give you a few more reasons to talk about why you may want them i want to bring in our producer dimitri cafe in us to do that along with shannon donna holding down the fort in the control room. sh