we continue the news broadcast, israel's ground operation infusion, latvian banks' profits are bursting at the seams, pensions in belarus have increased today. pavel azovik is in the studio, good morning. and let's start with the situation in the middle east, which the whole world is watching these days. israel announced the start of a ground operation in southern lebanon tonight. ground forces are supported by the air force and artillery.

eight buildings were destroyed in beirut due to israeli strikes, residents managed to evacuate before the bombing began. over the past 24 hours, due to israeli strikes, according to the ministry of health lebanon, more than 90 people were killed, 172 were injured. for its part, the idf reported that lebanon fired 10 shells at northern israel, some were intercepted, some fell in open areas. a number of countries are insisting on the prompt convening of a meeting of the un security council on the situation in lebanon in connection with israel's actions, more than a million residents have already left lebanon, about a quarter of the country's population. in parallel with operation northern arrows, israeli aircraft carried out at least eight airstrikes on the syrian capital. a residential complex was destroyed in damascus of eight publications, three were killed and nine were injured. the media assume that the missile attack was aimed at killing a prominent politician or... there is also a version that

they wanted to hit the iranian embassy in damascus. israeli troops also continued their attacks in the gaza strip. the pentagon continues to build up its arsenal. the united states has signed a contract to produce intercontinental ballistic missiles with new nuclear warheads. the agreement is worth more than $2 billion. the warheads are designed to be launched from submarines. the work is planned to be completed.

great importance, and minsk and yakutsk have various spheres of interest, western sanctions have united us even more. we are very interested in your delegation, because your land is so unusual, romantic, and for me, including, although i know russia very well, huge expanses, rich natural resources. and most importantly , your people are very courageous, hardworking, well, in some ways we are similar to you, belarusians and residents of this beautiful land, especially in determination, we are similar to each other, our areas of mutual interest can be very diverse, today they are also dictated by a certain pressure on you and me, i mean western fascist sanctions, as i say, to every russian

governor, if something is banned, buy belarusian, we will probably be able to replace western goods for you by many percent. the region, i know, needs a replacement for imported equipment for mining enterprises, we produce it, you also know about this, a large-scale investment project.

the thoughtless policy of the baltics coped authorities, the profits of latvian banks have fallen by almost 20% since last year, according to data from the bank of latvia. the country's monetary financial institutions have earned 379 million euros in profits in the first 8 months of the year,

which is 19.5% less than in the same period of the twenty-third year. the capital and reserves of latvian institutions have also decreased by 2%. france is preparing for new strikes, this tuesday has been declared a day of protest against the much-talked-about pension reform, which came into force just over a year ago, but has had a significant impact number of french people have not come to terms with the increase in the retirement age. trade unions are calling for a real, not an informal , increase in wages. the new protests are timed to coincide with the programmatic speech of prime minister barnier, whose appointment also sparked a wave of protests. tatyana volokova examined the contradictions that could... lead france to a new wave of large-scale protests. france is again opposing the pension reform. several trade union organizations have called for a new strike of citizens of the fifth republic. today a programmatic speech by the new

prime minister michel barnier before parliament is planned, and then a vote of no confidence is planned, it is promised to the head of the government by representatives of left-wing movements. this is a response to the too zealous and active participation of prime ministers. which took only fourth place in the last parliamentary elections, and the winning coalition of the left - the new popular front, was actually left out of the new cabinet, as a result, the fifth republic received, according to the representative of the socialist party philippe.

the call was also supported by ordinary citizens, to the french are no strangers to protests, a series of demonstrations against the same pension reform in 2023 gathered, according to various sources, between 1 and 3 million participants. we need to start organizing from below, including in our communities, in our workplaces, in schools, to start coordinated actions that can put pressure on the government to ensure that all our demands are met. and here is a new stage of the struggle: today, trade unions announced. public mobilization to cancel the pension reform that came into force just over a year ago. it already has a result. according to a report by the charity brothers of the poor, in 2024 about 11% of older people will be below the poverty line, compared to

8% in 2015. the retirement age has been raised, and now it would be a good idea to raise the pension size, the authors of the report conclude. and trade unions are preparing for rallies. paris demonstration. as experts said on our air, the european locomotive of the european union, germany, is losing ground, here is what the german press writes. experts no longer count on the country's economic growth, but on the contrary, they expect falls. industrial enterprises in germany are transferring their production to the usa, because the country cannot afford energy-intensive production. but for america, the benefit is obvious, this is high-tech production and highly qualified specialists. so who is skimming the cream? who benefits from this, of course, the usa, and

the sanctions that were imposed against russia's accessible energy resources and, of course, the second topic under pressure from the greens, and here we still need to analyze to clarify who came up with this idea, in germany they are closed and six nuclear power plants are being taken out of operation. unlike the us, in the us, for example, they are planning to commission two nuclear power plants by the end of this year, it is precisely the southern states of america that are very active in offering german businesses good conditions for placement, and german businesses, of course, respond to this, well, what about the german leadership, as always they write that they are expressing concern and are puzzled, why not admit their mistake in that their short-sighted and stupid policy is damaging the country and is not working for the benefit of german

people, and of course they can't do it, because all these actions of the german top brass are only under the leadership of washington, so the us skims the cream, but... the month has traditionally brought a number of changes to belarusians, today the list of types of activities for individual entrepreneurs comes into force. the government decided on it at the beginning of the summer and, of course, took into account the opinion of the people. as part of a large public discussion, more than four hundred proposals were received, as a result , 127 types of activities were included in the updated list. for those who did not find themselves in list, it is proposed to scale the business to create a legal entity. such a transition will be seamless. in order for individual entrepreneurs to be able, as they say, to seamlessly re-register

as a legal entity, a mechanism has been provided for the simplified re-registration of an individual entrepreneur into a commercial organization, which implies that the individual entrepreneur provides the registration authority with a fairly simple package of documents, and the day that will be the day of liquidation of the individual entrepreneur. will also be the day of registration of a commercial organization. and today the list of types of craft activities comes into force, it includes the production of national musical instruments, hand-woven products, yarn, blacksmithing, and cooperage. all these are original traditional belarusian crafts, while local authorities have the right to determine additional unique types on their territory. and from today all types of labor pensions will increase in the country. according to preliminary estimates, the average old-age pension in october will be 852 rubles. each pensioner

will have their own increase depending on their length of service, the amount of earnings, and established additional payments. today is the day of the elderly in belarus, congratulations and sincere words of gratitude for the enormous contribution to the development of their native country were sent to the citizens of the older generation by the president. the selfless work of the older generations who survived the great patriotic war and raised. from the ruins is the foundation of our national wealth, you built cities, erected industrial enterprises, restored agriculture, taught children, won sports victories, made scientific discoveries. many of you are still active and energetic today, continue to work, participate in social and political life, educate young people, generously sharing your wisdom and experience, we, belarusians, always treat those who are older than us with respect. therefore. caring for the elderly and veterans has been and will be among the priorities of the social policy

of our republic, the head of state noted. yes, belarus always carries out a comprehensive support system to improve the quality of life of this category of citizens, it includes various types of financial assistance, pensions, benefits, privileges, those people of silver age have access to high-quality medical care, rehabilitation programs, spa treatment. particular attention and education. pensioners conduct courses in computer literacy of foreign languages, creative master classes, more and more elderly people join hobby groups, it is important to note the number.

women 79.4, and men 69.2, by the way, 85% long-livers women, they live on average 10 years longer than men, it is really possible to say that of course, and the quality of life, yes elderly people, life expectancy increases, and this is shown by the figures that we are becoming more and more long-livers, for example, those who are over 100 years old in our country are already more than 600. special attention to elderly people living in territorial centers of social services for the population in boarding houses. in belarus there are over 200 such institutions providing social services to more than 170 thousand elderly people and disabled people. and also as part of caring for

the elderly, today lawyers will hold free consultations in the format of direct lines from 13:00. there would have been more belarusian paralympians in paris if not for politics. the head of the belarusian paralympic committee oleg sheppeli in an exclusive interview with our tv channel discussed the performance of our athletes in the capital of france, and also noted the importance of igor bokov from bobruisk for the entire sports movement of the planet. of course , it was difficult to go, because of all these political intrigues that were in the international paralympic committee, they... refused, and thanks to the fact that we won the court of the international paralympic committee tribunal, we were temporarily reinstated, that is, between the exclusion and reinstatement, yes, that is, then again the suspension, we had time, that we held the belarusian championship, the open

belarusian championship, which was included in the register of international competitions, where they play. with a license, so it was lucky that the swimmers performed at this time and received licenses, unfortunately, in other sports, so, powerlifting, paracanoeing, tennis, wheelchair fifting, so we really were contenders for medals, yes, so we always brought medals, so they just didn't have enough starts, the lehoathletes were luckier because there were two starts in the emirates. that's why the team went, well, let's say, not in full force, but the fact that they performed magnificently, well, it speaks for itself, that seven medals, six gold, twenty-sixth place in the team unofficial standings, well,

i think this is an outstanding result based on of the team that was. igor boki, this is. the top star of world paralympic sports, right? and not only swimming, he is the number one vip star in paralympic sports in general, 21 medals - well, this is a grand result, and i think the organizers were very pleased, because it was he who went, of course, this is advertising, of course, these are sponsors, of course, this is prestige, that is, and the fact that he showed outstanding results at these paralympic games. says that he is really a man with a capital letter, but there is very pleasant news from the team of the first information, our colleague, the host of a number of on-air projects, journalist, correspondent of the presidential pool veronika buta got married, our congratulations, i will note and

acquaintance with the second. our colleague took place on the air of the program events. we are sure that this became the main event in the life of the newlyweds. such news for this hour. we follow the development of events in the country in the world. stay with us.