in spain in particular it seems no solution is too far-fetched. >> in spain, severe unemployment is forcing many people to rethink their careers, and a growing number of spaniards are turning back to the land. in andalusia, one of the world's oldest professions is undergoing a real renaissance. >> antonio has an important lesson. he is going to initiate her into the mysteries of milking sheet. she is a qualified veterinarian, but now she is training to become a shepherd. for several months, he has been her teacher. the shepherding course in southern spain includes such juicy bits of ovine science as what else to use on which sheep and how to keep the flock together by hurling stones. >> i think it is great to spend the day out in nature with the animals. that is a far more relaxed life. i feel better when i get up in the morning. >> we do not want this tradition to get lost, and it is good to know that there are young people who want to pursue this wonderful profession in the future as well. >> after the sheep are all milk, they are driven out to pasture, and the day begins. the shepherding

in spain in particular it seems no solution is too far-fetched. >> in spain, severe unemployment is forcing many people to rethink their careers, and a growing number of spaniards are turning back to the land. in andalusia, one of the world's oldest professions is undergoing a real renaissance. >> antonio has an important lesson. he is going to initiate her into the mysteries of milking sheet. she is a qualified veterinarian, but now she is training to become a shepherd. for several months, he has been her teacher. the shepherding course in southern spain includes such juicy bits of ovine science as what else to use on which sheep and how to keep the flock together by hurling stones. >> i think it is great to spend the day out in nature with the animals. that is a far more relaxed life. i feel better when i get up in the morning. >> we do not want this tradition to get lost, and it is good to know that there are young people who want to pursue this wonderful profession in the future as well. >> after the sheep are all milk, they are driven out to pasture, and the day begins. the shepherding

al jazeera, southern spain.

there's certainly a focus in spain., unemployment rates in europe. and stefan is in madrid. hi, stefan. >> hi, ross. trade unions are calling for another economic policy for spain in order to drive the country out of recession. they claim that the labor reform that was implemented last year did not improve the situation, it actually got worse with the record unemployment rate that we had at the end of the first quarter, 27.2%. the government claims that the reform was necessary, and actually, that this reform avoided a much worse situation in the labor market. according to a statement from the labor ministry, the reforms saved 680,000 jobs. ahead of the demonstration today, ross, the spanish newspaper "el pais" is reporting that more austerity has been prepared by the spanish government in the report sent to the european commission. the government is planning 3 billion euros in additional growth cost savings. 1 billion would come from another labor reform, another 1 billion coming from cutbacks in social subsidies and s

he was educated because when he went to spain as a young man, he was sent over at the age of 16. why? because his mother's family, he was a complete orphan, father dead, mother dead, sent over by the family to persuade spain to actually give him a barren at sea, or, you know, some noble position, and he inned up in e under the to do lag of one who lived in spain for a long time, the one who brought him in, never had a son, boliva was an orphan, brought him in, taught him everything, tutors came in, and boliva ended up really astop ired by his own interest in history and literature, and music, and he was trained in everything from the personal library and from the people who came in. he was really, as i say, a person who changed the latin american language because he had listened to the european philosopher of the time, read deeply and appreciated good prose. he was a deeply educated man. >> you answered the question, so i'll revise. why did he refuse to defend martijn? he was hugely talented military commander, and his crossing was more successful than boulevards, for example. >>

in spain, the figure was just 4%. the reason is that germany's economy remains relatively buoyant. meanwhile, spain is suffering under record unemployment, and especially young people see few options looking for work. >> so the next generation of people who have spent their entire lives being educated that the future is in a united europe have begun to lose faith in that idea. >> europe, it seems, is anything

that economic situation in countries like greece spain and italy and you have to use an unemployment that is really going through the sky in greece any spain six i'll send young people are out of a job that just incredible yet so friedrich i mean you know when you look at the let's call it the family of europe is the case of a friend didn't need is a friend in data like a friend that needs a whole part of trouble i'm thinking germany and austria have got the lowest rate of unemployed use it eight percent is germany really going to be willing to splash out on something that's not specifically it's a problem. well if you're just throwing money around at the we've got already a lot of signs on the germans that's not the way they look at this problem what they are trying to stimulate now and we try to cross the something that should happen we did a monetary union that labor mobility has to resist and german shown themselves to be ready to accept a lot of people from countries like spain and portugal so that they can move from a high unemployment area to open employment area like for exam

but as the son of a wealthy family, was he educated in spain? this?>> it's a great story. >> because i have to believe if he was educated abroad and coming from a wealthy family most of it somewhat learned something about history and, of course, because he is traversing the andes is similar to hannibal's going over the alps to sack rome. >> except hannibal prepared for two years and bolivar just did it. thank you. the thing that's amazing about bolivar's education, he was inordinately erudite man. he could speak, you know, language. if you read rousseau in french, he read cicerone in latin. he was educated, because we went to spain as a very young man he was sent over at the age of 16. why? because his mother's family, he was a complete often, his mother was dead, his father was dead and he was sent over by his family to see if he could persuade spain to actually give him a baroness seat or, you know, some noble position. and he ended up under the tutelage of wonderful venezuelan who had lived in spain for a long time, who brought him into he had neve

spain could successfully collect fresh money from very good conditions and spain could profit from the lax monetary policy in japan. investors are looking desperately for a higher interest rate. >> for a closer look at the market numbers. just a slight gain on the day closing 0.2% higher, but still enough to get the index to another record nonetheless. eurostoxx 50 lower. positive momentum continues were the dow was trading at 15,408. euro-dollar is at $1.29 one. -- $1.2901. >> carnival has cut their earnings outlook for the second time. >> they have been struggling with falling revenue after a series of disasters. last year, the concordia son killing 32 people and earlier, almost 3000 passengers were left adrift in the gulf of mexico after their ship lost all power. german software giant as ap plans to recruit people with autism to do pro to -- -- sap plans to recruit people with autism. some people with autism can perform complex mathematical tasks much better than the average population and that is exactly why they have turned to a recruiter professionalizes in placing candidate wit

spain could successfully collect fresh money from very good conditions and spain could profit from the lax monetary policy in japan. investors are looking desperately for a higher interest rate. >> for a closer look at the market numbers. just a slight gain on the day closing 0.2% higher, but still enough to get the index to another record nonetheless. eurostoxx 50 lower. positive momentum continues were the dow was trading at 15,408. euro-dollar is at $1.29 one. -- $1.2901. >> carnival has cut their earnings outlook for the second time. >> they have been struggling with falling revenue after a series of disasters. last year, the concordia son killing 32 people and earlier, almost 3000 passengers were left adrift in the gulf of mexico after their ship lost all power. german software giant as ap plans to recruit people with autism to do pro to -- -- sap plans to recruit people with autism. some people with autism can perform complex mathematical tasks much better than the average population and that is exactly why they have turned to a recruiter professionalizes in placing candidate wit

it was spain's addiction suicide. homes are for clothes, even if they default, they are still liable to pay back the debt. people are plunged into poverty and careers at the same time without support. we've seen this trigger large rises in suicide. spain, italy, and greece are at the high end. >> she was 53 years old. she jumped from about any to heard that the issue is about to be convicted. she appeared on the show to talk about the suicide. former city council member, her case is especially tragic because she did not share how bad of a situation was, even with her husband. most of the people had no idea that there had been a repossession and eviction process. she was so desperate and so ashamed of the situation that she jumped out of the balcony of her apartment as court employees came to evict her. this comes two weeks after police found a man dead in his apartment as they went into the victim from his home after repossession. the movement to stop these evictions and repossessions has been working very hard on thi

they do not often find work in spain. they are not doing too well. >> their parents left six months ago. most of the time, the children fend for themselves. sometimes their grandmother helps out. 350,000 children grow up like this in romanian according to unicef. they call them to you or fans, the wave of immigration and they go abroad to find work as cleaners, carriers, leaving iran children behind in order to look after someone else's. >> i'm 15. today is my 16th birthday. >> he wants a pair of sneakers. he has written to let his parents know. for struggling families, it's easy to understand the lure of jobs abroad. the average wages just 360 euro and it has been for years. about 3.5 million romanians, or one-fifth of the work force is seeking work abroad. the effective families torn apart can be long-lasting. dancing allows christie and not to forget it of the fact that they actually have mothers. the live in a children's home. they barely have had any contact with their mothers who work somewhere in the eu. he does no

they do not often find work in spain. they are not doing too well. >> their parents left six months ago. most of the time, the children fend for themselves. sometimes their grandmother helps out. 350,000 children grow up like this in romanian according to unicef. they call them to you or fans, the wave of immigration and they go abroad to find work as cleaners, carriers, leaving iran children behind in order to look after someone else's. >> i'm 15. today is my 16th birthday. >> he wants a pair of sneakers. he has written to let his parents know. for struggling families, it's easy to understand the lure of jobs abroad. the average wages just 360 euro and it has been for years. about 3.5 million romanians, or one-fifth of the work force is seeking work abroad. the effective families torn apart can be long-lasting. dancing allows christie and not to forget it of the fact that they actually have mothers. the live in a children's home. they barely have had any contact with their mothers who work somewhere in the eu. he does no

so spaniards can afford to go there because we can organize originally have left spain off the tour list because they fear they will not be able to fill all the seats with the hiring of unemployment so bon jovi just said he would sell the tickets at cost to the spanish fans but i don't know if this is fair to the other countries in europe have to pay full price for their tickets while spain is getting out of anything i guess it depends on how much you like jon bon jovi i mean what do what is he going to do if you go to cyprus maybe you can just charge them. but i think it speaks to a larger problem in europe which is kind of structural the way the currency system is set up in the fiscal system is set up i mean what do you think well i think this brings up you know other issues in europe where the more conservative countries such as germany are having to live within their means while all the pigs are benefiting from the inflationary measures so we're talking about portugal ireland italy greece spain etc but these countries are part of the you are part of a unified monetary system but

virtual currency of an exchange and then bob and i are going to do about a fleet of rock concert in spain very. children from want to financials and have a special say as how it's going to. just mama. the child shouldn't live in the north an inch for a long child should be raised in a family during these years a little eleven children have been returned by dumb to the families. of the ninety eight percent of the children from zero or more from each placed with . the child has brought us so much happiness. let me let me respond well why don't you let me ask you a question. on this man working his way around in the debate we have our knives out. to bring in the scientists by staying married to get married a situation where b. i don't want to talk about the surveillance me. when i visited the twenty thirteen point conference in san jose i had the opportunity to sit down with jared khanna the c.e.o. and founder of trade health which is the first u.s. big exchange platform as you may know virtual currencies are entering a dance regulatory environment here in the united states i first asked mr

effect is the most in greece twenty seven percent of the workforce is out of a job while in spain one in every four is unemployed the increasing joblessness of many and poor working conditions for some triggered massive demonstrations around the world on may day the most turbulent protests took place in turkey where police had to despise demonstrators with tear gas and water cannons after the demo turned violent at least twenty eight people were injured in clashes and dozens were arrested in greece the country was told by the crisis the day auction was marked by a twenty four hour strike while spain has seen demonstrations in more than eighty cities. looks now at how financially strained people in europe deal with the lack of job prospects. the unemployment rate in the years old has recently reached a record twelve percent and for those aged twenty five and below in countries like spain and greece that number is as high as more than fifty percent with very little signs of any economic improvement and for those who are looking for a job that search is no longer just about to want to fi

most of the member states the ever rising figures are alarming and rising year by year greece and spain the most affected in greece for example twenty seven percent of the workforce out of a job while in spain one in every four is unemployed and the increasing joblessness of many and poor working conditions for some triggered massive demonstrations all around the world on may day at the most turbulent protests taking place in turkey where police had to disperse demonstrators with tear gas and water cannons after the demonstrations turned violent at least twenty eight people were injured in clashes dozens were arrested in greece so the country worst hit by the crisis the day of action was marked by a twenty four hour strike spain has seen demonstrations in more than eighty cities assays tests are sillier reports. the unemployment rate in the years old has recently reached a record twelve percent and for those aged twenty five and below in countries like spain and greece that number is as high as more than fifty percent with very little size of any economic improvement now for those who a

action was marked by a twenty four hour strike spain has seen demonstrations in more than eighty cities aussies tester australia now looks at the struggle of the people of puerto cross certain parts of the us or. the other employment rate in the years old has recently reached a record twelve percent and for those aged twenty five and below in countries like spain and greece that number is this high is more than fifty percent with very little signs of any economic improvement for those who are looking for a job that search is no longer just about trying to find work many are now trying to leave their home countries. like niccolo wriggles e a biology graduate from italy now working initial clytie in brussels and the situation in italy was actually awful because the only thing i was able to get is a really short contract for like free mouth for six months with absolutely no possibility of growing out in an industry or in the laboratory anything most two of most of them were totally unpaid because you can't really think of your future he says it wasn't a walk in the park in beijing either a

barcelona where the rally was also marred by clashes with police thousands took to the streets in spain protesting austerity and unemployment which is at record highs mayday protesters marched and athens as a well all part of a twenty four hour walkout following the recent cutbacks of fifteen thousand public sector jobs and it comes as the e.u. faces the prospect of another year of recession and job losses according to the latest forecasts let's take a look these are the three countries with the highest on him. ploy middle rates in the euro zone in greece over twenty seven percent of the workforce is out of a job while in spain. about one in every four is unemployed portugal's rate is not far behind it are the ones down here in real green seventeen point five percent are teased as are cilia has a look into how people across europe are dealing with skyrocketing unemployment and found out leaving the country is a popular choice. the unemployment rate in the years old has recently reached a record twelve percent and for those aged twenty five and below in countries like spain and greece th

recently reached a record twelve percent and for those aged twenty five and below in countries like spain and greece that number is this high is more than fifty percent with very little signs of any economic improvement now for those who are looking for a job that search is no longer just about trying to find work many are now trying to leave their home countries. like niccolo wriggles a biology graduate from italy now working in a shop in brussels and the situation in italy was extremely awful because the only thing i was able to get is a really short contract like free mouth for six months with absolutely no possibility of ruling out any. industry or in the laboratory anything most most of them were totally hate and you can't really think of your future. he says it wasn't a walk in the park in beijing either as many companies require a working knowledge of both french and dutch a barrier that may be hard to overcome but perhaps still more attractive for some the going back home i read. in two thousand and twelve. in the person present age of young people who emigrated from italy and gre

brussels will today signal a clear change in policy, giving spain and france more leeway on deficit cuts and placing emphasis on growth-oriented reforms in its annual eu health check. >>> the u.s. ten-year treasury yields hit a fresh 30-month high on speculation the fed may consider pulling back on qe amid signs the economy is improving. >>> if you can't beat them, join them. the bank of thailand hops on the easing bandwagon, cutting rates by 25 basis points, citing weak growth. >>> soft bank and springs reportedly reach a deal with the u.s. government on security concerns, looking to buy china out of american networks. >>> good morning. let's take a look at some numbers just crossing for you. the german jobless number is the latest to hit the wires. the may seasonally adjusted jobless rate is plus 21,000 positions is the latest. in terms of that, this is now an increase in the number of jobless to 2.96 million people out of the workforce. in terms of the seasonally adjusted jobless number in april, this was plus 6,000. so, the month earlier. in terms of overall what economists were expe

one carlows in spain. denmark, and norway's crown prince and princess. -- juan carlos in spain. >> the traditional form of government in europe is the monarchy. republics were the chancellor exception for long time. italy and switzerland, for example. if you look back to the 19th century, it was almost exclusively monarchies. >> of denmark has the oldest continuous market with more than 1000 years of history related to almost all other european royal families. he is known as the father-in-law of europe marion office children across the continent. starting a constitutional crisis in 1920 almost leading to the overthrow, surviving as they moved it to democracy, but with its role little more than symbolic. >> monarchies embody continuity and the identity of a people. knowing a long time in advance to the next monarchs will be, as is the case in most places today, i believe it's an advantage. >> monarchs have taken on a representative role. few elected ceremonial heads of state and enjoy the same hope crile --

thece and spain are not only countries where there have been protests marking may day. these pictures that i'm about to show are from cambodia, where thousands of garment factory workers have been out demanding higher wages and better working conditions. in manila, the capital of the philippines, thousands marched, calling for more job protection and workplace rights. in turkey, protesters clashed with police in istanbul. water cannons and smoke grenades were used on the crowd. there have been demonstrations in japan and france. now than 400 people are confirmed dead after the collapse of a clothing factory building in bangladesh, a week ago. many are still missing. tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the to markdhaka international workers' day. th are demanding the death penalty for the building owners. we will join our correspondent in dhaka. these protesters, are they aware that there is some concern in the european union about the working conditions in these kinds of factories? >> as my colleague mark lowen said earlier, the users are highli

these figures particular in the south in southern europe their youth unemployment in greece and in spain over fifty percent meantime the president of france where more than a quarter of youngsters a jobless has warned that the situation is becoming dangerous francois spoke of anger and hatred brewing among young people while they governments fail to improve their prospects economist dr stephen davis told us that the situation he worries too is a ticking time bomb. it's actually a minor miracle that this hasn't lead to more serious social and political unrest and it has already one of the things that history tells us is that lots of only employed young men is a very very dangerous situation that's the kind of thing that historically can lead to really serious trouble not just in terms of say for example rising crime but also syria's civil disorder or political problems of one kind or another really big cause for the very high rates of unemployment in general amongst young people in particular is the catastrophic effects of the euro and of the attempts being made the desperate attempts tha

member states in fact the ever rising figures are are alarming and rising year by year greece and spain as you can see being affected the most portugal not to be neglected either though in greece twenty seven percent of the workforce is out of a job while in spain one in every four is employed by the increasing joblessness of many and poor working conditions for some triggered massive demonstrations around the world on may day as we were reporting here on r.t. and the most turbulent protests took place in turkey police had to disperse demonstrators with tear gas and water cannons after the demo turned violent at least twenty eight people were injured in clashes dozens were. arrested and in greece the country worst hit by the crisis the day of action was marked by a twenty four hour strike spain has seen demonstrations in more than it eighty cities. she looks at how financially strained people in europe a dealing with the lack of job prospects. the unemployment rate in the years own has recently reached a record twelve percent of for those aged twenty five and below in countries like spa

more life happens here. >>> an air show turned deadly in madrid, spain, on sunday.ccording to witnesses, the vintage plane struck power lines at an airfield and exploded into flames. the pilot died later of severe burns. people on the ground suffered severe injuries as well. the cause of the crash has not been determined. >>> and police in san francisco are trying to determine how a limousine caught fire, killing five women and injured four others. the women were headed for a night on the town to celebrate a newlywed bride when the limo caught fire. the women were trapped inside the car. the bride was among the dead. the driver escaped injury. >>> in salt lake city, the district attorney is considering additional charging for a teenager accused of punching a soccer referee who layer died. candlelight vigil was held last night. as terrell brown reports, the victim's family and friends are struggling to come to terms with the tragedy. >> reporter: as a candlelight vigil ceremony, a daughter, johana portillo talked about her father, then still in a coma. >> it's just n

bankrupt the protests are senseless the bank will see bankruptcy this is what we have in greece and spain mourners ireland portugal you name it and so what to do i mean we in the western world have one problem we are

italy and spain, a two-tier banking system is starting to development. but generally speaking, there is a slow de-lev raemging trajectory. banks have delevered $2 trillion of assets over the last year in europe. >> 2 trillion?

rules and regulations is a national theme so anything to do with unemployment in denmark in spain in it's italy will have to be dealt with by the virtue of the national assembly and politicians and that means the policy will be very different in shape and form and for the e.u. they can only issue guidelines as they've been doing recently to focus on youth unemployment to focus on the s. and mean side because we have to remember the as a me side is eighty percent of all jobs and sixty seven percent of people in jobs in in europe today so what we need is to free up the means to give them better working conditions you mentioned use on employment a couple of times it is true that the unemployment is especially high among people under the age of twenty five and that means not only that they don't have a regular income but also that they cannot start their careers so how will that affect europe's economy in the longer run first of all we have to know the people best educated on employed use we have a hat they have really skilled food they're very qualified what they don't have as you state

. >> in the south of spain, there is a lack of conditions, attitudes, diversification of the economy. nowadays, to promote the they are not being promoted or developed. >> i have come to see a company that has relocated and loves high-speed rail. sources and tests, the opponents go -- the components that go in the satellites. >> we know it is between two and four hours to get their. is another story to tell. this was the site of the 1992 expo. the high-speed rail line was part of the futuristic package. the local government offered a very generous incentives to move in. >> of the first one was support, the time for moving. the second was the assistance of a technical university. the connections to that effect. >> what about this bill being -- >> [indiscernible] this is not that far off what they had and spain before high- speed rail, so the savings and a journey times were huge. far higher in the u.k. that is already well connected. that is why labor government said such a scheme was not worth the cost. economists say they are lucky to get to firms in london. finding in a clear eviden

device which they go back to the small cigar, or tobacco wrapped in paper in which case it begins in spain in the 17th century with people in spain rolling tobacco scrap into old newspapers but then in an 18th-century with the middle east they've run out of pipe tobacco so they start rolling tobacco is an old ammunition pieces of paper to smoke that. it is me in the 19th century phenomenon. the has grown really big in the 1860's then explodes with the invention of mechanize rolling of tobacco wear instead of having a limited role cigarettes you could have 500 per day now all the sudden they have 100,000. as a result you have a program of basically having disposed of a massive serb plus that are produced in such a quantity the price drops dramatically in tobacco goes from a luxury to a comment ordinary consumer good one-tenth of the price of a four then marketing finishes the job. >> host: how many people smoke today in the world? >> it is about 1.5 billion travis 7 billion. the chinese of the biggest smokers about 2.4 trillion cigarettes every year. of over 40 percent of the world's cigare

from spain. take good care of. good. family. i've never said anything bad about them and i never well i had very good brothers excellent brother is very honest and fair they didn't want to kill anyone. they only killed themselves. to the. field. dreams could come true. but they would never. cease to exist forever. wealthy british style. sometimes spies. markets why not kendall. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our g. it's. just. it's so. live. live. live. live. play. live. live live live. live. a clear image of iraq after inflation. twenty day taxi trip through the country. the roads full of danger. clear evidence from north to south. the root of iraqi tragedy. after the war waiting for peace. taxi on our t.v. . russia says it will go ahead and deliver defense systems to syria. to balance any foreign interference after the. friday. britain's home secretary seeks more surveillance. after it's confirme

recessions in italy and spain weighing on the italian utility. snam is down 4 % today, shares opening lower. they said they would take a 12% stake in the group. and italy's telecom italian said net profits fell 1.4%, but actually, that was okay as far as tin vesters are concerned. and finally, media set also in focus, its shares up -- down in relation, 1.9%. as far as bond markets are concerned, we keep our eyes today on spain. we're auctioning up 4.5 billion euros. yield today, 4.12% in italy. 3.85%, as well. and on the currency market, the aussie/dollar was a bit of a focus post ppi numbers. actually, slightly stronger today, the aussie/dollar. we'll keep our eyes on cable. no change expected today. 12:00 noon london time. dollar/yen, 98.82, still in that range, unable to break through the euro/dollar 1.3167. that's where we stand right now in europe. let's recap that asian session. sixuan joins us for the first time today from singapore. sixuan. >> thank you, ross. asian markets began the day on a positive note, following the strong lead from