spain is considered too big to bail out by investors. these people are hoping for a little luck is christmas. >> we have got one of those stories for you. this is a little polar bear cub born one month ago in the scandinavian wildlife park in denmark. after two days, he was taken away from his mother. his mother was not producing enough milk. three people around the clock have been taking care of this little polar bear cub. in a few months, he should be introduced to other polar bears and he should be able to start eating solid foods like meat and fish. he seems pretty happy. that is is for all -- that is it from us. goodbye. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank offers unique insight and expertise in a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles.

in fact this issue asian in spain seems to be so desperate this even those who immigrated here several years ago like miguel indurain as i know also packing their bags and heading back home. the catch twenty two is that spanish citizens also cannot find a job or something of the preference to say nothing of the immigrant workers but i mean the thing for many years i had a positive migration flow that is more people are coming in now it's negative each family male. their own reasons for leaving but i believe the economic crisis which he has is the main reason. at the recent general elections saw the demise of the leftist socialist party you need to play for the right wing people's party but maybe quantum is to agree no matter who is in charge they will have to follow the thorny path of more mysterious measures in the bright young things desperate for a job to continue to seek opportunities elsewhere it is. madrid. while the struggle to get a head start is also being felt further east from the point later india is a brightest and finest discover they need a foreign fallback as university

washington seals deals with poland let me tell you in spain sentiments of nato system it's the white house once again by. some observers think it's appalling to see over. rice. the system won't provide any measure of protection against weapons in iran or north korea that they don't exist yet they might in the future but if they do we'll be able to defeat this system it's raising questions about what the u.s. long term intentions are and where where we be headed in the future and i i think it's a very good thing that russia stick you know harder line unless now i wish it would have done it sooner but better late and then later. because we certainly if the united states continues to go down the road was headed for trouble the real reasons that russia are concerned about this you have to do with the implications for a space down with the implications for future arms race that russia does not want to get into. plenty on life you to explore from past present and future including sealing the deal to the union pretty years ago today the agreement was signed and it is all new the historic ch

the government revealed its plans to revive the troubled economy of spain. a political comeback and jamaica for the former prime minister, portia simpson miller. welcome to "bbc world news." i am david eades. blink and you missed it. how samoa abandoned friday. also, we know they are clever, but how clever? a new take on the ability of chimps to look out for each other. >> thank you for joining us. with friday prayers coming to a close in syria, there have been calls from activists for tens of thousands of protesters to get out on the streets and let the arab league monitors know exactly how they feel about their government. so far, the activists say the observers have done little to stop the bloodshed. our correspondent is in neighboring beirut. we're getting reports of more violence breaking out. this time in douma. >> that is right. it is difficult to know exactly what is going on inside syria. as you said, reports of clashes between tens of thousands of demonstrators in douma, a suburb on the edge of damascus, clashing with security forces. they're also

in fact this iteration in spain seems to be so desperate that even those who immigrated here several years ago like me galen doris i know are also packing their bags and heading back home. the catch twenty two is that spanish citizens also cannot find a job so they give the preference to say nothing of the immigrant workers but i mean i feel for many years we had a positive migration flow that is more people are coming in now it's negative each family may. their own reasons for leaving but i believe the economic crisis which it is is the main reason you know you are there at the or recent general elections saw the demise of the leftist socialist party who made way for the rightwing peoples party but mainly condom is to greedy no matter who is in charge they will have to follow the thorny path of implementing morris thirty measures meaning the bright young things desperate for a job continue to seek opportunity elsewhere it in a goes carty madrid. the website we're putting you in charge tell us what you would do if you were running the show at the e.u. summit in a copper choice a far

can you say without a doubt that babies were stolen in spain? >> from the '40s until '80s at a minimum, we can talk about children that were kidnapped from their families, from their mothers. >> reporter: stolen babies. >> reporter: they found the practice began after fascist dictator francisco franco seized power during spain's civil war of the late 1930s. the government would remove children from mothers who were political prisoners and give them to families who supported the regime. >> all this start like a political repression. >> reporter: but then it goes over the years from being a political thing to really being economic, to being a business? >> yes. >> reporter: money starts to change hands? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: large sums, thousands of dollars were paid for the babies. spain was an ultraconservative society dominated by the catholic church, and nuns or doctors were often key players. and who is getting that money? the nuns, the doctors? the church? >> little by little all together. >> reporter: all of them. >> yes, all of them. >>

greece. >> greece -- >> spain. >> spain. thank you. just want to make sure because occupy wall streeters have a different analysis what a pig is. mr. elliot. >> yes. i'm completely confident the euro will continue to exist. certainly, the core absolutely. and i think it's highly likely that all 17 members stay. >> mr. rosner. >> i think it's likely in the medium term that the euro continues to exist. i think that it will be difficult to have members exit, but i do expect there to be an exit of some peripheral members within the medium term. >> okay. mr. elie. >> yes. i think i'm generally in agreement with my fellow panelists. i think the weaker countries are going to have to exit and, again, you know, basically, it's the southern tier countries plus possibly ireland. if they believe, you know, relatively soon, this actually could be -- despite the problems with transitioning back to their original, their previous currencies, this may actually be positive for them and for the global economy because they will have cheaper currencies, th

among them, to restore confidence in spain's public finances. he's met with u.s.reasury secretary timothy geithner, angela merkel, french president nicolas sarkozy. speaking to european conserve tv leaders in france, he laid out his goals. >> translator: we need to lower the risk of our sovereign debt, make a structural reforms to promote growth and competitiveness, stimulate savings and increase our exports. >> reporter: and get bank credit flowing to businesses and families, he added. a daunting list especially when more than one-fifth of spaniards are out of work. in madrid, vendors don't expect any quick fixes. carlos guadalupe has had a re restaurant for 17 years, but he says business is down 20% since the crisis hit. >> translator: this will take time. it's not going to be overnight. it could take months, many months, and maybe longer. >> reporter: economists say rajoy's first priority will be -- >> step number one, confidence. get the markets to believe in you so that you can make sure that you have access to financing and you can cut the cost of that finan

there is a new team in charge in spain. kenneth turnaround the country -- had it turned around the country's economy? >> the finance minister says some provinces in the elections may be postponed. hundreds of european -- in its first ever offer of a limited three-year loans. 500 billion euros offer was far higher than anticipated. our business editor reports. >> the euro zone banks borrow, the money comes in, and they lend. in recent weeks, at the crisis in the euro zone has made it much harder for these banks to get the money. in dollars and euros, which has created the risk of a credit crunch. to the rescue has come the ecb in frankfurt, which provided 489 billion euros of the emergency loans to the euro zone banks. at the heart of the euro zone crisis is the number of governments are perceived to have barred to much. they borrowed some of this money from banks. if the government proved unable to be paid, that is why investors have become reluctant to lend to over indebted governments and to weak banks. is everything fixe

naturally if there are no jobs in spain people have to go elsewhere be that europe latin america in fact this issue asian in spain seems to be so desperate that even those who immigrated here several years. to go like we go indoors i know also packing their bags and heading back home. the catch twenty two is that spanish citizens also cannot find a job so they get the per friends to say nothing of the immigrant workers. for many years we had a positive migration flow that is more people are coming in now it's negative each family may list their own reasons for leaving but i believe the economic crisis which is the main reason. at the recent general elections saw the demise of the leftist socialist party who made way for the right wing people's party but the main economists agree no matter who is in charge they will have to follow the thorny path of implementing more measures meaning the bright young things disparate for a job continue to seek opportunity elsewhere it is. madrid one of the us is also evidence of americans leaving their country in record numbers that story among many

spain needs money badly, and it now has a fresh supply. demand for the spanish bonds was high, so interest rates remained relatively low. by the end of november, the rate had jumped to nearly 7% as concerns mounted that spain would be unable to repay its debts. suddenly, rates have dropped again to 5.5%. many are pending the successful bond sale to hopes that spain's prime minister elect will be able to come through on tough austerity measures. he will be sworn in next week. >> attention is shifting to rome when the italian government's new austerity package will be put to parliament on friday. the move is designed to speed up the passage of the bill into law. the passage, which foresees cutting italy's deficit by 33 billion euros, was designed by the country's new technocrat prime minister and is intended to balance the budget by 2013. the plan includes deep cuts in public spending as well as on popular pension reforms, but also includes measures to boost economic growth. on to the markets, and european share markets did rise thursday, cl

some mixed fortunes for spain there.ut fortunes for people up near the pyrenees or it seem, the winning ticket may well have been sold. al goodman joining us from madrid. pauline? >>> dishing up dinner for a dictator. we talk to a man who traveled the world to seek out delicacies for kim jong-il's dinner table. we'll explain. stay with cnn. >>> from cnn london, i'm nina dos santos. >> i'm pauline chiou at cnn hong kong. >>> let's take a look at how we're faring as we wrap up the festive season week later 0en. volume is pretty light as you'd expect, ahead of holiday time. as you can see on one hand we have markets pushing quite a bit higher, last time we looked at them, 20 minutes or so they were up 1%. they're pushing even higher than that. this is largely on the one hand thanks to the fact that the ecb has made available an unprecedented amount of money in the form of cheap long-term banks and keep money circulating. also hoping perhaps they will be buying up euro zone bonds and trying to give the government bond market

spain will face italy in their group. there is a fascinating client prospects between germany and the netherlands. ukraine's group includes england, then finalists, and that may help next summer. >> all right, let's talk about what this brought tells us. and our man of the hour is here in sports. let's start with group c. >> that is spain's group. all eyes are on the. they are the world and european champions. they are the favorites going into next summer as well. they have croatia and italy, and ireland, which is fairly favorable to them. they might throw out some surprises there. that said, spain does not have much to fear. they have had a few wobbles recently. >> let's move to group b. germany, of course, is in that. obviously, a great game in the making here, germany and the netherlands. >> they are great rivals, obviously. germany does not have much to fear that. -- germany does not have much to fear that. is a tough group the. -- it is a tough group the. germany has a score brimming over with young stars. after spai

even in spain, they still earn a lot of money.east he's not worried about the future. >> poland's economy has been enjoying fairly decent growth compared to the rest of europe, but economic experts are warning this could slow in the coming year. in light of this, the polish government has also been considering implementing austerity measures. this prospect is something that is the abiding polish public opinion. for some, the future is looking bright. this three-room apartment in more summit is going for have to 130,000 euros. but the realtor is convinced there will be enough people prepared to raise the money. >> we battle through when we're on food stands and the shops were empty. so we will manage to pay our mortgages now, too. >> not everyone shares that optimism. alexander works in a bookshop that is part of the left-wing protest movement. he is in favor of the government's line of living within one's means. >> there was a kind of credit boom, and now here in poland, it is not that easy to get credit, so people take more respo

spain fulfilled requirements. spain played very good -- not only fiscal balance, but surplus for four years in a row on the first term of the social -- socialist government. the financial crash brought the deficit. but the deficit was on the cost. if we are to correct the deficit, we need a good approach down over time, taking care of all the ingredients of the parliament. ok? including governments of the year rose on and not only resources for tackling these goals of balancing the union -- >> all right, juan, we have to leave it there. thank you for your time. the oil giant bp has accused one of its partner companies for rent -- of intentionally destroying evidence related to last year's spill in the gulf of mexico. the have accused halliburton of destroying evidence related to cement. halliburton has rejected the claims. election figures suggest that the current president in the republic of congo is leading the vote for president. still to come on "gmt," hundreds of protesters are still being held in russia afte

still more than one in five adults in spain is out of work.lmost one person in two among the younger population. as if that weren't enough, prime minister rajoy has warned of austerity to come. we report on an unhappy past and uncertain future. >> reporter: this is not what we expected to find when we went out to do a story on spain's economic crisis. but for juan jose carasa, out of work for two years as a waiter, these chickens in his backyard are a means of survival for his family. they make every egg count. even if you look for a job, it is very hard to find one. because so many people are out of work. the truth is, you don't know where to turn. >> reporter: spain's unemployment rate stands at 21.5%. but a staggering 45% for youth. the country's nearly 5 million jobless crowd the unemployment offices. businesses, large and small, struggle to survive. this food distributor on the eastern mediterranean coast has laid off 10% of staff. >> translator: i have never seen anything like this crisis. there's a lack of movement. it's absolutely vita

the autumn in europe saw the fall of several european leaders spain greece italy all of these countries so a change in leadership across a two week period but who are these new faces that help of europe's most troubled nations and will they really make things better for the people. probably not greeks pride themselves on essentially inventing democracy back in however long ago that was too bad the man who is now being touted as the man with the plan is an economist who was appointed to the greek people know gordon elections there well the greek prime minister was the greek finance minister at the time but greece joined the euro so he was responsible for cooking the books to get greece in for this ever expanding empire he was rewarded by going to work at the european central bank and as soon as i would mention the word referendum he was there and even if we skirt the whole issue of current governments being appointed by someone else from another country another question pops up will they be capable of doing anything different than before well the irony is of course that many of these tec

spain's and you conservative leadership has given its civil service employees a dismal new year gift by announcing a fresh austerity package worth almost nine billion euros they joined the greeks and italians who were hit by enormous cuts and tax hikes imposed by their governments this year and two thousand and twelve promises more of the same osses are really going to go now reports on the gloomy prospects for the euro zone. the autumn in europe so the fall of several european leaders spain greece italy all of these countries are changing leadership across a two week period but who are these new faces that help of europe's most troubled nations and will they really make things better for the people. probably not the greeks pride themselves on essentially inventing democracy back in however long ago that was too bad the man who is now being touted as the man with the plan is an economist who was appointed to rule the greek people know gordon elections there well the greek prime minister was the greek finance minister at the time but greece joined the euro so he was responsible for co

they are down on european worries as spain's new government unveiled was there three measures inside expects a twenty year budget gap of nearly eight percent. european stocks ended friday positive it's up to germany's finance minister ruled out a euro zone break up to forty up by a notch the dax point nine percent in a short session and russian stock spanish the final session of the on a positive note but overall in line with the governor in the cities lost around twenty one percent this year. happening lukoil at the close of friday's session was gaining around one percent financials also strong but the outstanding gain there was a flag carrier plot it was up five percent of the calls as an embattled plans to boost passenger numbers twenty five percent next year headlines are next with. mission. cretaceous three. three. three three. three. two three. zero three broncos video. free media. this is eight thirty pm now friday night these are our top stories the gulf to u.s. warships. threatening to blow up. egypt's ruling generals. staged against the offices of. the military says a stirr

they are down on european worries as spain's new government will seriously measures inside expects a twenty eleven budget gap me eight percent. european stocks ended friday positive it's up to germany's finance minister ruled out a eurozone breakup the footsie up by a notch to dags point nine percent in a short session and russian stocks finished the final session of the on a positive note but overall in line with the global trend in the seas lost around twenty one percent this year. lukoil at the close of friday's session was gaining around one percent financials also strong but the outstanding gainer was a flag carrier it was up five percent of the polls as an embattled plans to boost passenger numbers twenty five percent next year headlines are next with. clinician and free credit take should free transport charges free. agency three lists free studio time free clinic the old free blog video for your media projects a free media.

also in the running for toughest of the four that will see world and european champions spain defend their crown against italy be in form creation and ireland the group's first game clinker of a clash between the spaniards on just. one group d. that's the most wide open at this stage cousteau you train and sweet. no france will be called off making the quarter finals another is in danger a lot the bookies already predicting spain germany final on july first. and russian team funds will now know where to find their side during next summer's continental extravaganza in the country's capital to see she's having dick of a cut and cole will be based in kiev that despite the fact that the team will be playing all of their group games in poland now los angeles galaxy midfielder david beckon may be still basking in the glory of a science m.l.s. cup victory but his contract stateside is set to expire at the end of the year and the question is will football's biggest superstar be listing up his boots next season been lucky enough to be. some of the best teams in the world and been successful w

now let's turn to tennis where argentina have come back fighting in their davis cup final against spain after losing both single matches they won saturday's doubles to keep the tire alive david nalbandian and what i shrank with the vital victory against spain's for the channel and fernando verdasco winning in three sets pretty comfortably in seville after taking the first six for they went on to take the next six two and the final one six three match point coming after just two hours on court forcing the tie then into the final day today with spain need to win just one of the reverse singles matches they are likely to see now banyan replaced by martin del potro in the match with rafael nadal spain's david for their to play harmonica. meanwhile northern ireland's rory mcilroy has one goal of hong kong open after a blistering final round mcelroy had started the day three shots behind leader but it five birdies in the bogo free bogey free last round of sixty five to win by two shots and keep alive his hopes of catching englishman luke donald at the top of the european money list. well at t

now let's turn to tennis where argentina have come back fighting in their davis cup final against spain after losing both the evening singles matches they won saturday's doubles to keep the tire life they were now banned in and it was a schrank with a vital victory against spain for the channel lopez and fernando verdasco winning in three sets pretty comfortably in seville after taking the first set six four they went on to take the next six two and the final one six three match point coming after just two hours on call forcing the tie into the final day where spain need to win just one of the reverse singles matches they are likely to see now banding replaced by martin del potro in the match with rafael nadal while spain's david fair share due to play monica. in other news tiger woods is let slip his lead at the chevron world challenge and goes into the final round in california a shot behind zach johnson started the third day as the one to catch but he had an up and down star for the chip gym for one of these here on the first nine holes as he also had read bogey's johnson meanwhile w

. >> spain? >> in particular, exactly. they showed that the services sector declined at its fastest rate since march 2009. hugely disappointing figure, especially because spain has just gone through its general election. the new prime minister has his work cut out for him implementing austerity measures. this read does show that economists who are forecasting that spain will fall back into recession in early 2012 could well be right. >> good news for one travel company, though the outlook is not great. >> no, better than expected profits. it's europe's biggest travel holiday company. it basically faced falling rivals, and its biggest problem is dealing with banks. but today, we've seen it announcing a rise in profits, but share price is down. i'll have more on this and all the rest of business later on. >> those pictures are tempting, aren't they? thanks very much. now, if you're gay in nigeria, you could be jailed for up to 14 years. according to a new law that's currently being debated. amnesty international says the mov

for me while spain in barcelona forward a d.v.d. and has had surgery on his fractured shin bone but is expected to be out for five months the thirty year old suffered the injury in the semifinals of the club world cup last week which bossa went on to win don't just say in good cases a player can recover from such an operation within five months and that would still mean he missed the rest of the season with barcelona and could possibly miss out on the european championships with spain next summer but doctors say they've been impressed with korea's early progress and that issues. not a list of any visit you don't mind to have the blue. room broken and dead for a moment has been a very good being here he would when he wants in the hospital in your home in japan with the president in front of him he started to ask questions one after another regarding what he should do when he could start and which one was the best method so he could start playing as soon as possible. while in the meantime chelsea has played down the training ground in

elsewhere spain in barcelona forward has had surgery on his front chin bag but is expected to be out for five months he suffered the injury during last week's club world cup which basso went on to win doctors say in good cases a player can recover from such an operation within five months but that would still mean don't miss the rest of the season with barcelona and could possibly miss out on the european championships in spain next summer the doctors say they've been impressed with the early progress and that she too would you know that people shouldn't knock a list of the neighbors who don't mind to have the blue tooth he had his chin boom broken and that for a moment has been a very good since being even where he wants in the hospital in new york at home in japan with the president in front of him he started to ask questions one after another regarding what he should do when he could start and which one wants the best method so he could start playing as soon as possible. meanwhile chelsea have played down an injury suffered by john terry training the england captain had to be help

iceland, greece, ireland, portugal, spain and now italy are in trouble. i watched with fascination as financial instability claimed banks and corporations and then as ford had spoken about in his meeting with sir hedy the social unrest began. there were riots in disturbances in athens and london. governments were ousted in iceland ireland and portugal and britain. i remember thinking perhaps i can offer insight that i was in new zealand at the bottom of the world, recovering from spinal surgery. i thought what can you do? dialed 911 to report a historical emergency? [laughter] and no one is going to listen to me. this raises a big question about the role historians can play in our fast-moving contemporary society with a fixation on the now and the superficial. during my research for the subwhen i interviewed a highly respected washington-based military strategist. i asked him to help explain to me how the united states became so weak in the 1970s in this crucial period when gerald ford as president he inherits the situation has to manage it. is in my conv

what is being proposed here and will the people of spain actually accept it? >> reporter: hi, charles. that's the question, how the public opinion is going to deal with it. there will be in fact no surprises. he's sent a clear message. he's saying it's time for austerity and rapid reforms. today in the second meeting the ministers will announce a package of measures directed to obtain this healing of spain's budgetary problems. they're going announce very specific things. for example, on the public salaries, they are going to be frozen in the next year. there will be no more hirings in the public sector and also they are slashing the minimum salary that now is around 640 euros. that's among some measures. the only good news, charles, today is about the pensions. they're going to accomplish one of their main electoral promises today to spanish people. he's going to raise around 1% pensions for the spaniards. they are 3.2 million. they have seen their paychecks cut. it's not very much. it's now around 3%. at least there is some good news to send to the public to

but in the meantime spain manage assented has been named as the best national coach of the year the war comes from the international federation of football history and statistics the six year old lead the red fury to their maiden world cup glory last year and hopes a high back in spain that will help them retain their european cycle in ukraine and poland next summer. when i'm going to remember them more than we can complain about their results and their competitive games and we have largely accomplished in the show we have had some setbacks we have faced some very strong rivals but we have managed to cope with the expectations a little time to prepare for the euro two thousand and twelve we have only one more game on the twenty ninth of february because the league and the local competitions are very intense and there is also the champions and we got it on let's see how the players get on and we have a good base the fundamentals are in place and everything will be there when we go on to do your most you know that is the. in the meantime some dos will get their fee for world's top cup cam

all time leading scorer of his fifty goals in eighty one games is now adapt to euro twenty twelve spain trying to defend their title well basso went on to complete the probate. this is a devil. exists. so do k. so maybe three not just on the way out. maxwell said of the cats one side will face brazilian side santos in sunday's final is that he thinks their second title some street their top son. well that is when a santos went through to the showpiece event following its three one win the local . campaigns question whether so nineteen year old striker neymar opened after nineteen minutes things and nifty footwork and i think one will however bored just a relative veteran thirty one almost eclipse the teenager is ethical a beauty so just five minutes later he rocky cycle gave the partisan home crowd a reason to celebrate soon after the interval to watch. but his header was not enough as the nearest us over this weekend all time next year sealed the winter sandals with yet another cracker the midfielder calling it a quasi free kick starter the. damage of years that is going to session doe

that's football and barcelona and spain striker that india is set for a long absence after breaking his leg in passes for no victory over guitarist side al side in the semifinals of the club world cup in japan well andrea and i had to purchase the european champions one nil up after twenty five minutes after confusion between the goalkeeper under the defender. then five minutes before hard time thirty eight all the appear to land or quickly was carted off in a stretcher was later confirmed to fractured his left ear we're joined basel from volunteer for almost fifty three million dollars last year and spain's all time leading scorer with fifty goals in eighty one games he's now a dad for euro twenty twelve when spain will try to defend their title. well basso went on to complete the four no victory our very own i missed it again shortly after piers exit. so it ok to made it three nil just after the hour and two maxwell added a late for the catalan side face but as inside sun falls in sunday's final as they aim to change their second title from three club well cup finals. well their play

many companies like spain and france. and belgium and others have the people on our side their governments cannot go against the will of their own people but if the people are with the palestinians why then is it so difficult to get a two thirds majority in the security council because the united states still has the power of pressuring many countries because their israeli lobby is playing its cards pressuring many many world leaders because of the hypocrisy of western politics you know this speak about freedom of the syrian people respect of human rights in libya but they feel total knows that this is also needed for palestine once you have membership in the general assembly you'll have access to the international criminal court how do you plan to use this and do you think the israelis are concerned by it they are totally concerned about this this is maybe one of them and reasons why they are trying to obstruct our membership in the united nations. why because they know they have committed war crimes why because they kno

people who think that maria monti came to help italy out of the crisis order to help spain. those who are in key positions in seats of power on represent the interests of goldman sachs and other major corporations by ease and there is always the chance that things could get even worse there is a real possibility. in the mediterranean countries that will see governor. well not evil not evil legitimate governments but was the government's overthrow it was also a big worry that we may well see the kind of nationalist political movements springing out of this that we thought we said goodbye to back in ninety forty five if the technocrats fail to reach the rank the economy is in italy greece and spain the nations where end up not only with a bleak future but we did very little reason to call themselves democratic it in because go r.t. . elsewhere in the world tonight in southeast turkey thousands of mourners attended the funeral service pay their last respects to the victims of an air strike thirty five kurdish civilians were killed on wednesday after the turkish air force launch