and pollution i'm lindsey france join me in kazakstan to investigate how this transformation has affected the people here and how to put it down on the environment. but first it's the latest show of dissent in a crisis hit eurozone country tens of thousands took to the streets of dublin to protest ireland's harsh austerity measures workers have been calling for the cuts to be directed at the rich and banks instead of ordinary people earlier ireland confirmed it's negotiating with the e.u. and the i.m.f. for a one hundred twenty billion dollar loan to save its crippled economy elsewhere in the euro zone there are fears portugal and spain may be next in line for a bailout british conservative m.p. douglas called as well tells r t that the eurozone is like sharing your bank account with your neighbors some of them would happily spend everything. you cannot have a coleman fit currency and a common set of interest rates and a common monetary policy across just. economies and if you try and do that you're putting political delusion ahead of economic reality and millions of europeans are paying

but it didn't deprive people of the hope that maybe just maybe one day the sea would return and lindsey france reports next there are signs too that one of the world's worst manmade environmental disasters may be reversing. but there are people living at this harbor who have never seen the water which once lapped at its walls the former port city of a raskin kazakstan was once a bustling hub of business and human activity but beginning in the one nine hundred sixty s. rivers feeding massive cotton fields for the soviet union diverted water away from the rivers that fed the erroll sea. when i came to see was close to the city my husband and i have and would swim to the islands for picnics on the weekend we swam and lay in the sun nation the sea started moving away the waters became shallow and then just joined up my children so i don't in the pictures until the waters were so aggressively diverted the air all sea was the size of ireland the disappearing sea took with it fishing jobs commerce and an entire way of life just a few decades ago where i'm standing now as far as the eye could see was

poorest region measurable improvement will only come when the shores once again fill with folks lindsey france r.t. kazakstan. really good series of reports from lindsay from all this week for you from the i will say more to come in the next few days as well in the next few moments. whose view on the events surrounding now. eleven. problems fired from the french military college in paris he was out he claims for a book introduction he wrote questioning the official version of the tragedy are two sophie shevardnadze caught up with the next. you. think of. the bar thank you very much for being with us today you now last year you lost your job because you actually question answer rounding the official version of the dance around in nine eleven saying that it was an orchestrated conspiracy by americans who are specks this theory out you know first of all the real reason why i lost my job was because i disagreed we've been new friends the friends police are both pro and a tory intention but was very very real reason why i had lost my job but. in my last book i have some doubts about the official ve

years of neglect or is the pollution too great to turn the dust bowl back into a thriving basin lindsey france r t kazakstan. well that's news for you this hour i'll be back with the headlines that's after a short break stay with us live here in moscow. a close a team has been to the tomsk region where rich academic life gives birth to innovative ideas. no argy goes to the area which together with boosting industrial development. offers to make a journey into russia's history. and to enjoy burgers and vivid cultural life. welcome to the paramour region in russia. on archie. download the official location to i phone or i pod touch from the i.q. exams to. one job teach life on the go. video on demand atienza live broadcasts and already says feed now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. the latest news in a roundup of the week's top stories this is. the arrest of a news crew covering a peaceful protest in the u.s. is criticized by organizations as a crackdown on media freedom ignored by the mainstream american outlets. switzerland has approved in a referendum on a proposal to expel forei

the aerial sea has become a wasteland of sand salt dust and pollution i'm lindsey france to join me in kazakstan to investigate how this transformation has affected the people here and how it's put its stamp on the environment forever. the russian newspaper has published new details of the joint nato russian missile defense shield a skunk's on the flight lines of the alliance summit in this but under a new proposal offered by president medvedev the two sides would cover sectors of territory which may overlap and extend over state borders what each side would be responsible for handling rogue missiles flying into their areas of control experts say this plan would allow both sides remain secure and independent in terms of their anti missile systems as also you believe medvedev strategy would help to dispel russia's concerns over european systems threatening its national security. people in serbia are getting less enthusiastic about their country joining the european union and you gallup poll highlights concerns over signing up to an alliance that's having trouble keeping itself together

poorest region measurable improvement will only come when these shores once again fill with boats lindsey france r.t. kazakstan. that was latest report in our series focusing on one of the world's worst environmental disasters stay with us for more on that i'll see regions where . now islands coalition government is collapsing under the weight of protests of having to accept the ninety billion euros of aid to bailout its stricken economy the country's prime minister is promising an election in the new year once the emergency budget has been approved for the e.u. and i.m.f. are financially propping up on into the second rescue after greece was third lifeline a few months ago alan's debt is estimated to be ten times the size of its economy and the financial chaos in dublin again putting the survival of the single currency under threat and then for small cuts are focusing on next week is to use their economies portugal spain and italy british m.p. douglas collins well from the country's ruling conservative party told r.t. that the eurozone is like sharing a bank account with a neighbor who can't st

the air old sea has become a wasteland of sand salt and pollution i'm lindsey france to join me in kazakstan to investigate how this transformation has affected the people here and how would put it down on the environment. people in serbia are getting less enthusiastic about their country joining the european union and you've got a poll highlights concern over signing up to an alliance that's having trouble keeping itself together a center for the planes it's the basics that people worried about with prices in the shops already suffering from e.u. practices. it's government's eye on the west in just a few days' time you will be presented with a questionnaire by the commission and what's seen as an important step in serbia is bid to join the poor us citizens as was the case for the rest of the continent being part of the e.u. is a certainty for peace and stability and normal life better away from the prairie political rhetoric and the media amongst the public in serbia is thusly different in fact a recent monitoring report found that more than half the respondents now view. negatively. you li

poorest region measurable improvement will only come when these shores once again fill with folks lindsey france r.t. kazakstan. that was the latest report in our series focusing on one of the world's worst environmental disasters stay with us for more on the scene and to more. now that the government is collapsing under the weight of. yes i mean to accept ninety billion euros of its aid to bailed out stricken economy countries prime minister is promising that election in the area once the emergency budget has been approved the e.u. and the i.m.f. are financially propping up the second euro zone rescue after greece was thrown a lifeline a few months ago alan's debt is estimated to be ten times the size of its economy chaos and can survive in a single currency threat and never smart it's a focusing on the next test. influential economics policy group that adam smith institute major mediterranean economies is no life no fool. policy i think the euro zone's days are numbered i can't see the euro survive in this decade certainly not the next ten years probably not the next one or two years in fact.

threat to people's health from the rapidly disappearing waters is still very real as artie's lindsey france reports. the air all see is a shadow of its former self those in the kazak city are rask once had the sea at their doorstep but are now confronted by the haunting sight of abandoned ships the water is twenty kilometers away and from the dried up remains sickness comes one local woman who chose not to be named remembers when friends and family started to fall ill. here new diseases a match that i had never seen in high numbers especially related to breathe in my husband's good chronic bronchitis that's how i live you can see salt in the air but you feel it on the skin and you can feel it on the tongue. fields planted to make the soviet union completely self-sufficient in cotton consumed the rivers feeding into the air all sea decade by decade it nearly disappeared now what was once the world's fourth largest landlocked body of water is reduced to a pit of sand salt and pollution. the salt clings to them moist seabed like here at the harbor in are all tsk as soon as it's dry enough even

the erroll sea has become a wasteland of sand solve dust and pollution i'm lindsey france to join me in kazakstan to investigate how this transformation has affected the people here and how it's put its stamp on the environment for ever. district in the way we're seeing a massive bailout of a one hundred billion dollars from the european union and international monetary fund it's the second emergency rescue package organized by only the euro zone to similar measures were taken of the greeks well some bowman head of research at the institute in london says that we're seeing is the beginning of the end of the single currency. obviously i think the euro zone's days are numbered i can't see the euro survive in this decade certainly not the next ten years probably not the next one or two years in fact bailing out ireland will kick the can down the road maybe our lives will bring down the euro but probably portugal spain or even if you will the exposure of for example the french economy to charlie and banks is absolutely massive twenty percent of the entire french economy is. to france by

poorest region measurable improvement will only come when these shores once again fill with boats lindsey france r.t. kazakstan without walls the lace isabel series of reports of the world's worst ecological dissolve says do stay with also more from the our region tomorrow right ok and of course more on the story of all the stories that we're covering on our website right now also a little loot not what else you got lined up for you at all team dot com but it's also normal it is the by example in the fight the no smoking it's. illegal. to make the internet a safer place for your children although i'm more out also a dog called. a briefing now at some more of the day's news in brief found posy is. a national day of mourning following the death of three hundred seventy eight people and. best of all almost eight hundred or so injured in the punnet tragedy struck with allison so now i regret should i want to. testify it's just wrong. and. the rainy season marking the end of the rate of seas will most of the victims crunched while all those drowned feeling of the bridge. ten men suspected of plotting

stands poorest region measurable improvement only come when the shores once again fill with bugs lindsey france r.t. kazakstan. well that was the latest in our series of reports on one of the world's worst ecological catastrophe we'll be bringing you more throughout the week and our moving on a major summit to save one of the world's most endangered and majestic animals from extinction has been taking place in st petersburg the tiger form has been convened by prime minister putin bringing together conservationists and government officials from thirteen countries their aim is to double the wild tiger population by twenty twenty two and as denise velocity reports russia is leading by example. the used to be one of the moves dangerous species on earth that is until humans nearly destroyed their population currently there are just over three thousand tigers left in the world saving them is a tough task to support the park in southern russia is home to will have to try girders and contrary to popular belief they breed very well here since this place is not really is it started out as an animal shelt

poorest region measurable improvement will only come when these shores once again fill with boats lindsey francearchie kazakstan. that's there is news stay with us as we continue looking back on the we're going where they were here on our to be back with the headlines after a short break. good samaritans. excellent professional. medics travel possessing an extra ordinary car. the doctor who helped many people in his country. the political criminal responsible for thousands of deaths. was it an attempt to repent or just escape a fair trial. the other life. on our team. download the official antti of location to i phone or i pod touch from the i choose amps to. watch on life on the go. video on demand r.t.s. live broadcasts an r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. questions on the dot com. the close of team has been to the tone screen where rich academic life gives birth to innovative ideas. now largely goes to the area which together with boosting industrial development. offers to make a journey into russia's history. and to enjoy firsts and vivid cultural life. welcome to the paramour region in

region's prosperous fishing industry bringing unemployment and economic hardship but as assays lindsey france reports today the sea is returning and with it some hope. it starts with sun up these men fish in one of the worst manmade environmental disaster areas ever know. the same just wrote and then a trip turned brought to see back to us. when central asia became the center of the soviet union's plan for cotton cultivation it nearly drunk dried the rivers feeding the erroll see what covered sixty eight thousand square kilometers in one nine hundred sixty around the size of southern california shriveled to a tenth of its size by the mid one nine hundred ninety s. nearly disappearing by the year two thousand here where the greater and lesser seas split there's just enough left for modern technology to make a stab at regenerating it in two thousand and five the cocoa round dam was constructed to trap what little water still flows into the lesser sea from the searing river locked safely inside the water is growing to witness the results you must drive hours over rough sea that. then there it is

years of neglect or is the pollution too great to turn the dust bowl back into a thriving basin lindsey france r.t. kazakstan. well that's have a look now at some other news from around the world all twenty nine people trapped in a flooded coal mine in southwest china having pulled to safety the men were trapped underground for more than thirty hours before the successful rescue china's mines are considered the deadliest in the world more than two thousand people were killed in coal mine accidents in two thousand and eleven this instant follows the death of thirty seven chinese miners in a gasp loss last month. moscow bound boeing seven hundred seven carrying more than two hundred people has made an emergency landing in new york after one of its engines failed delta airlines jet reported engine problems soon after takeoff the pilots dump fuel before returning safely to j.f.k. airport passengers were then put them to flight to other large delta jets also suffered engine shutdowns at the weekend they too landed without incident. the united states special representative to north korea has met sou

years of neglect or is the pollution too great to turn the dust bowl back into a thriving basin lindsey france r t kazakstan. well that was the first in a series of special reports we've got lined up for you from the site of one of the world's worst environmental disasters we got more to come in from the animal sea region throughout the week here on this channel and the stories also on our home page r.t. dot com as well as a lot more as well of course as ever if you've not checked it out so far why not let me tell you about what's there tonight we have details of an extreme livery off a south pole scientists with a russian cargo planes unique parachuting mission real high adventure this one to get fuel and equipment to the antarctic pictures a great story for not tricks that are already on our site artsy dot com. that is the end of the line for this kind of trusty old tram to recognize that sort of track traveling your tally your tram birth want to find out more new or designs it seems will hit the truck soon meaning it will be good value to this particular model model which heralded the elect

wasteland of sound solid dust and pollution and lindsey france joined me and kazakstan to investigate how this transformation has affected the people here and how it's put its stamp on the environment forever. russian newspaper one hundred published new details of the joined nato russian missile defense shield the skulls on the sidelines of last weekend's alliance summit in lisbon under a new proposal offered by president meant that the two sides would come a separate sections of territory while sides together on identifying diplomatic souls the pace the says that simply speaking russia would be responsible for handling the road with cells from the east and nato will cover russia from the west when experts say this time would allow both sides remain secure and independent in terms of their. systems it's also that instructs it would help for the russians of european systems threatening its national security well for more on this without joined live by what is over with and from the mosque a state university of foreign relations and this is the key to many thanks for joining us now russ

lindsey france r t kazakstan. now from a salty dust to sparkling snow we have more of the natural world to go with details on explain delivery drop off for south pole scientists russian cargo planes parachuting to get fuel and equipment to the antarctic. also online it's the end of the line up for the trusty old tramp your designs will hit the truck soon it will be goodbye to the bottle which heralded the. russian newspaper has published new details of the joint nato russian missile defense shield discussed at the sidelines of the alliance summit in lisbon one hundred new proposal offered by president get if the two sides would cover sectors of territory which may overlap and extend over state borders each side will be responsible for handling rogue missiles flying into the areas of control but experts say this plan would allow both sides to remain secure and independent in terms of their anti missile systems it's also believed many of strategy would help to dispel russia's concerns over european systems threateni

supported region measurable improvement will only come when the shores once again fill with bugs lindsey france r.t. kazakstan. and that was the latest report in all series focusing on one of the world's worst environmental disasters they do stay with us for more on the hours the region tomorrow. as tensions between north and south korea himself russia has a warned against escalating aggression russian foreign ministry says the clashes are all acceptable and called on both sides to show restraint is to prevent the outbreak of military conflict. with us of what happened deserves condemnation we insist that both sides must take measures to pacify the situation and prevent similar action in the future unfortunately this is already the third incident of the kind this year but this time it is a colossal danger of the situation descending into military conflict this must be avoided russia has repeatedly warned of the growing tension in the region and is now counting on both sides to arrive at a suitable conclusion. well clashes began between north and south korea as both countries fired artillery she

poorest region measurable improvement will only come when these shores once again fill with folks lindsey france r.t. kazakstan. ireland's coalition government is collapsing under the weight of protests of having to accept nearly nine hundred billion euros of aid to bail out its stricken economy country's prime minister is promising an election in the new year once the emergency budget has been approved the e.u. and the i.m.f. are financially propping up are the end of the second eurozone rescue after greece was a lifeline a few months ago the debt of the estimated to be ten times the size of its economy the financial chaos in dublin again putting the survival of the single currency under threat and the us markets are focusing on the next weakest columns portugal spain italy british and dozens of cars well from their countries conservative party told r.t. that the euro zone is like sharing your bank account with a neighbor who can't stop spending. you cannot have a common fear currency and a common set of interest rates and a common monetary policy across disparate economies and if you try and d

poorest region measurable improvement will only come when these shores once again fill with folks lindsey france archie kazakstan or the of course you can get more news stories from r.t. by looking on twelve website that's at r.t. dot com here's a look at what's that for you there breaking profits lawmakers lead by example like to put those smoking. and home alone in their i don't make the internet a safer place for your children all that and more. journalists' rights in the united states on the question was turned over to news teams spent around thirty two rows the top covering the protest ready they were filling out some of the military base when heavy handed police accuse them of taking part in the through the behind bows of correspondents came forward to describe the handling by these brutal while we were filming we were asked to step aside we were asked to step onto the sidewalk which we did this is documented in the footage that we shot we turned our backs and all of a sudden we were being arrested we were not told what we were being charged with we were taken to the county jail it took ab

years of neglect or is the pollution too great to turn the dust bowl back into a thriving basin lindsey france r t kazakstan. well that's out of the now at some other news from around the world. for you officials in new zealand pairing to send a high tech robot into a mind blowing fraud as explosion which left twenty nine workers trapped underground to transmit pictures and assess toxic gas levels which have so far in the search efforts involved running a started on the ventilation show the sheraton down to that there has been no communication with them since the disaster the. united states special representative to north korea has met south korea's nuclear envoy discuss the latest on kong young's atomic program stephen bosworth stripping include stops in seoul tokyo and beijing and comes off the young a new brain and richmond facility to a visiting american but experts his reports claim to korea is generating great fuel went for a new reactor. stricken ireland has confirmed that it will receive a massive bailout from the european union following a week of speculation darwish government is neg

years of neglect or is the pollution too great to turn the dust bowl back into a thriving basin lindsey france r t kazakstan. well that was the first in a series of special reports we've lined up for you from the site of one of the world's worst environmental disasters stay with us for more from the region throughout the week here on out stories well it's on our home page ulti dot com we have your say on it if you like the discussion but in this one by all the stories you see as well as these tonight details of an extreme delivery for the south pole scientists with a russian cargo plane joining parachuting mission to get field equipment to the antarctic it's one of the adventure a lot of our team don't come tonight on the end of the line so call this kind of trusty old try new or designs now are likely to hit the tracks made it will be good by the model which heralded the electorate here it is a piece of history if you didn't think you knew much about trams want to get up to date on mount one r.t. dot com is the place to be and of course our artsy you choose chapter. news in brief and first of

poorest region measurable improvement will only come when these shores once again fill with boats lindsey france r.t. kazakstan. and that was the biggest reported of our series focusing on one of the world's worst environmental disasters stay with us for more on the region to more. now audience coalition government is collapsing under the weight of protests of having to accept nearly ninety billion euros of aid to bail out its stricken economy the country's prime minister is promising an election in the year once the budgets the budget has been approved the e.u. and the i.m.f. are financially propping up into the second urgent eurozone rescue after greece was thrown your lifeline a few months ago ireland's debt is estimated to be ten times the size of its economy and the financial chaos in dublin again putting the survival of the single currency under threat overseas markets are focusing on the next weakest eurozone economies which will spain italy british m.p. douglas carr's wealth and the country's new conservative party told r.t. that the euro zone is like sharing your bank account with a nei

years of neglect or is the pollution too great to turn the dust bowl back into a thriving basin lindsey france r t kazakstan. we're revealing series of reports we got lined up for you that was the first of a series of special reports from the site of one of the world's worst environmental disaster and stay with us for more than from the out all sea region throughout the week here on this channel. people across russia have been flocking to newly opened interactive reception rooms this last morning to talk to president medvedev online the nationwide frenzy calls long lines and even some traffic problems too it's the first ever online video conference from such an unprecedented scale here in russia people from all eighty three regions had a chance to critique the country's leader on any issue during the session the president advocated the use of the government at local level to me to have it as well known for its love of modern technology regular updates is video blog and is now the tweeter on many occasions the president's reaction to certain events was communicated to the public through his twi

arrow scene now boasts two thousand men who now fish for their living for them that's enough lindsey france r.t. kazakstan. and in ten minutes time we have white both democrats and republicans fading to tackle america's biggest problem first she wrote it always us with open arms it's business to dust i'm. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news make us. want to be soon which will brighten if you move it. from the finest impression. t.v. dot com. hello welcome to business news i'm sure on a qian and straight to our top story germany's eon may sell its stake in russia's gas giant gazprom homicide daily reports the potential buyer is v e v bank. currently owns a three point five percent of gas palm was the largest utility is selling off assets in order to compensate for falling earnings earlier the company's chief said the stay in gas problem was lost for t.j. but the company aiming to expand in china and brazil finance minister alexia who says t.v. supervisory board hasn't discussed the deal yet. as staying with gas moscow an

years of neglect or is the pollution too great to turn the dust bowl back into a thriving basin lindsey france r t kazakstan and i was the first in our series of reports from the oral sea region in about an hour we look at the chances of reversing one of the world's worst ecological disasters. the reactor at a nuclear power plant in iraq the bush era began operating on saturday after decades of waiting the russian built facilities expected to start pumping electricity into iranian homes early next year the country's atomic energy agency says there we have the wrist fully loaded with fuel and there are just a few final tests to be completed the construction of the plan began some forty years ago but was halted after the islamic revolution nine hundred seventy nine when russia took up the project completed it iran is currently under u.n. sanctions over its nuclear program but even our law from the center for policy studies says it's russia's role to ensure the plants safe running. we why do well know all of that of that will be a russian engineers present it's the facility of that of the facilit

poorest region measurable improvement will only come when these shores once again fill with boats lindsey france r.t. kazakstan. well that was the latest in our series of reports on one of the world's worst ecological disasters do you stay with us for more from the hour of the region some more oh by now they don't go away probably because the seas are charlotte nice to see the easy target is there to try and avoid a possible gas freeze this winter that's right ukraine is in fresh talks gas problem or gal about gas prices but commission says whatever happens you're not suffer like it did in two thousand and nine i will be hearing from the energy commissioner later in the program but first this hour the net outflow of capital from russia in the first ten months of this year total twenty one billion dollars that's according to the chairman of russia's central bank capital outflow picked up steam in september and october amounting to eight billion dollars for those two months alone the central bank attributes this to an increase in foreign assets among nonfinancial organizations the net capital outf

lindsey france r t cassocks down. what was a first in a series of special reports and got for you from the site of one of the world's worst environmental disasters do stay with us become for more on the aral sea region throughout the week here on our team their stories of the. home page two as you'd expect. to follow all the stories online and give you more adeptly comment as well also online tonight we've been told to make stream delivery drop off for south pole scientists with russian cargo planes unique parachuting mission big story one it's doing it to get fuel and the quick. check that one out tonight at all to see don't call it plus is the end of the line for this kind of trusty old seems new design. it will be goodbye to the model which heralded the electric era. buff you want to know more all at sea dot com of course i'll take you to channel two. news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of canada. for rachel to rule the day. people across russia have been flocking to

poorest region measurable improvement will only come when these shores once again fill with boats lindsey france r.t. kazakstan. well that was the late is that also a result of reports on one of the world's worst ecological disasters do stay with us for more from the errol c region tomorrow ok now as of all the stories making headlines around the world this hour i got a boat he has declared a national day of mourning following the deaths of three hundred seventy eight people in a stampede out a lot of festival almost eight hundred were also injured in the panic the tragedy struck when a thousand surge trickles in our river bridge when i learned that these devices were marking the end of the rainy season most of the victims of crushed one of those drowned falling from the bridge. rescuers hoping to locate twenty nine men trapped in a new zealand coal mine are preparing to send down a second robot to locate them the first machine is damaged by water on its way into the mine talking think gases and underground fires continued to prevent a rescue team from entering the mine while a camera lowered do

lindsey france r t kazakstan. well there are some signs that of recovery that are already being seen and the next hour will discover what else is being done to save the aral sea. well also in the news this week china is taking action to ease tensions on the korean peninsula by sending a high level envoy to seoul to speak with the south korean president beijing one sign emergency meeting of the six nations involved in north korea disarmament talks it's a diplomatic initiatives come as the u.s. and south korea militaries are conducting a war games in the yellow sea john yang has reportedly deployed surface to surface missiles in response just days after a five artillery on an island belonging to the south that killed four people guilty to a writer director of the korean studies at the institute of economics at the russian academy of sciences says the drills in the yellow sea can only serve to heat up tensions. yes character who is in the yellow sea water with south korean sheep i think that's not a major would could

poorest region measurable improvement will only come when these shores once again fill with folks lindsey france r.t. kazakstan that was the latest in our series the reports on one of the world's worst of the logical disasters and in about an hour we'll look at how the prospect of the are all seas return is putting fisherman back in business. so take a look at some other stories from around the world in the u.s. and south korea have become ortiz of joint military exercises in the yellow sea according to washington the maneuvers are intended as a sign of the turns to north korea has reportedly deployed surface to surface missiles in the yellow sea as a response and south korean officials say artillery fire has been heard again you're an island which was barred by the north less than a week ago killing four people. and four you know cargo plane has crashed in pakistan killing up to twelve and eight crew members and four on the ground it went down five minutes after takeoff causing an explosion and fire in a housing complex for naval officers the russian made i'll seventy six was heading from karac

years of neglect or is the pollution too great to turn the dust bowl back into a thriving basin lindsey france r t kazakstan. that was the fastness he was a special reports from the side of one of the world's most shocking environmental disasters and the we're bringing you more from there are all sea region throughout the week so stay tuned. and some of today's other top stories in brief now over three hundred people have been killed and this time during a war in the capital of colombo here the panic started on an island where also it was being held but spread as the crowd tried to flee over a bridge with many falling off become buried in prime ministers that it's not have clear what triggered the tragedy they also want the death toll is likely to rise as local hospitals become overwhelmed. the rescue of twenty nine miners trapped for nearly five days in a mine in new zealand is on hold after a robot sends to reach them broke down it was damaged by water on its way into the mine and can no longer be used rescue efforts have already been severely hampered by the high level of explosive gas in t

lindsey france r.t. kazakstan. re interesting set of reports lindsay said about the latest of them and we've got more from the world's worst ecological disasters later tomorrow stay with us for more than from the arab sea region here on r.t. now let's return to our top story tonight the arrest of eleven people on charges of terrorism in europe gets makes but opinion over dr edward bakker is a research fellow of the international center of code terrorism joining us on the line tonight from hey mr baca thanks for taking the time and to be where this now we're told the eleven arrested a part of an international terror network but as you see it what kind of terror network are we talking about there maybe al qaeda well it is an international group but it's belgium based and it includes people with a dutch belgium. moroccan and russian passports but it's international but it's very focused on belgium with possible links to the northern caucasus especially chechnya all right so say not al qaeda. i don't think so it seems

poorest region measurable improvement will only come when the shores once again fill with boats lindsey france r.t. kazakstan. just out in twenty five minutes past the hour here in the russian capital you are with alex he is a running down the top stories of the week and china is taking action to ease tensions on the korean peninsula by sending a high level envoy to. seoul to speak with the south korean president beijing once an emergency meeting of the six nations involved in north korea disarmament talks diplomatic initiatives come as the u.s. and south korean military are conducting war games in the yellow sea yang has reportedly deployed surface to surface missiles in response just days after a fired artillery on an island belonging to the south but killed for your teeth director of korean studies at the institute of economics at the russian academy of sciences says the drills in the yellow sea can only serve to heat up tensions in the region. carry a cruise in the yellow sea water with south korean ship i think that's not a major would could lead to reduction of tension in korean peninsul