brussels heading into another raul over the yuri's de france and germany are arguing for changes to the lisbon treaty adopted controversially less than a year ago they want punishments for countries that are fiscally irresponsible and a permanent centralised funds to bail those countries out when they do get into trouble essentially they don't want to pay the price for other countries they responsible money management ever again as they did earlier this year where your in all dues. so there you are creators of this economic bloc a trading block. a very powerful bloc well there's a crisis if the individual member states who have to pick up the pieces and. they meet. but this is the euro skeptics say the reason it's not working is because it's fundamentally flawed the economies in the euro defer so much it's impossible

to have common monetary policy and it's the strong who have suffered germany particularly pay the lion's share into a seven hundred fifty billion euro fund to bail out greece earlier this year it was a move that was opposed by more than half of all german chancellor angela merkel now says she couldn't do that again without risking action from the constitutional court in germany new countries still want to join the euro zone and they would welcome to. poland as an aspiring european country it wants to join the euro zone we want to join the euro zone with the greek crisis would be impossible we want rules that will not let it happen in theory changes to the lisbon treaty would mean individual countries would be able to hold a referendum on whether to stay in the e.u. but there is increasing you're a skepticism relating to the cost of being in the e.u.

and the benefits involved if countries did hold a vote it's not a tall clear what would remain of the union. and the sidelines of the summit eleven out of the twenty seven member countries rejected plans to increase the e.u.'s budget by six percent they said the demand is unacceptable in the current cash strapped environment according to your a skeptic am a. the only solution to the financial problems is to get rid of the single currency . their problem is always that there isn't enough european you know there's too much of it but. i don't have enough power so they see every crisis as an excuse for demanding more power to solve the problems that they've created in the first place economically is in a terrible state because of the european single currency greece portugal spain all these countries their economies are going down the tubes the economies of countries like germany and france and the u.k. it would be a lot more healthy if they weren't burdened with regulation and in the case of france and germany with membership of the euro and of course they have to bear the tremendous burden of buying out countries like greece and of course spain and italy

and portugal what we need is to get rid of the european single currency get rid of all the over regulation on business and allow economies to actually revive and become more healthy under proper free market economic conditions the wide things that go on at the moment is they can never inevitably only get worse now russian and nato forces are working closer than ever to prevent heroin leaving afghanistan the head of the federal drug control service has been talking about the results of the russia us and in our current stop ration all we can now talk to our correspondent go to get more on this with us so what is this unprecedented cooperation actually all about between the u.s. and russia. well there you know in fact the head of russia steadily aquatic services talked about unprecedented show off joint efforts in order to combat drug traffic coming from afghanistan and one of those shows one of the sure the most recent example of that joint operation is an operation that took place on the afghan pakistan border just recently in fact on thursday morning and they had ever

since their product service. talked at length about the details of the operation. these laboratories were in the mountainous area near the pakistan border after we gave information to our u.s. and afghan partners the three sides the inspiration for three months used about seventy special forces units three landing helicopters and six of pools in ones. the whole operation lasted less than around was discovered and destroyed fool drug producing labs and seized more than one hundred p. loads of heroin. and in fact we got our hands on the some unique shots from that operation now they were going over to us by the right by russians that are at their products services and you can see the labs in all the details everything the the opium that was news for the production of heroin and morphine in

fact in these pictures so again a both a russian and made two authorities very ecstatic in fact regularly ecstatic about working together on craving this problem russia especially particularly enthusiastic about this a show of joint effort that has not been seen before marina on and it is a big and serious problem there and moscow has long considered afghan drug trafficking to be one of the main threats to russia tell us more why is that. well you see of course afghanistan is the a in a very close proximity to russia so most of the drugs the drug traffic actually goes into russia russia is sort of a gateway to the rest of the world the rich. the heroin and other an aquatic stock from the ganas down and of course that leads to russia suffering the most because that the number of drug addicts in the country grows exponentially here by here and the russia has been in talks with nato and particularly with the united states for the last several years in order to curb. the soul of the drug traffic unfortunately

there have been some differences in how to do that because russian authorities believe that wiping out poppy fields entirely in afghanistan is the surest way to do way with drug traffic but unfortunately nato officials believe that that's the poppy fields are the only source of income for afghanistan's president so it is not the way to go also you have to remember that the money from from drug trafficking goes to sponsor international terrorism militants who also forming into russia southern us other regions and not of. ours is also a major concern so of russia and nato have to really work together on the eradicating the problem drug trafficking in order to solve as well the problem of international terrorism and of course still much to be discussed and that will be one of the major issues which will be discussed by russia's president that if who is going to the participate in the nato summit in lisbon in the next couple of days also the head of nato is going to be in russia at the end of next week and he will

also be in talks with russian officials on this issue ok we're going to lose co thanks very much indeed for bringing us the details on this. two of the stories now president obama has been forced into some major changes to his administration many of his advisors from his chief of staff to anomic and military experts are jumping off a sinking political ship artist lauren lyster looks into why there are so many vacancies coming up at the white house. ask anyone on the street if a bunch of heavy hitters that were say running a company all started resigning and retiring one after another what would you think was going on i think companies underperforming i think probably that is going on there they're not happy with their boss or they're not happy with the working conditions now what if that place of employment was the white house and their boss we will renew old alliances the president of the united states that's

a tough question whether people find it more complex or find themselves more politically correct. there's no ignoring that something's up when all the president's men or at least a lot of them start lining up for the door one by one. at this point before a critical midterm election this is highly unusual to have so many people leaving the white house i've been told what this is emblematic of is a white house and crisis and excuses of exhaustion or jobs at premiere universities don't seem to fully explain recent and imminent departures they read like a laundry list of obama's once nearest and dearest chief of staff even as i leave the white house i will never leave that spirit of service top political advisor director of the council of economic advisors well larry summers is one of the worst buyers you have or maybe they're not i think he was instrumental in the financial

meltdown budget director national security director defense secretary gates is like a fossil at this point. i mean i think there is only so long they could hold somebody over from the bush administration i think and general commanding forces in afghanistan they're fighting probably and was sworn in afghanistan you know they're looking for supposedly one man for the pass ten years you know for some reason the whole world can't find them with all of these people jumping ship you. i have to wonder if it's because the administration is sinking into a sea of the country's bottomless problems the white house doesn't have a magic wand that can fix the economy no matter who's in office but policies that really are inadequate are unable to really even dent the problem are not going to work and that's what we've had here so where does this leave the once popular president who won over much of the world with his pledge of hope and change.

high and dry i think that you came to really really tough time. it's going to take probably more than two years to fix it it took more than two years i know. what the white house in crisis may be the result of a country in crisis remains to be seen what this means for the united states if its leaders can present a united front lauren lyster our washington d.c. and former state department employee matthew hoh says the d.c. economic advisers who left the white house were out of touch with the public. think that over the last ten years we basically took an axe to the fundamental underpinnings of our economy and it's going to take us many years to rebuild those foundations i think that we'll see this economic downturn particularly in the housing market last for four or five more years at least so i think the problem is the american people think that folks like summers and roemer or out of touch that these are the people who put forth a couple months ago we had

a report that said the recession ended in june of two thousand and nine i don't know how many people in america see that every day and so i think that that for a lot of people what this shows this gulf between academics theoreticians senior level government officials and what the american public goes through every day. that was draw of u.s. troops from iraq is dear and next year but those who have already pulled out are leaving behind a dangerous legacy junk that businessman to businessman it could be worth millions but as policy or found out it could also be polluted and poisonous. it's the city of mosques and it's fast becoming the city of leftovers junk left behind by the american army now dot's the falutin landscape. lots of things generators car bodies engines all for sale for just a few dollars the highest bidder gets to walk away with second hand goods american soldiers no longer want. the prices are trucked i don't know quite reasonable here

the sellers claim they came across the beach in different ways some they found some was stolen the risk they bought a loss was just given to them. as for me i would buy a wheel rocky's or not o'keefe and rob which we say take your junk away with us. across iraq camps like this have been evacuated by the american army and handed over to the iraqi security forces property and equipment that has nothing taken afghanistan has either been returned home to the united states of mind here but american officials worry that the tens of millions of dollars of equipment left behind could end up in the wrong hands. so why talk to the americans didn't leave anything behind for three i'm sure of it all the stuff it's all generic and sort of the rican scamp used humvees the regular army get it from the american army we had to buy them. anybody can come here to shop but very few do there's no love

lost for things american in iraq today most. people here in america if they are also scared that these things may be polluted in cause disease or up to save says he wouldn't take a chance buying anything here he's. been warned by local media they could be poisonous substances in the abandoned us military camps were legal for your main diseases including chose to eat in council and the concern is backed up by the iraqi government but look at who acquitted of course there must have been a great impact on the environment a great number of weapons were used in this world and on a wide scale artist to an increase in pollution levels a good chunk of the american army has lifted a rock in what u.s. officials are calling the biggest movement of people and machines since world war two but the soldiers and the equipment that remains i was stark reminder that the war is not quite over. there are t.

iraq wars in both iraq and afghanistan after change the lives of hundreds of thousands of american soldiers but what's more dangerous the role in fighting or a dangerous medication given to personnel by their own commanders find out in special report next hour here on r.t. . i'm sorry that i had to do this i've been in so much pain in the past year that i can't take it anymore the stomach and chest pains of been getting worse no doctor has been able to help me please know that i'll finally be at peace with no more pain i wish i could have had a life with it was a bit well these pictures are being my wife and mother to my kids i love you all see you all in heaven when your time comes i'm going to meet jesus christ. thousands of u.s. troops in iraq received one of these drugs a drug called lariam and it may have prevented many soldiers from getting sick the

question is whether or not soldiers were adequately warned about its rare side effects serious life change and side effects. well if not take a look at some other stories from around the world in indonesia's most volatile it was a rough again after just hours of call another disaster a tsunami hit several islands a day before the two natural disasters have claimed more than four hundred lives but scores are still missing rescue teams are continuing to search the worst hit areas in the hope of reaching survivors. a u.s. presidential commission investigating the b.p. oil disaster in the gulf of mexico has revealed cement is used to seal the well may have caused the blowout it says both the contract they're responsible for the material and b.p. were aware of flaws in the mixture for report also claims four separate lab tests were carried out but only one showed that the cement was suitable for deep water drilling the april rig explosion killed eleven workers and caused the worst

environmental disaster in u.s. history. about a sow's an activist who gathered in the south korean capital to show their support for the upcoming g. twenty summit some were also protesting against north korean leader kim yon ale which they say are three. yet to world peace so as to host the g. twenty in two weeks' time where world leaders will discuss economic recovery and global financial system. now it's one of the biggest myths about russia hungary bears roaming the streets in search of a he was seized for there but now it seems there could actually be some trust in it a shortage this year of natural food supplies a force many wild animals to head into talent's peter oliver has more on a bare necessities. the big one of the iconic images of russia recently though the relationship between these animals and the people who live alongside them has been less than cordial the searing heat and fires which swept through russia this summer

destroyed much of the bears winter food supply forcing them to search for alternatives in these russian city of sifted garden a twenty six year old man had a very lucky escape after he was attacked by a band right in the center of the city the man was bitten in the neck and realizes how fortunate he was that one i still can't understand how i escaped death i somehow managed to push the animal away so he fell crushing a fence. elsewhere in the city there was a more mecarbil incident involving a bear while visiting a cemetery two women saw what they believed to be a large man crouching by a grave as they got closer they realized that it was in fact a bear which had dug up a body and was feeding on it the women scream scared the animal way it's at least hundreds took turns to guard the cemetery and so far there has been no sign of the bandit so we have the situation under control who. it's not just the human

residents that have had some close encounters with bears airport c.c.t.v. caught this guard dog having to run for its life after drawing the attention of an inquisitive bear get a bogus permit we were told that the bear came from the direction of the town the dog attacked it it tried to smother the dog the dog got away in started leading from bear way for. bears have also taken to attacking livestock as a source of food in the u. kaminski district of central russia hunters had to be employed to protect cattle in some cases humans made problems for themselves with peers it's strongly recommended not to try and feed the animals in order to get food to opportunity so as incidence of contact between humans and increase around russia at this time of year it's important that we respect these iconic creatures so as not to become the next victim of bear attack peter all of our party. and our ends and for those who aren't scared of bears we have some more scary sides in the way this time involving the

supernatural. if well the retail industry should be happy every year more money is spent on how we goods here in russia and whether you're looking for a creepy costume a spooky we're or scary skeleton mask you can rent i'll hire everything you need here at cardiff so what you think scary enough. one on the eve of halloween martin andrews hears about some ghostly goings on and shows you rushes capital as you've never seen him before all that in the latest edition of moscow out in ten minutes time before that there will take although it's happening in business with kareena.

hello welcome to the program good to have you with us the russian government has unveiled its general plan to develop the oil industry until twenty twenty speaking at a conference in the summer of region prime minister vladimir putin stressed the need to increase oil extraction in order to maintain current levels. and that usually put themselves on the main potential lies in increasing the efficiency of all extraction as well as the development of small and medium sized fields especially as many of them are located in already developed areas as a result of increasing reserves and the development of new fields and improving efficiency we can anticipate that the current level of oil extraction of five hundred million tonnes per year will continue for the next ten years. while maintaining all extraction is a priority for the government the country is refiners are facing the prospect of having to pay increase taxes and as to the vehicle reports this may make some doubt as the operations of profitable. that may have to spend five hundred have billion dollars to build the state of the art oil refinery in central russia the refining

efficiency of this complex is unique for russia mine to seven per cent of all the crude that the arrives here is turned into a usable product with only three per cent waste analysts warn however such expensive projects may stop making economic sense if the government increases x. producing all the refined products up to ninety per cent of the tax on crude aleksei konkan from your all safe says the government is thinking about the contras deficit and which areas of the oil industry it's most wants to develop do they just might be looking for this sector that it's not yet tax taxed enough and not this generation cost and so what they see there with observing is that there's there's a lot of lack of cash for investment in the upstream so perhaps the shift to offer the off from segment at the moment the average ex-pro juice here on refined

products such as patch oil and kerosene is about fifty five percent off that on crude the prime minister says the ragdoll two hundred fifty or refineries in russia producing a very low quality product bought making a lot of money on pressure and tional taxation putin wants the government to introduce a new tax regime for the oil sector by the end of this year but analysts warn against an indiscriminate price for refiners the best way to turn courage complex refining second or capacity would probably be to increase its life so that companies that are producing too much heavy fuel oil would penalised the biggest problem for the oil sector is the lack of new oil field projects and the massive on their investment in extraction the government wants to ensure there is no tailing off and the contras crude. even though that is done at the expense of.

business. now let's look at the markets asian stock markets are mostly lower friday concerns about the outlook for earnings weighed on investors in tokyo and seoul japan's nikkei finished off one point seven percent and hong kong's hang seng is down half a percent exporters were weak as began strength against the dollar japan automaker mazda's quarterly profit surges on sales recovery despite the high yeah. no european stocks open lower on friday with shares of all giant total easing in paris on the firm's results london's footsie trading plots this hour so as germany's dax british airways has reported a net profit of one hundred seven million pounds for the six months ending a recent string of losses. here in moscow markets are mixed this hour the test is down following declines in asia and lower oil prices banking stocks are weighing on the r.t.s. p.t.b. is shedding over a half a percent bucking the trend though is gasohol leading on both of horses over half

a percent. of the metal is to float around fifty percent shares on the london stock exchange russia's top precious metal producer could raise up to one billion dollars from the all for the company to take the listing for new parent company poly metal international register in london in july. and the world's top software producer microsoft increased net income by more than a half in the first three months of its trading year the main driver of growth was strong corporate demand for the new windows seven operating system figures beat expectations on wall street. european commission plans to launch legal proceedings against its own member states that pay over flight fees to russia the move is a roundabout measure to eliminate billions of dollars in fees that russia charges european airlines to fly over siberia germany france finland and also will be the first place bill. but the other twenty three member states are also under investigation the commission says countries doing unilateral deals with russia is

in competitive as the aviation rules require own citizens and companies treated it's probably. possible up to mind what if the solution is really simple and has already been outlined by russia the mechanism of these commercial agreements will be dismantled but it will happen in such a manner not to shock the companies which get the payments at the same time russia will consistently raise its fees for navigation services up to european levels taking into consideration the distances in russia it will be enough to compensate the economy. and that's the update for now i'll be back with more in about fifteen minutes from now i mean well let's take a look at what's happening. in the world in headline news with. the.

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more news today violence is once again the lead up. these are the images hope world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china for a shelter all day. of

the. back your weather to a reminder of the top stories on presidents of cooperation fighting drugs russia and nato joined forces to stop the flow of heroin coming out of a bigamist and seizing a ton of it in a single operation. that new leaders summit has agreed on measures for stricter financial discipline and new ways of handling it and on downturns including the need to change the was a treaty to punish countries which break their budgets. and a scramble for the do or top u.s. officials with the white house with a number of excuses but some believe they're just deserving a sinking ship. not sleep instead of wandering into

a peaceful hibernation hungry russian bear has had a town to livestock and sometimes attacked people. mostly i was here in our martin anders takes you on a tour of haunted moscow looking for creative ways to celebrate halloween in the russian capital. this weekend thousands of people will dress up as witches all ghouls and celebrate halloween when it comes to actual ghosts.