:00:20. > :00:25.sector. Now it is time for World Business Report. The headlines: Job
:00:25. > :00:33.figures are due out in the US as Barack Obama prepares his plan to
:00:33. > :00:42.get America back to work. Is this the toughest job in economics?
:00:42. > :00:47.Japan's 9th at Finance Minister in only five years. -- 9th Finance
:00:47. > :00:54.Minister. It could be the issue that defines the next US election:
:00:54. > :01:00.How to get America working again. Figures are due out later today as
:01:00. > :01:05.Barack Obama prepares a speech for Congress next week outlining his
:01:05. > :01:09.plans to bring down the unemployment rate. When he took
:01:09. > :01:16.office the rate of unemployment was 5%. The credit crunch scented
:01:16. > :01:20.rocketing above 9%. For some communities the situation is worse.
:01:20. > :01:26.Four African-Americans, the unemployment rate is double that of
:01:26. > :01:32.whites. Our correspondent reports. In Harlem, and New York, they are
:01:32. > :01:37.no stranger to fighting unemployment. A mother of two, she
:01:37. > :01:44.was out of work for over two years. She worried about keeping a roof
:01:44. > :01:51.over her head, but things are now looking up. She recently found a
:01:51. > :02:00.job. This is a breakthrough. Even now as we talk about it I can see
:02:00. > :02:06.you are getting emotional. In tough financial Times, family is
:02:06. > :02:16.everything. Right now I do not have any income, so my family is helping
:02:16. > :02:26.me. There are backing the up and I am trying to stay in there. -- they
:02:26. > :02:27.
:02:27. > :02:31.are backing me up. This neighbourhood is no stranger to
:02:31. > :02:39.economic hardship, but the worst recession in 50 years has made it
:02:39. > :02:43.even tougher. The unemployment rate among African-Americans and
:02:43. > :02:49.Hispanics is significantly higher than among the white population.
:02:49. > :02:54.This man is the president and founder of a local community group.
:02:54. > :03:03.This is the worst time I have seen in my 30 years of public service.
:03:03. > :03:08.He says the lack of jobs has been devastating. This community was
:03:08. > :03:12.hard pressed to find employment when the times were good. They
:03:12. > :03:21.placed a great deal of faith in Barack Obama and they now wait to
:03:21. > :03:27.see what he can do to help them. BBC News. Japan has a new Cabinet.
:03:27. > :03:31.Yoshihiko Noda, who be came the 6th Prime Minister in as many years,
:03:31. > :03:39.has announced the team that will try to get the struggling economy
:03:39. > :03:47.back on track. We go live to Tokyo. He has gone for close allies in the
:03:47. > :03:51.top jobs, and some of them are young by Japanese standards. Yes,
:03:51. > :04:01.the new Finance Minister is 49, a spring chicken by Japanese
:04:01. > :04:02.
:04:02. > :04:12.standards. He is also unknown, especially in tens of his views on
:04:12. > :04:12.
:04:12. > :04:22.fiscal and monetary policy. -- in terms of. He is likely to support
:04:22. > :04:24.
:04:24. > :04:31.the idea of increasing sales tax to reduce Japan's public debt. He may
:04:31. > :04:36.also look kindly on intervention in the currency markets. Yoshihiko
:04:36. > :04:43.Noda intervened in the currency markets to bring down the yen,
:04:43. > :04:53.threatening the products of Japan's exporters. He said that they would
:04:53. > :04:59.
:04:59. > :05:07.work like bottom feeding fiche to get the job done. -- fish. You yes,
:05:07. > :05:16.he compared himself to a drab fish last week. They have to rebuild in
:05:16. > :05:21.the north after the earthquake and tsunami. They have to get the
:05:21. > :05:31.economy out of stagnation while not adding to Japan's public debt,
:05:31. > :05:37.already the largest in the industrialised world. Oil exports
:05:37. > :05:44.could be banned as thened as the about how to deal with Syria, who
:05:45. > :05:49.has cracked down violently on protesters. It is a dangerous
:05:49. > :05:56.balancing act. How to pile on enough pressure to force area's
:05:56. > :06:05.leaders to step down without the country sliding into civil war. --
:06:05. > :06:09.Syria's leaders. Our correspondent reports. While many escaped at the
:06:09. > :06:15.gun fire this week, it is believed to that more than 2000 have already
:06:15. > :06:22.been killed by government forces in Syria. He sanctions against
:06:22. > :06:32.President Assad's regime follow those already announced by the US.
:06:32. > :06:38.
:06:38. > :06:48.-- European Union sanctions. Boycotts on boil putt an --
:06:48. > :06:53.
:06:53. > :07:02.boycotts on Boyle are an effective way to hurt to the regime. -- Oil.
:07:02. > :07:05.Last year oil accounted for 25% of state revenues and accounted for
:07:05. > :07:10.$33 billion. Some people believe that sanctions will hit the people
:07:10. > :07:17.rather than the government. Sanctions will only affect the
:07:17. > :07:25.normal citizens, not the regime. two countries that rely most
:07:25. > :07:31.heavily on Syrian oil are Germany and Italy. Easily has been unhappy
:07:31. > :07:37.about sanctions, as it has already paid for some deliveries in advance.
:07:38. > :07:43.-- Italy has been unhappy. Some still believe that far stronger
:07:43. > :07:48.sanctions may be necessary to hurt the financial system and the wider
:07:48. > :07:57.economy. BBC News. In Spain lawmakers are gathering for a
:07:57. > :08:03.special session of Parliament and a vote on an amendment to the
:08:03. > :08:13.constitution. The Budget deficit will not be allowed to rise to over
:08:13. > :08:17.4% of GDP. Both main political parties backed the move. Italy's
:08:17. > :08:22.Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he has reassured the rest of
:08:22. > :08:28.Europe that his country will balance the Budget by 2013. The
:08:28. > :08:37.Coalition leaders have agreed an austerity package which includes
:08:37. > :08:45.cracking down on tax evasions. That will help uncertainty in the market.
:08:45. > :08:52.US jobs data comes out later today and a few other features we expect
:08:52. > :09:00.later on. The purchasing managers' index will be out in four hours and
:09:00. > :09:06.that will give us an idea of confidence in the industry. The
:09:06. > :09:10.effect of inflation on selling prices is also due to be released.
:09:10. > :09:20.Campbell's releases its quarterly results. Sales have been down in
:09:20. > :09:24.
:09:24. > :09:34.the last year after a low sodium range of suits. -- soup products.
:09:34. > :09:35.
:09:35. > :09:42.This is how the Asian markets are doing. We have seen profit taking
:09:42. > :09:50.because the Asian markets have seen a good run of gains. That is why
:09:50. > :10:00.the Nikkei is slightly down. The markets will be waiting for the US
:10:00. > :10:07.
:10:07. > :10:13.jobs numbers. Protesters have descended on Britain's largest
:10:13. > :10:21.illegal travellers' site to try to stop 80 families from being evicted.
:10:21. > :10:26.Dale Farm in Essex. Our correspondent reports. This is a
:10:26. > :10:36.community who refuses to be moved. They insist that this that this
:10:36. > :10:39.their home no matter what the courts say. This woman is diabetic
:10:40. > :10:48.and has lived here for six years surrounded by her grandchildren.
:10:48. > :10:58.Now she must leave and is terrified by what is to come. I get night Ms
:10:58. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:06.Four Star I am not sleeping. -- I get bad dreams. The Dale Farm
:11:06. > :11:14.travellers own the site but the council did not give them
:11:14. > :11:23.permission to build houses on half of the land. After a ten-year legal
:11:23. > :11:32.battle the traveller's plea to stay was rejected. The judges have made
:11:32. > :11:42.their decision and it must be turned back to a greenfield site.
:11:42. > :11:43.
:11:43. > :11:48.Inside the Kahlua, the travellers remain defiant. -- inside the camp.
:11:48. > :11:56.That have been joined by 50 supporters who have travelled to
:11:56. > :12:06.offer their support. But for now the fight goes on. People still
:12:06. > :12:12.
:12:12. > :12:17.refusing to leave the place they call home. BBC News. The headlines:
:12:17. > :12:22.in his latest audio message Colonel Gaddafi has urged his supporters to
:12:22. > :12:28.fight a guerrilla war against what he calls the occupation of Libya.
:12:28. > :12:38.He said his hometown of Sirte was now the capital of the Resistance.
:12:38. > :12:38.
:12:38. > :12:45.The UN review of the Israeli military raid on a Turkish flotilla
:12:45. > :12:53.on the blockade of Gaza said the Israelis used excessive force.
:12:53. > :13:02.Protesters have that disrupted -- have disrupted the Israeli
:13:02. > :13:10.Philharmonic Orchestra at BBC Proms. We speak to one of the protesters.
:13:10. > :13:16.They are a cultural ambassador to Israel and it is like hiding its
:13:16. > :13:23.war crimes. It is part of its campaign to rebrand Israel, trying
:13:23. > :13:32.to make it look like a normal, decent state. EU Foreign Ministers