coom or errol desert. out of school more to soviet planned economy is largely to blame for the dying of the aral sea all decisions are made a mess go which took no account of the ecological balance of that region the consequences of that could be felt as early as in the one nine hundred sixty s. the r.e.c. region the fines the terms pre-crisis crisis and disaster. it was after the collapse of the soviet union that people were faced with the seriousness of the disaster the sea had split in two in two thousand and five experts harnessed what little water still flowed into the lesser erroll see from this river by building the cocoa. and eighty seven million dollar project funded in part by the world bank the smaller body of water had become the great hope of the future. we had over two hundred people here from russia and his back a step the work was very hard and many of us lived here on site for two or three years but now we're happy to say the time has come to pack up the structure is working perfectly. wel

erroll sea 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 we 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 will see 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 slightest wind carries it into the town and across the country into the lungs of men women and children who

three years ago a group called the international fund for saving the errol c. stepped in to protect the people from the tainted water. the fresh water project solves many issues when possible they lead tap water pipes to the villages and for distant villages they create local water pipe systems but the pesticides aren't just in the fresh water they're blowing across the dusty seabed as well. in addition multi-drug resistant tuberculosis is on the rise exacerbated by this toxic combination special rehabilitation wards are reserved in area hospitals so. our government pays fifty percent of what it calls ecological extras to our salaries they throw an extra for living near buchan or with the rockets are launched and the aerial see we have serious problems with the draft young people come in unfit for service. small dams now trapped what little water flows into the upper air or sea irrigating the desert little by little but walking through this place that's been given a new lease on life one can see the legacy of mismanagement it begs the question is bringing the w

and all the way here on our team our special report of the errol's the slow recovery from one of the worst ever banned me ecological disasters . after decades of mismanagement the water is in one of the world's largest landlocked these went away and took a gigantic fishing industry but now coming back when the friends join me in the air i'll see in central asia. almost four thousand have taken part in a bad protest march in merrick's demanding the president of bella ruse steps down. yes. leading candidates of next month's presidential election were among those taking part despite the bad current president alexander lukashenko has been in power for three terms spanning sixteen years and the standing once again he's been criticized for suppressing the opposition and the media protestors call for a fairer and more democratic election process with one presidential candidate urging more demonstrations. on. the presidential election on december the nineteenth we're planning a mass protest it's very likely that he'll do that because he doesn't have enough support to win in the first round s

beans went away and took a gigantic fishing industry but now coming back when the french join me me errol see central asia. where that bring you up to date on some other international stories this hour. all twenty nine workers trapped underground in a new zealand coal mine thought to have died after a second gas explosion police say no one could have survived what was described as a graphic last thing guests have been swirling in the pipe recovery since the first blast last friday which prevented rescue attempt is the country's worst mining accident in a century. come billion vesta gators are trying to discover what started the stand he that claimed more than three hundred seventy lives in the country's under water festival tragedy struck when thousands of people panicked as they tried to cross a narrow bridge causing huge crowds. most of the victims were crushed while others drowned thursday has been declared a national day of mourning. the u.n. says haiti's deadly cholera epidemic is spreading faster than originally thought is likely to result in hundreds of thousands of infections both

thanks tonight one of the world's once rather the world's fourth largest lake the erroll sea in central asia is now known for one of the worst ecological disasters on the planet because of somebody's irrigation projects the water started receiving their fifty years ago bringing with it a drastic change to the local climate and killing most marine life too but one of the greatest threats the rapidly disappearing waters still pose is a threat to people's health lindsey france has got the story tonight the aero sea is a shadow of its former self. those in the kazakh city of once had to see 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 but you see here new disease is a message that we have 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 t

france and join me errol central asia. 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 the banks instead of ordinary people earlier ireland confirmed it's negotiating with the e.u. and the international monetary fund for one hundred twenty billion dollar loan to save its crippled economy elsewhere in the euro zone there is fears portugal and spain maybe next up for a bailout british conservative m.p. . tells our team euro zone is like sharing your bank account with your neighbors some of them would happily spend everything in it. you cannot have a common currency and a common set of interest rates and a common monetary. policy across disparate economies and if you try and do that you're putting political delusion ahead of economic reality and millions of europeans are paying the price we thought what we had was a currency union. and we

errole southers. and of course the former chief of homeland security and intelligence for the l.a. world airport's police department. i saw him this morning on savannah guthrie on "rundown." is assistant director for the open government project for the electronic privacy information center. she's suing the department homeland security to suspend the program due to privacy concerns and health risks. mr. southers, thank you so much. what i loved about you this morning on "run down" is here clear you are in explaining this. what right now is the use of scanners and pat downs, what if i went to the national airport i can tell you but you tell me professionally. what do you face you travel to visit a relative this weekend in an american airline? >> well, if you travel this weekend, and i'll be honest with you, chris, i've traveled extensively over the last two weeks and not been subjected to advance imaging technology or a pat down, but if you do go tooirpt you are then going to go through the routine procedure and if you trigger a sensor, you'll have to be asked then to go to secondary

to restore the entire erroll sea want to make it the way to used to be. part remains of what will help solve many problems in central asia but while the industrial might of the past can all be restored in iraq will once again become a political it may never be what it once was but the arrow scene now boasts two thousand men who now fish for their living for them that's enough when the france r.t. kazakstan. and i went in is going to hold x.'s business news for us offer a short break so don't go away. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. welcome to a business program i'm sure on a quiana we can go straight to our top story germany's stake in russia's gas giant gazprom commerce on a daily reports the put out the potential buyer is v e b bank. currently owns three point five percent of gas prom was the largest utilities in the selling off assets in order to compensate for falling earnings earlier the company's chief said the stake in gasp. with the company aiming to expand in china and brazil

that was lays now is here is the reports from the errol sea region and in about an hour we'll look at what impact one of the world's worst ecological disasters had on people's health. the reactor at a nuclear power plant in iran's bush era began operating on saturday after decades of waiting at the russian built facility is expected to start pumping tricity into iranian homes early next year the country's atomic energy agency says there we actors fully loaded with fuel add their just a few final tests to be completed the construction of the plan began some forty years ago but was hold after the islamic revolution in nine hundred seventy nine than russia took up the project and completed it iran is currently under un sanctions over its nuclear program but the love from the center for policy studies says it's russia's role to ensure the plant's safe running. we want to do we'll know all of them out of that will be the russian engineers present. the facility of their of the facility is quite well controlled by russia we will get both electricity and experience from the seafood security v

it's impossible to restore the entire erroll seat or to make it the way it's used to be if it pleases the northern part remains it will help solve many problems in central asia but while the industrial might of the past cannot be restored and food . will once again become import. it may never be what it once was but the arrow scene now boasts two thousand men who now fish for their living for them and that's enough when de france archie kazakstan. around the clock updates analysis on all the stories r.t. dot com that's. what's waiting for you on our website eighteen months only on the reset between russia and the u.s. but it's really working expert. the world's most infamous nuclear power gets a new safety cap pretty. new to your great nation and report on the deadly dangers that still nerve. gas rio the tiger by the hollywood hot shots being praised as a real man by putting the stars i think to russia to save big cats. in a few moments all the business news with kareena stay with us. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news m

to restore all the time errol city want to make it the way to used to be. remains of what will help so many problems in central asia but while the industrial might of the past can all be restored and iraq will once again become an. it may never be what it once was but the arrow scene now boasts two thousand men who now fish for their living for them that's enough when the france r.t. kazakstan. wealthy british. right. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy with. global financial headlines kaiser reports. in the united kingdom. this villain on. some country house day in the pool. halls the room brands the crew made to feel. the oil pull the rubens hotel. europeans are facing severe austerity measures as governments struggle to overcome the debt crisis portugal the ground to a halt as workers stage a twenty four hour general strike over public sector pay cuts and tax rises comes two days before parliament votes on a tough new budget meantime arland which has been severely hit by the debt crisis has unveiled a four year plan to say fif

it's impossible to restore the entire erroll sea or to make it the way to used to be if it pleases the northern part remains it will help solve many problems in central asia but while the industrial might of the past can all be restored in full iraq will once again become a people. it may never be what it once was but the arrow scene now boasts two thousand men who now fish for their living for them that's enough when de france r.t. kazakstan. one of the next hour we look at what dangerous being uncovered by the receiving waters of the aral sea. we're back now to our top story and the arrest of an arty film crew in the u.s. is fuel concerns about the way police in some countries treat journalists covering demonstrations laurie the president half of the new yorkers if they think the freedom of the press should be limited. how much freedom should the press have should they be treated differently than people on the street when covering events like protests this week let's talk about that well i think the press is how we are informed so personally i like it when i see members of the press

of men women and children who don't even know they're bringing before the ground cotton scheme the errol see was one of the most picturesque places in central asia as it disappeared along with the soviet union the task of regeneration fell to the heads of newly independent central asian states in the early one nine hundred ninety s. it was then that people learned the extent of the seas to mines that until that point was known only to those close to the cultivation projects pesticides used to yield cotton leached into the rivers making the water a silent killer. the growing trees heavily polluted as well and in essence we're living in a disaster area in the past our infectious disease ward had one hundred fifty to one hundred sixty patients especially children with interesting new diseases per year it's about five per year and it was the exact same with viral hepatitis this is all frank's to clean water. three years ago a group called the international fund for saving the arrow see stepped in to protect the people from the tainted water. the fresh water project sells many issues when pos