christendom in western europe christendom religion is dying because of prosperity and everything that one would think that america has and indeed does have and yet half of america very nearly half is not only religious preposterously so i mean half forty percent of the american electorate actually believe that the world is only six thousand years old or less than ten thousand years old which is a quite ludicrous error it's not a slight error it's a massive error and this is something which it stands out like a sore thumb you expect to find that in islamic countries and you do you expect to find that in iran pakistan afghanistan and so on you cannot expect to find it in the richest and most highly educated country in the in the world but i think you possibly can get a clue to it by noticing that those parts of the united states which are most. influenced by this kind of fundamentalism tend to be those parts that that are less well educated that are. less less prosperous less look looked after and so there might be a tendency for people who have. who don't have a very very nice life for

issue we know we're still dealing with a bush era administration the missile defense shield in western europe has been a bone of contention between moscow and washington the respect. based here in moscow and went right for. major news old like saying how his western friendly ok i gets kind of sop for me ok countries have national interest in foreign policy it's ok russia's foreign policy will continue down the path of national interest under under putin under any president bush likely firm a response from putin when it comes to for example the western europeans other thing is that you know we're going to b.b.c. correspondent about public opinion public opinion you know he doesn't care what the west thinks about anything he cares about what the russian people think and he's not going to compromise their national interest so mr medvedev can have i'm sorry mr obama will have tea with him in the grose garden it doesn't make any surmise there are many many russians that say that our position has always been a very proud leader very very proud of his country and the people there but he doesn't spea

some countries in western europe, mainly spain. some countries in latin america, mainly chile. and with cuba with always a long-standing and often conflicted relationship. canada also. but 75% of any mexican foreign ministers time is devoted to the u.s. and i tried to devote as much time as they could to immigration. because i thought and continue to think this is mexico single most important issue with the u.s. and also i think it's the united states and most single important issue with mexico. there are more than 3 million americans of mexican descent in the u.s. there are important states in the u.s. like california, like texas, like arizona, like nevada, like illinois where mexicans make up a very significant part of the electorate, or of the population at large. it's a central asia and it's an issue that has to be addressed, and that nobody wants to addressed forthrightly. >> how should it be addressed? >> it should be a dress a little bit the way we said back in 2001 and 2002 with my good friend from secretary of state colin powell, the way presidents bush and fox wanted

slum all the problems of a multicultural society a concept that suffered huge blows recently in western europe were also among the issues he touched ortiz and he so now it reports from the fore. multiculturalism certainly is the main theme at the forum in general and that was something that presidents meet remains to be defined by you very much so in his keynote speech spoke about russia as a whole how as a country it's so diverse ethnically also income wise and how really the country needs to diversify its economy for it to grow he also warns that he doesn't believe it's something that needs to be done revolutionary really fast he spoke more about sort of this steady evolution and that criticism that russia is not moving fast enough is not something that the country should listen to but you keep going on its steady way towards modernization which of course is a big thing for president made it his main platform as president he also spoke about multiculturalism in europe and western europe especially what we've been seeing the past couple of months violence on the streets quite a few terror att

as president he also spoke about multiculturalism in europe and western europe especially when seeing the past couple of months violence on the streets quite a few terror attacks and he spoke about russian how russia like you said has been fighting terrorism quite successfully recently nevertheless remains a very serious threat and you've warned of the dangers of not being able to deal with integration and how that can of course lead to very serious security threats and that's a theme that's going to continue throughout the day as the rest of the speakers who are joining in to this discussion will continue throughout the day here at the president also speaking about the situation more hinting i would say in north africa and the warning that you can't force other countries to use the reference to people really but it was obvious he was talking about perhaps the situation in libya that you can't force other people to live the way you live and a lot of critics have been agreeing with pat that you can't take a country and try to make it a democratic country that things need to be slowly d

government and its allies in western europe strive to suppress the price of gold and the u.s. government knows that china knows according to a two thousand and nine cable from the u.s. embassy in beijing to the state department in washington so this was one of these wiki leaks cables that were just recently released and in it the us ambassador is stating that listening to the radio report from the radio which quoted china's national foreign exchange administration they know that the u.s. and europe of both we suppress the rising price of gold they intend to weaken gold's function as an international reserve currency china's increased gold reserves will bust act as a model and lead other countries towards reserving more gold large gold reserves are also beneficial in promoting the internationalization of the room in an america tim geitner is always pointing a stronger china saying you're a currency manipulator course he's referring to dollars another fee nonsense china saying well you're a gold and silver price manipulator who's going to win the battle gold versus. well it also

be slapped around on the world stage in terms of critics especially from the united states and western europe that this is not a democracy this is not the way to be for russia and certainly for the united russia party which shares a great amount of popularity they still have a lot of work to do because their their figures have gone down in the past couple of years there's a lot of work to do over the next couple of months in the prime minister understands that president medvedev understands that most of the speeches and i should say speech was not about the presidency and who will run it was about what this party needs to do to take russia into the next ten years the cut the country has to be now they need to see development and that's what today is really about although of course it's being hijacked by this is big news this is story news that will run for president and then to meet you need to be if you will become his prime minister so i mean you so you talk about what he was saying what needs to happen for russia for the betterment of the maturity for the economic growth as well internally

is the predictor of a future crisis either way russia is taking its signal from the trading in western europe where we've seen falls and also the prediction of that the dow jones is going to open badly is going to do badly today as well so i think it's a lack of confidence all around the world but russia is suffering was now the other news is on the ruble it's fallen by fifteen copeck states now thirty to fifteen against the dollar this is a trend that has been going on for more than a week the ruble is the weakest it's been thought to yet so we'll be following this development as well you're looking forward to that thank you so much for your update from the stranger central moscow are you going to go there. all right let's take a look at some of figures just to have a complete picture or was recovering some of its losses after slumping to six weeks lows in the previous sessions and now it's gone back down fresh new lows there. that's the group of twenty pledging to address the rising risks to the global economy not doing much to curb. investor sentiment very fears over the state of demand fo

the problems of a multicultural society a concept that suffered huge close recently in western europe among the main focal points of a third global policy forum in the russian city of jaroslava leading figures from politics economics and academia are taking part but the first solution is on how to best solve desperate situations of libya and syria among other issues artes and he said now it reports. of course this form of a march completely by the tragedy that happened on wednesday when almost an entire hockey team being wiped out in that plane crash i just want to point out that the venue for the forum ironically is actually their home stadium so just outside delegations arriving with flowers as well as president he made his way this morning to decide that crash with the forum does go on today the focus is going to be a lot of speeches really president giving his keynote speech and what we're hearing is there he's going to speak about the situation of course in north africa and the middle east also about the economy lots of analysts hoping that perhaps he'll announce whether or not h

into well i wouldn't go that far i mean russia economically still the earth i think likes behind western europe although of course it's growing well with europe in stagnation in my view the biggest role that russia could play and i'm not sure to what extent the leadership is aware of this challenge even want to an ins is in consolidating a new international monetary system this is the biggest challenge that the world faces at the moment a world monetary system is the cause of the instability the financial crisis that we're currently living through the debt problems of greece and other countries these are all have monetary problems as the basis in particular they have use of paper currency rates and this is a role of arguing for years which russia could fulfill russia's goal producing country russia runs a budget surplus russia has a number of qualities which it could bring to the international stage and which european countries and certainly in a sense for america would be very wise to copy what on india there are many others say the russia is indeed the richest country in the world when it com

lived beyond their means for many years and that includes united states and includes most of western europe certainly including italy and these are countries that you know have had provided a very generous social safety net and who have been you know provided the means to pay for it and that includes united states and you know certainly what we're doing is we're by all these measures transferring our debts of the government and then printing trying to print money to pay those debts we're just kicking the can down the road to use an over overly use metaphor and some data type is going to be paid and it looks like a day of reckoning is moving ever closer based on the volatility we're seeing the marketplace the confusion we're seeing in the markets and some of the more i agree just examples of over overly indebted governments around the world and clearly we need solutions and i hear what you're saying that your position is that you can't tax your way to prosperity but can i ask you can can i just ask you a personal question just to kind of sure see what you think your do you plan a variety do

completion means that they can get their gas to the customers in western europe about having to depend on countries like the western ukraine. >> ukraine has been our partner for a long time. every transit country falls into the temptation of exploitation. now it no longer has an exclusive position. like squid 6 rome -- warned that they will become more powerful in the market. the first gas delivery to the baltic pipeline is expected by october. >> telecom is facing strong opposition in its plans to selloff american opposition to its second biggest wireless operator, at&t. sprint has filed an anti-trust suit in an attempt to block the takeover. saying that give at&t too much of the market. at&t argues that it would allow the bringing of high-speed services to more people at lower cost. at&t may have to pay for a $6 billion break up. let's thank you, steve. -- >> and thank you, steve. 40 score people missing, countless stranded after the worst storm in years. emergency crews have been airdropping food and supplies to areas, off by floods and landslides. >> just six months after the devas

and western europe. now, as you say, we've been looking at the consumers. want to show you a snapshot of some of china's hardcore consumers. >> reporter: factory owner min lifts up his daughter to receive a blessing from the god of wealth. "i heard that if you touch the god of wealth, you become rich," he says. dressed head to toe in designer labels, the li family has traveled to hong kong for one reason, to shop. "hong kong is a shopper's paradise. each time we come to hong kong, we spent about $100,000 or so," he tells us. that's about 15,000 u.s. dollars. the li family represents perhaps the most important consumer in the global economy today. the chinese middle class. a customer base estimated in the hundreds of millions with cash to spend. as growth slows in the u.s. and europe, companies are desperate for new customers. many already get a growing share of their revenues from china. last month luxury jeweler tiffany posted dazzling quarterly results helped by chinese tourists who stepped up diamonds in the u.s. but as luxury brands revel in china's new

temperatures really rising across much of central and western europe. 27 degrees in vienna today. 29 in paris. coming in at 26 degrees in london. that's all for now. here is your extended forecast. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us. >>> hello. i'm tomoko kimura. we're introducing two documentaries on the disaster stricken areas from the earthquake. many foreigners were living in the region struck by the earthquake. the program features the struggles of some of them who stayed on in japan to help the local people work on reconstruction. during the earthquake, thumping vibrations caused liquid faction of ground containing a lot of water and the number of house damages reached 17,000. the program focuses on what's believed to be the world's worst instance of liquid faction damage. finally we're introducing an episode with magnificent images from nhk's wildlife serious. about 2,000 brown bears live in the national park on the alaskan peninsula. please

it is thought to be the only park in western europe with a three-meter high fence running through the middle of a. even the river is divided. there are two separate playground's. the catholics have a swing. sectarian fighting in the area forced the beginning -- the building of the security fence and in the early 1990's. but it did not stop the violence, which move to streets nearby. community relations at now improve, and from today, school children will be able to apply. >> i am making friends and we can play altogether. you can call to them and go to the park and show them. >> the adults were excited, to. >> for me, this is on par with the berlin wall. and i am so pleased to be part of living history here in northern ireland. >> but the so-called peace gift will not be open all the time. it will be shot in the afternoon at 3:00 and closed -- shot in the afternoon at 3:00 and closed on weekends. removing these barriers will be a long and difficult process. but today at least, it began. mark simpson, abc news, north belfast. -- bbc news. >> all london trader wept in court as he was ch

that it was a possibility of iran attacking europe it's nice size did not reach could not reach western europe so it was the deployment was crouched in the czech republic in art in new deployment in rumania but i think this takes up surely political washington probably wants to reassure the former satellite countries this so you know so it's a political move but hardly a military necessity and also considering the state of the u.s. economy i don't think it's a wise move in financial terms one of. these reset all as it were pressure at least she was achieving something called duration russia and she issued this new deployment is aware of antagonizing russia which is going to turn into maybe some kind of new arms race which is totally pointless not only because the effectiveness of the shield is problematic and double but also because it's going to cost a lot of money unnecessarily because frankly i don't think iran is in a position to attack and.

temperatures rising across much of central and western europe. 29 in paris and coming in at 26 degrees in london. that's all for me just now and here is your extended forecast. >>> our lead stories this hour. japan's prime minister noda and u.s. president barack obama agreed to deepen the alliance and have a meeting later this month. noda and obama spoke by phone on tuesday. obama congratulated the leader and said he looks forward to working with him on a wide range of issues. noda relied that the alliance will continue to be the corner stone of japan's diplomacy. he says he believes a strong u.s.-japan relationship is important for the asia-pacific region. they will have their first summit talks in late september on the side lines of a general assembly meeting in new york. noda will launch his cabinet friday afternoon. the new prime minister's close aid will become cleef cabinet secretary. the top government spokesperson. former education minister and the ruling democratic parties former affairs committee chief will join the cabinet. national policy member will be given a new cabinet

it is thought to be the only park in western europe with a 3 meter high fence running through the middle of it. even the river is divided. this has two separate playgrounds. sectarian fighting in the area forced the building of the security fence in the early 1990's. it did not stop the violence, it simply moved to streets nearby. community relations have now improve and from today, school children will be able to play in both parks. >> we can make new friends and we can play altogether. we can call to them and all and take them to the park. >> the adults were excited. >> this is on par with the berlin wall and i am so pleased to be part of living history here in northern ireland. >> this will not be open all the time, it will be shut every afternoon at 3:00. the divisions in northern ireland run deep. there are 59 peace walls. removing these barriers will be a long and difficult process. today at least, it began. >> a london trader wept in court this afternoon as he was trounced in fraught with connection in a $2 billion loss of the swiss banking group ubs. -- he was charged with fraud

other players which are also very much important and right now lively but probably not so much western europe which is not has not yet decided some countries as you know from from the european union has not yet decided whether they will vote on not whether it's less is it i think what batteries i'm sorry is the position of the security council members u.k. germany and france also. have been made them made up their mind but. i don't i don't know about germany and i never i never read anything but as far as france is concerned probably not because for for france a relationship with the muslim world is of importance i can't begin taking into consideration it's the message but even france or world somebody else maybe germany will britain will be in favor of the palestinian membership what difference does it make if america can always use its veto power and said it will use its veto power well i believe that it will make a difference for those countries only who will decide to support the palestinian independence but if the palestinians want real recognition i believe they can only be recognized a

really believed it was a possibility you ran europe it's nice size did not reach could not reach western europe so it was the deployment was scrapped in the czech republic now as a new development in rumania but i think the stakes are purely political washington probably wants to reassure the former satellite countries. so it's a political move but hardly a military necessity and also considering the state of the us economy i don't think it's a wise move in financial terms one of. these reset would russia at least he was achieving something corp russia and she issued but this new deployment is aware of antagonizing russia which is going to turn into maybe some kind of new arms race which is totally pointless not only because the effectiveness of the shield is problematic regardful but also because it's going to cost a lot of money and unnecessarily because frankly i don't think iran is in a position to attack anyone in the west. but article that some other stories from around the world c.c.t.v. footage shows the moment a bus and two passenger trains collided during morning rush hour in argentin

putin or russia to shake the confidence of investors, especially at a time when he looks over at western europe and he sees the writing on the wall. there could be rioting in the streets, like they have had at trees. that is something he wants to avoid at all costs. this is something pertaining to his character. >> thank you. well, from russian politics to a unique measure right here in america. country music has enjoyed a long tradition of reflecting the everyday concerns of working men and women, but while some songs are inspired by cheap imports and lost love, these days, the charts are filled with tales of closing factories and honest people doing their best to struggle through. the bbc's paul adams gives us a listen. ♪ used to love this town and this neighborhood ♪ >> country music and hard times, a cliche to some, but not for those living in the country's economic woes, a world where gas prices rise, factories close, and life keeps getting tougher. for the fans gathering in hartford, it is all part of the draw, the certainty that's somewhere amid the songs celebrating girls, pickups, in d

but smartphone market, in america, western europe, japan, korea, the smartphone market share is already leading to more than 50%. one out of two becomes already smartphone. the market is going to be mature. so that's why this is the first stage. the next stage, i think asian market. we have to focus on. because asian market is a huge population or huge demanding. so that's why i think many, many operators, vendors, well definitely go make more focus on this region. because having emerging markets. >> mr. kimura thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you very much indeed. >>> for the latest from china, we have julian luke in hong kong. julian? >> hi, shery. the chinese cosmetics market has been growing at double-digit rates since 2005. and there is intensifying competition among american, european and japanese cosmetics companies to get seen on this burgeoning market. last wednesday, saw japan's shiseido commemorate its 30th anniversary in china, with a contest in shanghai for aspiring young models and makeup artists. the 16 models and 18 makeup artists who took part were chosen fr

that it was a possibility of iran checking europe its nice size did not reach could not reach western europe should was here deployment was scrapped in the czech republic now it is a new plug meant in rumania but i think this takes up surely political washington probably wants to reassure the former satellite countries. so it's a political move but hardly a military necessity and also considering the state of the us economy i don't think it's a wise move in financial terms one of. this research policy would pressure at least he was achieving something corp russia and key issues but this new deployment is aware of antagonizing russia which is going to turn into maybe some kind of new arms race which is totally pointless not only because the effectiveness of the shield is problematic and god's will but also because it's going to cost a lot of money unnecessarily because frankly i don't think iran is in a position to attack anyone in the west and i'll be back with or without our main story shortly before that i'll take a look what's happening now we're out of business william. hello and a very

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sake of keeping the soviet presence at this place archipelago halfway between north america and western europe. not only an outpost this western most soviet settlement was also an ideological showcase for capitalist rivals and no resources were spared to cut it. a concert hall a library a rock band and even this half size olympic pool people here are reliving the true salvi a dream you have the best hopes tanked almost overnight when the soviet union fell apart all of a sudden people of pyramids realized that their perfect life was just that a jew political pyramid based on faulty cotton me and shaky ideology in a few years the film that arctic paradise turned into an island nightmare people who were used to eating caviar for breakfast had to turn to hunting to put food on the table one of the families back down and left abandoning pyramid in all its grandstanding glory this pillar was erected here with much pomp on the settlements thirtieth or fortieth anniversary only to become with the gravestone decades later when the last batch of coal was extracted from the local mine workers just laughe

something i want to touch down on the bush era for for four years the missiles to be housed in western europe and eastern europe as well right in russia's backyard and throughout the middle east what washington says is to defend against a rogue state such as north korea and iran although being put in right across the garden friends from from russia can we see more of a strong perhaps aggressive stance from putin when if he takes the helm next year as we know medvedev has voiced his opposition but hasn't gotten truly angry about the whole european missile defense shield program. yeah the tone has always been very different but i think president was very clear that you opposed the initial plan which is why the garment ministration did revise bush administration's proposal so i think we get it also had a real impact he didn't just adopt a different tone in is diplomatic dealings with washington will certainly oppose anything that he see that encroaching on russian interests and sovereignty but i think in the end he knows that cooperation will get him further than just opposition i think he knows

gloats greeks have eleven percent in western europe have slowly two percent so if europe wants some help from the i.m.f. and if the brics several more see the larger holders of the i.m.f. you can see for instance china brazil or india putting more money where they are more or stakeholders at the i.m.f. and then does the i.m.f. distribute this dismally to european countries that this is not going to happen to morrow or even next year even. this or a reform of the i.m.f. which is before. guess what the europeans and the americans. have a scar there as well for further analysis of the global economic outlook let's cross to our business desk or the latest we have what have you got for us hovering a lot of rushmore this are still trading in the red with. almost that's two percent european markets are there much better and have now moved into positive territory but there is still a lot of pessimism around having said that we have experts that say russia is better prepared to handle and now the financial crisis if it of course comes down to that i will tell you all about that in business shortl

i mean, they know where greece is, they know where western europe is, and many of them have been there. so they also relate to what's happening in europe to what's happening here. >> reporter: one more thing about september that's worth noting: no one really know why it's usually the cruelest month for the stock market. of course, this year could be different. suzanne pratt, "nightly business report," new york. >> tom: goldman sachs is getting out of the mortgage servicing business. regulators in new york have signed off on the sale of goldman's servicing unit to florida-based ocwen loan servicing, but there are conditions attached to that sale. as darren gersh reports, the standards regulators are putting in place could pave the way for a national agreement overhauling mortgage servicers. >> reporter: even now, four years into the housing crisis, there are few rules actually in place that require the companies processing mortgage payments and pushing through foreclosures to treat homeowners right. the settlement between goldman sachs and new york regulators as a condition for selling

is what you were talking about there fifteen of the top twenty five destinations were outside western europe and nineteen were countries where english is not a primary language so what makes these countries attractive for our for math for american progress because americans these should be i mean american kids they should be pretty realistic they you may be thinking of of going around i mean this is introducing yourself to foreign cultures but kids think about how to have and to find a good job how to make money so why are they going about maybe the chinese example or want something else or your first question was about the global economy and the knowledge economy that's taking place outside of great britain that's taking place outside of france that is india that is china that is egypt and so americans are very conscious of the need to understand those places so i think that's why they're going to non more and more to nontraditional destinations and they ought to because that's where the global economic action is. in the most prestigious university rankings that we see and that we can take

close to brics have eleven percent in western europe have sturdy supersets so if europe once some help from the i.m.f. and if the brics have a more say and larger quotas out at the i.m.f. you we can see for instance china brazil or india putting more money in the i.m.f. they are more stakeholders at the i.m.f. and then this is the m.f. distribute this this money to european countries but this is not going to happen so more or even maxed year hard i mean it's been a western dominated institution however that's a conception so why would the bracks and want to work through the i.m.f. an order to get more authority within the institution as opposed to just going around it no because that's the problem the way the breath of law it's the system is still in place there's no other replacements there's no plan b. in terms of economic help and that leads us to the second bric strategy which is they want a reform of the whole world financial infrastructure and that means among other scenes a freer climate for investment china they want to invest in the u.s. they can't first of all because of amer

for the us not entirely its own yet not fool for in a form of calls between north america and western europe and as many hold a future base for the russian advance in the arctic yet just a few words about this monument in. their lives of course. was full of. the most western tourists this morning meant is a testament to the failed soviet ambitions the town of barons worked once a flourishing mining community is in his sorest they. get behind this peeling for sod one can also see a freshly painted writing on the wall the russians and a living in fact they're back. it's a russian birthright to be here. if the second summer in a row that it doesn't interest him cough a standing on his bergen decorating this kindergarten the fiction of russia as an arc is not to project an image of an unshakable state emerging from dire straits of history in a time that still experiences difficulties with running water and electricity this choice of priorities would have been questionable if it wasn't geo politically timely it was. there was a time when the soviet union was feared and respected you can't turn ba

was determined to maintain at all costs thirty degree located halfway between north america and western europe the bergen archipelago is part of norway with a special status that allows other countries to set up industrial bases here in middle the. of the cold war it served as the u.s. is sars westernmost outpost now it's one of the soviet union slask preserved relics . that is essentially a picture of what would have happened to the soviet union if it was killed over a million financial support for two decades it's a curious sign for western tourists and i think it could be even more appealing for russians travelers to keep its presence on spitsbergen russia still maintaining a coal mine here but trans of profit is far behind local souvenir shops so between married bill it is a big hit the defunct barn curtain still helps keep the money flowing guys it's the russians when you're sure but you can't but. you're on the ground you know your local administration is increasingly under pressure to bring the infrastructure up to more than standards these modernization efforts are not very popular wit