and luxembourg -- why illegal immigrants there want to get registered. children are typically raised by tibia will parents, but does it matter if they are a mother and father, or can two fathers or two mothers do just as well -- children are typically raised by two parents. single-sex families are a controversial issue in europe. the number of so-called rainbow families are on the rise, but their legal status varies from country to country. in germany, gay and lesbian couples cannot jointly adopt a child or a baby. they can only adopt as individuals. in france, when the government announced its intention to give homosexual couples equal adoption rights, large crowds took to the streets in protest. >> for these two little boys, having two mothers is nothing unusual. their parents are a lesbian couple. beatrice, seen here, adopted the boys as a single woman. her partner had no legal say in it, and by french law, singles may adopt, but same-sex couples may not. an initiative is under way to change that. for these two women, that would be an important step i

and luxembourg -- why illegal immigrants there want to get registered. children are typically raised by tibia will parents, but does it matter if they are a mother and father, or can two fathers or two mothers do just as well -- children are typically raised by two parents. single-sex families are a controversial issue in europe. the number of so-called rainbow families are on the rise, but their legal status varies from country to country. in germany, gay and lesbian couples cannot jointly adopt a child or a baby. they can only adopt as individuals. in france, when the government announced its intention to give homosexual couples equal adoption rights, large crowds took to the streets in protest. >> for these two little boys, having two mothers is nothing unusual. their parents are a lesbian couple. beatrice, seen here, adopted the boys as a single woman. her partner had no legal say in it, and by french law, singles may adopt, but same-sex couples may not. an initiative is under way to change that. for these two women, that would be an important step i

finny chairethen newly chaired e luxembourg. it is one of the world's two largest commercial satellite companies. he used the scheme of national allocation of the electromagnetic frequency spectrum to obliterate the european state television monopolies. the business career recapitulated his government career. it confused the status quo establishment and then transformed its. he died at the age of 69, much too young. it was 2008. the new world a pluralistic dynamic communications was a reality. he was busying himself after the margins of disruption such as promoting internet freedom. this was devoted to photography and dark rooms, rocketry and chemistry. as an undergraduate in the late 1960's, he spent 10 months working on experimental electronics designs at bell labs in murray hill. his bachelor's and match shook -- master's degrees were in technical engineering. these led to several years at the rand corp. and u.s. army. the next year something surprising happens. he was asked to direct a budget policy issues for the hubert hum

next, it was sold to its french company which sold -- which sold to the luxembourg plan. tests on ready-made bows and yet -- lasagna and the u.k. revealed it was 100% horse meat. it is a highly complex business, the modern food industry. the old system of farm, to shop, to kitchen replaced by a web of trade and financial interest and mass manufacturing. but someone somewhere has been cheating and across europe, the people want to know who. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. but let's return to the main story, " but added xvi is to resign his post as the head of the catholic church -- pope benedict xvi. for people joining, just remind us where we are with this momentum moved this morning. >> out of the blue announcement came from the italian news agency the pope has resigned. none of us could quite believe that the moment it could be true. there have not been any rumors. nobody was talking about it. he did not seem to be ill or anything. but it happened and it is true and he made an announcement in latin himself saying he felt -- in the last few months his strength of mind a

and for astro, it was chosen by the duchess of luxembourg personally. this perfect storm of commitment to change, a simple but powerful idea, a position of influence, we have to add another factor. tom's dogged dedication in pursuing change. his willingness to take a risk for change. in short, his courage. that quality has always been in short supply among our policymakers. but he had a ton of it. and it made all the difference in achieving his success. the fact that this perfect storm had occurred in a person like this. [laughter] is truly extraordinary. on that note, let me get back to the question that i opened with. what is the significance? is tom whitehead responsible today for the telecom world that we have? i went through with a thought experiment. what a satellite technology did not exist. it was gone. from no low-cost high-capacity nationwide worldwide networking, what we have had cable networks? public affairs networks? international networks? i think not. the next experiment is satellite technology, but no tom whitehead. in that case, we wou

it supplied a plant in luxembourg. one of them was findus, who discovered that their lasagna contained 60% horse meat. throughout the weekend, the ministry has been checking the documents dating back to the beginning of 2012. there were unofficial spot checks. every shipment was labeled an unverified according to quantity. that is exactly what they should be. officials pay for labels from stable to table. >> ingredients were sourced from the four corners of the earth. they are bought purely on economics. >> the french government summoned the industry to a crisis meeting of fraud investigators descended on the two french companies involved. somebody in the convoluted chain of supply has made a huge profits. how long has this been going on? >> that piece makes me queasy everytime i see it. but at a look at other news. malian troops have taken control of the northern city and they are doing house-to-house searches for islamist militants. there are fears that some of the fighters could be hiding among the population. but t

eurozone for solving a crisis here this is a euthanasia machine to sell to places like switzerland and luxembourg and the other ones but instead of just using a simple glock he has to come up with an elaborate for cock to thing which nobody could describe and seems actually more terrifying than just using a glock he comes up with an invention that is sheer terror and that looks like the solution to the economic crisis across europe because banker says that. so this is different than police assisted suicide or people run out into a hail of bullets hoping to get killed because they have lost all hope here it's banker assisted suicide so you let your bankers perform the glock rollercoaster of financial appox. death machine and with the hope that you won't survive because you'd rather not live in a world where barclays bank runs your government like so many puppets on a string now again go back to this euthanasia rollercoaster you see the image here now juxtapose it to the flash crash of may sixth two and thousand. ten looks like the same sort of death machine euthanasia once financial euthanasia one

. >> jay: and your mother always goes, "kevin is fine. [ laughter ] he's in luxembourg today playing over there." i'm like, "oh, okay." >> well, that's cool, man. i really appreciate that. >> jay: well, sure. now, this -- great cd. tell us about "the messenger." tell us about your cd. >> well, that's the new record that's coming out. new cd. i don't know even what you call it. a file? what do you call it now? a cd? a file? whatever. that's coming out. we worked hard on it, and -- >> jay: and you wrote most of the songs, right? except for two, i think. >> yeah. i did some of coltrane stuff, too, and -- so, hopefully, you know -- hopefully, you like it. >> jay: you out on tour now? [ cheers and applause ] where are you going next? >> i'll be in vegas this weekend at the smith center. >> jay: oh, okay. >> this coming weekend, so -- >> jay: cool, cool. >> just getting out playing, and thanks for just letting me come back. >> jay: anytime. you're always welcome here, kevin. >> it's beautiful to come back. >> jay: anytime you want. kevin eubanks! [ cheers and applause ] and of course, denn

they then supplied the processing plant in luxembourg, who use the meat in meals for 16 countries, including the u.k. the environmental secretary is to hold another meeting with retailers and suppliers later today. >> this appears to be an issue of fraud and mislabeling, but if anything suggested a need for changing, we would not hesitate to make the changes. >> it has become a european union wide problem. they searched two of the firms implicated within the scandal. the first part of the food chain is protecting their innocence. for now there are still more questions than answers. >> these are our top stories at this hour. wide international condemnation of north korea as they confirmed carrying out their third nuclear weapons plant. pope benedict rejects suggestions that he may have resigned because of scheming at the vatican. we stay with the pope and his surprise resignation, which surprised the catholic world. they assure us the papacy will only be vacant for a short time. so, what happens now? pope benedict xvi will resign if the end of the month. the process of electing the next pope

a luxembourg company ordered beef from a french firm, which passed the order to a trading firm in cyprus. the company subcontracted to a dutch firm. the french media has uncovered what they called troublesome bills of sale. the british environment secretary said the problem was not simply one of public health. >> i think what we got involved in this horse issue is criminal activity which appears to cross borders. that is an entirely separate matter. >> the european commission has announced plans to institute brandon dna testing of beef products starting in march. in addition, authorities are testing the product across the continent for the equine painkiller, though they say eating horse meat containing it should be little threat to human health. our correspondent, joining us from our parliamentary to you. we have politicians across is that going to be enough to clear this up? th>> these tests should certainy go some way in making consumers feel more confident about the meat products they are buying throughout the european union. ironically, two weeks ago, the british food safety associat

austria, germany, and luxembourg have the best employment numbers, but that's not enough to change a europe-wide trend. eurozone unemployment has been on the rise for the last five years. at the beginning of 2008, the jobless rate stood at 7.2%. today, 11.7% of eurozone residents looking for a job cannot find one. youth unemployment figures are especially worrisome. nearly one in four young people under the age of 25 cannot have a job. youth unemployment in spain tops 55%. >> german lawmakers began debating friday a controversial ban on the far-right party. the previous attempts to outlaw it failed in 2003. >> this new drive to ban the party came after revelations that a neo-nazi group linked to the npd carried out a decade- long string of racially motivated murders. >> a former high-ranking member of the far right npd is thought to have supplied the weapons used by the new lots is in the recent killings. along with others accused of aiding and abetting the neo-nazi terror cell, he will soon appear in court in munich. >> at the moment, the plan is to begin the trial after the easter

live between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg is valued as three point one million dollars and appointment to portugal was predicted to have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic posts while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco nobody of course calls it bribery here in these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price. ponding over immigration the u.k. mix to put all ball gary is on a lengthy and britain's public citizen negative propaganda campaign against itself to prevent the deluge of new comers one easy restrictions are removed next year a report on that is on its way. on the show feels in the east china sea to be grass in south korea and they will again sending boring signals to the now the snorts not this isn't about coming out of the bright. sun it

lie between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg is valued as three point one million dollars and appointment to portugal was predicted to have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic posts while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco nobody of course calls it bribery here and these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price. israel is considering the creation of a buffer zone inside syria the zone could stretch several kilometers into neighboring syria or the israeli military sources this is than not invading a sovereign state the israelis plan to put a number of troops and tanks on foreign soil they stated aim of design is to prevent emotional and rocket attacks from inside the war torn country should also stop radical groups coming close to its territory if a

live between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg that tiny but very wealthy european country for example is valued as three point one million dollars dollars in direct contributions and appointment to portugal was predicted to have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic posts while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco nobody of course calls it bribery here and these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price. roles are there to be broken if you're the american president barack obama has claimed the rice going to cyber attacks on whichever country he wants even if those no concrete evidence or threat . and also line the city of pakistan where osama bin laden was killed is to get a van take over to improve its image so had darted out calm to find out the former

live between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg is valued as three point one million dollars and appointment to portugal was predicted to have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic posts while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to him on a cold nobody of course calls it bribery here these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price. israel is reportedly intending to create a buffer zone stretching up to seventeen kilometers inside syria and the country's military sources insist the area will belong to syria and they have no intention of invading a sovereign state israel also wants a place in for each of the grades and number of tanks in that area you see on the screen the stated aim of the zone is to prevent mortar and rocket attacks from coming inside the embattled

live between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg that tiny but very wealthy european country for example is valued as three point one million dollars dollars in direct contributions and appointment to portugal was predicted to have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic posts while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco nobody of course calls it bribery here these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price. the rules are there to be broken if you are as president barack obama has claimed there right along side the times on which other country ones even if there's no concrete evidence of a threat so had to. kill someone lie in the seas here in pakistan where osama bin laden was killed as to gas have fun make over to improve its image had to r.t. dot com to find

live between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg that tiny but very wealthy european country for example is valued as three point one million dollars dollars in direct contributions and appointment to portugal was predicted to have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic posts while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco nobody of course calls it bribery here these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price. the u.k. is reportedly preparing to test out a brand new drone which could herald a breakthrough in the art of unmanned warfare the aircraft is designed to be undetectable by radar and can even select targets by itself not the sort of first reports now from london. it can fly faster than the speed of sound it can deploy its own weapons and it can go deep int

live between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg is valued as three point one million dollars and appointment to portugal was predicted to have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic posts while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco nobody of course calls it bribery here these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price. this is odd see now israel is reportedly intending to create a buffer zone stretching up to seventeen kilometers inside syria but the country's military sources insist the area will belong to syria and they are not invading a sovereign state israel also wants to place an infantry brigade and a number of tanks in the and you see right there on the screen where the stated aim of the zone is to prevent mortar and rocket attacks coming from inside

lie between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg is valued as three point one million dollars and appointment to portugal was predicted to have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic posts while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco nobody of course calls it bribery here these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price more news after a short break stay with us. technology innovation all the developments from russia we. covered. thanks for staying with us here on our team quarter past the hour now the bolshoi ballet's artistic director will get treatment in germany in the hopes of saving his sight this comes after a feeling had acid thrown in his face a little more than two weeks ago feeling claims he knows exactly who is behind the attack no one's been arrest

live between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg that tiny but very wealthy european country for example is valued as three point one million dollars dollars in direct contributions and appointment to portugal was predicted to have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic posts while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco nobody of course calls it bribery here and these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price this monday is john kerry's first work day at the same department for the next four years is going to be the country's top diplomat and this was the. is not to be the these are challenging times for u.s. foreign service u.s. embassies have come under attack in a number of countries in a number of muslim countries just within the last year the u.s. ambassa

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state gets 1.8 million of that they're hoping to generate a lot more which is why the folks at the luxembourg the club is home to a downstairs bar sponsors of little league, fundraisers one of about 20 social clubs in or aurora alone i would say it's probably about 30 percent of what we need to survive. in august today along with everyone else waiting for the illinois gaming board which began overseeing them to ok bringing them back in. there is a glitch that dates back to springfield when the legislation was written social clubs were not specifically included, military clubs were. right now the gaming board interpret that to me no machines. there's no reason that three guys could get a license go into a garage and apply for a machine and call it a social club, well maybe they could but they haven't been in business for 110 years so give us a break! >> it's affecting all of us. >> hundreds of them what legislators say about it... knowing the impact that they have on her district. in the meantime they have to find a way to stay afloat bacon manager for about a month and a half they are optimis

lie between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg that tiny but very wealthy european country for example is the l. used as three point one million dollars dollars in direct contributions and appointment to portugal was predicted to have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic posts while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco nobody of course calls it bribery here these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price. you're watching on t.v. because you live from moscow with you twenty four hours a day coming up later in the program the dissolving the ministry the artistic. heads to germany for special treatment after saying he knows who is behind a violent acid attack on him two weeks ago that story just ahead. of the. science technology innovation hall the list of

dealer in holland to meet plant in the south of france which sold it to a french own factory in luxembourg which made it into frozen meals sold in supermarkets in sixteen countries reminds me of a dutch sandwich you know like when the bonnano in you to pay taxes they use the dutch sandwich they are using and the barclays according to panorama the b.b.c. investigative journalist show here in the u.k. demonstrated how barclays uses all of these different banks around the world to create all these tax avoidance schemes that are bordering on the legal slash wink wink the legal and of course this is the dutch sandwich which used the metaphor of food and then when you go to eat a burger or lisbie flows on it you open it up the package inside is a collateralized debt obligation while they just collateralized horsemeat goes on to finance a multi-billion dollar tranche of debt to build some kind of meat processing plant where they can process rats and put those into the rat sandwich that they're feeding on of course all ospital they're eating rats the schools are eating rat people down and goes on