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the french senate votes yes on the controversial pension reform. but will the french people have the final say on this controversial decision. and also the program smalling traffickers in iraq become the new health care as it was the fuel spills into rivers poisoning the population water supply. and a common goal but no common vision while recognizing afghanistan as the world's greatest drugs russia of the u.s. column to bring on how to deal with. this is all too thanks for being with us this hour it's just after midnight here in moscow right now and kevin zero in with our top story and the french senate has

approved the pension reform raising the retirement age to sixty two the decision to support president sarkozy's proposals been agreed to in a vote that went to the wire of his countrymen of joining us now live with the lakers so despite the intense public pressure that we've witnessed it seems mr sarkozy got his way in the. kevin it was a very close decision by the french senate the votes are one seventy seven to one fifty three so a very short margin by which this controversial pension reform has been approved of course this isn't the final leg of this reforms journey it will have to be approved by a committee comprised of both the upper and lower houses of parliament that committee is set to meet on monday the twenty fifth of october but this step in itself is a very big deal of course for the french people who have been protesting this proposed decision for days causing k.

. and basically forcing the country to a standstill as they blocked oil refineries and costing millions to the french air industry to various other people relying on transport transportation of goods vehicles and so on so that this reform has already been said by the french government to be instrumental in helping the french economy off its knees as it suffers from the effects of the global financial crisis but the people here have definitely not seen it that way they've been on the streets protesting saying that they do not believe they need to work through to the years to the age of sixty two currently of course the retirement age in france is sixty it's one of the lowest in the world with countries in nearby countries in europe like spain and italy already raising their retirement age to sixty two and even higher with not as much opposition from the people but the french people of course have their own way of dealing with issues and their way has mostly been taking to the streets and that's

exactly what they've been doing for the past two weeks however all eyes of course are going to be on the trade unions now and on the national committee but many experts already expecting this reform to be in its file stage of approval and that the committee that will meet on monday october twenty first will give it its final ok all right thanks for bringing us up to the. well i'm sure who campaigned against the protests. with us for a second says that. troy and tell you what's happening with approval comes amid ongoing protests that hit the country more than a week ago earlier french police we were reporting tonight broke the blockade of a refinery that was crucial for the capital's fuel supplies now it's reported the demonstrators captured one of the largest waste recycling centers just outside paris that was a new development to the story tonight. has been reporting on. all night. tonight

there was no end to the agitation there. we'll be bringing you more of course on this story on our home page dot com also some comments on this around two thousand dollars you campaigned against the protests let's hear now. if there were. protests in the streets but for us the reform is a good thing we have to reforms that are pension system has a young student. for my generation for every young the reform is really necessary because tomorrow it's going to produce a pension for our parents our grandparents. you know that today in france one punch in of out of town is paid by it's. going to have to pay that in the next year with the demographic issue. it's going to be. in the next year or so we have to reform our pension scheme today we have to work

two more years so that we can save the system in the next year you're watching r.t. ahead tonight in just a few minutes in five hundred militants a turn of mine into a route for pursuit of actual forces operation in the russian caucuses targeting militants in the one hundred club by. russian prosecutors have demanded fourteen year sentences for the jailed oil magnate mikhail khodorkovsky and his business partner on trial for the second time is the latest twist in the so-called you cost of. prosecutors in the case of full all magnets in you call c.e.o. mr holder hosty and his business partner never there not today also to drop the charges of theft in relation to thomas nafi in case she says formally appalled all of the you call sorell company and they've also roles for a sentence of some of fortini he is against the two men this would then mean if

it's up held that they would only be released in the twenty seven teen who is acting for the defense of a full healthy and that never if you continue to protest their innocence on new challenges say that they will contest this including it's wednesday on october the twenty seventh this is this just good time that both men have a student trial this time they're charged with money laundering and theft and embezzlement that's just some three hundred and fifty million tons of oil from one thousand nine hundred ninety six two thousand and three the numbers went to norm during that some twenty three billion u.s. dollars nicole's waterholes he was of course once upon a time the richest man in russia that all changed but i'll tell you but she still didn't and three when he was arrested in may thirty first two thousand and five both he and cattle live at every sentence by most cases two nine years imprisonment in a siberian jail all those charges of food and tax evasion that's

a sentence was then reduced to eight years and little later by that mafia you see who those men can see the two protests they were distance and say that all charges brought against the bombing of the city motivates. russia the u.s. both agree that afghan heroin needs to be wiped out but i can't see eye to eye on how they go about it afghanistan is by far the world's biggest opium producer but washington only wants to focus on targeting taliban control poppy fields he's going to come explains why russian insists that that's not enough. there is definitely an understanding that drug trafficking from of ghana's then is a common enemy russia in the us seem to be more than eager to join forces to fight it and they are doing so drug control chiefs of both countries said russian the us now share a lot of sensitive information in order to crack down on drug trafficking networks in afghanistan and also track down their assets victor evolved the head of forces drug control service was also talking about this well known connection between herring and terror now the u.s.

and russia perfectly realized the problem but they for on the solution russia suggest eradicating all poppy fields and labs were heroin is produced the u.s. says it's up to the afghan government to make that decision russia's argument is the afghan government can stand up against multi multi billionaire drug monster or do you want congress or value is determined by his drug production to be worth one hundred fifty million dollars however it's not the whole of that began drug production is just a meter sixty five billion dollars so you can see that the taliban sectors only zero point two percent obviously it's not the main producer whoever international forces see to the womb a need only to drug production related to the taliban the official argument of nato and one of its key members the united states for not eradicating the poppy fields is that they don't want to destroy the only source of income for local populations russia says that argument doesn't work and his victory of almost said the only ones

who benefit from it are the landlords or the drug lords and definitely not afghan peasants and in the last nine years of war in afghanistan that policy brought nothing but deaths afghan drugs killed more than a million people worldwide he's going to teach you kind of washington correspondent then just one of the few if you'd like to watch the full interview with the head of russia's federal drug control so it's streaming online along with related news about that story the whole back story to it at our t dot com. ahead we'll take a look at what some of russia's riches to do in the center of moscow. the two thousand and ten millionaire fair starting right now in red square even with an economy in recovery process still ready to celebrate the very luxury stay with us we'll give you a big sneak peek. in peaceful northern iraq right now it's not guns or war that are putting people's lives at risk the main source of water in the region's

being polluted by gangs of petroleum smugglers looking to make a quick buck under sebastian mera ports the health and livelihoods of the local people are under threat. one hundred miles northeast of baghdad a special iraqi police unit makes its way to the iranian border they're hunting a new breed of smuggler who trade not in guns but in gasoline this cache of compas getting jerrycans contains thousands of gallons of gasoline that was illegally trafficked from iran a few days ago smugglers footed these cans down the sewer one river where they were intercepted by the iraqi police but many of the jerrycans didn't make the journey intact punctured by rocks or shot at by the iranian police tens of thousands leak their contents into the sea or one river poisoning the water supply used by the thirty five thousand residents of the city of. saudi or these are the can over years you kill people. could use this were true but now because of the color to do it seems people count to use it. again but the money is too tempting for the

local smugglers who can run ten thousand jerrycans on an average night for a few hours of work they can make up to six thousand dollars what the smugglers line their pockets downstream fishermen like keeper him in my head are watching their livelihood disappear two years ago you catch a lot more fish. than what your kids twenty kilos a day now it's only five you don't want a second in the city families unable to afford their own well have to drink the water delivered to them by miscible trucks on the outskirts of town he was forced to feed his family this water those who are true is not safe to drink but because we can't afford clean water we have no choice but one of my children get sick listen i was born again so i had to take her to hospital when we dream to get sick according to the recommendations of the american environmental protection agency pollution levels in the water supply are over fifteen times higher than the safe

amount. of any one hospital now means daughter is suffering from diarrhea which she contracted after having a bath in the city's. i have water and i haven't been hospitalized myself but because of my challenge i come home i have two of the children and they suffer from diarrhea and vomiting as well toby's comes back and let me go whom it is and we head back here again. and with the same regularity is no means visits to the hospital the smugglers continue to spill gasoline into debt then because water system in this remote and peaceful part of iraq we do it think we are as dangerous as in the rest of the country sebastian meyer northern iraq forty. next and other militants big neutralized in a special operation in the russian republic of couple being able caria policeman have also found a truck with explosives near a mine with a gun when a trap started xander could shove it in the region. at least ten militants assume they abandoned mine in combat in iraq are the counterterrorist operation which started on wednesday is underway through militants have been killed one police

officer died in the crossfire the federal forces have started their sold on the mine after the militants ignored all demands to surrender and opened fire right now they are blocked inside the industrial mine which is approximately one hundred kilometers long these gunmen are involved in the terror attacks and assess a nation of police officers in combat is in the area when we do know is that a car has been found by the mine this car was filled with explosives and it was it in mind also several locals collecting scrap metal have been evacuated from the scene so the counterterrorist operation is still going on a criminal case has been launched and police has already found really some inside the mind these militants blog in their mind i hear to the identify and. lose a brief for you and three people have been killed and two injured after a bomb exploded near sunni mosque in pakistan the blast targeted worshipers leaving a mosque after friday prayers police say the bomb was placed in the veranda outside

and detonated by remote control no groups claimed responsibility. cholera outbreaks killed at. two hundred forty two in central haiti infected over one thousand people living in rural areas health officials say the lab tests and confirm the english doctors at the hospital struggling over one hundred of all new patients seeking treatment medicines being rushed into combat the country's worst health crisis is join us massive quake has killed some three hundred thousand pink. sisters are taking the streets of new delhi demanding a parliamentary investigation into the hosting of the commonwealth games police used water cannon to prevent protesters from marching towards the parliament demonstrators claimed millions of dollars were siphoned by companies won by the relatives of state officials. and events targeting russia's super rich the annual millionaire first kicked off here in moscow among the must have items it seems on the shopping list for the wealthy a hands free set starting at a cool one hundred twenty thousand euros u.s.b. flash drive jewelry whatever that is

a diamond studded kitchenware why not lindsay for. checking out who wants to be a millionaire. it's time the glamour come out and see how it's done it will be economy still in recovery brassy is ready to celebrate. a luxury here in millionaire america two thousand. where. you know you might not believe it but the majority of the people here at the millionaire bear in moscow aren't millionaires they are here to rub shoulders with and to see the toys that the millionaire and of course billionaires get to play where there's a brand new lever gagne. twenty two million rubles more than i can afford. and in order to appeal to the masses and public money like that the parents got to have more than just the boy toys like helicopters and cars and you know women get up the tab to be mailed like this bright red brown and also feel like

a pair of legs but no matter how rich you are it's hands up the side of the. people that may fear the bear the big attraction by car and that's a bright red robinson forty four helicopter and no one caught well over six hundred thousand dollars the aim of an event like that to make you believe that no matter how hard your life in the world can be yours. if you will it's big enough as the weekend. coming up in just a few moments enjoy. let

me let me. go. if i pick up ok. but let me pick up on the. russians are known for that long drilling excursions pushing price of gold is famously right the russian does not

love to drive fast maybe that explains the existence of say many cars and sensors around the city and that popularity among both male and female pilots has races. for the has a cost in school for children from five to sixteen years old because casa equipment with added safety protection venue also holds kids' competitions breaking down into age groups most the costs for adults are provided by alexei kudrin jeff winner of international and russian causing competitions to hold also often organizers multilevel competitions amateurs and professionals. living on sea entertainment news now and for all those who are hungry for both food and fast there's a new venue in the city center the restaurant is open on the territory of moscow's museum of modern art offering its guests team and use of french transit georgian dishes you can not only enjoy contemporary art next to all the restaurants

interiors off to sleep decorated to the shape of books on art and design a sharing of french. the owners also plan to organize music concerts at the venue. to celebrate its fifth anniversary and rochelle magazine in style has organized a large glamorous event called to show you around one thousand celebrities and fashionistas have been invited to the fashion night the highlights of which was unusual runway show models paraded the catwalk not in one simple design a collection more a mix of different brands sure how to combine and wedges on includes in everyday life. you know up on sunday on the runway you know. which is why it's true that she stands true. to the clothes you can find in style i mean a couple of weeks old friends all to style of trends that. instead magazine has said one who would like to make such show. the truck inside the tent is six

hundred metres long and six twelve metres wide this high quality costs smooth flight try to shoot straight stretches and approx one speaking by the box you can see why this causing traffic is so popular ten minutes of racing time costs from two hundred fifty to seven hundred rubles that's up to twenty dollars depending on the time and date and best of all because the sense is open until two am every night. until it's not about what the race is. the feel very good any longer they are nervous or are extracts of any age trends or the fact that if they are they are well within the clothing is all provided for you. can see much and come trotting license i don't think i'm doing too badly to get.

relief. beautiful behind you sensational some of the majestic museum suspension to do it rains in the russian capital but it's all doom and gloom and generally afternoon from the skies and the sun shines through a fun filled winter packed with various activities just remember to pack she would release and we've arrived at the shopping center. it's an underground shelters paradise several years ago to simply nothing here today it's another example of the city's had a changing infrastructure and to keep most areas because truly temperatures are lovely to. see again so it's very cold outside. when the weather is bad the lot of that they can go shopping is

a lot of fun around the time there's underground shopping mall it's a lot of on there after ten plays they can take a month he's not there to get all the polling thinking they may endure pulls a. bit they can go to a lot of the pleiades a lot of choices from either put the shopping or baseball break ins in the fence here or they sat outside the fence and this is a lot of shopping mall to build. its nest called the really interesting indoor snowboarding and he plays the field and they have. the what a lot of places they're being built on the lot of. it seems that there's a lot sourced a lot. of it's raining outside where would you recommend the forest service. but there insists that it is going to find what they're going to

do if they get caught. thank you. it's very rough and. be healthy and getting the right. things to work on. all different kinds of body heat and get warm and have. been through this get it get there. has a fireplace and be. absolutely . one of the most popular sports entertainment is bowling there are dozens of bowling alleys in moscow with a different number of lanes in the city center such venues all smaller you can still find them in various shopping malls and cinema parks but if you travel

further from the center species bowling alleys like this one here. in the evening hours and separate special for the kids choice is different depending on the town and range from around ten to twenty dollars per hour i do enjoy bowling i think it's a lot of fun being friends over. movies and restaurant . if you fancy of town it's not involving physical exercise or enjoying performing publicly. should be the choice for you there are several carry few venues and many bars in moscow to provide guests with. the latest equipment and a professional team who can even apply some computer specs to you for the hottest thing maybe you could see for hundreds of them. and sound sensational. and if you daring enough you might even want to.

that's inside a shopping mall in the city if you can carry heavy shopping bags maybe seven fifty meters high walls for climbing and all seems such a challenge for you this rock climbing could be suitable for but the question is and how much is signifies by instructors and also all the equipment you need commitment to. tell itself doesn't look. like a kid ali al jazeera does well a little silly as to why they. feel that the balance is out of the say with it but he still lives in the first time since you can see why it's become so popular with family members of this place it was a. situation just outside the most daring raid the empress did machine fee varies

from three hundred fifty to small children plus a three thousand roubles addles spending on the day every week and struggle today through the car park park website which is also in english you can book entrance tickets online since it is a day from ten to ten a car and restaurant allocated in the venue every friday and saturday the venue holds beach night parties hosted by resident d.j.'s if you're trying to do is it was a party with children the one of the advantages of the car carpark is the great playground . the venue has several was the slides that range of ninety to one hundred twenty misses but that seems to extreme and you can relax in the pool g q z's while pools . that. you have. to park also comprises an excellent spa the christian soul is made by renowned

specialists everyone can enjoy miraculously treatments performed on christmas day. the tendency for extreme fans is a unique slide the tsunami hitting one of its kind in russia that's now might stand to be flushed down the red and yellow basically it looks wise and it feels great. taking my rubber ring if you can come all the way here without trying very small slights new indoor activities and modern day moscow has suddenly been taken to a higher level save getting less in the rain outside to getting work inside here to . listen to live a lot of noise in the limit to help.