president sarkozy getting his from the way despite millions striking and demonstrating across france. the french senate approves the controversial pension reform but the people on the streets of france may still have their final say. also this hour rush on the you are sick really afghanistan is the world's greatest golf course except in that case but there's no incentive between the two on how to combat it. and the people of iraq face a new health hazard petrol traffickers who spilled stolen fuel in the rivers poisoning the water supply. news for russia and iran the world this is all see with me thanks for joining us the french senate has approved deeply controversial pension changers raising the

retirement age from sixty to sixty two president sarkozy's plans were met this week with a wave of demonstrations and strikes across the country police go broken through fuel depo blockades which have caused shortages in the french media says the motors are vital to reduce his country's budget deficit and for its financial future but those on the streets say that plans are an attack on their basic lights oh she's cancer you know it's not about how small. there 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 bench pension reform has been approved of course isn't the final leg of the. 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 chaos 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 it 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 for two years and 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 near the nearby countries in europe like spain and italy already raising their retirement age to sixty two and even higher with the 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 and its files staged all the approval and that the committee that will meet on monday october twenty fifth will give it its final ok and one day here who complain to gays they protest says the pension reform is vital to save the system but the french economy is based on. if there were. protests in the streets for us as a reform is a good thing we have to reforms a punch and system has a young student. for my generation for every young reform is really necessary because tomorrow it's all generation going up there is a punch in for our parents our grandparents and you know that today in france one punch in of out of town is paid for by it's. going to have to pay

the. next year and a graphic. it's going to be. next year 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. ahead tonight here in our c interest a few minutes since had turned a mine into this year. as a special forces operation the russian forces targeting militants and one hundred policemen on. russian prosecutors have demanded fourteen year sentences for the jailed oil not going to eight mahela hotel kosky that his business partner on trial for the second time is the latest twist in the so-called do you cross a fact this habit has more prosecutors in the case of cold war or magnesium you

call c.e.o. mr holder hosty and his business partner never there how do they all start to drop the charges that staff their relation to thomas never be in case she is formally a part of the new console company and they've also asked for a sentence of some of whom to me is against the two men this would then mean if it's not held that they would only be released on the twenty seventeen new ways of seeing the defense over food healthy and even if you need to test their innocence on the charges. say that they will contest this in pool next wednesday on october the twenty seventh this is this good time that both men haven't stood a trial this time they're charged with money laundering at the aft and embezzlement that just sold three hundred and fifty million tons of oil from one thousand nine hundred ninety six two thousand and three the numbers went to laundering of some twenty three billion u.s. dollars may come for the whole city was of course once upon a time the richest man in russia that all changed but i'll tell you but she fills

in two and three when he was arrested in may thirty first two thousand and five for a fee and got to live it every sentence by a most cases two nine years imprisonment in a siberian jail all those charges of food and tax evasion that's said his was then reduced to eight she is a little later got more to see cool those men can see the two protests they were distance and say that all charges brought against the bomb to the city motivated. russia and the u.s. bus agree harry needs to be what talent but there's no agreement between the two on how to go about it afghanistan is by far the world's biggest opium producer but washington only wants to focus on targeting taliban controlled poppy fields well she's going to check on explains the other side of russian cities russia sees to the problem well russia's anti-drug czar victor ivanova was talking about the ineffectiveness of the current policy on drug production in afghanistan and how

afghan drugs in fact is underestimated in the west figures alone are just staggering more than one million people killed by afghan drugs in the last nine years of war in that country as some point during this time the production of drugs in afghanistan grew forty times since two thousand and one not to mention that it continues to kill more than one hundred thousand people a year walled wide which thirty thousand are washes where she is the number one victim to this drug tornado but bakes nato countries lack of action even more bizarre is the fact that the number of people who die in nato countries each year from afghan heroin is ten times the number of soldiers killed obviously those facts are not advertised well enough and mr ivanov made that point nato countries of course including the united states continue to refuse to eradicate the cause of the problem that is the poppies the poppy fields and that is something that russia strongly suggests and insist upon and history of on our force also giving examples

of this connection of the growing connection between hereon and terror that drive trafficking generates terrorists and this is something that all nations should worry about here's what he said. groupings and cartels generated by global trans national drug trafficking establish not just enormously powerful organized crime but also terrorism itself competing in fighting for influence markets or control over their lucrative traffic chose use murderous methods and penetrate the political sphere more than ever however being criminal in nature in their fight for power and influence the ultimate resort to terrorism thus multiplying terrorist manifestations very vulnerable is also puzzled by the stance the u.s. security council is taking by defining afghan drugs as well as a threat to global stability but not to global security and that's not a warning makes it legally impossible to take drastic measures which is to eradicate the field and destroy the drug drug labs in afghanistan the reason the

u.s. and other nato countries give is that they don't want to destroy the only source of income for local populations and russia says that argument doesn't work and i think that of an offset the only ones who benefit from it are the landlords the drug lords and definitely not afghan peasants an afghan peasant household makes seventy dollars a year for growing poppies and this mystery of an offset international forces should be after the landlords in afghanistan because they leave peasants with no choice but growing poppies and being slaves to these drug barons and in the last nine years of war in afghanistan that policy brought nothing but death. if you'd like to watch the full interview with the head of russia's federal drug control service you can always dig our website. a militant hideout is the subject of a special operation in the russian republic of korea to out of at least ten gunmen have already been arrested by security forces in the region policemen have also

found a truck with explosives near a mine with the gunmen are trapped. in the reach of. the federal forces have started their assault on the mine after the militants ignored all demands to surrender and opened fire right now they are trapped inside the industrial mine which is approximately one hundred kilometers long these gunmen are involved in the terror attacks and the summation of police officers in what is in the area what we do know is that a car has been found by the mine this car was filled with explosives and it was a to mind also several locals collecting scrap metal have been evacuated from the scene so the counterterrorist operation is still growing on a criminal case has been launched and police has already found inside their mind these religions have logged in their mind i had to be identified and. the whistleblower website wiki leaks has published a four hundred thousand secret u.s. military documents revealing explosive details about the rock wall code named

operation iraqi freedom the data shows a litany of killing by u.s. and iraqi forces of suspects and civilians and brutal torture of detainees with american authorities seemingly turning a blind eye and denials by the u.s. that it knew the death toll in the countries of the invasion seven years ago before those revealed that the figure was being plated and known and over one hundred thousand are thought to have died with almost seventy percent of those civilians have been so widespread torture is presented with some documents showing that american troops did nothing to stop state sanctioned abuse the pentagon has condemned the leaks saying they help america's enemies the massive release of around four hundred thousand documents similar but smaller leaves on the wall in afghanistan. in peaceful northern iraq it's no guns a war that separating people's lives a trace the main source of waltzing that region has been polluted by petroleum smugglers looking to make

a quick buck and bastinado reports the health and live in the local people aren't a 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 smuggling trade not in guns but in gasoline this cache of confiscated jerry cans contains thousands of gallons of gasoline that was illegally trafficked from iran a few days ago smugglers for the disc cans down the sewer one river with 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 with 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 cans over people who. could use these now because of the color is to do people come to use it. but the money is too tempting for the

local smugglers who can run ten thousand jerry cans on an average night for a few hours of work they can make up to six thousand dollars what the smugglers wind their pockets downstream fishermen my keeper him in my head and watching their livelihood disappear two years ago we could catch a lot more fish. twenty kilos a day now it's only. in the city families unable to afford their own well have to drink the water delivered to them by municipal 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 about one of my children get sick listen i was going in so i had to take her to hospital when we dream through the orchard. 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. in urban hospital now means daughter is suffering from

diarrhea which she contracted after having a bath in the city's tap water so i haven't been hospitalized myself but because of my child i come home from work i have to are the children and they suffer from diarrhea and vomiting as well as comes back let me go boom that is and we will be back here again. and with the same regularity as no means visits to the hospital the smugglers continue to spill gasoline into the pentagon's water system in this remote and peaceful part of iraq ignorance and grier is dangerous as in the rest of the country sebastian meyer northern iraq war two. let's now check some other news stories from around the world a corner outbreak has seized one hundred ninety four in central haiti and infected over one thousand people living in rural areas health officials are that never were treated as confirmed the illness doctors at the hospital are struggling to handle the volume of patients seeking treatment that saving is being rushed in to combat

the country's worst health crisis in the january's massive quake which killed some three hundred thousand people. tell about insurgents have attacked and they took convoy in southeastern afghanistan killing three drivers and burning down so to kill time because they incident is the latest in a string of attacks on supply convoys in both of gallus out of pakistan violence on the border between the two countries along the lines is a vital supply route recently resulted in its temporary closure pakistan shut the crossing after three of its soldiers were killed by a nato missile strike as in front here post. an event targeting russia's separate the annual millionaire fare has kicked off in moscow among the must have items on the shopping list for the wealthy one hundred three set starting at a cool one hundred twenty thousand. and euros u.s.b. flash drive jewelry and diamond studded kitchen where insight from this is that they fight head checking out just who wants to ban men. it's time for the glitz and

glamour to come out and show and stop even with the economy still in recovery russia is ready to celebrate the very essence of luxury goods here at the millionaire merit two thousand tag i can read somewhere. you know you might not believe it but the majority of the people here at the millionaire fair in moscow aren't millionaires they are here to rub shoulders with and to see the toys that the millionaire and the horse billionaires get to play with this brand new labor gagne. twenty two million rubles more than i can afford. and in order to appeal to the masses and top economy like that the parents got to have more than just the boy toys like helicopters and cars and beautiful women it's also got to have the female touch like this bright red rose petals so placid like a pair of the left but it doesn't matter how rich you are it's hands off the side of it most peoples of the nation here is

a fairly big attraction by far in this bright red robinson forty four helicopter that no one caught well over six hundred thousand dollars the aim of an event like that is to make you believe that no matter how hard your life in the world can be your. right is that we can have doubt also unless you show that most code is coming out in just a few moments says take it. let

me. go. to a pickup game with. the flag. but the effect of that on a lot. of russians are known for that friendly field excursions pushing prices going famously right the russian does not love to drive fast maybe that explains the existence of so many cars and centers around the city and that

ability among both male and female pilots as race is. for the has a cause in school for children from five to sixteen years old used cars equipment with added safety protection then you also holds kids' competitions breaking down into age groups must the costs for adults are provided by next a college jeff winner of international and russian causing competitions the whole also often. garza's multi level competitions and amateurs and professionals. building on through entertainment news now and for all those who are hungry for good food and for hot there's a new venue in the city center at 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 time to shop owners also plan to organize music concerts at the

venue. to celebrate its fifth anniversary in russia glossy magazine in style has organized a large glamorous event called the sharp around one thousand celebrities and fashionistas have been invited to the fashion night palace which was unusual runway show models paraded the catwalk not in one simple design a collection of more mix of different brands show how to combine and wedges i'm includes in every day life. you know up close all day on the runway you know. we try to. shift them. to those you can find in style i mean a mix of old friends all the style of trends that. are inside magazine and said one who would like to make said show. the truck inside the tent is six hundred metres long and six twelve metres wide this high quality cars smooth flight

track short straight stretches and abrupt one speaking by the bar and you can see why this constant 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 day and best of all because the sense is open until two am every night. until it's not about what the race is. the for. anyone whether you are a novice or are threats of any age to figure out how much of the clothing is provided for you. can see much come trotting lessons i don't think the time doing too badly. to come .

peaceful behind you sensational so much just easy introspection to do if it rains in the russian capital. generally after november the skies cleared and the sun shines through a fun filled winter packed with various activities just remember to catch you would see bullies and we've arrived at the. it's an underground shelters paradise several years ago to simply nothing here today is another example of the city's changing infrastructure and to most news extreme temperatures. yet again so it's very cold outside. when the weather is bad. that is making shopping a lot of fun around the. shopping mall is a lot of their. ways they can take months if not there again all the

polling thinking they may end their pulls they. think they can go to a lot of the pleiades a lot of choices they're putting shopping for a big mall. in the center here or the south center this is a lot of shopping mall filled. nest called this is a really interesting indoor snowboarding and skiing plays they do and they have fun and. there are a lot of places they're being built on the side that a lot of. since i was allowed source a lot but. if it's raining outside where would you recommend it for it's a visit. but they're insisting it is going to be fine what they're going to do if they get called for thinking beyond that there's also find it very

rough in the way of the healthy and getting it right so they can go till it's not enough i need to get to our place where they can get all different and body heat and get warm and have tried rest and food and get it by get their hair fatter and. really nice restaurant they have fireplace and be aware. about if you come here and i'm so and so you drop absolutely that's one of my favorite things is there are three you see. one of the most popular films you can do sports entertainment is bowling and there are dozens of bowling alleys and mostly with a different number of lanes in the city center such menus all small and you can still find them in very shocking most i'm cinema parks but if you travel further from the sense that there are more species bowling alleys like this one here. which

and it's in the evening hours and separate special for 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 when you have friends over in. movies and then going maybe to some restaurants. if you fancy from my town it's not involving physical. sized closer enjoying performing publicly. should be the choice to you there are several carry the venues and also many bars in moscow to provide their guests with this form of sing along entertainment for the latest equipment and a professional team who can even apply some computer facts to review for sam but the hardest thing may be to choose a good song for hundreds of them in various catalogues. and sound sensational. and if you daring enough you might even want to climb a rock that's inside

a shopping mall in the city and you can carry heavy shopping bags maybe seven fifty meters or climbing all seemed such a challenge for you this rock climbing suitable for both professionals and how much signifies by instructors and also all the equipment you need. to lock it with a part. like a dolly out love does follow the label of. the way. they painted in about a thousand in say with a playful slide the water inside is you can see why it's become so popular with family members of this place to put the. situation just outside the most daring raid the enterprise good machine fee varies from three hundred fifty to small children to three thousand roubles addles pending on the day of week and

style of the day 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 bar and restaurant knowledge stated in the venue every friday and saturday the venue holds beach nights parties hosted by resident d.j.'s if you're planning to visit was a part which one of the advantages of the car park is the grey. it's a great chance the venue has several want to slice that range of ninety to one hundred and twenty misses but that seems too extreme and you can relax in the large white pools you cruises while pools. that. you have. to park also comprise is an excellent spa decryption swan is made by renowned specialists everyone can enjoy miraculously treatments performed by commissioner soon.