we also like some markets in southern europe.'s been a very problematic market for many years, but you've had valuation increases. other markets in southern europe such as portugal which hasn't gone up in value very much and also china. china's a market where we see a lot of growth and really has underperformed the last couple of years. a lot of good value there. lori: you caught my attention with nigeria. what's going on with the economy that has you focused on the country's investment op? >> sure. nigeria has the benefit that it's a domestic economy, it's not really driven by the global capital markets. more diversification, and it's a market that's growing very nicely. again, you want to participate in some of those markets that are growing, that are not highly correlated with the u.s. that can give you performance, but also diversification. lori: most folks, most analysts, market wampers don't expect 2014 to be arepeat of the monstrous stock gains of 2013. why is that? are there other fundamentals going on? >> well, the fed,

you like southern europe, spain specifically, ones that are s p small cap, domestically oriented. give us sectors in the countries. >> sure. i think retail names look appealing. they got beaned down unemployment under 25, we're 50 in spain, that's going to affect retail. industrial names are going to benefit from two recessions, not one. some pent-up demand in europe and should help industrial names. >> building, cap x spending. >> exactly. >> what are names you like in the u.s.? >> i think, even though small cap and mid cap have done well, especially small cap, it's a u.s. recovery, again going back to what you're saying, it's not emerging markets leading wait when it comes to economic growth. valuations are no longer as appealing as they used to, i think there is pent-up demand, m&a -- >> like the financials sectors? >> financials and industrials are my favorite. they were this year. but going into next year, nothing has changed, still the same story of economic recovery that took a while to happen but now it's happening. >> you're not taking risk off in the u.s. at all? >> rela

when we did our research for 2014 we found that it was all about southern europe, northern europe thise around. analysts don't have a great outlook. say 35us estimates billion of earnings next year. that is 10% rivalry -- it is 10% below where we were last year. greg cesar long-term infrastructure projects. >> we have had the energy bill that has been put through that is taken years to develop. -- that has taken years to develop. what we have seen from the labour party, they want to change everything. >> we need to understand the political landscape. , chris rogers. >> for those listing on bloomberg radio, the second hour of "the pulse" is coming up. we have an exclusive interview with the prime minister of japan , shinzo abe. is it the end to swiss bank secrecy? we talked to the principal associate about tax evasion. you can follow guy and me on twitter. we will see you in just a couple of minutes. ♪ : $12 billion pending to boost brands. mind.u.s. buyers in >> tech titans team up. others urge e and the u.s. government to stop data spying. >> an exclusive interview with t prime minist

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everybody knows that in southern europe from where i'm speaking now the euro has inflicted terrible economic damage youth unemployment is over fifty percent in spain and so on so europe will i think cease to have to vittie increasingly so at least for people who look at things factually rather than with emotion as many people are doing right and that's their return to the e.u. politicians who were supporting the opposition on a independence square in kiev and one of the most vocal supporters of the process that we just heard from the polish opposition leader jaroslav could change ski and he is known as as as a staunch critic of the e.u. so one from your point of view he would support ukraine's integration deal with the very block that he's so against. well i mean his his you say he was a staunch critic i mean he was a bit like the british conservative party who make euro skeptic noises as the kaczynski brothers did when they were in power but in fact never do anything against europe on the contrary they have always been fervent supporters of polish accession kaczynski brothers jaroslav kaczy

the central european countries in terms of preferred high regulation state direction and then southern europe which and so very recently adopted quite extreme politics so since i'm old these all together in one political union i think it's probably very far fetched i think it will ever work and not in the forseeable future. azzi london. i'll be back to the headlines in around forty minutes time but stay where t. for social right now the talk show. normally. people name me as i leave the. store i'm over forty one thank you sadly i've got no other family no. i'm still looking for my call to get a life with. my place in the world. i literally have no place to live. will. you sit there chewing on the bread that you bought with the last money you were able to beg and all they can say is get out of here. there are only two possible outcomes to this situation you have a hug you go to miami and it's all about fancy cars with hot chicks the other option you die in the ring breathe breathe deeply. previously peacekeepers for a president concerned with monitoring those of you that post conflict environm

southern europe has really grasped onto this.de from the regulation, people in spain, a lot of them put all of their euros in bitcoin. in order to save them. the same is true with cyprus and greece. countries in the southern europe that have the most difficulty are the ones that who have embraced bitcoin. they did not like the old money. >> the problem is their banks are going to fail and those people do not like to pay taxes. >> the deposit accounts and cyprus were seized. >> i joked earlier but you are a bit of a believer. you think there are a lot of positive things. >> most people who delve into it and really study it, most people who read about it, most people that understand the movement and the people involved are believers. i have not met anyone who is not. >> you are about to. scott, do you think this thing has legs the accor >> i am like most of your viewers, which means i'm skeptical of where this goes. not to say it is going to go away. i just can't, frankly, imagine it becoming widely accepted. >> how can you have a

this is expansion in eastern and southern europe. there is a lingering fear that you could potentially move some of these jobs to eastern european countries. >> thank you so much. we will be following this closely throughout the day. hans nichols, our international correspondent. the global head of equity trading strategies at citigroup. before the break, we were talking about the fed and the fact that it was riced in. we were also talking about emerging markets. how much are they priced in? extent, they are readjusted as well. we saw it and may -- in may and june when we saw countries coming on the fx side as well as the market side. i think they are expecting it and did take some steps to try to alleviate part of the situation. what can be a bit worrying with tapering is when the fed owns 50% of the problems in the u.s. and you have all of this equity flowing in from the last few years. if you start slowing down the cap, something is going -- the tap, something is going to happen. we think the fed is in a good position. but it is d

places like downtown damascus and other towns under control of the opposition, it's almost like southern europeood, infrastructure, very good. people in most places have most of the things that they need. one thing that always a problem is getting fuel. that's one of the things they usually haven a issue with, but in some places the infrastructure is actually okay. one of the things that i take from the time in syria, which i think is very important, is that when i talk to opposition people, and when i talk to government people, the ones that are secular are actually not that far apart. i think if you stuck them in a room and they started talking, they could actually sort out their differences. syrians would be willing to fight with the modern opposition if it was to destroy the islamist forces, but there is one dividing factor. that's assad and something that america's going to have to deal with and america's probably going to have to deal together with the international community to solve that somehow. >> and let's turn to iran. senator john mccain told our candy crowley today that the senate

they already have the delivery system that can deliver nuclear bombs to the southern europe. they will soon have delivery systems that can deliver bombs to the united states. they are potentially a suicide nation. one of the leaders, the liberal leaders said if israel were to drop a bomb, if iran were to drop a bomb and kill two or 3 million jews, israel would retaliate by dropping a bomb and killing ten to 20 million muslims and the trade-off would be worth it because i would like of the jewish state and islam would still survive. people that elected or appointed leaders like that cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons. the second worst thing that could happen would be a military attack on iran. the second worst thing. the worst is for iran to develop a nuclear weapon. the second worst thing that could have happened in the 1930's would be for england and france to attack line to become nazi germany. the worst thing was not to attack them and to allow them to develop into the most powerful military in the world with tens of millions of people who could have been saved havi

and i think on the equities side, i think you'd rather be in sort of southern europe, because there youe much more room to grow. >> let me ask you -- >> plus, it's a tale of two different types of investments, right? >> right. >> equity investors want higher returns, but you have a constituent audience of investors that is looking to replace the shortage of yield availability -- >> correct. >> -- if fixed income markets, and when you compare and contrast the types of fixed income investments you're making in europe versus the high-yield market here in the u.s. >> well, you sort of look at it, in europe today, you can lend out on a senior secured basis, and you can probably make around sort of a 10%, 11% return -- >> mm mm. >> -- and it's a floating rate instrument, and making 10%, 11%, and the high-yield market around 6%, 7%. and not everything is senior and secured. so you're getting massively overpaid for that risk. and if you could end up making a loan at a three multiple or a four multiple, and you're doing it at 10%, i just think you're getting massively -- >> scott, i think that's

southern europe, greece and spain are seeing bad loans going straight up while people are saying they're recovering. china has greatest real estate and overinvestment bubble in history of. its ready to burst. the u.s. real estate recovery is almost all speculation, no real buyers. all three of these things along with rising interest rates are going to create a downturn next year. >> bubble is in higher education. that is only bubble. >> i agree with that, steve. melissa: that wasn't what we were supposed to talk about but i thought it was highly entertaining. i hope the audience did too. thanks to both of you. >> thank you. melissa: online ads ruining all of your holiday surprises? if you're not careful savvy kids and spouses can figure out exactly what their gifts are just by seeing ads in your browser. did you realize this? a tech expert shows us how to keep online and keep santa's secrets. >>> plus during flu season you may think anti-bacterial soap is the key to warding off germs but fda says not only is there no evidence that these products work but they actually might be dangerous

economyout the global rather than individual light germany and southern europe. >> what was he somethingig blow up next year? >> i think we will. especially what is happening in germany and greece and spain and portugal. not for germany pushing but a server in your penn state saying we do not want to be the eurozone. the button saying we do not want to be in the eurozone anymore. >> joe rundle. stay with us. ♪ >> welcome back to "countdown." i am mark barton. still with us to talk about 2014 is joe rundle. your for big picks for 2014. one had a great 2013 stop easyjet. by 90 seven percent. >> the company has it right. they have got it right. they are moving more into business travel within europe. that is an incredible alternative. are a good service. they will continue to get growth and then positioned himself very cleverly. another one in your chosen which is interesting is barclays. did not see the big again this year. 7%. program.form they are stepping up their assets reduction target. a couple of regulators looking at them as well. if they going to treasure mission? >> it is. -- are

of southernt half europe, most of southern europe , the ecbemi-depression has to contend with deflationy is unwilling to act as the -- as it should do any monetary union as the surface credited company and promote adjustments. were germany saying we will tell you what to do we want you to be like us, but we're not to pay for it. that is not a tenable basis for a striving monetary union in the longer-term. i think that given current policy settings, giving the unwillingness of germany to expand its policies is putting all the pressure on the inipheral countries, which 2014i would be surprised to see a resurgence of crisis pressures in the eurozone. useost people i talk to language that seems to suggest that the crisis has dissipated, that the existential nature of the crisis -- >> is been a true story for this year. 's omt problem when a -- they without being unintended consequence at all the liquidity that the ecb has provided to eurozone banks has gone to increase exposure to domestic sovereign debt and done nothing to break that doom loop as it is called. it leaves him open to interes

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white ethics traced their ancestry's two central eastern and southern europe. greater middle east is a term by the w bush administration. these are basically muslim countries in north africa and the middle east. the other categories are self explanatory. what is noteworthy is that the only group that can be counted on by republicans by a small rally our mainline voters. voters.asian american all the other groups are trending heavily toward the democratic party, including the new immigrant groups. effect of the different social identities on the presidential vote. what is striking, a sharp increase in the impact of racial identities on the presidential vote. religious identity seems to be waning influence. , this isass identities increasing. maybe because of the coalescence between the ratio of identities and family income. here we take a look at the effect of racial context on voting in presidential elections. we find that respondents who are in racially diverse counties are much more likely to vote republican than whites who live in relatively homogeneous coun

africa is very close to our boarder, southern borders of europe, and there is a lot of -- things arepening in the region. so we definitely are looking into that. >> you are going to be engaged in the mission as well? >> yes. but we also engaged in the piracy in somalia. it's important that we -- without going into the specifics, we have to be prepared for everything. so, you know, yeah. >> that's also one of the reasons why you guys are making a lot of investment. you were a founding joint strike fighter partner. there are more and more countries coming aboard. japan has come aboard. looks like korea is going to be headed in that direction. you are also just recently purchased four aircraft from the united states. what kind of capability is this going to give dutch forces over the future? >> the f-35 was extremely important after 12 years of political debate back home, we finally were able to make -- to take the decision. we will buy 37 at least because it's within the current budget tear framework. you know , europe is getting hit by the financial and economic crisis -- >> washingto

just about all of us are either from those who emigrated from southern or eastern europe 100 years ago or those who recently emigrated from latin america or asia. so it's an experience very close to us. we know people caught in the situation. there's also the sense, a spiritual sense, in that our church has always been multicultural from the very beginning for 2,000 years. so we understand living together with different cultures and how we can live together and enrich each other. and there's even a deeper spiritual sense that it would say immigration is sort of a metaphor for who we understand ourselves to be spiritually. we as believers are not at home here. we're on a pilgrimage. we're immigrants trying to emigrate to our homeland of heaven. there are deep spiritual reasons but also practical reasons of justice and things that are close to us. >> i know you're a big sports fan. this is the last season for candlestick park. >> i know. >> the 49ers are going away, but there is talk of having a last event with the pope, pope francis. have you heard anything about the pope being invited

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when i look at southern europe, i still see super high unemployment rates.list government. i don't see much of that really changing in 2014, so i agree on the slide. but what's the biggest negative, and what's the biggest positive you see in europe coming up? >> well, the biggest negatives, rick, are you've got greece, spain, portugal, cyprus, italy, france that are all troubled. and consequencely, even when you look at the numbers that we're given, i have strong doubts about the factuality of them. the good news for europe is they have held together so far. there hasn't been any big blowup, though i do think because of the gaps and the losses that have been taken and especially the banking sector in spain and portugal that we're going to -- they're going to have to face the music in the upcoming year, and i do think there will be some disruptions forthcoming in 2014. >> well, mark, thanks, as always for your succinct notions on the marketplace. happy new year. and, carl and simon, back to you. >> happy new year to you, rick. >> thanks so much, rick. >>> 201

because there are a lot of issues not fixed in southern europe overnight.high unemployment rate outside of germany, that is a concern. these issues will not disappear in any timely calendar fashion. the next category has to be the u.s., and our speed is impressing the world. but one area, phil lebeau, the car guy, the car sales have been instrumental in fixing the psyche of manufacturing and the overall u.s. economy, but we all know that the obsolescence of vehicles played a big part in that. we see the growth in subprime auto lending and we see all of the consumption in many ways at the expense of other areas. like apparel to name one. is that dynamic telling us something we choose to ignore? last but not least is japan. japan seems to be where all roads lead for conversation regarding strategic trades on this trading floor, because as confusing as the first three areas are, it seems a weak end -- and the moral of the story, looking to the u.s., in my opinion, the biggest trading issue for 2014 isn't going to be on this wonderful trading floor, it's going

important in the rearview mirror to stabilize some of the toxic issues affecting the banks of southern europeariety of creative lending procedures. so what we end up with, to simplify, is you take a central bank, whether in the two biggest ones i want to concentrate on, let's say italy and spain, so you take the central bank of italy, and what they have done is they have created credit for the lower banks to basically go into their auctions and buy their paper. and that's key, because like our quantitative easing, you remember how high some of the rates in southern european economies, how high they went. stagg staggering. and it couldn't go on. really, much of the stabilization could be found in this dynamic. after stabilizing and buying the bonds, what they would do is, they would end up at the ecb, kind of the way we have excess reserves at the fed. and at the ecb, they are now collateral for the ecb to lend back to these banks. but here's the issue. the issue is that the positions that countries like spain and italy and to some degree france now have in their own paper is making some ecb o

there had to be a massive peace treaty, and all the little countries of europe should be southern, and they should be guided by treaties between them. so he came up with this whole paradigm. and be in 1648 at the peace of westphalia, they adopted it. and he had died during negotiations, so he didn't get to see it through. but they called this a grotian moment because it really launched the whole idea of sovereign states and modern international law. so when we're looking at moments that are like paradigm shifts where international law changes very radically and quickly, why not call them grotian moments? >> now, the original a war lasting eight decades to get to, to actually crystallize. >> so other people have looked as these moments like radial changes like wold war ii, finish world war ii, and they say those are international constitutional moments, and they're taking a phrase from bruce ackerman, a famous constitutional law professor who looked at the new deal revolution and said that was a constitutional appropriatemoment. and so these folks are saying that happens sometimes in in

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europe jeans. how much the design and the quality, how much the fact that southern rim still not really turning for you, but northern pretty good. >> yeah, i guess different from the tommy business where we're 75% in northern central europe. the calvin business is really very much 75% to 80% southern european business. spain and italy continue to be challenged markets. and as we've talked about, our european business overall in calvin klein is about a $500 billion business, and we're breaking even in that business. our tommy business, which is three times that size, earns close to 15%. just to give you a sense of what we think the opportunity is for the brand and how we're going. it's the investments that need to be made now in order to get that business right. but in saying all that, we still beat the quarter by 5 cents a share. >> i know, stock's down and i'm going to tell people, look, if it's a 2014 story, and over and over again you say it's a 2014 story, i'm not going to say it's a 2013 story. because that means i'm not listening to you. i'm not even including what could go on in asia, which

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europe. any uk torrential rain has caused widespread flooding. southern inland has been badly affected him these two people died when the rain called iceland reference. thousands of households were without electricity. the severe weather has caused a disruption at some airports and train stations on the worst is over but this is the most of the colliding on the way down towards the southeast affecting much of the city you can see how big this this and is a it has been very active and long stretching called and sang all the way into the invariant peninsula. what a perfect seventy km route where does it put it in parts of the stain that sacred been in the cat about a hundred sixty kilometers per hour as into on wednesday and even into it which was the weekend had the dream of fact much of these areas as well. now of course the south eastern mediterranean lhasa be affected with some sudden burst of showers as well as funders times and still won't be accompanied with and none of these areas in the midsection of europe meanwhile eastern areas. one thing is see

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across the europe of this storm is not that in the southern part of the scandinavian penance the nature of rain and snow is falling. i you're seeing now a nice break i noticed on the way across the pre designed at this moment but a new system will be moving in by friday afternoon so close to the windy conditions and no rainy conditions snow showers also likely in the north. thunder showers but most of the west and parts of the content and conditions are bad especially in southern parts of the fries. what type of flooding. the c family to leave many places there are even worse on the korean swelling can. the list at the top of each in austria the applicant talking about hot conditions with basic adelaide your hind was appointed to the bakery stand wednesday night yesterday that is actually the hottest december day since the nineteen thirty one. he looks like it's going to be on navajo think a day for the decrease was high on friday and milburn in sydney sipping his claim to be quiet i actually find a thirty five degrees for eight to six in protest i am noon i know. thx. japanese astronau

country with legal documentation but there are millions from all over the world including eastern europe and southern asia. as the conversation increased, the c.b.c. immigration task force tried to highlight the issues, which has been large in scale. their contribution had not been mentioned in the mainstream stories. many did not recognize nor understand that the road for many immigrants was significantly different than the proverbial stories in the media. many entered our nation with legal student visas like my parents did, to pursue careers in medicine, science, education. many are proud business owners of law firms, restaurants, grocery stores, shipping companies and hair braiding venues. there are those who have come as asylum seekers, feeling war, famine and again side. they come to the united states to become productive tax paying members of our society. and like the other immigrant groups, immigrants are dealing with the back logged immigration processing, families being ripped apart, falling out of status because they were eeked out. racial and status discrimination, felony laws that prohibi

europe will return to the war torn homeland. the senior commander of the shiite hezbollah militia has been killed outside his home in southern beirut. in currencies the attack outside the coolest costume and nike's shooting that killed strange osteen on his comp knox's death comes amid increasing tension and eleven on a sixty mile and spilling over from the sentinel in syria has been on is backing the regime in syria against any of them is seeking to oust has been shot and has been done has been used it for the attack. tuesday night in blog land. i think a certain date and eighty six but the efficiency and tingling on on thursday. i respect of common sense and across the capital bangkok flirting with the amount of protests. opposition forces say they still want the government to step down and they'll take up their cause again on friday. but for now both sides have rested now. it is dizzying and cocaine police today appealed for action. when hundreds gathered outside the skateboard is to win this season and into the compound you'll start east and central and the opposition said they wanted was for the teams to handle the protests. y

in africa and india and half of the world is processed in india and end up in europe supermarkets and we report from southern. >> these women are just a few of the nearly 1 million cashew workers in india. at the government-run facility not much has changed since the industry took off in the 1920s. here cashews grown locally or imported are opened and roasted before being peeled and sorted. and the deshellers especially it's back breaking work literally. >> translator: many woman here have been on their back and knees and i know some people who have died from medical problems but now we done get acid on our fingers any more. >> reporter: this government processing facility is better than most private ones, here workers have covers to protect their fingers and a fan to keep them cool but they have to squat on the floor for more than 7 hours a day and causes long-term pain in their knees and back. >> translator: no one knows that better than sarah who only goes by one name, deshelling cashews 34 years led to major body pain and uterus removed due to years of constant squatting on the floor and now the 63-year-

german central europe which is germany austria benelux perhaps crowns but certainly not the southern fringe of the. and they have. geopolitical interests in ukraine all along but you say you have so you say geopolitical interests what do you mean. the soft underbelly of russia which is. into southern russia by eastern ukraine but of course ukraine is the vine country ukraine is. to say but the true turn is. a country where in the west you had uni ice and can't. you have moscow. orthodox and in the middle you have people who seemed to e.g. of the capital speak russian but feel ukrainian and regional and talk about ukraine as a parachute intended to but i mean that the right sort of jump but there are there are many people that do say that ukraine is clearly divided between it between one portion that supports your of the other portion that supports russia but what kind of reaction are you expecting now from the protesters in kiev our correspondent moments ago i said state of thousands are coming in terms of thousands nothing in ukraine which is a country of forty six million a million

europe. six people have been killed and gale force winds and heavy rain battered france and britain. southern england is one the worst-hit. resident had to cope with surging floodwaters and no electricity. >> on christmas morning, most of this village was underwater. houses were flooded as the river burst its banks. >> somebody shouted, help. there is no lights in this part of the road. somebody was stuck in the white van over there. the fire brigade came. it took a long time. >> that driver was not in the water. rescuers spent christmas eve saving lives. the flood turned streets into waterways. >> we rescued about six people. 4 were critical. a nine-year-old girl. and a taxi driver. they had to be carried out. >> for residents, there was little seasonal cheer. many were trapped in their homes and power outages mid troubles for those with refrigerators packed for the holidays. it is a christmas the people will not forget. when the holiday councils were not just for decoration. >> russia has dropped charges against 30 greenpeace activist against an amnesty. environmentalism were arrested after

there had to be a massive peace treaty, and all the little countries of europe should be southern, and they should be guided by treaties between them. so he came up with this whole paradigm. and be in 1648 at the peace of westphalia, they adopted it. and he had died during negotiations, so he didn't get to see it through. but they called this a grotian moment because it really launched the whole idea of sovereign states and modern international law. so when we're looking at moments that are like paradigm shifts where international law changes very radically and quickly, why not call them grotian moments? >> now, the original a war lasting eight decades to get to, to actually crystallize. >> so other people have looked as these moments like radial changes like wold war ii, finish world war ii, and they say those are international constitutional moments, and they're taking a phrase from bruce ackerman, a famous constitutional law professor who looked at the new deal revolution and said that was a constitutional appropriatemoment. and so these folks are saying that happens sometimes in in

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southern chad. >> it might be cold. it might be the holiday season in europe, but anti-government protests in ukraine are continuing. >> reporter: one of the main reasons for the persistence is anger about widespread corruption. ukraine rank 17 174 on a list of 177 on that issue. >> reporter: this man knows all too well the perils of starting a business here. >> the corruption in ukraine because everything you should pay. >> reporter: for small to medium businesses like his the landscape is bleak. from landscaping bureaucracy and endless inspections and laws that are not he sai hard to und. corruption is part of daily life effecting police, healthcare, court, and education. almost anything connected with government. transparency international this month labeled ukraine the most corrupt country in europe, and most ukrainians believe it starts at the top. they believe viktor yanukovych and those around him siphon millions a year from the economy. >> reporter: like the president's someone, alexander. his business has skyrocketed since his father took office. >> from $7 million to $500 million. in less than four years. >>

southern hemisphere of the world. the eastern and western parts of the world are typically europe, the united states, russia, china, and then when you begin to look at some of the more challenged parts of the world, it is really in the southern hemisphere of the world or that is where we are seeing a lot of these challenges today. that is why we see ourselves being drawn into places that are relatively new locations where we are having to play military forces in our intelligence system being challenged to understand these new threats. as i said, our changing operational environment demands new approaches. urban terrain will need to be the dominant were fighting environment, bringing with it a unique set of challenges. those challenges, i believe, deal with precision. , mountain, of desert bejungle warfare, you could less precise in terms of the application of military power. in the day and age of urban , and we see this in the these werehdad, urban areas. as we see more of the population an urbanization effect, the precision of our capability will be key. the other way i describe it is understanding. it should be a pri

europe. but in summary my data and spend a few jokes at least an eagle and six. in the mountains of southern albania and in tiger and its has been sliced into my room on the production. some of the european settler canteen was the sense that many take the promise of peace. there's a strong smell came over this village in southern albania the smell is certainly not set out is a hobby marijuana growing practically the entire community earn their living from it. yet the private farming the marijuana is legal in albania. usually the villagers themselves. we are the first team that has been allowed into film. he started growing the drug were the guests of the family will call the dish to speak to me or our heads the family business which produces around one thousand kilos of marijuana each year union address we sow the seeds then we did hold him. we have to keep watering the plants every other day in the harvesting and trimming of the crop is also very difficult. we do it ourselves. in that. stating i know. the but it's a lucrative business. the dish whose don't like to talk money. but the harves

europe. six people had been killed as gale force winds and heavy rains battered france and britain the county of surrey in southern england is one of the worst hitresidents have become with surging floodwaters and no electricity. on christmas morning. much of the village of broken in southern england was under water. houses were flooded as the river mole burst its banks in several places the nice enough to pay for some steps to help help help. it is sad. the reason i decided i'd seen these times that night and that something was stuck in a white van with ben and sam thought the day came and sat eight it was long time. that driver was only one plucked from christmas eve sitting onnt monday turned roads into one two weeks. the ad. with the way we feel we can get rid of it. so what don't know about. much could it be every day. what's with that it was a little seasonal cheer this year. many were trapped in their homes and power outages meant trouble for those with fridge is packed for the holidays the day. the people welcome once again. holiday candles weren't just for decoration russia has formally dropped charges ag

europe, where we have several storm systems we're talking about today. one across the mediterranean. this is making for unsettled weather. thunderstorms there especially into southern italy. that will extend over to greece as well. meanwhile, along the jet stream, just north of it, actually, the british isles, you have a little break here on thursday. look at that. another tightly wound storm system that is coming through. windy and unsettled is the short version of saying it. but some areas, especially along the western seaboards, you're going to be looking at winds over 100 kilometers per hour. another shot of heavy rain on top of flooding has caused several deaths out there. not a welcome storm. that one's going to be coming in. like i said, still have the unsettled weather down to the south. if you're in eastern europe, though, take a look at some of your temperatures. and sunny skies there for you in warsaw, and also towards moscow here on friday. that's a look at your world weather. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us. until next time, goo

storms dumped dirt hit western europe when she stayed with gale force winds and heavy rain like people died in prison and prawns at the floating wreak havoc and southern england and thousands of travelers were stranded at airports and train stations and in front of twenty four thousand items were left without power. this tool box in the northern front whose mind is when some two hundred and forty five villages cappella and weights measuring up to seventy two tie. the town the sharks in nineteen fifty was devastated by flooding in several houses were destroyed. the storm knocked down trees and gold grades and railway tracks in its wake as it swept across fronds and northern spain one christmas eve the cells of christian pilgrims flock to the helm of bethlehem the latin patriarch of the holy land one while celebrated midnight mass and the twins church of the nativity built above a grotto where christians believe jesus christ was born palestinian president mahmoud abbas and eu foreign policy chief catherine ashton were among the dignitaries attending the service. and in reading seventy thousand people attended conferences his best ever christmas address

europe a little later. including anger on the streets of spain as leaders approve anti-abortion law. >>> plus in southern england with a puzzle for you. what has this place, the daily telegraph, the cross word and world war ii have in common? fancy a clue? that's coming up later in the program. >> well, now is pouring water in south korea a full-time job? what about those workers who varnish your nails? the government is trying to cut unemployment. the jobs market is changing. we're talking about south korea. we have reports from seoul. >> what type of worth would you like with your meal? in south korean restaurant it may soon become more common to see a new member of staff with a new skill. a new water sow mal soma llier t to drink and how to drink it. >> we help customers by selecting appropriate water to enhance the taste of the dishes. >> reporter: some jobs will now be legitimate as official jobs. on the face of it this plan looks like a way to legitimatize employment overnight simply to make the numbers look better. but the government is hoping that it will encourage smaller industries to grow. by adding 1

europe. as we head to the south we have heavy rain effecting parts of greece across southern parts of italy andy could well see some heavy downpours and it gets better in the next 24 hours or so as the system moves to the south but again it will be pushing to the north african coast where we had bad weather over the last day or so and across libya we had some significant rainfall totals, about two thirds of a month rain in 48 hour, this is the upshot and serious flooding across the region looks like more heavy rain coming here in the next few days, sue. >> people thrown from a train derailed in new york, still to come on the news hour we report on the accident that killed four and left several more in critical condition and a 2000-year-old mystery behind rome's most famous landmarks. and we will have the details of sport later. ♪ ♪ the top stories on al jazeera, antigovernment protesters are back on the streets of bangkok demanding the resignation of the prime minister. an address to the nation and she says she will stay as long as the majority of people are behind her. in egypt a draft constit