road coming into brussels. you can see there is an industry on the left and the right, but the infrastructure is really very scary for even for daily cyclists as i am. what we are quite doing and it is also quite important if you were a town, let's say, taking off with the bicycle policy is that we have been very successful in organizing events and in setting upestal programs. of course, my criticism and the parliament was like take care. you have a big responsibility because of the events and because of the educational program, you invite people to take the bicycle on the street on a regular day, you have a big risk because your infrastructure is not yet there. so that was part of the political debate. still, i am willing to defend that policy that organizing events, this is in front of a mayor bank in the heart of brussels where the employees have been invited to come to work not by a car and to have a taste, as it says, of another mobility. it is part of the european car-free day which is organized every yea

well in brussels from thirty countries around the european union they're essentially saying no to the austerity measures they're trying to show governments across europe what they call the human face of the budget cuts that the government's trying to make in the wake of the economic crisis in europe which of course has led several countries into quite serious debt police have barricaded up banks and shops they've thrown up a ring of steel around the european union headquarters which of course is there in brussels as you say this is the biggest march since two thousand and one when eighty thousand people gathered or at least they hope it will be if they reach the one hundred thousand mog and it's particularly ironic and apparently coincidental that it is timed as the e.u. commission meets to discuss whether they're going to punish countries that have run up huge debts countries like what we're now calling the pigs portugal ireland greece and spain. we're seeing footage of just thousands of protesters hitting the streets there in brussels tell me what if they want what are they demandin

tens of thousands travel to brussels to march on european union headquarters. in spain, there is a general strike. >> large crowds were on the streets in madrid this evening supporting spain's first general strike in eight years. the message repeated here and elsewhere in europe today was no to austerity. before dawn, workers were trying to prevent buses leaving the transport depot. spanish unions wanted to shut down the capital and demonstrate that the people were against spending cuts. columns of strikers marched around the city center. when they found stores that were defying calls for a general strike, they pushed inside, insisting the owners closed for the day. the police often intervened, but the shutters came down. strikers argue that working people were seeing their benefits cut to pay off debts caused by the banks. >> we spent 100 years earning the rights we have as workers in this country. i do not think the first thing we need to do is lose them. the banks should be the ones who pay for this crisis. >> one bank needed to be opened with a metal cutter

i just want to take into brussels and look at some live pictures. these are the protests we have been talking about today. something like a hundred thousand union members from all over gathering they're talking about these austerity cuts. that's it for this edition of gmt. stay with "bbc world news." >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> there is one stage that is the met and carnegie hall. >> o, that this too, too solid flesh -- >> it is the kennedy center. >> check, one, two. >> and a club in austin. >> it is closer than any seat in the house, no matter where you call home.

in terms of saying what we do with our own money and we have to give it all to brussels and then day. they want with the money without any legal legitimate taishan and this is in my opinion the only reason why brussels is still sticking so much very much with billions and billions to the euro because they know if the euro they will lose their power and this is the real thing behind it they don't want it and you have called the year that the biggest nonsense in monetary history all the economic reasons as well to eat why you object is ok. you compare greece with germany for example in former days in the ninety's we know that he's ordered to italy or take seven countries have a special way in order to manage economies we know that and if there are problems you have to devaluation then. ten percent less and one day was a big exacting for one week and after what it was again business as usual this is how we'll economies have to work you have small entities which compete to each other and if then something goes wrong you have means of. smaller parts can devalue other parts. appreciate in t

in brussels, thousands of protesters from all over europe demonstrated, carrying banners that said "no to austerity." many said the cuts were unfair and risked pushing iraq back into recession. >> i hope people realize the boys of workers is saying do not go for austerity. -- the boys of workers is saying do not go for austerity -- the voice of workers is saying do not go for austerity. do not make the mistake of the 1930's. >> a powerful earthquake has struck waters outside of indonesia, sparking a tsunami warning. no reports of injuries or damage so far. the tsunami warning was lifted 90 minutes after the quake. italian prime minister silvio battle is going -- berlusconi has won a vote of confidence. that could allow him to stay in office for the remainder of his term, until 2013. the vote follows weeks of argument with one of his main coalition partners. india has launched a nationwide biometric id scheme which will log details of more than a billion citizens on a central database. it will be what india thinks is the world's biggest national database, a unique identification program

. >> right after the summit finished, we spoke to our correspondent in brussels. >> a lot. the six-hour summit has ended. there have been two policy agreements of some substance. that has been overwhelmed by what happened at lunch. nicolas sarkozy went crazy. he said it was an outrage to france and an insult to him that he had to come to brussels to defend his country's honor. he was furious. the president said, i am -- it is my job to uphold community law. sarkozy said that he have the full support of all of the member states. the commissioners say that they are not true. in substance, they support the president's, saying they must uphold community law. there will be a result of that in a couple of weeks. there may be a legal action of france. that is doubly bad. are two important successes to trumpet. an agreement with pakistan to give its money above and beyond to get it back on its feet. a big trade deal agreement with korea. both meant to send a signal of the eu's global involvement. people are going to talk about the ongoing spat between that and the rest of europe. >

it was talked about this morning here in brussels, put out deliberately to have a go at france. they are absolutely furious about the expulsions, and what triggered her speech today is simply that she was told by two french ministers that all was well, that there was no targeting of one ethnic group being expelled. that was contradicted by an external french memo -- an internal french memo that was leaked. we were all stunned. it was forthright, dramatic. it pulled no punches, and no one can remember a commissioner having such a direct ago at a member state at that. she simply said that what france was done was illegal. they have been duplicitous. there are attacks on that group. she says this is something she is not seen since the second world war. france did have the authority of the senior commission team. >> and that was our reporter in brussels. to get reaction from france, we spoke to our correspondent in france and asked her what the response has been. >> some 230 were sent back to romania from airports in paris and marseille, so the message at least is very much business

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for the unions have announced that it was indeed the biggest march that brussels has seen since two thousand and one they say that one hundred thousand people have come from all over europe arriving on trains planes automobiles germany poland and british groups unions took part in that march the police barricaded banks and shops in preparation for the march and they all say through a ring of steel rice around the headquarters of the you paula commission story there was some minor scuffles in brussels around one hundred forty eight people would.

the archbishop of brussels promised to listen to victims and said the church will create a center to offer reconciliation and healing for the victims. the archbishop said the church had always talked victims to go to the police. >> when it concerns people who have committed crimes were still alive and where there's no statute of limitations it, then it is just a civil justice to decide whether they should be imprisoned or not. it has been our practice in those cases to reserve victims to civil justice. >> the churches been repeatedly accused of doing the exact opposite of buying the silence of victims, protecting the guilty, and delhi to as evidence on to the authorities. one victim who was molested by two priests from the age of 11 says nothing has really changed. >> i think it will be an old way in new bags. all of the world where this thing has happened, the bishops have said for many, many years several techniques to postpone their final judgment. i think it will be the same. i will be very happy if we see a significant step from the church. >> the catholic church says this time

organized by trades unions in brussels the rally coincides with a meeting of e.u. finance ministers in dublin and protesters will greet members of the irish parliament as they come back from the summer break spanish unions are going on strike and she cuts. ahead in portugal italy latvia lithuania the czech republic cyprus serbia rumania poland and throngs it's all about the government cuts which are being instigated as a result of essentially spending public funds like alter the e.u. governments have cut pay raise the retirement age and slash jobs in the public sector is in an effort to. restore budget discipline and confidence in the euro it comes in certain respects and economists say it's time for the euro to go and for countries like the pigs portugal it's really islands greece and spain who have the largest amounts of debt to drop out of the euro is dating back to managing their own finances german economists professor mike ford said told me. to return the pursuit to return for a return and we still would have a european union it's not like it would be the col

around the organized by trade unions in brussels. with a meeting of the e.u. finance ministers in dublin protesters will greet members of the irish parliament says they come back from last summer break spanish unions are going on strike and. going ahead. it's a lean that way mia the czech republic so i. remain. wrong it's all about the government cuts which are being instigated as a result of the spending public funds like alter the government pay raise the retirement age. in the public's. confidence in the euro it comes as a respected economists say it's time for the cure rate and for countries like the pig it's really islands greece and spain just amounts of debt to drop out of the euro is dating back to. his german economists professor told me. that the return and the pursuit to return and return and we still would have a european union it's not like it would be the collapse of the european union quite to the contrary if we allow those countries to set their own economic policy and to be sovereign in their currencies we would do europe a service we're doing

tens of thousands set to march on brussels let's get more now from our correspondent laura emmet who can give us details now live hello to you laura so this sounds like a massive far reaching uprising here let's get down to it just how serious is the level of discontent across europe. well these are extraordinary scenes that we're seeing we've had a summer of relative calm but it now seems that this isn't of the european union saying now it's time to get back to work or rather it's time to walk out of work. and extraordinary general strike in spain it's the first general strike they've had since two thousand and two and interestingly there's a socialist government in spain and the trade unions are socialist organizations and this marxist. between trade unions the government they've been working together for really quite a long time now this marks a split between them thanks to twenty percent unemployment rate at the moment so that's what they're. trying. to get. this morning not able to get to where they need to go newspapers have gone on strike so they went out ahead of time so ther

amid rising unemployment and unprecedented levels of government debt the largest march is expected in brussels near the headquarters of the e.u. commission laura amateur reports. after a summer of relative calm the european union is taking to the streets again to praise tests austerity measures and unemployment a series of marches and demonstrations they said chilled in major cities all around the organized by trade unions in brussels coincides with a meeting of e.u. finance ministers in dublin protesters will greet members of the irish parliament as they come back from the summer break spanish unions are going on strike and. going ahead. it's a lean that way mia the czech republic cyprus serbia rumania poland and throngs it's all about the government cuts which are being instigated as a result of the spending public funds like will be you government said they raise the retirement age and jobs in the public. confidence in the euro it comes in certain respects and economists say it's time for the euro. and for countries like the pigs it's really islands greece and spain just amounts of debt to

thousands of europeans gather in brussels to demonstrate against government austerity measures about slashing jobs and pensions spain's been paralyzed by a general strike and at least while the other eurozone countries have been gripped by protests and clashes with police. moscow's deposed mayor says he won't feel in his court in court against his forced resignation luzhkov says he'll be staying in politics despite falling out of favor with the russian president. plus kyrgyzstan gears up for parliamentary elections amid simmering fears of more violence in a country yet to fully recover from deadly ethnic clashes this summer the former prime minister who was among the favorites to lead the nation. all those stories more coming your way at the top of the hour but first let's go with kate at the sports desk so it's another busy night of european football hi matt yes another champions league group match is tonight on the first of them involves russian champions rubin gets mighty boss alona the latest school plus the rest of the sport that's coming up now. hello welcome to the sports news

organized by trade unions in brussels the rally coincides with a meeting of e.u. finance ministers in dublin and protesters will greet members of the irish parliament as they come back from the summer break spanish unions are going on strike and. going ahead. it's a lame latvia lithuania the czech republic cyprus serbia rumania poland and wrongs it's all about the government cuts which are being instigated as a result of the spending public funds like will be huge government pay raise the retirement age and slash jobs in the public sector is in an effort to. restore. confidence in the euro becomes a respected economist say it's time for the. and for countries like the pigs coach ago thankfully islands greece and spain just amounts of debts to drop out of the euro is dating back to managing finances german economists professor monster said told me. that the return the pursuit the return of the euro return and we still would have a european union it's not like it would be the collapse of the european union quite to the contrary if we allow those countries to set the

today, it overshadowed a meeting in brussels. nicolas sarkozy was involved in a blazing argument with the most senior european official. >> this is a situation i have thought europe would not have to witness again after the second world war. >> today, he described those words as shameful, disrespectful. >> everyone here was deeply shocked, especially given our wartime history. these words were deeply wounding and insulting to my fellow countrymen. >> president sarkozy says they will continue to clear illegal camps. he insisted those actions were not only against one ethnic group. he went on to say that france would not accept shanty towns which he said were degrading to those who lived in them. from europe's officials, there was an expression of regret at the language used, but no backing down. the row isn't over and the e.u. will still consider taking legal action against france and president sarkozy will continue with the expulsion. >> the american secretary of state, hillary clinton, dropped a strong hint it would be extremely

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the unions have announced that it was indeed the biggest march that brussels has seen since two thousand and one they say that one hundred thousand people have come from all over europe arriving on trains planes automobiles germany poland british groups unions took part in that march the police barricaded banks and shops in preparation for the march and they also threw a ring of steel rice around.

it 3% budget deficit limits. >> of the german finance minister achieved one of his aims in brussels on tuesday, agreement on eu budget over said. his plan seemed to be in jeopardy several months, due to british opposition. but this time, britain was ready for compromise. >> from the beginning, george has played a constructive part. now we have a very refined structure to allow europe-wide regulation. >> from two dozen 11, 3 regulatory authorities will be separately responsible for banks and insurance companies and stock markets. the bodies will have crisis resolution powers over national regulators, and there will also be able to ban risky financial products. the 27-member states also agreed on a tougher is is that some of budgetary control. also from 2011, national governments will have to submit their draft budgets to the e before they become law. the e will check them for conformity with budget deficit rules. but he was less successful with his call for the global tax on bank transactions, which continues to face resistance from britain and sweden. >> we do not want to see a new tra

today, it overshadowed the summit in brussels. over lunch, the french president was involved in a blazing argument with the most senior european official. he shouted that he was defending the honor of france. his anger was directed at a comment by the european commissioner that the expulsions reminded her of actions taken during world war ii. >> everyone here was deeply shocked, especially given our wartime history, that these words were deeply wounding and insulting to my fellow countrymen. >> president sarkozy said illegal camps will continue to be dismantled but insisted the measures were not aimed at one ethnic group. he went on to say that france would not accept degrading shantytowns. the french say that other countries like italy, sweden, and denmark have removed role without a similar outcry. from europe's top official today, an expression of regret at language used but no backing down. >> we have had a certain kind of rhetoric, but now, it is time to leave that behind and concentrate on the real problem. >> what now? the

in may, germany band naked short-selling without consulting brussels first. a lot has happened since then. it looks like the european commission is trying to catch up. >> we have to live in these high speed times, where markets develop more quickly than the politicians and their democratic decisions. >> critics say the proposals are insufficient. at the height of the financial crisis, many in brussels were calling for a complete ban on short-selling. two years later, the only result is a few more regulations for traders. >> on the second anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers, european markets pushed further into negative territory. we have this report from the day's trading in frankfurt. >> crying over spilt milk is not the type of behavior you generally find on the frankfurt floor. one looks into the future. on the second anniversary of the lehman insolvency, it is different. everybody remembers what they felt when they heard the news. impossible. how can something like that happen? everyone remembers the kind of hopelessness and desperation they fe

two french ministers were in brussels on tuesday to discuss the issue with eu officials. the european commission has criticized the deportations, saying all eu citizens have the right of freedom of movement. so far this year, france has deported over 8000 migrants to romania and bulgaria. >> a group of roma are waiting for their flight. they are being deported by the government, despite the fact that they are you citizens. european commission have expressed concern over the policy. >> each person needs to be treated equally under eu law. there is absolutely no justification for mass expulsions. >> france has sent more than 8000 to romania and bulgaria. leading european commission officials in brussels on tuesday, the french immigration minister defended the crackdown. he said france's actions had been unacceptably caricatured and insisted paris had been scrupulously respecting eu laws regarding rights like freedom of movement. >> freedom of movement is also a source of duty, not representing an unreasonable burden on the system of social security. >> the european union sa

tens of thousands of people from all across europe that's a protest all stare at the march in brussels is expected to be the biggest protest . moscow's mayor will reportedly challenge his sacking in russia's supreme court in the polls all to the president's decision. plus. a parliamentary election simmering fears of more violence in a country which has yet to fully recover from the summer's deadly clashes. it is a good of you to join us here on. live from moscow. people in countries across europe protesting in. cuts to job wages and pensions there's a general strike in spain while tens of thousands are gathered in brussels to voice their opposition to the austerity measures that have gripped the e.u. . reports. this is the biggest march two thousand and one when eighty thousand people gathered or at least they hope it will be if they reach the one hundred thousand mark and it's particularly ironic and apparently coincidental that it is timed as the e.u. commission me to discuss whether they're going to punish countries that have run up huge debts countries like what we're now calling t

sarkozy said it after an eu summit in brussels. the meeting was called to discuss foreign policy but was overshadowed by the controversial deportation. sarkozy also talked with the eu commission had about the issue. >> president nicolas sarkozy lsd eu summit after a war of words over the controversial deportations. after clashing with the european commission president, sarkozy also angered germany by climbing berlin also plans to clear from the camps. >> merkel indicated there was going to be a proceeding of the evacuation of the camps in the coming week. we will see how calm german politics will become then. >> angela merkel's office promptly denied the claim, the chancellor and the french president had not discussed rahm in germany. most of germany's roma live in homes and hospitals, not in camps like those in france. >> in germany, there are repatriations. regardless of the country of origin, they are only carried out after a review of individual cases. that is the law in our country. anything else would not be permitted. >> sar

minor scuffles in brussels around one hundred forty eight people were detained mainly because they were carrying things according to the police that weren't suitable for carrying on a march or had no place for carrying on a march but no injuries were reported that over in spain demonstrators clashed with the police slightly more severely they were throwing projectiles at the police there were marches certainly in madrid and in barcelona and in barcelona students set fire to a police car they also blocked streets with rubbish bins and police fired rubber bullets on them in the end of the day we saw picketers throwing eggs at buses and blocking trucks on a main road in madrid and striking workers also staged a sit in outside a bus station trying to prevent workers from crossing the picket line and going to work. also be processed in ireland those demonstrations were timed to coincide with members of the irish parliament going back to work after their summer recess to a cement mixer which was plastered with banking slogans was driven up and blocked the entrance to the irish parliament buil

and in the latest news from europe tens of thousands of workers marched through the streets of brussels and other european cities protesting against the austerity measures european governments are using them to get their public finances back into shape following a deep economic recession e.u. commission proposed earlier to impose new penalties on countries let their budget out of control this is done to prevent another crisis like the one pushed greece to near bankruptcy. and let's have a look at how the markets are doing here is asia on thursday stocks are mostly lower as massive protests against a steady measures across europe raise concern over the region's ability to cut debt down over a percent that's after the news that japan's industrial production profile the third straight month and august hong kong's hang seng is trading over half a percent lower. and in russia and here is russia's wednesday's closing figures we can see both the r.t.s. and the wise experienced over half a percent higher banks boosted the mines explode both bear bank and b. to be finishing around one percent in

governments and the european commission in brussels has been catastrophic to put it mildly. by no means is as disastrous as the wall street bailout that the bush and obama administrations are facilitated but it certainly ranks up there in the same direction so what what we're seeing right now across europe is a realization among ordinary voters that they are having to foot the bill for the corruption of the big international banks that made this problem in the first place and they don't like that. the mare of moscow is planning to challenge the decision to sack in russia supreme court that's according to a source close to u.t. bush cough on tuesday he was fired by president medvedev who said he had lost confidence in the man who had been in charge of the city for almost two decades but it was going off as the latest. according to moscow's former mir's close friend and state duma deputy and singer. challenge his sacking in russia supreme court and under the law he has ten days to file an appeal and then the court will have ten more days to make a decision according to former

cuts to job wages and pensions tens of thousands i got third in brussels in opposition to the austerity measures that have gripped the e.u. . has more on this. this is the biggest march since two thousand and one when eighty thousand people got it or at least they hope it will be if they reach the one hundred thousand mark and it's particularly going to. times as the e.u. commission meet to discuss whether they're going to punish countries. we're now calling the pigs. space now they have to. then they have to save it up. the way that they are proposing to do is by hitting really according to trade unions hitting the common man they want to cut. some countries.

christian frasier reports now from brussels. >> roger was belgium's longest serving bish shop. for years, he abused his new year's eve you. almost 500 witnesses have been interviewed by the special commission. there are appalling stories of rape and molestation dating back over 40 years. the abuse was widespread in almost every boarding school and institution with victims as yupping as 2. 13 later committed suicide, at least six others tried. many felt ignored. he was abused at his catholic school by two different priests, and his brother by a third. >> one priest invited me to his room and he started touching me. he went into my trousers. tried to open my trousers. and he fondled my genitals. i didn't understand what was going on. i didn't understand what was going on. i was 11 years old. >> the belgium arch bish shop promised new flishtives to present further cases. the crit ins say the church is yet to deal with those cases already uncovered. those implicated still live under church protection. >> the problem is the church did seek to avoid the problem in the past. >> maybe

is a tool for undermining democracy yes of course it's to do so very much it is the basic tool for brussels in order to dictate into the government how much is this conversation about getting rid of the euro pie in the sky if you like why do you think it would be a hugely destabilizing thing now that the euro is in place to dismantle erase and in this way some economists say that it will be almost the same as the effect that the collapse of lehman brothers had this is of course the other side of the calling the longer we have it the more difficult it will be to get rid of it and of course there will be thousands or millions of problems but it doesn't mean that we didn't have to start no because the longer we wait the more problems we have we will get and the higher we will fall down i mean. saying in germany if you are moving towards the wrong direction there is no sense in excel or to the extent of our diversity you know that is it eve did even makes it was hard for us all at the end . that was market analyst michael ross talking to his lawyer and it so stay tuned following to be a little

would be less angry would serbia but what brussels is still demanding is pretty much an unconditional surrender a full abdication of state sovereignty or any sort of independent foreign policy yeah and that's exactly what's going to happen and where does this leave cults of a is it any more or less internationally recognized as a result of this compromise. right now it's in the same status as ever because resolution twelve forty four is still in force what the what the resolution implies the fact that it's been submitted in the first place is suggesting that official belgrade has given up on reclaiming the province if it gets adopted it would be able could potentially be disastrous and would it could signal the rest of the countries that haven't recognized most the majority of the world countries that haven't recognized the separatist province indication that belgrade is perfectly ready to accept its independence de facto and legally. and that they've abandoned theirs their legal and political struggle for the province and that right now it's perfectly ok to recognize that because eve

lithuania cyprus rumania poland and france and brussels there's a big demonstration going on and that is coinciding with a meeting of e.u. finance ministers that's going on that the people who matter will see that happening and in dublin there's also a big demonstration islands released very poor economic status last week and looks like it may go into default protesters are saying members of the irish parliament as they return from some a break away coming to them essentially the e.u. governments particularly. the ones that we've now come to call the pigs portugal italy ireland greece and spain they've overspent essentially in much the same way that you or i could spend and now what they need to do is borrow money and then save money in order to repay that and the way that a lot of these governments have chosen to do that is by cutting pay slashing jobs in the public sector they've cut pensions in spain they're raising the retirement age and people really feel that they're being punished for the recklessness of the state in spending too much money in the banks in borrowing too much mo

long and steady measures tens of thousands of workers marched through the streets of brussels and other european cities protesting against these measures the european governments are using them to get their public finances back into shape following a deep economic recession european commission proposed earlier to impose new penalties on countries that let their budget out of control that's done to prevent another crisis like the one that pushed greece to near bankruptcy and raised hears about the euro currency will weigh container traffic in russia was hit hard during the crisis as demand for raw materials from the region slums but twenty to twenty ten is proving to be a much stronger year for the way always. trans container explains. i think the growth of traffic will be equal to eighteen to nineteen percent this year usually the level of container traffic outstrips the growth of g.d.p. by two times or even more so of g.d.p. goes by five percent it means the growth of cargo traffic will be twelve to thirteen percent next year. russia's major gas producer gas problems start the construc