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it is called in europe and it is set to stay that way for a while -- it is cold in europe. temperatures have been reaching minus 9 degrees celsius at their highest. in parts of eastern europe, the situation is a lot worse. over 60 people have died in ukraine alone. unusual scenes are impressing tourists. >> even brussels' famous fountain is feeling the chill. tourists at the belgian capital usually come to see the little boy releasing a steady stream. >> overall, i guess, to see it, you will have to come back another time in brussels to see him in action. >> across europe, the winter weather is painting bizarre landscapes. in marseilles, palms and cacti are covered in snow. ice formations like these have left the russian harbor in quiet summer. it may be a winter wonderland for some, but for others, it is a nightmare. nine more people died overnight in poland, and across eastern and central europe, at least 100 people died this week amid temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees celsius. most victims are homeless like here in ukraine, hardest hit by the cold. tens of thousand
it is called in europe and it is set to stay that way for a while -- it is cold in europe. temperatures have been reaching minus 9 degrees celsius at their highest. in parts of eastern europe, the situation is a lot worse. over 60 people have died in ukraine alone. unusual scenes are impressing tourists. >> even brussels' famous fountain is feeling the chill. tourists at the belgian capital usually come to see the little boy releasing a steady stream. >> overall, i guess, to see it,...
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we have faith in europe's economy and in the europe. we believe that the bureau will continue to be an important currency in the future. >> nothing concrete there from the chinese. clear limits have been set, and that is apparently as far as the country's leadership is willing to go, both on money matters and human-rights, for now. >> over to steve now and some very unexpected numbers out of the u.s. today that it is worth noting markets do not usually like surprises, but when they look like this, things are different. a u.s. employment data spark fireworks friday. the much-anticipated jobs report from the u.s. government has shown that new hiring in january pushed the unemployment rate down 8.3%, the lowest level in nearly three years. all in all, 243,000 new jobs were created last month. the news gives president obama a welcome boost as he gears up his reelection campaign. unemployment has not been as low since just after he took office. >> there is still far too many americans who need a job or need a job that pays better than the on
we have faith in europe's economy and in the europe. we believe that the bureau will continue to be an important currency in the future. >> nothing concrete there from the chinese. clear limits have been set, and that is apparently as far as the country's leadership is willing to go, both on money matters and human-rights, for now. >> over to steve now and some very unexpected numbers out of the u.s. today that it is worth noting markets do not usually like surprises, but when they...
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and we in europe should not be afraid of that. >> also here in europe, ethnic serbs in the north of cause a vote at a referendum aimed at highlighting their desire to return to being part of serbia. >> the first since the split from belgrade. analysts expect an overwhelming vote against recognizing the government of cause of open officials in belgrade have warned that the vote risks undermining serbia's chances to join the european union. for more, we're joined by a member of the school ago that the double-governance to talk about that referendum in kosovo. this referendum will actually have no legal force at all, because it will not be recognized by the international community. >> i have a feeling it has more to do with internal serbian politics than because of a local serbs have organized a referendum. they belong to opposition parties. >> can this referendum resolve this situation? four years after the war, there's still a lot of ethnic tension, even violence? >> no, i do not think so. i think the referendum has no legal basis. most of the people in northern cause of all are much more
and we in europe should not be afraid of that. >> also here in europe, ethnic serbs in the north of cause a vote at a referendum aimed at highlighting their desire to return to being part of serbia. >> the first since the split from belgrade. analysts expect an overwhelming vote against recognizing the government of cause of open officials in belgrade have warned that the vote risks undermining serbia's chances to join the european union. for more, we're joined by a member of the...
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how can europe overcome its crisis and grow closer together? >> that is the question everyone wants the answer to. nina, what are people saying in brussels? do they share the growing sentiment that the european project is going wrong? >> no. well, here in brussels, the message is it is not the project itself that is going wrong. which is made some very bad mistakes when we first started, and we are paying a high price for it, but we are trying to fix these mistakes. problem was that when the euro was born, there was simply no consequences whenever countries did not stick to their old rules. so over the years, the treaty was amended. there have been changes made to the treaty, but it is only now in the current crisis that europeans really seem to have understood that what they need is stricter rules and more rigorous budgetary discipline and, above all, more political unity. in a way, they are only just getting started with the project. >> people in greece and elsewhere getting started with their protests as well. we are seeing and mounting of a
how can europe overcome its crisis and grow closer together? >> that is the question everyone wants the answer to. nina, what are people saying in brussels? do they share the growing sentiment that the european project is going wrong? >> no. well, here in brussels, the message is it is not the project itself that is going wrong. which is made some very bad mistakes when we first started, and we are paying a high price for it, but we are trying to fix these mistakes. problem was that...
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it is the largest piece of real estate for sale in europe. there has been no serious investor interest since the airport closed in 2002. >> to the u.s. now -- a shooter open fire in the state of ohio. it took place in the cafeteria of a high-school. witnesses say the shooter shot a classmate and a teacher chased him before he gave himself up. the suspect is in custody. the entire school district, located outside cleveland, is closed for the rest of the day. >> i change of pace. up black and white silent film took the oscars last night, including the best actor oscar for the first time in history went to a french actor. >> it harkens back to the age of the civil screen -- silver screen. >> this time, it was europe's turn at the academy awards. >> "the artist." >> five oscars for a french film, including three of the big ones. the best male lead for actor jean dujardin. + best picture and best director. director michel hazanavicius looked overwhelmed. >> i want to say hi to my kids. is 6:00 in the morning in paris. you should go to bed. >> "the
it is the largest piece of real estate for sale in europe. there has been no serious investor interest since the airport closed in 2002. >> to the u.s. now -- a shooter open fire in the state of ohio. it took place in the cafeteria of a high-school. witnesses say the shooter shot a classmate and a teacher chased him before he gave himself up. the suspect is in custody. the entire school district, located outside cleveland, is closed for the rest of the day. >> i change of pace. up...
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we need now the political endorsement of the europe group. >> you and imf leaders were frustrated by greece's reluctance to agree to further austerity measures -- the u.s. and imf leaders -- eu and imf leaders. >> we will hear the report on the state of negotiations. i do not think we will have any results tonight. those are the signs. the talks are well advanced, but they are not that far along yet. >> but unity in the greek parliament is being met with anger on the streets of athens. the greek public is opposed to more painful spending cuts. unions are keeping up the pressure on the government ahead of a 48-hour strike to begin on friday. >> let's pull in our brussels correspondent. germany's finance minister just telling reporters that we are not there yet when it comes to dishing out the money to greece. what more does brussels what? >> eu economic affairs chief said it as well -- they want concrete action such as legislation. in the past, the greeks have met a lot of promises, but some things were just never fulfilled, partly because the right structures were not in place, and g
we need now the political endorsement of the europe group. >> you and imf leaders were frustrated by greece's reluctance to agree to further austerity measures -- the u.s. and imf leaders -- eu and imf leaders. >> we will hear the report on the state of negotiations. i do not think we will have any results tonight. those are the signs. the talks are well advanced, but they are not that far along yet. >> but unity in the greek parliament is being met with anger on the streets...
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finally let's go over to europe. a very strong and very large siberian high pressure system is still blanketing much of the continent, bringing biting cold conditions. unfortunately it is going to stay here awhile, so cold conditions continue throughout the week. and we have a very active low pressure system in the eastern mediterranean, and it is continuously bringing in thundershowers as well as snow, and gusty winds. as you can see, the lines are close together, meaning fierce winds are blowing in the balkan peninsula and italy. in bulgaria, winds reached 140 kilometers per hour, but unfortunately those stormy conditions will persist here throughout tuesday. here are the highs expected on tuesday. minus 2 in paris. minus 8 in berlin. and only minus 13 in kiev. again, the cool conditions continue throughout the week. here is the extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, residents of one japanese city woke up to the news that 1300 u.s. marines may be headed to their town. japanese and u.s. officials have been
finally let's go over to europe. a very strong and very large siberian high pressure system is still blanketing much of the continent, bringing biting cold conditions. unfortunately it is going to stay here awhile, so cold conditions continue throughout the week. and we have a very active low pressure system in the eastern mediterranean, and it is continuously bringing in thundershowers as well as snow, and gusty winds. as you can see, the lines are close together, meaning fierce winds are...
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a major cold snap across europe is catching many people off guard. in ukraine, sub-zero temperatures have been responsible for the deaths of at least 40 people. shelters have been set up to get many of the homeless off the streets. in russia, the energy provider has started to cut supplies, given the spike in domestic demand for heating. >> in ukraine, temperatures have fallen as low as minus 33 degrees celsius. over 40 people have frozen to death since temperatures plunged over the weekend. hundreds have been hospitalized with frostbite and hypothermia. homeless people are the worst affected. the authorities have set up shelters across the country, handing out warm food and drink to those with no word ago. >> people are even -- with nowhere to go. >> people are even trying to help us by donating clothes. anyone who has no place to stay for the night can stay here for free. >> the whole of eastern europe is affected, and in romania, parts of the black sea have frozen over. hear, the temperature has still to -32 degrees. it is a similar story in bulga
a major cold snap across europe is catching many people off guard. in ukraine, sub-zero temperatures have been responsible for the deaths of at least 40 people. shelters have been set up to get many of the homeless off the streets. in russia, the energy provider has started to cut supplies, given the spike in domestic demand for heating. >> in ukraine, temperatures have fallen as low as minus 33 degrees celsius. over 40 people have frozen to death since temperatures plunged over the...
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but europe did not help there. the gm european division opal lost money last year. opal has turned a profit in only one of the last 12 years. the troubles are blamed on weak demand across the continent and overseas. the news is fueling speculation that gm could soon move car plants out of europe. >> ok, to the markets now. stocks and the euro rally today on strong u.s. economic data. and news that eurozone leaders or on track to approve a crucial bailout for greece. conrad has a round up from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> shares of carmaker is depending heavily on the week. the european car market came under pressure this thursday. shares in the french automaker, for example. compared to this, dime larkin a bmw, and volkswagen did not perform too badly. most of the german auto makers can be very happy that they have such a favorable position on the world markets. opal is an exception. the subsidiary of general motors is not allowed by the mother company to sell its cars outside europe. >the news for spain and france, the two eurozone countries managed, without an
but europe did not help there. the gm european division opal lost money last year. opal has turned a profit in only one of the last 12 years. the troubles are blamed on weak demand across the continent and overseas. the news is fueling speculation that gm could soon move car plants out of europe. >> ok, to the markets now. stocks and the euro rally today on strong u.s. economic data. and news that eurozone leaders or on track to approve a crucial bailout for greece. conrad has a round up...
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markets did open stronger here in europe this monday. the dax finished down, along with the euro stoxx 50. the jitters are there as far as greek and the default goes to the u.s., trade is down, dipping by 0.3%. the euro up at $1.3117. president barack obama has tightened its sanctions on iran. he has given u.s. banks new powers to freeze assets and cash linked to the government. the move came in an executive order and it is the latest action in an escalating economic campaign targeting the country's central bank. >> the latest sanctions are part of washington's drive to force iran into a proving that its nuclear program is purely peaceful. on monday, president obama said the u.s. was exploring all options to prevent iran from -- obtaining a nuclear bomb. >> we're going to keep pushing on the diplomatic front, but we're not going to take any actions off the table and i have been clear that we're going to do everything we can to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon and creating a nuclear arms race. >> it is unclear how iran will reac
markets did open stronger here in europe this monday. the dax finished down, along with the euro stoxx 50. the jitters are there as far as greek and the default goes to the u.s., trade is down, dipping by 0.3%. the euro up at $1.3117. president barack obama has tightened its sanctions on iran. he has given u.s. banks new powers to freeze assets and cash linked to the government. the move came in an executive order and it is the latest action in an escalating economic campaign targeting the...
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finally, let's go to europe. a chain of low pressure systems has been bringing wet and windy weather to northern europe. as you can see, the isobars are close together meaning strong winds are prevailing. scotland has received a gust of 90 kilometers per hour as the system moves toward the southeast, areas like finland and the ball ticks and northern germany will be affected. down toward the south, unstable conditions in the central mediterranean all day tuesday. here are your temperatures. we're expecting 9 degrees in paris and 5 in vienna and looking at minus 1 in kiev and minus 3 in moscow. warmer temperatures will continue for the next several days. here's your extended forecast. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. tokyo. thanks for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
finally, let's go to europe. a chain of low pressure systems has been bringing wet and windy weather to northern europe. as you can see, the isobars are close together meaning strong winds are prevailing. scotland has received a gust of 90 kilometers per hour as the system moves toward the southeast, areas like finland and the ball ticks and northern germany will be affected. down toward the south, unstable conditions in the central mediterranean all day tuesday. here are your temperatures....
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finally, let's go over to europe. biting cold conditions have eased, however, stormy conditions are pounding much of europe. multiple systems are bringing wet and windy weather in northern europe. gusts could hit 100 kilometers per hour in poland on thursday and the wintery mix will move into russia in the next 24 hours. down towards the south, unstable conditions are continuing across much of the central mediterranean countries, but things will start to moderate from thursday afternoon, so that's good news. lots of teens in the west, getting up to 15 degrees in london, 12 in paris, and 10 degrees in berlin. and across the east, a couple of degrees higher than average in moscow and kiev, so mild conditions throughout europe. all right, here's your extended forecast. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.
finally, let's go over to europe. biting cold conditions have eased, however, stormy conditions are pounding much of europe. multiple systems are bringing wet and windy weather in northern europe. gusts could hit 100 kilometers per hour in poland on thursday and the wintery mix will move into russia in the next 24 hours. down towards the south, unstable conditions are continuing across much of the central mediterranean countries, but things will start to moderate from thursday afternoon, so...
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heading over to europe, very stormy conditions are still continuing across northern europe, gusts exceeded 120 kilometers per hour in scotland, as for precipitation, heavy rain will continue in norway. on friday, a mix of rain and snow will be moving into eastern europe. down toward the south, things are settling down, and sunny weather will continue in the eye -- iberian peninsula. as for temperatures getting up to 20 degrees in lisbon and 16 degrees in madrid, and still a very warm in berlin with 12 degrees despite rain, and out toward the east right at the freezing point in moscow and 4 degrees in kiev. with a mix of rain and snow. here is your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, the united states and north korea will continue talks on friday, related to pyongyang's nuclear program. the talks are the first since the death in december of former leader king jong-il. >> talks today were substantive and serious. we'll pick up again tomorrow and see if we can't make a bit of progress and have something a bit more substantive to report to you. >> translator: we have discussed all
heading over to europe, very stormy conditions are still continuing across northern europe, gusts exceeded 120 kilometers per hour in scotland, as for precipitation, heavy rain will continue in norway. on friday, a mix of rain and snow will be moving into eastern europe. down toward the south, things are settling down, and sunny weather will continue in the eye -- iberian peninsula. as for temperatures getting up to 20 degrees in lisbon and 16 degrees in madrid, and still a very warm in berlin...
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in the future, it will just increaseill of the public back in europe and back in america to leave. i think they see these pictures and wonder why they are in the country trying to help these people if they are trying to get them to leave? i think it is politically very damaging. >> indeed, it could be. thank you very much. all right, to corporate news now. the numbers and volkswagen are superb. 2011 was a good year. >> they are still doing some arithmetic, checking the math, but the german auto maker says profit likely more than doubled last year because of improved car sales. both white and releases its official 2011 results on march 12. >> setting 1 record was not enough for vw. in 2011, the german automaker manage to pass a number of milestones. all of its nine car brands and did a brisk trade. according to initial figures for 2011, the breakdown looks like this -- profit was almost 15.8 billion euros, more than double the figure from the year before. good-wide revenue jumped. and it sold 8.3 million cars, yet another record figure for the automaker. the volkswagen did not gener
in the future, it will just increaseill of the public back in europe and back in america to leave. i think they see these pictures and wonder why they are in the country trying to help these people if they are trying to get them to leave? i think it is politically very damaging. >> indeed, it could be. thank you very much. all right, to corporate news now. the numbers and volkswagen are superb. 2011 was a good year. >> they are still doing some arithmetic, checking the math, but the...
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in to europe we go, we were talking yesterday about the front moving in through europe, this bringing a mixture of rain to the valleys, but as it heads down into the southeast and the balkan peninsula, that turns to heavy snow. after one system moves out, central locations clearing up, but there's another one on the way, it's going to follow almost exactly the same path through poland and then turning over to lots of heavy snow for the balkin peninsula. that snow has been ongoing for the last several weeks and is causing many, many problems as many of you know. temperatures are going to continue to improve across the west. double figures in london, 10 degrees, 9 in paris, 11 in madrid, along the south we're managing to get above 10, 10 for rome, 12 for athens, but as we head towards the east, the bitter cold is in place, ankara 1 degrees. here's your extended forecast. >>> our lead stories this hour, iran has begun to load domestically made nuclear fuel rods into a research reactor near tehran. the move comes in defiance to toughening western sanctions over the country's controversial
in to europe we go, we were talking yesterday about the front moving in through europe, this bringing a mixture of rain to the valleys, but as it heads down into the southeast and the balkan peninsula, that turns to heavy snow. after one system moves out, central locations clearing up, but there's another one on the way, it's going to follow almost exactly the same path through poland and then turning over to lots of heavy snow for the balkin peninsula. that snow has been ongoing for the last...
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"we want to serve global peace in a united europe. -- europe." after unification celebrations were over, he succeeded in winning the trust of germany's neighbors. his subsequent dollar has a shadow over presidency, but he managed to resist calls for his resignation. wulff was a close ally of chancellor merkel. some say he is the post as a weapon of power in politics, some say to the detriment of the post. germany hopes his successor can restore faith and integrity to the country's highest office. >> and the story goes on. that wraps up this edition of the "journal." captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--
"we want to serve global peace in a united europe. -- europe." after unification celebrations were over, he succeeded in winning the trust of germany's neighbors. his subsequent dollar has a shadow over presidency, but he managed to resist calls for his resignation. wulff was a close ally of chancellor merkel. some say he is the post as a weapon of power in politics, some say to the detriment of the post. germany hopes his successor can restore faith and integrity to the country's...
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passengers across europe will face delays and cancellations because of the knock-on a fax. >> we will have some news on the eurozone's second bailout package for breeze coming up shortly. >> especially at is affecting people in greece. first, some of the headlines making the news. reports from yemen indicate a boating station was blown up one day before the country goes to the polls to elect a successor to president saleh. it happened in one of the country's commercial centers. >> syrian government forces have continued shelling the city of homs. new internet video has emerged, showing explosions in the rebel neighborhood of bab amr. video footage has also emerged, showing food queues in the city of idlib, a stronghold of the rebel free syrian army, and it is surrounded by government troops. >> foreign ministers from the group of 20 nations are meeting in a mexican resort city ahead of the g-20 summit in june. they're discussing ways to better tackle international problems. escalating violence in syria. ok, we have some german soccer news. sunday was a big day. a massive 4-0 victory.
passengers across europe will face delays and cancellations because of the knock-on a fax. >> we will have some news on the eurozone's second bailout package for breeze coming up shortly. >> especially at is affecting people in greece. first, some of the headlines making the news. reports from yemen indicate a boating station was blown up one day before the country goes to the polls to elect a successor to president saleh. it happened in one of the country's commercial centers....
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finally let's go to europe. shivering cold conditions continue. a high pressure system is pulling arctic air to the south, bringing extremely cold temperatures to many countries. and the cold air is colliding with warmer air from africa, producing unstable conditions through the mediterranean countries. wintry precipitation and strong winds continue here throughout friday. meanwhile, a new system moves into the western british isles, bringing snow showers to the western section of the island within the next 24 hours. so friday, cold conditions start to cover much of the iberian peninsula. 2 degrees expected in lisbon. the cold weather will continue into the weekend. the exception is going to be turkey. highs will return to more seasonal levels. expecting 12 degrees in athens friday. here is the extended forecast. >>> our lead story, kim jong-un has been in charge of north korea more than a month and the big question is howl deal with his southern neighbor. the new leader reached out in a sense. his regime sent an open letter to south korea, urging
finally let's go to europe. shivering cold conditions continue. a high pressure system is pulling arctic air to the south, bringing extremely cold temperatures to many countries. and the cold air is colliding with warmer air from africa, producing unstable conditions through the mediterranean countries. wintry precipitation and strong winds continue here throughout friday. meanwhile, a new system moves into the western british isles, bringing snow showers to the western section of the island...
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. >> the leaders of europe's top two economies to athens to get its house in order. >> more violence in the syrian city of homs after the west fails to get the u.n. security council to pass the resolution condemning the violence. >> 60 years on the throne, and she says she will continue to serve as long as she can. ♪
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also data in europe and u.s. boosted sentiment there as well providing new orders, higher production levels and also more hiring, but let's have a look at the opening levels here for the nikkei and topix. another factor is going to be auto sales numbers that we got out of the u.s. for january yesterday which showed a surprise boost for a lot of japanese auto makers. toyota said year on year sales rose 7.5%. honda came out and said sales rose 8.8%, and 10% rise for nissan. japanese auto makers had a tough year for 2011 with the march 11 disaster and the flooding in thailand, we'll watch closely auto shares. also, here at the tse, over 200 shares running into slight technical problems on the board behind me, but we'll keep track of that. now, moving on to currencies, let's have a look at currency levels, because another factor which may boost exporters is that slightly stronger euro against the yen. it's trading along the 100 level now on the offered side compared to 99 yen this time yesterday. there's still questi
also data in europe and u.s. boosted sentiment there as well providing new orders, higher production levels and also more hiring, but let's have a look at the opening levels here for the nikkei and topix. another factor is going to be auto sales numbers that we got out of the u.s. for january yesterday which showed a surprise boost for a lot of japanese auto makers. toyota said year on year sales rose 7.5%. honda came out and said sales rose 8.8%, and 10% rise for nissan. japanese auto makers...
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plans of a ballistic missile defense system in europe. he said it would only protect the western part of the continent and the article says military intervention in countries like libya would just make authoritarian regimes want nuclear weapons even more and cited north korea and iran as examples. >>> yemen, officially has a new leader, outgoing president abdullah sahel handed over power to his successor over a rule that lasted 27 years. the protests continued to rally demanding the former president face trial. sahel passed the national flag to the new president in a ceremony in the capital sanaa. he expressed support for the new government but did not apologize for his authoritarian rule or suppression of recent protests. the government's crackdowns report he left more than 1,000 people dead. meanwhile, thousands of protesters gathers in sanaa at the time of the ceremony. they called for the prosecution of all relatives who still hold positions of power. >> translator: we demand that the new president works to achieve the rest of the goa
plans of a ballistic missile defense system in europe. he said it would only protect the western part of the continent and the article says military intervention in countries like libya would just make authoritarian regimes want nuclear weapons even more and cited north korea and iran as examples. >>> yemen, officially has a new leader, outgoing president abdullah sahel handed over power to his successor over a rule that lasted 27 years. the protests continued to rally demanding the...
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finally, let's go over to europe. a large high pressure system that continues to pull arctic chill is still blanketing much of the european countries. lots of warnings for extreme low temperatures have been issued widely, and this cold air is colliding with very warm air from africa, producing unsettled conditions to the south. in italy, heavy snow in the northern sections and thunderstorms in the southern area will continue throughout thursday, and we've got very active low pressure system coming into the area and that will produce blizzard conditions to the balkan peninsula in the next 24 hours, and some of it will move into western turkey. so expected highs on thursday
finally, let's go over to europe. a large high pressure system that continues to pull arctic chill is still blanketing much of the european countries. lots of warnings for extreme low temperatures have been issued widely, and this cold air is colliding with very warm air from africa, producing unsettled conditions to the south. in italy, heavy snow in the northern sections and thunderstorms in the southern area will continue throughout thursday, and we've got very active low pressure system...
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finally over to europe. the dominant and strong siberian peninsula continuing to cover much of the continent bringing biting cold conditions. it will likely stay here throughout the week, and in fact the cold wave is starting to impact the south. we will show you the figures in just a moment. meanwhile, stormy conditions are continuing in the mediterranean countries. heavy snow in greece and heavy rain in italy. in addition to that, strong winds and thompls cannot be ruled out. in fact, those conditions will likely stay here throughout the week. and out towards the west, rain in ireland will be moving into scotland on wednesday morning. expected highs are looking like this. right at the freezing point in paris with 0, minus 5 in berlin, minus 13 in moscow, plenty of sunshine here, but again the cold waves are starting to cover the southern areas. 5 degrees in madrid and 6 degrees expected in athens. all right. here's your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour. residents of homs are running and watc
finally over to europe. the dominant and strong siberian peninsula continuing to cover much of the continent bringing biting cold conditions. it will likely stay here throughout the week, and in fact the cold wave is starting to impact the south. we will show you the figures in just a moment. meanwhile, stormy conditions are continuing in the mediterranean countries. heavy snow in greece and heavy rain in italy. in addition to that, strong winds and thompls cannot be ruled out. in fact, those...
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into europe we go. towards the west, let me show you things are going to be a little bit cool, excuse me, i should say dry and cloudy for the british isles. but we have a warm front moving across much of western continental europe. scandinavia seeing snow and gusty winds, and then turning to a mixture of rain and snow for the lowcountries and france and into northern spain here. temperatures generally will be moderating as we head through the week. we should see good improvements up to seasonal averages for western europe. as for the south, fairly unstable here. this is going to be mountain snow. generally rain and thunderstorms for the central mediterranean down to the south. still very cold in the southeast, black sea region. you're going to be seeing north of that some snow and snow could get heavy in turkey in the next couple days. temperatures are going to be falling here, too. let's look at your tuesday highs. minus nine in kiev, minus 13 in moscow. 2 degrees in berlin. it has been awhile since we
into europe we go. towards the west, let me show you things are going to be a little bit cool, excuse me, i should say dry and cloudy for the british isles. but we have a warm front moving across much of western continental europe. scandinavia seeing snow and gusty winds, and then turning to a mixture of rain and snow for the lowcountries and france and into northern spain here. temperatures generally will be moderating as we head through the week. we should see good improvements up to seasonal...
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anchor against the assad regime, and a sense, i think, of evidence, too, about what europe is supposed to do. european parliament has passed three resolutions condemning syria and demanded the replacement of president assad. tomorrow, there will be a fourth resolution. it will probably say much the same, but i think anger was the overriding sense of emotion at the 1.5-hour debate today, with everybody buying -- vying to condemn russia and china for not backing sanctions against the regime and also wondering what europe should do or has to do next to try to get the leader in syria to back down. >> some commentators say europe should not focus so much and trying to change syria but should focus more on trying to change the thinking in moscow. >> yes, but i think there is no real chance that is going to happen. as i say, everyone is condemnatory about that and suggesting all sorts of relations with particularly china, over the eu, the sort of thing, but this is just european parliament speaking, not ministers agreeing, the sort of thing, but the pressure is on from the european parliament
anchor against the assad regime, and a sense, i think, of evidence, too, about what europe is supposed to do. european parliament has passed three resolutions condemning syria and demanded the replacement of president assad. tomorrow, there will be a fourth resolution. it will probably say much the same, but i think anger was the overriding sense of emotion at the 1.5-hour debate today, with everybody buying -- vying to condemn russia and china for not backing sanctions against the regime and...
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after seven months of negotiations, europe produces a greek bailout in deal. but just how solid is it? >> yemenis get the chance to uproot a presidential candidate at the polls. >> and aiming for victory in formula one, mercedes unveils its new 2012 silver arrow. ♪ >> it has been a very long road, seven months of negotiations led to the pre-dawn agreement in brussels with greece winning a 130 billion euro deal to avoid a march bankruptcy. >> sealing the deal means that for now, at least, athens has one precious time to meet its obligations and to get the economy back on its feet. >> even with investors and central bankers chipping in to relieve the debt burden, economists believe greece may again violate the terms in this bailout. ministers, there was relief all around after another long night in brussels. the next stage of the bailout of greece can go ahead. the eu, european central bank, and the imf for putting up another 130 billion euros. that is on top of the 110 billion euros from the first bailout in 2010. and crucially, private investors sectors will
after seven months of negotiations, europe produces a greek bailout in deal. but just how solid is it? >> yemenis get the chance to uproot a presidential candidate at the polls. >> and aiming for victory in formula one, mercedes unveils its new 2012 silver arrow. ♪ >> it has been a very long road, seven months of negotiations led to the pre-dawn agreement in brussels with greece winning a 130 billion euro deal to avoid a march bankruptcy. >> sealing the deal means that...
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sales and profits should pick up again after softening in the final months of last year. >> in europe, we think we will see the first signs of change toward a more bullish sentiment. order placing has changed, and orders are coming in again. basf is expecting the global economy to really pick up steam in the second half, and growth impulses should be coming from both the emerging economies and the u.s. that is where the company has based its research on genetically engineered crops. >> regardless of all optimistic assumptions, basf is especially keen on a solution in the european debt crisis. up to this day, basf is generating more than half of its earnings here in europe. >> onto friday's market action, shares in frankfurt snapped their three-day losing streak to go into the weekend on a positive note, encouraging corporate news and better than expected data from the u.s. real-estate sector lifted investments and it -- investor sentiment. our correspondence sent us the story from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> record high sales numbers and profits and a far higher dividend did not
sales and profits should pick up again after softening in the final months of last year. >> in europe, we think we will see the first signs of change toward a more bullish sentiment. order placing has changed, and orders are coming in again. basf is expecting the global economy to really pick up steam in the second half, and growth impulses should be coming from both the emerging economies and the u.s. that is where the company has based its research on genetically engineered crops....
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. >> europe's record deepfreeze. >> the syrian president is willing to cooperate with all efforts toward stability in his country. >> that is according to the state news agency in syria. bashar al assad has met with the russian foreign minister, who says the talks were very useful in promoting peace. >> meantime, europe is stepping up pressure with six nations withdrawing their ambassadors for consultations. among them, france and britain. >> the eu also considering new sanctions to cut the regime's access to cash as crowds lined the streets of damascus today to get a rapturous welcome to their russian visitor. >> a hero's welcome for the russian foreign minister. pro-assad supporters lined the route as the russian foreign minister made his way through. >> we thank russia and china for their veto against international intervention. for god, syria, and bashar. >> he headed straight to the presidential palace. he said the syrian leader was preparing a referendum on constitutional reform, and that both countries were committed to the first arab league peace plan agreed back in november. >>
. >> europe's record deepfreeze. >> the syrian president is willing to cooperate with all efforts toward stability in his country. >> that is according to the state news agency in syria. bashar al assad has met with the russian foreign minister, who says the talks were very useful in promoting peace. >> meantime, europe is stepping up pressure with six nations withdrawing their ambassadors for consultations. among them, france and britain. >> the eu also...
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. ♪ >> the ecb has been showering europe's banks with money again, and they're taking all the cheap loans they can get. >> 529.5 billion euros is the number. that brings the total pumped out of the european central bank to over one trillion euros in the past couple of months. >> part of a special operation to prevent another credit crunch in europe's banking system. the hope is banks will use some of the money to keep telling governments afloat as well. >> we will be asking our markets reporter what this means. first, this report on the ecb's latest crisis-fighting move. >> is this bank in trouble? or this one? maybe this one? some 800 financial institutions have taken up the european central banks second offer of cheap money. but the ecb is not releasing many details. the banks are likewise keeping quiet. a big loan could be taken as a sign the company is in crisis. the ecb is asking only 1% annual interest for a three-year line of credit. like last time, it hopes banks will start lending again and by the sovereign debt of troubled eurozone economies. >> it tries to restore confidence in
. ♪ >> the ecb has been showering europe's banks with money again, and they're taking all the cheap loans they can get. >> 529.5 billion euros is the number. that brings the total pumped out of the european central bank to over one trillion euros in the past couple of months. >> part of a special operation to prevent another credit crunch in europe's banking system. the hope is banks will use some of the money to keep telling governments afloat as well. >> we will be...
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. >> we are getting reports that the europe group head once finance ministers to get together -- wants finance ministers to get together on thursday. does that mean a deal could be very close? >> it certainly means that it is a positive sign that finance ministers of the eurozone have not given up greece completely yet. to be honest with you, we are not expecting a deal just yet. it is just the fact that the greek coalitions had been letting one deal pass by, so frustrations in brussels had been mounting. it is simply a question of convincing private lenders and convincing the europeans that the eu, the eurozone wants to keep raese as a member, and that is a clear sign that they are sending out -- wants to keep raese as a member. there is simply a big deal of uncertainties. -- wants --greece as a member. the question is whether there are enough lenders who will agree to the hair cut. if you cannot find them, you can put it on paper, but it is worth nothing. it is a clear sign they are trying all the best they can to keep grease in the eurozone, but there are a numbers -- a number of un
. >> we are getting reports that the europe group head once finance ministers to get together -- wants finance ministers to get together on thursday. does that mean a deal could be very close? >> it certainly means that it is a positive sign that finance ministers of the eurozone have not given up greece completely yet. to be honest with you, we are not expecting a deal just yet. it is just the fact that the greek coalitions had been letting one deal pass by, so frustrations in...
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the debt crisis in europe, especially greece, is weighing on financial companies. the insurance giant allianz set profits dropped, largely due to write-downs from greek debt. it is the same story at commerzbank. commerzbank says it has written off nearly three-quarters of its portfolio of greek government bonds. drops for deutsche telekom. they fell 66% in 2011. the company booked a net profit of 60 billion euros last year. there -- the ceo says writedowns in the u.s. and greece contributed "big-time" to the fall of. the plan to invest heavily in united states. the european court of human rights has slammed italy over its treatment of migrants from north africa. >> the court ruled that the decision to send fleeing migrants back to libya was a violation of fundamental human rights. >> last year, 1500 people died trying to reach italy by crossing the mediterranean. >> the ruling handed down by the judges in strasbourg has implications, not just for italy, but dozens of questions across -- countries across europe. >> it is a clear indication that the high seas are not
the debt crisis in europe, especially greece, is weighing on financial companies. the insurance giant allianz set profits dropped, largely due to write-downs from greek debt. it is the same story at commerzbank. commerzbank says it has written off nearly three-quarters of its portfolio of greek government bonds. drops for deutsche telekom. they fell 66% in 2011. the company booked a net profit of 60 billion euros last year. there -- the ceo says writedowns in the u.s. and greece contributed...
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. >> this is a black day for europe and its future competitiveness on the world's financial markets. rejecting the proposed merger endorsed the creation of a european-based global stock exchange leader. >> combining georgia burse and the nyse would have created the world's biggest exchange operator. >> these two companies constrain each other's prices and compete for technology and innovation. therefore, the merger would have eliminated the help the process of competition. >> but some observers say that the combined exchange would not have been as powerful as the european commission feared. >> derivatives trading is global. that means we have to at least draw derivatives exchanges in the u.s. and asia into the equation. then things look different. >> he wants to return quickly to business as usual. even without the merger, deutsche borse is still a major player among global stock exchanges. >> european stocks advanced to six-month highs thursday in reaction to better than expected manufacturing data in europe, china, and the u.s. our correspondence sent us this summary of the wednesd
. >> this is a black day for europe and its future competitiveness on the world's financial markets. rejecting the proposed merger endorsed the creation of a european-based global stock exchange leader. >> combining georgia burse and the nyse would have created the world's biggest exchange operator. >> these two companies constrain each other's prices and compete for technology and innovation. therefore, the merger would have eliminated the help the process of competition....
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finally, let's go over to europe. it's very active to the south. thunderstorms will continue in southern italy throughout wednesday, and a mix of rain and snow will move into the balkan peninsula. turkey gets dryer after a long period of heavy snowfall. that's good news. meanwhile, a large high pressure system is dominating much of the northern sections, bringing dry but very windy and cold conditions to much of the area. warnings against extremely low temperatures have been issued for many countries. here are the highs wednesday. we expect minus 19 in moscow, and minus 16 degrees in kiev, and that's very, very cold here. in fact, the cold conditions will continue into the weekend. so please do bundle up. here is the extended forecast. frmts our lead story. a team from the international atomic energy agency completed a three day inspection tour of iran. iran's news agency said the inspection ended tuesday, and they were due to levi ran later in the day. they plan to continue consultations. iaea hasn't commented on the visit. the team led by the gen
finally, let's go over to europe. it's very active to the south. thunderstorms will continue in southern italy throughout wednesday, and a mix of rain and snow will move into the balkan peninsula. turkey gets dryer after a long period of heavy snowfall. that's good news. meanwhile, a large high pressure system is dominating much of the northern sections, bringing dry but very windy and cold conditions to much of the area. warnings against extremely low temperatures have been issued for many...
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not even europe's leading economy, germany, has been able to escape the slowdown. >> unemployment has topped 3 million again, but germany's labor office says that is not as bad as it sounds. many of the additional 300,000 people on the books are out of work due to seasonal factors. a number of building sites take a break during the cold winter months, for example. business is picking up for many german firms, but a lot of them say they are having a hard time recruiting suitable staff, despite the unemployment figures. >> in other words, on the one hand, the strong upswing is still having an effect. on the other hand, we are seeing the companies are having difficulties finding the right staff to fill vacancies, regardless of the sector or region. >> currently, mechanical engineers, health care professionals, and energy sector specialists are in particular demand. the labor office expects the number of unemployed to decline slightly due to the ongoing cold weather. experts say it is not likely to fall below the 3 million mark again until later in the year. >> workers in nokia networks a
not even europe's leading economy, germany, has been able to escape the slowdown. >> unemployment has topped 3 million again, but germany's labor office says that is not as bad as it sounds. many of the additional 300,000 people on the books are out of work due to seasonal factors. a number of building sites take a break during the cold winter months, for example. business is picking up for many german firms, but a lot of them say they are having a hard time recruiting suitable staff,...
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economy, but markets remain cautious over europe. >> definitely, ai, good morning to you. we saw u.s. stocks recovering into the close there on hopes of the greek debt deal going through. as you mention, there are retail sales also. if you take out the car sales and components and gas prices, the actual core amount rose 0.7% for january, which was a little bit of a positive, if you take out the overall numbers there. so some positives to take out from the retail sales. but let's see how the nikkei and topix are kicking off this wednesday morning here in tokyo, and both indexes trading higher. nikkei closed above 9,000 yesterday and seeing the trade today. highest close yesterday since september, 2011. as you mentioned there, unexpectedly and positively, japan deciding to expand assets behind program or credit easing, and that was after a two day meeting yesterday. that fed through to the markets. we did see a pop higher for japanese government bond prices. inversely, saw a little selling on the yen. bank of japan moved there causing investors to sell a little of the yen on
economy, but markets remain cautious over europe. >> definitely, ai, good morning to you. we saw u.s. stocks recovering into the close there on hopes of the greek debt deal going through. as you mention, there are retail sales also. if you take out the car sales and components and gas prices, the actual core amount rose 0.7% for january, which was a little bit of a positive, if you take out the overall numbers there. so some positives to take out from the retail sales. but let's see how...
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companies in europe. it is, as i said, there is a lot of most of what we sell in europe and not being produced in the united states, but produced in europe by european subsidiaries. they would be enormously affected. in addition, the worst would happen through the financial system. u.s. financial institutions do not hold much european sovereign debt. they have wisely gotten out of that market about one year ago. no one knows how many credit default swaps u.s. financial institutions have against either european sovereign debt or the banks, which are holding that that in europe, and would fail in the event of a complete financial meltdown. in addition u.s. financial institutions are in the midst of thousands and thousands of deals and transactions with the european banks where they come together to finance a particular investment. really probably tens of thousands. in a full-blown eurozone crisis as i suggested, the major events in europe -- you were talking about deutsche bank commerzbank, and these other
companies in europe. it is, as i said, there is a lot of most of what we sell in europe and not being produced in the united states, but produced in europe by european subsidiaries. they would be enormously affected. in addition, the worst would happen through the financial system. u.s. financial institutions do not hold much european sovereign debt. they have wisely gotten out of that market about one year ago. no one knows how many credit default swaps u.s. financial institutions have against...