>> i think we just avoided a crisis between france and germany. the germans being spied on and not the french? it is a problem. >> no one has to be jealous. we are both equally important. . >> business is business. the business of snooping and snooping on each other is part of the game. it is expected. it always has been so, from world war ii. i think what is shocking to the french and the europeans is not the spying. it is the extent and the systematic character of the spying which they did not suspect. >> that is the senior correspondent. you know how the world works. but as a private individual, do you care? in any way, shape, or form that your sms's sent to your family or your businesses may have been intercepted and read? >> you see, a british colleague of mine wrote a long piece on that. what i remember is that i could not avoid the conclusion. he said, unless you want to go back to the caves there is no way you can avoid it. >> so if you can't beat them, just except it? -- accept it? >> it is also true a lot of coverage is misleading. talki

in germany, the plot began that led to 9/11. iraq, north korea, we are not doing it for the fun of it. it is together valuable intelligence that helps not just us, but the europeans. >> congressman king points in that statement to the french in the past doing spying of their own. executives being told the conversations might be bugged. >> in january or february, the first one was china. we have capacities with active protection against cyber threats. there is a huge difference with that and the government. to invest more than 4 million euros for protections as well as active protections. on top of that, we see a lot of cybersecurity about to train a lot of french people. >> there are a little bit of crocodile tears on the part of the french? >> probably a little on the highest levels of government. you have american officials more in the know saying, trust us. we have saved you from attacks. i don't think it is the french establishment's or any other countries job to take that for granted or to take their word for it. it is impo

., france, germany, china, and russia, in a bid to ease the crippling sanctions placed on the country in recent years. western powers are concerned that iran has surplus stocks of uranium enriched 20%. a swift and simple process would take that up to weapons grade uranium, which could be used to make a nuclear warhead. the p5 plus one countries look to cut production in the 12,000 centrifuges currently enriching uranium. secretary of state john kerry said the window of diplomacy was cracking open. the talks are the first since president rouhani this year, seen as a moderate, many believe he will be able to secure a deal with the west after 10 years of stalled negotiations. quick so far, the talks have brought no results because iran's policy has been offensive and aggressive. now, iran's policy is to seek dialogue with the west. but if the west doesn't give a positive response to the approach coming from iran, then iran's return to previous policies will definitely be inevitable. >> tehran has also come under pressure to close the nuclear plant where much of the high- grade enrichment

fax -- >> germany is the most famous one. germany wants to abolish nuclear energy completely. by 2050, there -- there will have no power plan for nuclear and germany. they like to develop wind power, the number two was actually hydro-. the next one will be fire coming from coal petroleum and natural gas. natural gas, far much more than petroleum. nevertheless, it is what they do. germany is the most famous one in terms of the future area but it will would be south korea. south korea will be 59% nuclear. >> what is it currently? >> right now, is it about half of it area the other one is china and india. china at this moment has a very small portion of nuclear supplies. they would like to increase and they will have more than 100 react first in china. interestingly enough, saudi arabia is a big producer of petroleum. it's going to develop nuclear very fast. >> one thing a lot of people ask is we have a lot of discussions about renewable, alternative energy resources trait you mentioned wind and solar. a lot of people may not know these alternative energy sources at this particul

. >> standing in solidarity with environmentalists, protesters in germany took to the country's petrol stations, speaking out against the treatment of greenpeace activists detained in russia. >> i am here because i'm calling for the release of the 30 activists and journalists who demonstrated against gas drilling in the arctic and detained by russian authorities. >> the russian coast guard came aboard a greenpeace boat on september 18 and seized 30 activists, who were there protesting against a gas rig. they were all being held in custody in murmansk. now a russian justice has charged some of those with piracy by an organized group. authorities are expected to charge others among them on thursday. the crime can carry a 15-year sentence in russia. moscow has said that the so- called attack pose a threat to the oil rig, yet greenpeace's international director says their treatment was extreme and unnecessary. their lawyer says the charges are unfounded. >> we consider these charges absurd, unsupported, and unlawful, meaning they are not grounded in the law. that is because, under the arti

but there are eurosceptic rds in germany -- parties in germany -- >> closer to those in britain. >> in britain, they are pursuing a right-wing strategy as well. they have gathered votes from all parties and are pursuing a very light euro skepticism. and then we have, in italy, at the last general election in february, 60% who are actually against the current fiscal policies pursued at the european level. and we have 30% of the electorate voted for parties who want a referendum on the euro. euro skepticism is a very diverse picture. >> it is not one-size-fits-all. >> not at all. 70% pro-eu in the next parliament. one third is a lot. >> traditional parties did lose ground. valentin kreilinger, i want to thank you. i want to thank francesco saraceno. i also want to thank thomas friang. fabrizio bertot for joining us from brussels and costas lapavitsas from london. before we say goodbye, there is one man i would like to say hello to and that is james. >> good evening. just one word that is making the rounds on italian twitter. that is a phrase uttered by this man, the secretary of the pdl

. >> i cannot help noticing that the chancellor of germany is a physicist herself. has there been much reaction in germany, the kind we have seen in the anglo-saxon press? >> yeah, people get excited about it. the thing is, in much of the media, they say it is god's particle, which is a little ridiculous because even higgs does not call it that. now the name sticks around and that his story. the good thing with the nobel prize is a gets people thing, people interested in physics. >> the god particle is catchy. able would not be interested in such a subject, you make it more attractive and accessible. >> there often is this misunderstanding, this quid pro quo between journalists and scientists. journalists have been using the term god particle, which everyone knows. scientist don't like it, but they have not really come up with good alternatives. >> i suspect scientist like it because you are putting their work out there. that is what we do, we make it accessible, we make it compelling. >> it is not right because he was not the only one. there is a problem with the n

we need -- europe has to know that 3 out of 10 immigrants go to germany. 2 out of 10 go to france, then to england. in italy, they do not stay because there are no jobs. europe has to realize this is a european problem. we have to face this like clinton did with haitians. in someways there is no solution, but italy has not, the problem does not have a solution but has to be faced in a col lective way. >> a front page story this friday. do you have a sense that europe has woken up, that this is a problem and not just a problem of sicily? >> i do not know. the particulars of the stories were so sad that i do not know if anybody is drawing the bigger lesson. people will look at the fact that spain and italy have this problem. 2 million syrian refugees. the whole scrcrescent area, the countries that people in somalia have to go through to get to eu rope. since the land border crossings are so difficult, this is why so many people take the sea route. and it's much more dangerous. are we indifference or that or do we figure this is the risk they take? what can we do if we have so many people

germany summons that u.s. ambassador and claims america -- it is threatening the latest in the summit. a pilot dies in a crash. the military faces criticism for causing one of the biggest fighters. and football clubs with a tax plan. they are conserved -- concerned it will prevent them from playing here in france. first, germany has become the latest country three days after france do some of the u.s. ambassador over spiking claims. onslow angela merkel dass -- ch ancellor angela merkel complained to president obama. >>completely unacceptable -- that is how angela merkel described the latest means at that national security agency might have tapped her phone. outrage is echoed by her peers in government. >>we need aaccord. we do not spy on each other's. -- we do not spy on each other. we need to protect the private indications of those were not terrorist sub sects -- subset -- suspects. >> in the opposition camp, the social democrats had criticism on the nsa. that used to merkel of not doing enough to protect g

>> not because germany does not make up europe. in any case, germany is a part because it is an aging nation, a rich aging nation, with a low proportion of immigrants to its total population. not so small, although that explains the difference. on the other hand, i would also reject the idea that the economic reasons explained the rice of the extreme. -- the rise of the extreme. it does not explain the far right as well as it explains the far left. for example, it in greece and portugal, it is mostly the far left which has been rising. the far right in greece is not so big. it is very extremist. while the former communists, you can trim the campaign. the left is very strong, two thirds of the electorate in the recent election. >> it is not one-size-fits-all. >> for the far right, the explanation is broader. we can to reduce this to the current economic situation. >> i would say basically, i agree. you can't bring everything down to the economy specifically but it provides a backdrop. if we were in the 1970's growing at four percent

plea with the european ministers, not only those from italy and greece but particularly those from germany, belgium, the netherlands, to show that they understand that they do not only have to help refugees but their colleagues in italy, greece, and malta by taking over these refugees. >> i think there should be a limit, a limit for the safety of asylum seekers. if they feel the more they come, the more they're going to be able to live in europe, more will come which means more tragedy. we need a consensus among european politicians and populations. europe cannot say, you must pay more tax those. you must get your social security benefits, and then you need to have more asylum seekers and take care of them. it is not possible. >> i know in the op-ed piece you wrote, you said officials in brussels are expected to unveil a new border surveillance system for the europe he and union. >> i lost you again. >> we are not having much luck. you are alarmed by officials in brussels due to unveil a new border surveillance system. >> they're looking at this terrible tragedy and their and king, are we

. >> a concern shared by other european countries like france and germany. officials also worry the practice would prove a setback for reduction goals, and energy experts say a european fracking revolution is unlikely and not because of carbon emissions. >> in europe it is only seven percent in the world. this is less than countries like mexico. >> and poland the cost has been much higher than expected. as the eu seeks to break its dependency on russian gas, fracking is expected elsewhere. he now feels much safer standing outside his house, still shaken by regular earthquakes. >> do matter what happens in europe for my countries will be looking to the u.s. for examples of what to do and what not to do. companies here are required to list exactly which chemicals they are pumping into the ground, but the industry has complained by doing so it is giving up trade secrets. we spoke exclusively to a top regulator, and she asked why it should not be a concern. >> it protects proprietary information in the sense that we don't require the companies to put their exact

the four winners will join other teams and brazil including spain, italy, and germany. >> that is it for the newsroom. it is time to crossover for the debate. >> thank you. tonight debate is can iraq be fixed? war than 10 years after the united states has toppled saddam hussein, what good is democracy if there is no security? there's almost news every day of secretary and a violence usually against shiite targets. a suicide bomber killed 38 people. it is almost commonplace in today's iraq. ken al qaeda be defeated and avoid civil war? william jordan joined us. you served in saudi arabia and syria and north africa as well. abdelrahman dara suleiman, iraq he writer -- iraqi writer. he is based in paris. he is part of a group that works against sectarianism. myriam benraad, a researcher at a french political center. one of the most knowledgeable experts in iraq. peter galbraith, former american ambassador. 2003 to he was an advisor when the iraqi instant that constitution was being written. he will have interesting insights. he has also written a book called "the end of iraq." let's get

both in mexico and brazil, germany, at their parts. in the second part of the debate, what do we know about other countries carrying out similar programs? a chair of cyber security, david is a professor here, a member of the computer science department and a political commentator and analyst, best known to his internet fans as euro maestro, and from strasburg, a member of the european parliament and the green party. and thank you for joining us on france 24. undertaking these activities. i went to develop something. what kind of information is the nsa looking for? it seems like the intelligence -- intelligence gathering is a big part of this. >> there is a lot of academic research going on. exchanging information when they tried to break into the system and find new exploits. and it is a snowball effect, and you can know what kind of scientific advances they have, and with those scientific advances, you can further advance your own knowledge by leveraging that. so it is quite a game. >> alcatel lucent, they are working in a particularl

various cities there and in germany and argentina, have decided against offering a final resting place. his funeral tuesday was halted a miss angry protests. hundreds of people in the italian city clashed with not see sympathizers. right up until the end, they were unapologetic for his part in the massacre. responses parliament has lifted the immunity from the prosecution of six lawmakers. the latest move in a crackdown on the far right party that started off with the fatal stabbing of an antifascist wrapper. lawmakers walked out before the vote, which sought near unanimous approval. according to the government, the party operates as a criminal organization and our governing -- say they will back a proposal in parliament to do spend state funding for it. schools of wildfires are burning across australia's most popular states, casting an orange haze over sydney. more than one dozen blazes out of control as unseasonably hot temperatures and strong winds fanned flames across the landscape. several homes in wales have been destroyed. no reports so far of injuries or deaths. this is one of

one of talks in geneva between iranian negotiators and the nations of the un security council with germany. we are talking about it with an analyst from the huffington post , most notably. the foreign-policy initiative with us from washington. and from the institute for prospective and security studies. welcome back to all of you. not uncorking the champagne yet. iranian investors believe that the stock market has soared in the past month on hopes that a deal -- look at some of the others in the red. flat this year gdp after a contraction. skyrocketing inflation. officially 40%. grain nearly 80%. currency reserves drying out the government. a monthly subsidy about $18. the clock is ticking if he is not able to pay out is subsidy. how long before people fall out of love with him? >> there is a short-term to have confidence from the population. it is like roosevelt's new deal. we have to see what he is able to do with the new administration. because of this issue, you get unemployment and economic problems. it is difficult to measure how this is going to be done because the iranian structure

nuclear talks between iran and the five permanent members of the united nations security council, plus germany, have ended in geneva. a joint statement said both sides had promising discussions. iran may allow unannounced visits to its nuclear sites and indicated a readiness to scale back on uranium enrichment levels. it hopes such a move will and economic sections over its disputed nuclear program. no final details have been reached yet, but another round of talks will be held in early november. 49 people were killed when the plane crashed into a river in laos. all 44 passengers on board died immediately. authorities said the plane ran into extreme weather conditions while preparing to rent -- to land. the plane belonged to the state run airlines. those are the top stories. "biz asia america" continues right now. >> welcome back to "biz asia america." i am michelle makori the nasdaq market site in times square, new york. >> and washington, d.c., i am philip -- phillip yin. in canada, canada and the eu are near a few -- a free-trade deal. prime minister stephen harper says the accord will help